Jung Yong-jin Introduction to ‘History Makes You Strong’
Posting the hashtag ‘Pevil Seung’ instead of ‘Destroying’
/Picture=Jung Yong-jin, Vice Chairman of Shinsegae Group, Instagram
Shinsegae Group Vice Chairman Jung Yong-jin exclaimed ‘victory victory’ five days following the ‘destruction’ controversy.
Vice Chairman Chung introduced the book ‘History Makes You Strong’ by former Minister of Knowledge Economy Choi Joong-kyung on his Instagram on the 18th, and added the hashtag ‘Victorious Victory’ along with the introductory phrase, “You have to be strong to win.”
‘Pilseung’ was the salute slogan of the 15th and 30th divisions of the Army in the past, and is now used as an official salute for the Navy, Air Force, and Marines.
It is known as a book that presents a discussion regarding historical events that are controversial by presenting 18 historically important examples of ‘History makes you strong’ introduced by Vice Chairman Chung. From the preface of ‘The Trap of Good History’ to ‘The ruling class of Joseon who wanted to become a dwarf themselves’, ‘The real reason why Admiral Yi Sun-sin was great’, and ‘What if Joseon had been on the side of the Manchus during the Ming-Qing transition in the 17th century?’ I took a picture of the contents of the book with sub-titles, etc. and posted it.
‘History makes you strategic and makes you strong. He also underlined the sentence, ‘You who are strong bring success and make a strong Republic of Korea’.
/Picture=Jung Yong-jin, Vice Chairman of Shinsegae Group, Instagram
Vice Chairman Chung repeatedly added the word ‘destruction’ as a hashtag, which sparked controversy. In particular, when an article containing a picture of Chinese President Xi Jinping was posted and the hashtag ‘Destroyed’ was added, concerns regarding the Chinese business arose, and Shinsegae’s stock price was also affected.
Afterwards, Vice Chairman Chung criticized the in-house labor union for his ‘destruction’ remarks, and on the 13th, he apologized by posting, “If even one of my colleagues and customers turns away because of me, nothing loses its legitimacy.” said. Since then, he has not posted any Instagram posts for the past five days.
Kim So-yeon, reporter at Hankyung.com sue123@hankyung.com
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