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Citizens call for ‘boycott’ of UNIQLO. News 1
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family has been criticized for certifying FRL Korea, a Japanese clothing brand that has been the target of a national boycott, as a “ family-friendly company ”, due to the controversy over the “ “ Contempt of the victims of the Japanese military women of comfort ”. As a family business can receive various benefits, there has even been a petition from the Blue House demanding the abolition of the leisure ministry.
According to the Ministry of Recreation and Home Affairs on the 19th, FRL Korea was recently selected as a ‘Certification Company for Families 2020’ after a review by the Certification Committee for Families of the Ministry of Leisure. This year, a total of 4,340 companies and institutions, including FRL Korea, received this certification.
The Ministry of Leisure and Interior has awarded family-friendly certifications since 2008 to companies and organizations that lead family-friendly management by supporting employees’ work-family balance and creating a flexible work environment.
If selected as a certified family business or institution, 220 benefits apply, such as giving bonus points when selecting a government or local government business and receiving preferential treatment during immigration inspection. The certification mark can be used on product packaging, packaging and promotional materials, thereby enhancing the corporate image.
Regarding the reason for receiving the family certification, FRL Korea actively recommends flexible work methods, such as a time lag system and a flexible work system to improve work efficiency and quality of life for employees, and a system of maternity protection that supports childbirth and child rearing. He was highly praised for actively using it to prevent career interruptions for women. ”
On the Internet, a confrontation arose over this. Netizens responded: “I boycotted a company that looks down on the country and ignores the country, but the government department gives me an award.” “The Myeongdong branch was also withdrawn in January next year and 31 stores closed after the boycott. He showed.
On the 18th day of the National Petition of the Blue House, a message was published calling for the abolition of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, which casts oil on the burning public sentiment. “The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family had a lot of controversy and problems,” Cheong Won-in said. “It wouldn’t have been as controversial as this time.” He noted that “the Japanese companies that are the target of the boycott are family-friendly.”
On the date of the controversy, the Ministry of Leisure and Interior said: “We will review the ways to supplement the (certification) standard by collecting expert opinions, etc.”, but said: “However, the current standards do not they exclude cases that caused social controversy from the objective of the certification. ”
UNIQLO’s announcement last year was embroiled in controversy over disdain for the victims of Japanese military comfort women. YouTube Capture
UNIQLO caused a stir with an announcement posted on its YouTube account in October last year, when the boycott of Japanese companies was in the midst of an increasingly intense trade conflict between Korea and Japan.
In this ad with a 98-year-old woman and a 13-year-old girl, the girl asked, “What clothes did you wear when I was my age?” However, in a Korean ad, the subtitle was paraphrased, saying, “OMG, do you remember 80+ years?”
There was a suspicion that the Japanese colonial period was 80 years ago, and if it was a mockery to raise the issue of comfort women in Korea by translating the lines of a 90-year-old grandmother differently.
Reporter Kim Ji-hye [email protected]
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