Recently, a South Korean social group that held a protest near the Chinese Embassy in South Korea has been placed under investigation by the South Korean police.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the Namdaemun Police Station in Seoul recently summoned personnel related to the right-wing group “Freedom University,” which supports former South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol, ordering them to appear for an investigation on Monday (August 11).
On the evening of July 22, this group held a rally near the Chinese Embassy in Seoul aimed at condemning election fraud. During the event, they tore up banners printed with the Chinese national flag as well as the portraits of Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Dai Bing and other figures, and insulted the Chinese Embassy.
According to South Korea’s Criminal Law, insulting or defaming foreign envoys stationed in South Korea is punishable by up to three years’ imprisonment or detention.
According to earlier reports from Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post, Korea JoongAng Daily, and Yonhap News Agency, many Chinese nationals and people of Chinese descent living in South Korea have recently been caught in a wave of rising anti-China sentiment ahead of the presidential election in early June, with hate speech spreading on social media and frequent street harassment incidents.
Analysts say that anti-China sentiment is not a random phenomenon. Political figures from the People Power Party and other far-right forces are increasingly leveraging anti-China rhetoric to arouse voter emotion and consolidate support.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the Namdaemun Police Station in Seoul recently summoned personnel related to the right-wing group “Freedom University,” which supports former South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol, ordering them to appear for an investigation on Monday (August 11).
On the evening of July 22, this group held a rally near the Chinese Embassy in Seoul aimed at condemning election fraud. During the event, they tore up banners printed with the Chinese national flag as well as the portraits of Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Dai Bing and other figures, and insulted the Chinese Embassy.
According to South Korea’s Criminal Law, insulting or defaming foreign envoys stationed in South Korea is punishable by up to three years’ imprisonment or detention.
According to earlier reports from Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post, Korea JoongAng Daily, and Yonhap News Agency, many Chinese nationals and people of Chinese descent living in South Korea have recently been caught in a wave of rising anti-China sentiment ahead of the presidential election in early June, with hate speech spreading on social media and frequent street harassment incidents.
Analysts say that anti-China sentiment is not a random phenomenon. Political figures from the People Power Party and other far-right forces are increasingly leveraging anti-China rhetoric to arouse voter emotion and consolidate support.