KBS turns on its daily blemishes on the cowardly excuse of Liberation Day and flips the Korean flag 'The production team is to blame'
Aug 15, 2024
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KBS tarnished the reputation of public broadcasters on National Liberation Day.
It started with an opera 'Madame Butterfly'. KBS1 broadcast the first part of 'Madame Butterfly' at midnight on the 15th.
'Madame Butterfly' is an opera by Giacomo Puccini that premiered in 1904. Set in Nagasaki, Japan, in the 1990s, when the U.S. forced Japan to open a port, it depicts the tragic fate of the first lady of the butterfly who became a U.S. soldier Fingerton and a geisha. This work is considered one of Puccini's three major operas, but the female protagonist in the play appears in a kimono from beginning to end, and the Japanese national anthem is in the wedding scene The Japanese style is dark, with the melody inserted.
However, criticism poured out over the fact that this work was released at the beginning of Liberation Day. Then KBS recorded the performance on June 29 and was scheduled to air at the end of July, but it was pushed back by the Olympic broadcast, and it was broadcasted at dawn on Liberation Day. Considering the changed schedule, I deeply apologize once again for causing a stir on the meaningful Liberation Day due to the production team's negligence to check whether there are any problems with the broadcast content and whether the timeliness is appropriate. To prevent this from happening again, we will pay more attention to the production by investigating the broadcast details and asking for reasonable responsibility", he apologized.
In addition, the second part of 'Madame Butterfly', which was also scheduled on the 16th, will be replaced with another performance broadcast.
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On this day, KBS aired a weather forecast just before the live broadcast of '79th Anniversary of Liberation Day celebration'. However, the Taegeukgi, which appeared on the left side of the screen, was located incorrectly in Geongongam-ri. The position of 'gun' was upside down and on the right.
In addition, KBS organized a documentary on former President Rhee Syng-man that the Film Council classified as a documentary on characters lacking objectivity as "not meeting the criteria for recognizing independent films". In response, KBS headquarters of the Korean Press Workers' Union urged the cancellation of the program, saying, `It is not right to glorify dictatorship on Liberation Day,' and a petition from viewers also appeared. However, KBS did not reveal its plan to cancel the broadcast.
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