Professor Seo Kyung-deok, who pointed out actor Choo Ja-hyun’s incorrect kimchi labeling, was attacked by Chinese netizens.
On the 23rd, Professor Seo Kyung-deok posted on his Instagram, “In the past two days, I have been attacked by Chinese netizens.” He said, “It always happens, but it’s worse this time, so perhaps two days ago, a celebrity raised a problem regarding the labeling of kimchi as ‘pao chai’. did,” he said.
Earlier, Chu Ja-hyun posted a video of her eating kimchi with ramen noodles cooked by her husband, Chinese actor Woo Hyo-gwang, on the Chinese version of Instagram, Xiao Hongshu. At that time, kimchi was marked as pao chai with large subtitles. Pao chai is a Chinese pickled vegetable dish. Although it is a food from Sichuan, China that is different from our traditional Korean kimchi, some Chinese have continued to use the notation pao chai to suppress that they are the originator of kimchi. In July of last year, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism revised the guidelines for foreign language translation and transcription of public terms and announced that the Chinese translation and transcription of kimchi should be specified as ‘shinchi’ (辛奇) instead of ‘pao chai’. In this regard, Choo Ja-hyun admitted the mistake and apologized.
At first, Professor Seo Kyung-duk captured the video of Chu Ja-hyun and made a point regarding notation, so it became a target of attack by China. He said, “The Chinese Communist Party’s trumpeter, the Global Times, often publishes articles on my words and actions. I am afraid of my activities a lot,” he said. It is the biggest ‘speciality’ of the global time report,” he explained.
He continued, “Why does China want to take away the ‘mere side dish’? At least, Korea does not covet the most important inventions of other countries. This is the biggest difference between Korea and China.” Please do not write emotional articles when doing kimchi, research accurate historical and cultural facts regarding kimchi and then publish articles. Isn’t the life of the press a ‘fact check’?”
Ho-Young Lee
