At the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, critics from the political circles are pouring out with strong voices in relation to China's having representatives of ethnic minorities raise the Chinese flag and have representatives in hanbok appear.
Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung criticized China through an SNS post around midnight, and then raised the level of his remarks at a press conference held after the announcement of the Gyeongnam pledge.
When asked by reporters about the opening ceremony hanbok controversy, Candidate Lee said, "There are cases in which the Chinese government has damaged the pride of the Korean people through historical fairness in the past." It seems that policies that are difficult to understand are being implemented to the extent that it raises doubts about whether this should be the case.”
Candidate Lee said, "The Chinese government will have to answer some concerns that the festival time is not used as a time for cultural fairness." "He said.
The People's Power criticized the government's 'low attitude' while criticizing the Chinese government, and the People's Power presidential candidate Yoon Seok-yeol emphasized that "Goguryeo and Balhae are the proud and splendid histories of the Republic of Korea, and they do not belong to anyone else."
Presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party also criticized on his SNS, saying, "Hanbok is Korean culture."
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hwang Hee, who attended the opening ceremony about the so-called hanbok process controversy, said, "The Chinese side said that Korean-Chinese are one of the minority ethnic groups, but there may be misunderstandings in the relationship between the two countries." It could be seen as going out,” he said.
(Photo = joint coverage, Yonhap News, provided by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)