High school baseball chant scandal spreads to political sphere, threatening official's job post

• ·DP officials called for vice chairman's resignation after he not only likened Paichai high school's punishment to "North Korea" but then further doubled down on his position.
• ·A high school baseball team's chants could even get major government officials fired.
• ·Lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Party (DP) are demanding that Lee Byung-tae, vice chairman of the Regulatory Rationalization Committee, resign after he defended the Paichai High School baseball team over its controversial "Starbucks" cheer and likened the latest string of events to North Korea.
• ·The controversy stems from a cheer used by Paichai players during a high school baseball game against a team from Gwangju that referenced Starbucks in a way that was widely interpreted as mocking victims of the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement.
• ·The team was later handed a six-month suspension, which ignited a heated debate over whether the punishment was excessive.

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