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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 5139703, member: 16729&quot;]↑ THAT is true.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder what &quot;info&quot; a painter like Jang had that would have &quot;helped&quot; Japan?&nbsp; Not a rhetorical question; I really do wonder what the specifics are.&nbsp; The English page of the JoongAng Daily has these specifics:</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>According to the Institute for Research in Collaborationist Activities, the artist received the recognition and support of the Japanese colonial government from 1941 to 1944 as he built his career. The institute has demanded the removal of his work from the coin.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Korean-language sources that I have found don&#039;t say much more than this as the evidence of his &quot;crimes.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Like I said, I&#039;m open to correction.&nbsp; <b> Please direct us to your source of information.&nbsp; </b></p><p><br /></p><p>There are certainly much worse &quot;offenders&quot; in Korea.&nbsp; If they&#039;re going after Jang, they might as well tear apart the Gyeongbusan Expressway and fill in all of its tunnels dug into the mountains, dismantle the Hyuandai Shipyards in Ulsan, and all the other infrastructure projects directed by President Park Chunghee in the 1960s and 1970s.&nbsp;&nbsp; He not only swore an oath to the Emperor, he was a commissioned officer in the Japanese Kwangtung Army hunting down Korean partisans, one of whom went by the name Kim Il-sung (later, the first leader of North Korea).</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems like lots of revision will soon follow if Jang&#039;s &quot;offense&quot; is enough to get a person in trouble.&nbsp; Especially if the government is not looking at the entirety of someone&#039;s career and lifework.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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