On the twenty seventh, actor Lee Lee Solar-kyun unexpectedly left the world, plunging associates into grief. Commemorative posts from acquaintances within the leisure business, in addition to expressions of sympathy as a result of regrettable circumstances surrounding his drug-related suspicions and police investigation, poured in. Nevertheless, a few of these posts confronted public backlash for being deemed inappropriate.
On the twenty ninth, singer Shin Hyun-jun posted a photograph on social media. The image featured Shin, inserting a single chrysanthemum in a park, with a picture of the late Lee Solar-kyun. Because the park within the picture was recognized as the situation the place Lee Solar-kyun was discovered deceased, criticism arose for exhibiting another person’s demise on social media. Subsequently, Shin deleted the submit.
On the day before today, the twenty eighth, singer Harim additionally deleted a memorial submit he had personally shared. Harim had written, “One can not dare to guess, however was he not misplaced to the betrayal of public love and retribution for his or her voyeuristic needs in a single second? Please forgive this merciless world,” and posted an illustration titled ‘Revenge of the Muse’ by illustrator Ilya Milstein, which criticizes the male-centric artwork world utilizing girls merely as inventive instruments. The submit was deemed inappropriate for a memorial.
Composer Kim I-na additionally confronted criticism for treating information associated to Lee Solar-kyun as gossip. In a submit on the twenty seventh, she appeared to mirror on herself, saying, “How am I in probably the most cowardly class? I don’t even have the {qualifications} to submit a black picture. I need to turn out to be a greater individual one way or the other.” Nevertheless, this submit was criticized for not being applicable for a memorial, resulting in its deletion.
Moreover, actor Lee Ji-hoon initially wrote on social media, “It’s chaotic and scary. Phrases from individuals who haven’t skilled it, who weren’t even there. Is it actually honest, is it actually equal? Information, YouTube, inflated rumors, these rattling netizens, witch hunts. Who evaluates whom. Do they reside effectively with none disgrace?” He later deleted the submit. Actor Oh Dae-hwan additionally wrote, “Disgusting. There’s a lot extra I need to say, however I endure as a result of there are numerous individuals I’m chargeable for,” however he later deleted the submit as effectively.
This isn’t solely restricted to celebrities. Lee Jae-myung, the chief of the Democratic Get together of Korea, talked about on social media, “As soon as once more, an harmless citizen has fallen sufferer to the state investigative energy tasked with defending the individuals from crime.” The assertion sparked controversy, and he subsequently deleted the submit.