‘Left-elegant’ and ‘far-right-elegant’... Another ‘counter-banner’ appears in Ulsan

【Financial News, Ulsan = Reporter Choi Soo-sang】  Political parties have once again put up rival banners in Ulsan. Counter-banners are banners bearing blistering attacks and politically charged slogans from opposing progressive and conservative camps, displayed side by side at intersections and other locations across downtown. 
This time, the Progressive Party, part of the broader ruling bloc, and the People Power Party, the main opposition party, have clashed.
The Ulsan chapter of the Progressive Party said on the 27th that it had put up a banner reading ‘Far-right Kim Tae-gyu, let’s resign gracefully.’ directly below a banner posted by People Power Party lawmaker Kim Tae-gyu (Ulsan Nam-gu A) that read, ‘Left-elegant Lee Jae Myung! Let’s stand trial gracefully.’
The banner appears to twist the wording of the one put up by Kim to criticize his far-right remarks and call for him to resign from the National Assembly.
The Ulsan chapter of the Progressive Party explained the background, saying, “Criticism has been growing as party figures, including People Power Party lawmaker Kim Tae-gyu and leader Jang Dong-hyuk, have continued making historically distorted remarks and far-right inflammatory statements.”
Bang Seok-su, chair of the Ulsan chapter of the Progressive Party, also shared a photo of the banner on Facebook and criticized Kim, saying, “A master of outrageous remarks of all time! Kim Tae-gyu is a disgrace to Ulsan and unfit to serve as a lawmaker.”
The Ulsan chapter of the Progressive Party had previously put up a banner reading “You’re not even worth insulting” outside Kim’s office in September, strongly criticizing his remarks that the December 3 Martial Law and former President Chun Doo-hwan did not constitute insurrection. 
People Power Party lawmaker Kim Tae-gyu, elected in the June 3 by-election, is a legal professional and former judge who entered politics after serving as a high-ranking political appointee in the Yoon Suk Yeol administration. As a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea’s Legislation and Judiciary Committee, he has made his presence felt by repeatedly issuing hard-line remarks directed at the opposition leadership. Recently, he appeared on a YouTube program and said that, in his personal view, the “December 12 military coup,” which was ruled on by the Supreme Court of Korea, and the recent “December 3 incident” were “not an insurrection.” He is now embroiled in controversy over denying history and rejecting judicial rulings.
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