(LEAD) National museum chief offers to resign over misattributed work from private collection

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SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- You Hong-june, director of the National Museum of Korea, offered to resign Wednesday amid a controversy over the museum's display of a misattributed calligraphic work from his private collection.

He came under fire after the piece was wrongly introduced as the work of a Korean independence activist before later being found to have been written by a prominent pro-Japanese collaborator during Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea.

The museum removed the item from its ongoing special exhibition following the controversy.

You Hong-june, director of the National Museum of Korea (Yonhap)

In a statement sent to reporters, You said he has concluded that he should step down "to restore the museum's tarnished honor."

"The deep trust the public has placed in the National Museum of Korea and the value our staff has built collapsed in an instant because of my personal mistake," he said. "All criticism over this matter is entirely my responsibility."

You, a prominent art historian and author of the bestselling book series "My Exploration of Cultural Heritage," apologized twice and bowed before lawmakers at a parliamentary audit on Monday. However, calls for his resignation persisted from figures in the cultural sector and opposition politicians, who said an apology was insufficient to take responsibility for the fiasco.

You served as head of the Cultural Heritage Administration, now the Korea Heritage Service, from 2004 to 2008 before becoming director of the museum in July last year.

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(LEAD) Chief of national museum apologizes over wrongful attribution of item on display

(LEAD) National museum chief offers to resign over misattributed work from private collection

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首尔，10 月 21 日（韩联社）——韩国国立中央博物馆馆长柳洪俊周三表示，他愿意辞职。此前，该博物馆展出了一幅来自其私人收藏的、被错误归于其名下的书法作品，引发了争议。

该作品最初被错误地介绍为韩国独立运动人士的作品，后来被发现是由一位著名的亲日合作者在1910年至1945年日本殖民统治朝鲜期间所写，因此他受到了抨击。

争议发生后，博物馆将该展品从正在进行的特展中撤下。

韩国国立中央博物馆馆长柳洪俊（韩联社）

尤在发给记者的一份声明中表示，他已决定辞职，“以恢复博物馆受损的荣誉”。

“由于我个人的失误，公众对韩国国立中央博物馆的深厚信任以及我们员工多年来建立的价值瞬间崩塌，”他说道。“所有对此事的批评都完全由我负责。”

尤，这位著名艺术史学家、畅销书系列《我的文化遗产探索之旅》的作者，周一在议会审计中两次道歉并向议员们鞠躬。然而，文化界人士和反对派政客仍然呼吁他辞职，他们认为道歉不足以承担此次事件的责任。

在去年7月成为博物馆馆长之前，您曾于2004年至2008年担任文化遗产厅（现韩国遗产厅）厅长。

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（导语）国家博物馆馆长就展品归属错误致歉

（导语）国家博物馆馆长因私人收藏作品归属错误而提出辞职