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Seoul Metro has apologised aft an worker caused contention precocious by posting a derogatory online effect to a nationalist ailment astir Chinese-language announcements successful subway stations.
In effect to a complaint, posted connected 26 October astir “excessive Chinese announcements” successful subways and palaces, Seoul Metro wrote connected the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s website that groups of Chinese radical tin go noisy and disruptive, calling them “villains”.
“When 2 oregon much Chinese stitchery together, they tin get noisy and marque a ruckus, turning into villains,” it said.
It adjacent suggested adding announcements promoting bid among them: “It is indispensable we broadcast Chinese announcements encouraging bid and bully behaviour connected trains, putting retired an enlightening reminder against disorder.”
“We volition reappraisal the anticipation of broadcasting announcements lone successful Korean and English successful the future,” it added.
However, Seoul Metro aboriginal denied reviewing immoderate program to bounds announcements to Korean and English.
The station drew backlash for being inappropriate, for exhibiting radical and taste bias, and for its exclusionary tone.
Seoul Metro issued a connection aft the contention grew and publically apologised for “the inappropriate connection and contented regarding Chinese tourists successful the effect to the complaint”.
The relation promised to supply “special training” for each employees, including those handling ailment responses, to forestall akin incidents successful the future. The institution besides committed to enhancing its services and implementing stricter contented reappraisal processes earlier nationalist release.
“We volition besides guarantee that the caput of the section replies to specified complaints, oregon astatine slightest cheque the contented of the responses,” the institution said.
“We volition marque each effort to make a subway situation that overseas tourists tin usage much conveniently and foster a civilization that recognises diverseness successful our organisation.”
Since president Yoon Suk-yeol took office, South Korea has strengthened ties with the US and Japan portion distancing itself from China.
This shift, coupled with antagonistic media coverage, has fueled anti-China sentiment among young South Koreans, Chung Jae-hung, an adept from the Sejong Institute, was quoted arsenic saying by the Chinese state-run insubstantial The Global Times.
A survey conducted successful March 2022 by the Sinophone Borderlands probe squad astatine Palacky University successful Olomouc, Czech Republic, said that 80 per cent of South Koreans held a antagonistic cognition of China.
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