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[Global Network reporter Jiang Ailing] The Hankyoreh and Yonhap News Agency reported that the Yoon Seok-yeol government caused controversy by appointing Kim Hyung-seok, a controversial figure with a "pro-Japanese (historical view)," as the director of the Korean Independence Hall. Park Chan-dae, the floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, the largest opposition party in South Korea, said on the 9th that Kim Hyung-seok often made absurd remarks such as "the period of Japanese imperialist occupation was conducive to (South Korea) modernization", and Yoon Seok-yeol should immediately revoke the appointment of people who hold such a historical view.

Kim Hyung-seok was appointed as the director of the Independence Hall on the 6th of this month. The Hankyoreh said that the new right-wing figures who have caused controversy due to their "pro-Japanese historical views" are "constantly reused" in the academic and veteran affairs institutions of the Yoon Seok-yeol government, and some analysts said that this shows that the talent pool of the Yoon Seok-yeol government is limited.

According to Yonhap News Agency, Park Chan-dae said at the party's Supreme Committee meeting on the morning of the 9th regarding the appointment, "I heard that Kim Hyung-seok made extreme remarks during the interview for the director of the Independence Hall, saying 'During the Japanese imperialist occupation, our (South Korean) citizens were Japanese subjects.' However, Yoon Seok-yeol still appointed such a person as the director, which is an insult to the self-esteem of the people."

"The Yoon Seok-yeol administration is full of 'pro-Japanese virus', and (this virus) is at its peak," "Yoon Seok-yeol should immediately stop acting as a 'Japanese puppet' and apologize to the people and the martyrs who died for their country," said Park Chan-dae.