National Assembly Exhibits Bust of Mao Zedong, War Criminal of the Korean War…Titled “Savior”

2023-9-12, Chosun Ilbo [TRANSLATION]

On September 11, 2023, it was discovered that a bust of Mao Zedong, a war criminal of the Korean War, was displayed in the National Assembly. [Truncated] On the pedestal (that the bust sits on) was [a plaque with] the title “Savior.”

A ceramic Mao bust at the National Assembly in Seoul, 2023-9-11

Title:  Savior      Sculptor:  Chen Enze

The exhibition was co-hosted by the office of National Assemblyman Kim Min-chul (김민철) of the Democratic Party of Korea (더불어민주당), Uijeongbu City, Uijeongbu Cultural Foundation, Korea Asian Exchange Center, and the Chinese Embassy in Seoul. It was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and others. The opening ceremony will be held on 12 September at 2 p.m. on the third floor of the National Assembly Hall.

On the night of 11 September, in the event hall on the third floor of the National Assembly Hall, where we visited, there were chairs with the plaques of the Chinese Ambassador to the ROK: Xing Haiming, and Democratic Party lawmakers Kim Min-cheol and Pak Chung (박정).

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During the Korean War, Mao Zedong joined hands with North Korea’s Kim Il-sung to dispatch the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) People’s Volunteer Army (2.4 million personnel) to the Korean peninsula. Not only did they almost communize the Republic of Korea, but most of the 180,000 Korean and UN soldiers who died were killed fighting the Chinese army.

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Source: https://www.chosun.com/politics/assembly/2023/09/11/C7UVU7G6OVHHVKAYMH2FOVAGMQ/