The Korean Sports Council removed the 'General Admiral Yi Sun-sin' banner that was hung in the apartment in the Korean athletes' village for the Tokyo Olympics and immediately installed a 'Beom coming down' banner in this place.
The Korea Sports Council installed a cheering banner on the 14th that read, 'God still has the support and support of 50 million people', but the International Olympic Committee and IOC's 'Olympic Charter Article 50' prohibits political, religious, and racial expression at the Olympics. ' It was demolished on the morning of the 17th according to the violation.
The banner was put down after receiving a promise from the IOC to apply the same standards to Japan's use of the Rising Sun flag in all Olympic venues.
The Korean Sports Council immediately installed a new banner that reads, 'Beom is coming down'.
'Beom is coming down' is the name of a song that appears in a promotional video for Korea produced by the Korea Tourism Organization. Inspired by the scene of a tiger descending from the Sugungga of Pansori, in May of last year, the fusion Korean music band Il-chi arranged and released the song's addictive lyrics. It is a song that received explosive love from domestic and foreign fans mainly on YouTube for its exciting dance performance.
The Sports Council explained the reason for installing the banner, "It is to energize the team with 'Beom Coming Down', a symbol of courage and power that makes opponents tremble in fear, and a tiger that symbolizes the Republic of Korea, and to bring out the support of the people." I did.
(Photo = Yonhap News)