"What Are You Doing!" Shouting During Lecture... Amid History Distortion Controversy, Lecturer Says "Never Once"

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A lecture by history instructor Hwang Hyun-pil, invited by the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, has concluded amid controversy. While the Minister of Education had recommended replacing him, the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education proceeded with the lecture as planned.

Reporter Choi Ho-won has the details.

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Yesterday (October 28), a conservative parents' group gathered in front of the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education to demand the resignation of Gyeonggi Superintendent of Education An Min-seok.

Pointing out that Superintendent An had invited Hwang Hyun-pil, head of the Institute for Correcting History, to a lecture for parents and teachers, the protesters claimed that Hwang is a figure who "distorts history."

[Park So-young / Representative, Movement to Establish Righteous Education: Hwang Hyun-pil is fabricating South Korea's history. How can Superintendent An Min-seok invite an unqualified person like him as a lecturer for the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education? Shouldn't he step down immediately?]

Some rally participants entered Hwang's subsequent lecture and shouted out.

[What do you think you're doing right now! What on earth are you doing!]

Hwang, a former high school Korean history teacher, directly refuted the controversy over history distortion at the beginning of his lecture.

[Hwang Hyun-pil / Head, Institute for Correcting History: I want to emphasize this once again. Not even once in the history academia have I ever heard anyone say, 'Your history lecture has errors, your history lecture is wrong, you taught it incorrectly.' I have never heard it even once.]

In his main lecture themed on the "History of Anti-Japanese Armed Struggle," he focused on delivering historical facts.

Hwang, a YouTuber with 1.13 million subscribers, has previously made remarks in past lectures suggesting the United States bore responsibility for the Korean War and criticized The Birth of Korea, a documentary glorifying former President Syngman Rhee.

Previously, Minister of Education Choi Kyo-jin also expressed opposition to Hwang's lecture.

[Choi Kyo-jin / Minister of Education (during the National Assembly audit on October 13): I will make a phone call with Superintendent An Min-seok and recommend that, if time permits, it might be better to replace a lecturer who could cause misunderstandings.]

However, the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education went ahead with Hwang's lecture as scheduled.

Meanwhile, Hwang stated that claims by some individuals alleging he said, "I will cut off my wrist if the Cheonan sinking was the work of North Korea," are untrue, adding that he would file a complaint if video evidence is not provided.

(Video by: Jang Woon-seok)
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