Comedian Lee Suji posted a satirical video about civil servants' grievances and has been subjected to a flood of malicious comments.
On the 14th, the "Civil servant Kim Ji-young's protecting her iron rice bowl [Human docu real Extreme Job] (20260714 broadcast)" video was uploaded to the 'Hot Issue J' channel.
In the video that day, Lee Suji transformed into Kim Ji-young, an Assistant Deputy Director who barely passed the difficult civil service exams after a grueling study period, and portrayed a civil servant's daily life. In the video, Assistant Deputy Director Kim Ji-young is reprimanded by her superior about her attire as soon as she arrives at the Community Service Center, and she must endure unpredictable complaints from a flood of malicious complainants.
One complainant demanded a family relation certificate before business hours began and shouted, "Do you just waste taxpayers' money?" and "I've paid so many taxes to this country, and you can't do this one thing for me?" Afterwards, a complainant caused trouble by saying during a marriage registration, "Aren't you going to congratulate us on our marriage?", and another appeared who suddenly demanded the cancellation of a marriage registration and made unreasonable requests.
In particular, when a complainant entered the Community Service Center and shouted "re-election!", Assistant Deputy Director Kim Ji-young tried to dissuade them by saying, "You can't do that here." This was aimed at an extreme-right group currently occupying the Jamsil Olympic Park handball arena and protesting the "fraudulent election."
They are protesting and demanding a rerun of the election, claiming "fraudulent election" in relation to ballot shortages and delayed voting in some constituencies, including Songpa District in Seoul, during the 9th nationwide local elections held last month, and have sealed off the handball arena that was the vote-counting site.
As a result, numerous concerts scheduled to be held at the handball arena had to relocate their venues, and officials from nine sports organizations under the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) that have offices there suffered damage, with some national team coaches, directors and athletes not receiving prize money and allowances on time, let alone being able to go to work. In addition, national team athletes preparing for international competitions were unable to retrieve their equipment and took a direct hit, and the total estimated damage to date is more than 700 million won. Moreover, there are signs that some protest participants committed multiple illegal acts, such as threatening student athletes and staff and demanding searches of personal belongings, fueling negative public sentiment toward the "blockade protest."
Meanwhile, in a video satirizing the reality of civil servants, Lee Suji drew attention by portraying one of the "malicious complainants" as the protester demanding a rerun. After the video was released, active civil servants strongly empathized with the realistic depiction of malicious complainants, saying, "Thank you for handling civil servants," "There is absolutely no exaggeration," and "The video is on the tame side." But extreme-right groups flooded in, accusing Lee Suji of mocking the rerun protest and unleashing malicious comments. They criticized her, saying, "Do you mock the people's sovereignty?", "How much do you want to be insulted?", and "Apologize."
Ultimately, due to intense malicious comments, the "Hot Issue J" side deleted the scene, but still the extreme-right groups are protesting, saying, "You can't cover the sky with your palm" and "Take down the video and apologize." On the other hand, some voices supporting Lee Suji continue, saying, "freedom of expression" and "Even those comments seem like the troublemakers."
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