Will the rising sun flag appear again in "2023 WBC"? Korean professor "Let's watch"

Seo Kyung-deok, a visiting professor at Sungshin Women's University, announced on the 8th that he will carry out a campaign to stop cheering for the rising sun flag in conjunction with the opening of the World Baseball Classic (WBC).

On the same day, Professor Seo posted on Facebook, "I want to create a global confusion about the use of the Rising Sun flag, and use it as a good opportunity to widely inform the world that it is a war criminal flag with a meaning similar to Germany's Hakenkreuz." .

Prior to this, a photo featuring the Rising Sun flag was posted on the 2016 "WBC" homepage, and in the 2019 "Premier 12", the Rising Sun flag appeared during the Japan-Korea match.

Professor Seo emphasized, "If any Japanese people cheering for their team uses the rising sun flag again this time, we will immediately make a complaint to the WBC side and raise the issue to the world through foreign journalists."

"For the past few years, we have been pointing out the problems of cheering the Rising Sun flag on FIFA together with Korean netizens, and as a result, we were unable to stop the Japanese cheering squad from using the Rising Sun flag at the 2022 Qatar World Cup. He said, "Following the '2022 Qatar World Cup,' this time I would like to stop cheering for the rising sun flag at the baseball World Cup."

As a specific method, if you find the rising sun flag at the venue or on TV, Professor Seo called for information to be provided immediately by direct message (DM), saying, "Until now, it was only because of the information provided by Korean net users. It was possible. Let's work together again this time."