NiziU is also damaged ...
「If you are active in Korea, study」「Request for expulsion」
K-POP idols are involved in "historical problems"!
With the official debut of NiziU coming soon, Japanese entertainment media is getting excited.
K-POP's localization strategy, which created a Japanese group aiming at the Japanese market, seems to be steadily producing results.
Zeebra (real name: 横井 英之〈Hideyuki Yokoi, 요코이 히데유키〉
Japanese hip-hop MC. Also active as a DJ under the name of DJ DIRTY KRATES.
中林美和(Miwa Nakabayashi,나 카바 야시 미와)
Japanese fashion model. The second daughter is Lima from the girls group NiziU.
NiziU's リマ(RIMA, 리마)
Real name: 中林里茉(Rima Nakabayashi, 나 카바 야시 리마)
Some South Korean media also called her "the great-grandson of the war criminal" because NiziU's great-grandfather Lima was a businessman Hideki Yokoi (요코이 히데키) who made a fortune during the war. is there.
However, when the divorce of his parents was announced on the 2nd of this month, there were reports that "Lima cleared the stigma."
It seems that the overseas expansion of K-POP is attracting a lot of attention in the Korean media.
South Korean star news (November 3) reported that NiziU Lima's parents divorced and "branded offspring of war criminals"
"The turmoil that infuriated Koreans" created by the internationalization of K-POP .
The internationalization of such K-POP idols is not limited to Japan.
Recently, the countries of origin of members such as Brazil, Belgium and Indonesia have become more diverse.
China, of course, is one of the countries where K-POP has been positioned as the most major overseas market from the beginning.
At least 30 people from mainland China have been on the stage as members of the idol group, including (ハンギョン, 한경 , 韓庚, Hankyung) of UPER JUNIOR(슈퍼주니어), who debuted in 2005.
However, since late October, such Chinese K-POP idols have been infuriating many Koreans.
The cause is none other than the historical recognition problem surrounding the participation of the Korean War in China.
(習近平, 习近平, 시진핑, Xí Jìnpíng)
Korean War broke out in 1950, armistice in 1953.
China entered the war in 1950 to support North Korea and fought against the United States and South Korea.
This year, October 25, 2020, will be the 70th anniversary of China's participation in the Korean War.
The same month 23 days prior to it commemorative ceremony was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Xi Jinping Jintao head of state (국가 주석) is
"the unbeaten myth of the US military China and North Korea is defeated,"
"The greatwar「抗美援朝 (항미원조, Resistance-US North Korea-Assistance) 」 suppressed the invasion and expansion of imperialism," he said.
On the 19th of the same month, Xi Jinping Jintao head of state also made a historic decision to defend the state with 「抗美援朝 (항미원조, Resistance-US North Korea-Assistance) 」in order to protect peace and confront the invasion of the United States and South Korea. ".
(ビクトリア, Victoria, 빅토리아)
Real name: (宋茜, Song Chien, 송치엔, ソン・チェン)
Chinese K-POP idols were in tune with these remarks.
On the 23rd of the same month, they participated in the SNS “Weibo”, also known as the Chinese version of Twitter, with the hashtag of “「#volunteer army's 「抗美援朝 (항미원조, Resistance-US North Korea-Assistance) 」Anti-Mission 70th Anniversary of Departure Operation 70 ”
she wrote a congratulatory message for the anniversary.
Ray, who made his debut in the male group EXO in 2012, and (ルハン, 鹿晗, Luhan, 루한), who left EXO in 2016 and is currently active in China, posted comments such as "Remember history and pay homage to the heroes!"
Victoria, who made her debut in the women's group f (x) in 2009, also wrote, "Remember history, cherish peace, and pay homage to the heroes!"
other idols all have the same text.
Former women's group I.O.I(아이오아이)(チュ・キョルギョン, 周洁琼, 주결경, Zhou Jieqiong), debuted in women's group (宇宙少女, 우주소녀, WJSNCosmic Girls) (Cheng Xiao, 성소, Chengxiao), (ソンソ, 성소, Chengxiao)、(ミギ, 미기, Meiqi) 、(ソニ, 선의, Xuanyi), the male group UNIQ(유니크), (ジェイシェン, 조이쉔, 周艺轩)、(ムンハン, 이문한, 李汶翰)、(イボ, 왕이보, 王一博) celebrate the 70th anniversary of participation It is reported that he left it.
(康京和, 강경화, Kang Kyung-wha, カン・ギョンファ）
(金日成, 김일성, Kim Il-sung, キム・イルソン)
Needless to say, the historical view of the United States and South Korea is the exact opposite of that of China.
In response to President Xi's remarks, a spokesperson for the US State Department tweeted on Twitter on October 24, "North Korea supported by Mao Tse Tung invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950."
South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-hwa also responded on the 26th of the same month, saying, "The UN Security Council resolution clearly states that the Korean War broke out due to the invasion of North Korea, and the debate has ended."
The Chinese K-POP idols who celebrated the anniversary of "항미원조, Resistance-US North Korea-Assistance" were naturally strongly opposed in South Korea.
The conservative large letter 「조선일보 朝鮮日報 Chosun Ilbo」 is an article entitled "Idol from China who says" Don't forget 「抗美援朝 (항미원조, Resistance-US North Korea-Assistance) 」, if you work in Korea, I want you to study history more. " (October 28, 2020) states:
"The country where their government teamed up with Stalin and Kim Il Sung to send their" heroes "to the Korean Peninsula and try to eliminate them from the earth by force is not the country where they are making money from performing arts. Is it? "
Posting to SNS over the Korean War became a hot topic in South Korea
The "National Petition Bulletin Board" is a mechanism in which the presidential office officially gives some kind of answer when more than 200,000 supporters gather.
On October 26, a petition appeared saying, "We demand sanctions for the activities of Chinese entertainers in South Korea who are in tune with the distortion of the history of the Korean War in China."
The contributor complains, "I hope that they will impose heavy sanctions on their activities in South Korea so that they will not be able to operate in South Korea in line with the shameful Chinese historical distortion."
The number of supporters is about 28,000 as of November 8.
Even in the online community, "Chinese puppets deserve to be kicked out by entertainers at work," "Visas should be revoked and banished," "Educational issues. They have been mis-educated since childhood." Voices are gathering.
In addition, there are many writings that refer to Japan.
From the NiziU official website,
" The history distortion of China is as serious as that of Japan . "
Twice Sana
Japanese year description discussion
(2019.05.02 / News Today / MBC)
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• 2019/05/01
This is not the first time a Chinese idol's remark has been controversial in South Korea.
In 2016, when the Dutch Hague arbitration court ruled against China over the sovereignty issue with the Philippines in the South China Sea, f (x) Victoria, women's group FIESTAR (피에스타)(チャオ・ルー, 曹璐, Cáo Lù, 차오루), also miss A (미쓰 에이)'s (ワン・フェイフェイ, 王 霏霏, Wang Fei-fei 왕 페이페이) and others posted protest comments at “Weibo”.
South Korea also has territorial disputes with China in the East China Sea, and their political remarks have attracted negative eyes.
during the Hong Kong democratization demonstration from 2019, many Chinese idols expressed their support for the Chinese government and the Hong Kong police to suppress the demonstrators.
Men's group GOT7 (갓세븐)'s (ジャクソン 잭슨, Jackson), SEVENTEEN (세븐틴)' s(THE 8, ディエイト, 디에잇) , (JUN, ジュン, 준), PENTAGON (펜타곤)(옌안, 閆桉, イェナン), EXO Ray, Women's Group （G）I-DLE(여자)아이들)((ウギ, 우기, Yuqi), f (x) Victoria, Former IOI (아이 오아이) (Ju Kyulkyung, Zhou Kyulkyung, 주결경), 宇宙少女(우주소녀, WJSN、Cosmic Girls) (ソンソ, 성소, Chengxiao), (ミギ, 미기, Meiqi ), (ソニ, 선의, Xuanyi ) and others.
But South Korean public opinion was sympathetic to the democratization protests, and Chinese idols who supported the suppression were also blamed for criticism.
On the other hand, there are many cases where K-POP idols burn in China.
On October 7, 防弾少年団(방탄 소년단,Bulletproof Boy Scouts)＝BTS's RM said at a meeting of US and South Korean officials about the Korean War, "We must always remember the history of hardships shared by both countries." On the other hand, the Chinese side responded that it was an "insult," and a major Chinese logistics company stopped delivering BTS-related products.
Also, in 2016, when Taiwanese member Chou Tzu-Yu of the women's group TWICE appeared on TV with the Taiwanese flag in hand, there was also a case where the Chinese side was forced to apologize due to strong opposition.
Regarding Japanese members, Sana of TWICE, who mentioned on the official SNS about the change from 平成(Heisei, 헤세이) to 令和(Reiwa, 레이와) in 2019, said from Korean fans, "天皇陛下(His Majesty the Emperor, 천황폐하) with an official account. It is insane to talk about it. "
Taiwan idol apology
(周子瑜, 저우쯔위, Chou Tzu-Yu)is asked to apologize to a Korean entertainment agency [Japanese subtitles]
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• 2016/01/20
TWICE (트와이스) サナ(사나,Sana)
Real name: 湊﨑紗夏(Sana Minatozaki, 미나토자키 사나)
It seems that the fire of the flames that accompanies the overseas expansion of K-POP is rolling everywhere.
