Mexican YouTuber faces backlash over Rising Sun flag in World Cup video

The Korea Herald

A Mexican YouTuber has come under fire for using footage of the Rising Sun flag in a video introducing the 48 countries competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Seo Kyung-duk, a professor of liberal arts at Sungshin Women's University, on Tuesday criticized the YouTuber who runs a soccer-focused channel for using the flag that represented the Japanese Imperial Army.

“The report came from a Korean resident in Mexico.

The video has garnered more than 1.3 million views and 10,000 likes on YouTube,” th ...

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Mexican YouTuber faces backlash over Rising Sun flag in World Cup video

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