Korean activists aren’t happy with a mural painted outside a Los Angeles public school because they say part of it looks similar to the Japanese imperial flag known for its “rising sun” rays.
Korean activists aren’t happy with a mural painted outside a Los Angeles public school because they say part of it looks similar to the Japanese imperial flag known for its “rising sun” rays.
Image source: KABC-TV video screenshot
“It’s in the middle of Koreatown on public school, not private property, and the sun ray thing, from Koreans’ view it looks so similar, enough to remind us of the rising sun flag,” Chan Yong Jeong with the Wilshire Community Coalition told KABC-TV .
Image source: KABC-TV video screenshot
Korea and other nations suffered greatly under Japan’s World War II regime, and many say the rising sun flag is akin to the Nazi swastika.
Indeed, the Los Angeles Unified School District was ready and willing to remove the mural, the station said — that was, until more controversy broke out.
