Korean history instructor Choi Tae-seong says, “I’m ashamed of myself” in response to Bae Jae-go controversy
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Choi Tae-seong, a popular lecturer on Korean history, recently criticized Bae Jae High School's baseball team for shouting out slogans ridiculing the May 18 Democratization Movement during a high school baseball game, and said, "I am so ashamed of myself." On the 1st, Choi Tae-seong pointed out on Instagram, "Shouldn't our older generation, including me, really think seriously about where Korean education is going?" At the 81st Blue Dragon National High School Baseball Championship, they shouted slogans such as “Let’s go to Starbucks” and “Tank Day” toward the opposing team, Gwangju Jeil High School.
Choi Tae-seong, a popular lecturer on Korean history, recently criticized Bae Jae High School's baseball team for shouting out slogans ridiculing the May 18 Democratization Movement during a high school baseball game, and said, "I am so ashamed of myself." On the 1st, Choi Tae-seong pointed out on Instagram, "Shouldn't our older generation, including me, really think seriously about where Korean education is going?" At the 81st Blue Dragon National High School Baseball Championship, they shouted slogans such as “Let’s go to Starbucks” and “Tank Day” toward the opposing team, Gwangju Jeil High School. It was pointed out that the expression was reminiscent of Starbucks Korea's 'May 18 Tank Day' event, which was criticized for disparaging the May 18 Democratization Movement. Choi Tae-seong posted a panoramic view of Baejae Academy, the predecessor of Baejae High School, and a photo of Henry Appenzeller, an American missionary who founded the institute, on Instagram and explained, "Appenzeller's Baejae Institute, which opened the dawn of modern learning in Korea." At the same time, he said, “What this school promotes is ‘service,’” and said, “If we want to grow,
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