“Yonggung in imagination” KBS’s hard lie… I found the original’Japanese Castle’

A suspicion was raised that the explanation of the production crew about the’warfare controversy’ of the fusion traditional Korean music program’Chosun Pop Again’, which KBS aired as a New Year special, was false. The Japanese-style architecture that appeared in the background of the stage was clarified that “it is not a reproduction of Japanese castle” and the original image was discovered.

On the 18th, KBS announced its official position on the 18th as controversy spread over the fact that the image reminiscent of the traditional Japanese castle building style,’Tenshugak’, appeared in the stage background of’Chosun Pop Again’. The production crew said, “In order to realize the image of’Yonggung’ that does not exist, we have repeatedly considered for quality suitable for viewers to see by referring to various references and animations.”

He then emphasized, “The image of Yonggung produced through this process is an image that expresses the dragon palace in the imagination,” and emphasized, “It clearly reveals that the Japanese nature was not intentionally copied.”

Contrary to the explanations of the production crew, it was confirmed that the original image exists for the controversial Japanese-style building image in the stage background. Moreover, the image was registered on the website that sells various photos and images under the names of’Japanese Castle’ and’Japanese Temple’. Usually, individuals, companies, and organizations pay a certain fee to download photos and images on the website and use them for commercial purposes.

If you search for’Japanese castle’ or’Japanese temple’ by keyword on this website, an image with the same picture as the controversial Japanese-style building on the air appears on a pink background with cherry blossoms. The two structures that appeared in the background of the stage were all contained in this image. This is why the production team is believed to have created the image of Yonggung by referring to this. In the description in English at the bottom of the image, the phrase’Japaneses old castle’ is specified.

Regarding this, a broadcasting official said, “It seems that the image of Yonggung was created by removing the background from the original image and using only the building part again.” Looks hard.” Another official also said, “It is unlikely that the CG production team of a public broadcaster sensitive to copyright issues or the outsourcing company in charge of the stage director would have borrowed the image without confirming the source.” “There is no doubt that the production team did not know that it was a Japanese building.”

‘Chosun Pop Again’, which was engulfed in Japanese controversy, was more controversial as the purpose of airing was to show the world the spirit of Korea through so-called’Chosun Pop’, which combines traditional music with various genres of music. On the same day, KBS1 TV’Singing Korean Traditional Music Song Hanmadang’ also added controversy that the same Japanese image appeared on the stage background. At the plenary meeting of the National Assembly’s Science and Technology Information Broadcasting and Communication Committee on the 18th, Rep. Heo Eun-ah said, “The people who could not go to their hometown were shocked because of the KBS’s out-of-the-box mistake to show the Korean spirit.” .

Reporter Lee Garam [email protected]