Reference News Network July 19** According to Japan's "Sankei Shimbun" on July 18**, after the South Korean delegation stayed in the Tokyo Olympic Village, the banner hanging on the outside of the balcony caused a lot of turmoil. At present, the International Olympic Committee has ordered the South Korean delegation to take down the banner for violating the Olympic Charter.
The banner was provided and hung by the Korean Sports Association after the Korean delegation moved in on the 13th. The content is written in Korean script, "Chansage still has the support and support of 50 million people", and paraphrases the famous quote of Yi Sun-sin, who is regarded as the "hero of the anti-Japanese war" by South Korea, "Chansage still has 12 warships". At the end of the 16th century, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent troops to attack Korea, Yi Sunsin rose up against the Japanese.
According to the Korea Sports Association, the banner was meant to motivate the athletes and had no political intent. But the I.O.C. found the banner reminiscent of war and General Yi Sun-sin, and found it to be a violation of the Olympic charter, which prohibits religious and ethnographic propaganda.
The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC**) said at a press conference on the 17th that elements that could cause confrontation are not allowed in the Olympic Village. Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, also said that the Olympics need to avoid political messages.