"(Kimchi is pao chai) I hope you don't make this kind of mistake any more."
In the midst of controversy over the controversial labeling of kimchi as 'pao chai (Chinese pickled vegetables)' by actress Choo Ja-hyun, who is actively traveling between Korea and China, Sungshin Women's University professor Seo Kyung-deok warned not to make any more mistakes.
Professor Seo posted on his Instagram on the 21st, "In the scene where actor Choo Ja-hyeon, who is active in acting between Korea and China, eats kimchi with ramen on his Chao Hongshu (Chinese version of Instagram), kimchi is subtitled. It became controversial because it was marked as 'Pao Chai'."
He continued, "There are still many celebrities and influencers who are active in China, but it deserves praise for promoting national prestige and earning foreign currency, but I hope that this kind of mistake will not be made any more."
He continued, "I think that in a situation where China's kimchi process and hanbok process are taking place recently, especially those with external influence, it is necessary to understand the basic national sentiment." "After China's kimchi process, Korean netizens around the world "We are constantly making efforts to correct the incorrect labeling of Korean kimchi as pao chai in various places," he said.
China claims that 'pao chai' is the origin of kimchi as one of the Northeast projects.
In fact, the Chinese government is compelled to label kimchi-related products sold locally as pao chai.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism amended the 'Guidelines for Foreign Language Translation and Writing of Public Terms', changing the Chinese translation and writing of kimchi to 'Shinchi' (辛奇) and deleting the pao chai, which China called kimchi their own food. said in July.