Baidu, the largest portal site in China, distorted the nationality of poet Yun Dong-ju as Chinese and his ethnicity as Korean-Chinese, and has not yet corrected this.
On the 30th of last month, Sungshin Women's University professor Seo Kyung-duk posted a long article announcing the 104th anniversary of the birth of poet Yun Dong-ju.
Professor Seo said, "I searched the Baidu encyclopedia and it still states that poet Yun Dong-ju's nationality is Chinese and his ethnicity is Korean-Chinese. planned," he said.
Professor Seo Kyung-duk said, "This year, China's cultural northeast process has become more severe. It is a big problem for China to claim Korea's traditional culture, such as kimchi, samgyetang, hanbok, and gat, as its own, but the nationality and ethnicity of independence activists in Baidu. Serious distortion is also a big problem.”
Baidu marked not only poet Yun Dong-ju, but also 23 independence activists including Yun Bong-gil, Lee Bong-chang, and Kim Won-bong as Korean-Chinese.
If you click on the word 'Korean-Chinese', you will find an explanation that 'is mainly distributed in the three northeast provinces: Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Liaoning, and is concentrated in the Tumen River, Yalu River, Mudan River, and Songhua River basins.'
Baidu also marked the nationalities of Doctor Ahn Jung-geun and his cousin Ahn Myeong-geun as Joseon.
In response, Professor Seo Kyung-duk has been actively fighting against the distortion of Chinese history by sending a number of protest emails against Baidu typography errors, including the birthday of Yun Dong-ju on December 30 and the death of Dong-ju Yun on February 16 of last year.
The Chinese Communist Party's Global Times criticized Professor Seo's actions, and Chinese netizens also criticized Professor Seo on SNS, using the hashtag 'The Korean professor demanded that the Korean-Chinese poet's nationality be changed to Korea'. participated in
Regarding this, Professor Seo Kyung-duk said, "It's a really bad match," and "It seems that he is a little afraid of my continuous activities."
In addition, he said that there are Chinese netizens who leave abusive language that is difficult to put in their mouths through their e-mails, SNS messages, and comments, and he boldly confronted them, saying, "It's pathetic. .
Professor Seo Kyung-duk said, "I get goosebumps when I see articles that go beyond personal attacks and threaten my family, but I can't stop because it's telling the truth. Relations between the two countries will ultimately progress only when history is corrected." He said he would respond to the end.
Previously, Professor Seo Kyung-duk also published a message sent by a Chinese netizen on his Instagram.
At that time, a Chinese netizen sent a message saying, "Yun Dong-ju is a Chinese born and raised in Jilin, China. Please stop talking nonsense, professor, and read a lot of real history."
Professor Seo pointed out, "Poet Yun Dong-ju does not become a Chinese because of this. If you have time to devote to me like this, I hope you will find a wonderful culture unique to China."
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(Photo=Professor Seo Kyung-duk Facebook/Instagram, captured by Baidu Encyclopedia)