"Since the end of last year, graffiti satirizing President Park Geun-hye has been appearing in Daegu. No one drew graffiti lampooning the president during the administrations of former presidents Roh Moo-hyun (2003-2008) and Lee Myung-bak (2008-2013), but this kind of graffiti keeps showing up in Daegu, where President Park has a strong support base."
"When the prosecutors took over the case, they charged Kim with destruction of property and made a summary judgment, ordering him to pay a fine of 1 million won (US$890). But Kim insisted on a full trial, arguing that his graffiti was protected by the freedom of artistic expression."
“We never used to have any graffiti in Daegu. The reason we keep seeing it now is because young artists instinctively feel that society today is unnatural and abnormal. They were expressing those feelings through graffiti. If the police overreact each time it happens with these investigations, it will have a chilling effect on the freedom of artistic expression,” said Han Sang-hun, secretary general of the Daegu Artist’s Association.
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