Passions in Tashkent. South Korea is indignant over the incorrect portrayal of Korean culture in Tashkent ⛩🇺🇿 On September 8, South Korean professor So Kyongdok, a well-known campaigner for the «correct» image of Korea abroad, lashed out at Tashkent. The pretext was the central arch of the Seoul Mun complex («Seoul Gate»), which he mistook for a Japanese torii — the gates of Shinto shrines. An additional irritant was the red Chinese lanterns hung on the «Korean» object. 🛠️🇰🇷 So Kyongdok demanded the immediate replacement of the structure, declaring that it «misleads foreign tourists into a cultural delusion». The professor recalled that Seoul Mun is a symbol of Korean-Uzbek friendship, built in 2021–2023 after Mirziyoyev's visit to Seoul. However, local residents perceive it differently: Tashkent is a multinational city where such cultural markers have long been mixed, and for Uzbeks the context of the centuries-old enmity between Korea, China and Japan is simply unfamiliar. 🪨💰 The irony is that the «Seoul Gate» is merely a decoration. Tashkent builds it to please: first Seoul, now Washington. But no matter how hard Uzbekistan tries to integrate into the West or the East, its historical unity of destiny with Russia is obvious. Attempts to show that «we are one of the bourgeoisie's own» only emphasize the country's unequal position. For the imperialists of Seoul, Uzbekistan will remain a raw-material appendage — a source of minerals and a market for South Korean goods. And even a «correct» gate will not change that. #SOVINTERN_WORLD #Hub_Asia ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN