He isn’t even a Korean citizen.
South Korea is at present going through a tumultuous political panorama amidst the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol and the next arrest warrant for him that he and his supporters are blocking from being executed.
Amid this turmoil, South Korean celebrities have majorly proven their help for protestors who’ve been demanding Yoon Suk Yeol be held accountable for making an attempt to impose martial regulation on December 3, KST. However a male singer lately expressed his help for the impeached President on his Instagram, inviting scathing criticism.
On January 3, KST, singer JK Kim Dong Wook took to his Instagram and posted a photograph of the Taegukgi (the Korean flag) with a caption implying that defending President Yoon from the Corruption Investigation Workplace’s (CIO) probe was crucial to save lots of the nation.
“Defending the President is the best way to guard the nation! Who cares concerning the CIO? LOL.”
— The caption above
This wasn’t the primary time the singer got here underneath hearth for his controversial political opinion. On December 1, he commented on the lethal Jeju Air Crash tragedy, saying individuals shouldn’t be “forcing unhappiness.”
It’s by no means proper to drive unhappiness for any motive. Simply since you didn’t put up an image on social media doesn’t imply you aren’t unhappy, and never writing a put up doesn’t imply you aren’t mourning. The brand new yr has simply arrived. Shouldn’t all of us stay one other yr in pleasure and unhappiness with our family members, sharing our smiles and tears?
— JK Kim Dong Wook
JK Kim Dong Wook’s inflammatory feedback have ticked off Korean netizens. Many identified that he isn’t even a South Korean citizen however a Canadian, and therefore, they took problem along with his opinion concerning the political state of affairs within the nation.
- “Why is a foreigner interfering out of the country’s affairs?”
- “The place is that this foreigner making an attempt to insert his nostril? Get out.”
- “Bullsh*t.”
- “A overseas beast is interfering with another person’s nation, LOL.”
- “The Canadian ought to sit this out.”