"Rising Sun" boulder controvercy in Tokyo

Jain Kim from South Korea, who has won 30 World Cups, was watching the male Olympic Boulder final and was like many fascinated by the artistic work of the third boulder. But when the commentator Jonny Bryan described it she got very upset, "...created by the Japanese and french route setters to give an image of a Japanese rising sun." (c) Leo Zhukov

Jain Kim has explained on Insta why she got upset and has sent her complaint to IFSC. The reason she wanted the bring it up is the missing awareness and that there was no apology from any part for the unintentional hurt feelings." A rising sun flag is the military flag used by Japan during WWII, which symbolizes Japanese militarism. To the victim countries, the Rising Sun Flag is no different from Hakenkreuz, the symbol of the German Nazi for the victim countries. Therefore, the Rising Sun Flag is always an extremely serious issue between victims and Japan, including South Korea."

Has there been any reactions in the general South Korea media?
There were many media articles news already in Korea and one famous professor has officially appealed to the IOC.

According to this article, South Korea formally, in 2019, requested IOC to ban the flag in the Tokyo Olympics.

IFSC has responded to Jain that it was a mistake by the commentator and that none of the boulders was intended to portray any symbols. Jain has answered that she finds it very strange that a British commentator could pick up that symbol without being told so, as she herself did not see it before the commentator announced it.

It should be noted that both Jain and myself have tried to get in contact with Mr Bryan without success. 8a has previously acknowledged that he did a very good job especially during the Lead final, having full control over all mathematical scenarios.

It should also be mentioned that this boulder was probably also the worst ever set in an IFSC competition when it comes to difficulty. Everyone reached the zone on the first attempt but then only Adam Ondra could control the following hold once. All others fell directly after the zone, although there were another 3-4 moves to secure the Top.