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At the height of the economic war with Japan, a parliamentary hearing was held today (June 8) to criticize the pro-Japanese activities of Aniktae, the founder of the national anthem. Suspicions have been raised that the national anthem plagiarized folk songs from other countries, and the An Ik-tae Memorial Foundation said he was not invited at all.

Reporter Park Ha-jeong.

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Today's urgent public hearing held by Democrat Ahn Min-seok.

An Ik-tae composition complained that the national anthem had already lost its status as a song that aroused the love of the country.

The first reason is that Ik-tae took the lead in pro-incitement by composing and playing 'Manchuria Fantasia' in Europe in the 1940s, after the Manchuria established by the Japanese colonial rule.

[Lee Hae-young / Hanshin Univ. Professor: Ahn Ik-tae, this is Ekitaian. The name. It is a concert celebration to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Manchurian affairs… ]

Allegations of plagiarism have also been raised, saying that the Bulgarian folk song is about 70% similar in pitch and melody.

[Kim Jeong-hee / Outpatient Professor, Composer: Korea National University of Arts: It's unfamiliar to call a national song that resembles a song from another country, even if it's not intentional plagiarism.]

In response, the An Ik-tae Memorial Foundation said he was not invited to the public hearing today, but pushed his own family.

[Kim Hyung-suk / Chairman of the Aniktae Memorial Foundation: I want to direct and announce Korean fantasy, but there is an inevitable necessity. ”

Since then, he has also performed Korean choral performances in Japan.

There may be similar feelings because there are oriental elements in Eastern European music such as Bulgaria, but they dismissed the allegations that plagiarism was only a claim from a non-specialist, a major in classical music.

Representative Ahn Min-suk said that the current heightened conflict between Korea and Japan was a good time to clear the remnants of pro-Japanese remnants, and that the intention was to publicize the uncomfortable truth.

(Video coverage: Jang Un-seok, Ha Rong, Video editing: Choi Hye-young)