$1 Million (1.2 Billion Won) of Government funds to Globally Promote “March For My Beloved”
2018-11-18, NewDaily
1.2 billion won ($1.065 million) of government funds are to be spent for the publicity project to promote the so-called song for the masses “For My Beloved March” often sung at the Gwangju incident (5.18) ceremonial events. However, considering that this song is called “a symbol” of certain political powers, it is questioned whether it is necessary to use taxpayers’ money to make it into a “national song.”
According to the office of National Assemblyman Choi Kyoung-hwan (최경환), Democratic Peace Party , who is on the the National Assembly’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee [문화체육관광위원회(문체위)], the ruling and opposition parties agreed on the 14th to organize a national budget of 1.2 billion won to popularize and globalize the ‘For My Beloved March.’ (truncated)
Still quite a controversial song, Netizens: “return my tax money”
When the news was announced, conservative netizens poured out criticism toward the main opposition party, the Liberal Korea Party [because they felt betrayed by the party for agreeing]. Another response was “I don’t want to pay taxes” for such an insufficient cause. Naver ID fkille ** denounced [the agreement], “Do not overdo it anymore. If you use the taxes in this way, I would like to conscientiously refuse paying the taxes.”
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Note: See more details here for the background on the “March for My Beloved” in English, which includes the controversy surrounding the song as well as it sounding like a slowed down version of a Soviet tank march.
