5th Gen Idol Under Fire For Controversial Comment In Now-Deleted Clip
In a now-deleted clip, NCT Wish‘s Ryo triggered backlash from Korean netizens with his problematic comment.
In a clip from a recent video, he refers the “East Sea” as the “Sea of Japan.” The dispute of the sea’s name has been ongoing between Korea and Japan for many years, making it a very controversial and even sensitive subject.
Sea of Japan crab…!
— Ryo
Riku was also there, but it was Ryo netizens became upset with as Riku didn’t say the controversial comments.
Riku: And what do you call this? A crab?
Riku: The crab is also really delicious, so I hope you get to try it.
Ryo: Japan’s crab… it must be delicious.
Netizens flooded the viral post with over a thousand comments, many angry at the fact that he is promoting in Korea yet uses the name “Sea of Japan” instead of “East Sea.”
- “Can’t believe I’m seeing something like this in my lifetime….;;;”
- “Ugh, disgusting.”
- “Then just promote in Japan, please.”
- “Are they crazy…? Makes me want to do a dokdo kick.*” [T/N: *Similar to a roundhouse kick].
- “They’re promoting in Korea??? Totally hopeless lol. It’s like throwing stones at the country.
- “Are you insane?”
- “Ugh, I’m so pissed off.”
- “So they decided to take down the video, but that also means they decided not to apologize, right?”
