Photos show S. Korea parliament spokesman wearing a memorial pin instead of symbols of the ruling party in China
With President Yoon Suk Yeol’s trial summary, South Korea’s parliament president became the latest target for unfounded pro-communist allegations. The supporter of the impeachment leader – who claimed the threat of communist infiltration when announcing his brief martial arts – allegedly portrayed as a Chinese Communist pin. But analysis of the images shows that he is wearing a badge to commemorate the thousands of badges that died in the Jeju Island massacre in the late 1940s.
The Korean language title is a photo shared on the subject on February 18, “Spokeman Woo Won-Shik appeared in the National Assembly after meeting with China’s XI Jinping.”
It shows Woo-the person who met with Chinese President Xi Jinping a few weeks ago – Gilded dowel with seal of the National Assembly There is also a red badge (archived here and here).
“What is that Communist pin on his chest?” title added.
Screenshot of fake posts, taken on February 20, 2025
Similar posts are complicated on the thread, X, Naver Blog and Naver Cafe, responding to unproven rumors of communist infiltration.
The President of the Yuan Dynasty, who was subjected to impeachment by parliament for his brief martial law, defended his suspension of civilian rule, claiming that communist forces had damaged South Korea’s institutions (archived link).
The 64-year-old was sentenced to jail on charges of uprising and could be sentenced to life imprisonment and even faced death. The verdict on his improvisation trial was widely expected in mid-March.
Yoon also accused unidentified Chinese of flying drones to photograph spy agencies and military facilities in Seoul.
Speech inspired Flooded information Targeting the judiciary, police and opposition figures.
Comments on Woo’s circulating photos show that many social media users think he is wearing a Chinese Communist pin.
“What he tries to get by leaning towards China!” a write. Another said: “Chinese dog.”
Jihao Uprising
Reverse image search on Google found the original photos published in the Yonhap News Agency report on December 14, 2024 (archive link).
According to the image’s title, this shows that Woo announced an improvisation vote on Yoon in the National Assembly.
Comparison of screenshots of photos from fake posts (L) and original Yonhap News Agency pictures
An analysis of Yonhap’s high-quality photos found that the PIN matches the badge, and the Jeju 4.3 Peace Foundation was created to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Jeju Uprising (archived here and here).
The foundation’s website states that the badges are shaped like flowers of camellia plants, symbolizing the victims of the Holocaust (a link to archive).
On April 3, 1948, a member of the Workers’ Party of South Korea – an allies of the organization still ruled North Korea – launched an armed uprising in the Southern Jin Dynasty (archive).
The uprising was quickly overwhelmed, but sporadic conflicts continued, with more than 10,000 South Korean security forces killing more than 10,000 civilians over the next six years.
Comparison of Yonhap photos with screenshots of AFP (L) enlarged PIN and corresponding images on the Foundation website
Democratic MP WI Seong-Gon, representing Jeju Island constituency, wore camellia-shaped dowels during the impeachment vote on February 25 to “transmit a message, send a message that triggered the country’s first martial arts statement The information, like the recent uprising, is an act of state violence” (archive link).
Multiple photos in AFP’s archives show Woo wearing badges on other occasions December 2024 and May 2024.
He also wore a PIN when he participated in a Democratic eventtParliamenta picture in the report of local media news shows (archive link).
