So Jae-won, "Did you not receive history education?" slams baseball team for excluding '5·18 mockery chant' [Star Issue]

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Writer So Jae-won sharply criticized the baseball team of Baejae High School for chanting "Let's go to Starbucks" during a national high school baseball tournament.

On the 30th, So Jae-won posted on his personal account, "Did the Baejae High School baseball team swing bats and throw balls without even receiving history education?"

So Jae-won stated, "The the 18th incident is by no means something so trivial that it can be used as a subject of mockery. It is a history where even the vibrant energy of a bright spring dares not show its brilliance, bowing its head in reverence."

He further added, "Just a few decades ago, military boots ruthlessly spilled citizens' blood on this land, and that blood is still engraved in the hearts of all Koreans. With the living witnesses of history still alive and watching, how dare you mock it! Is this even conceivable! It is chillingly frightening and sad that the blood shed for democracy could become a source of ridicule for you."

Continuing, he said, "With a heartbreaking heart, I want to give you this advice: Live with shame. You must reflect on your dirty actions and sincerely apologize and express regret to the warriors watching from above."

Previously, on the 29th, during the 81st Cheongryonggi National High School Baseball Championship and Weekend League King of Kings match between Gwangju Jeil High School and Baejae High School, some Baejae High School student-athletes repeatedly chanted "Go, go, let's go to Starbucks" toward the opposing dugout, sparking controversy.

The chant was interpreted as a mocking reference to last month's controversy surrounding Starbucks Korea's so-called 'the 18th Tank Day' event, drawing criticism as a derogatory remark targeting the region.

Subsequently, Baejae High School published an apology on its official website. The school stated, "We sincerely apologize for causing deep hurt and disappointment to the Gwangju Jeil High School team, parents, alumni, and many Gwangju citizens due to the inappropriate cheer chant by some student-athletes." The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education is reviewing an investigation into Baejae High School.

Meanwhile, So Jae-won is a novelist who wrote the original works for films such as 'Beastie Boys', 'Wish', and 'Tunnel'.

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