A bust of the late General Hong Beom-do installed in front of the Ministry of National Defense building in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. yunhap news
Regarding the decision by the Ministry of National Defense to relocate the bust of General Hong Beom-do at the Korea Military Academy, University of Oslo professor Park No-ja strongly criticized, saying, “The government, which is repeatedly in trouble, is arguing against independence activists to divert attention to ideological issues.” . On the 2nd, Professor Park No-ja pointed out in his social network service (SNS) post, “The skit ‘Removal of the bust of General Hong Beom-do’ that is taking place at the military school can be seen as a ‘smoke operation’ on one side.” Professor Park said in the article, “Now, exports are sluggish, so this year’s economic growth rate is twice as low as the global average, and large-scale environmental crimes, such as the discharge of contaminated water in Japan, which the Korean government has become an accomplice, are being committed around this total crisis. The gist of this analysis was that there was a need for a ‘street’ to divert public attention.” “The ‘removal of the bust of General Hong’ and the ‘ideological dispute’ caused by the removal are ‘material worthy of diverting the public’s attention,’” he said.
Captured from the Facebook account of Noja Park, a professor at the University of Oslo.
In an article posted the day before, Professor Park also said, “To cover up the government’s incompetence and reality in big pending issues such as the deepening economic crisis, the discharge of contaminated water and the long-term devastation of the fishery, it is like arguing ideologically with the deceased hero of the independence movement.” He strongly criticized, saying, “It’s a really shameless gang, and what’s wrong with calling it ‘the government’?” Professor Park said, “General Hong is not just a hero of the independence movement. He is also a symbol of the collective identity of 500,000 Koreans,” he said. He questioned, “Is desecration of General Hong, the symbol of their collective identity, helpful for their social integration and, furthermore, building a good relationship with the Goryeo diaspora in the former Soviet Union?” On the 28th of last month, the Ministry of National Defense argued, “It is not appropriate to commemorate the bust of General Hong, who had a history of communism, in consideration of the identity of the Army Corps.” For this reason, on the 31st, the Army Corps decided to move the bust of General Hong out of the Army Corps. From the late 1890s to the early 1920s, General Hong, the leader of the independence army, fought for the independence and liberation of his country and nation, and led the battles of Bongo-dong and Cheongsan-ri to victory. He passed away in 1943 at the age of 75 after moving from Maritime Province to Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan, due to Stalin’s regime’s forced relocation of Koreans. Reporter Koh Han-sol [email protected]
2023-09-02 12:05:18
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