Korean netizens are angry

According to the Korean "National Daily" reported on the 4th, the famous American rock band "Maroon5" recently announced that it will host a world tour in the Seven Kingdoms, including South Korea, but the band official website has a Japanese militarism "Rising Sun Banner" "Positive posters of pattern design, which caused controversy in South Korea.

"MAROON5" official website poster Screenshot Source: "National Daily"

It is reported that "Magic Red" revealed the world tour schedule of 7 countries including South Korea on July 3, of which concerts held in Seoul will be held on November 30. The "Magic Red" tour poster on the official website caused controversy in South Korea.

The background of the upper left of the poster uses the pattern design of the "Rising Sun Banner". The rising sun flag is the military flag used by the old Japanese army and the Japanese Self -Defense Force. During the Second World War, the Japanese soldiers held the sun flag to burn and loot, which made the rising sun flag regarded as a symbol of the war and militarism. Historically, Japan had swallowed and colonized the Korean Peninsula, so the Koreans minded special minds to the sunbank flag. South Korea has always expressed dissatisfaction with Japan's use of the Rising Sun Banner and prohibits this banner in China.

"National Daily" said that "magic red" is a very popular American band in Korea. From 2008 to 2019, the band held six concerts in South Korea. This time, domestic fans in South Korea have criticized that "magic red" will symbolize the "rising sun flag" symbolizing Japanese imperialism and militarism as a poster background, and it is inappropriate behavior. South Korean netizens have stated to this, "should resist 'magic red'" and "ask them to delete all posters with war criminal flags." "This is different from using the German Nazi logo in Israel."

American Rock Band "Maroon5" data.

The "Magic Red" band is not the first time that the controversy caused by the "Sun Sun Banner" is not the first time.

"National Daily" said that in the "One More Night" MV released in 2012, the "Rising Sun Banner" was hung in the gymnasium of the shooting scene.

Later in 2019, Jess Carmichael, the keyboardist of "Magic Red", publicly claimed to support the "Rising Sun Banner". It is reported that the girlfriend of Sean Lennon, the son of John Lennon, a member of the "Beatles" band at the time, uploaded a photo of himself wearing a "rising sun flag" T -shirt on social media, which caused controversy in Han. Later, Sean laughed at Korean netizens, saying that "Koreans seem to have not received racial discriminationists who have been educated in history." "There is no such thing as Asian Nazis." The "Magic Red" member Jesse took a screenshot of Sean's speech and agreed, saying that he "hit the key".

Source: Global Network/Fu Jiajun

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