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Park Soo Hong Gets into Legal Battle with His Older Brother
Suspicions of embezzlement rose against Park Soo HongŌĆśs older brother. For 30 years, Park Soo HongŌĆÖs brother worked as his manager but failed to pay him the appearance fees and deposits properly. Park Soo Hong took his Instagram to admit the issue. He wrote, ŌĆ£I tried to talk with him to correct the problem. But I havenŌĆÖt received an answer from him for a long time now.ŌĆØ The people who heard the news showed sympathy for Park. Meanwhile, ParkŌĆÖs older brotherŌĆÖs acquaintance refuted the comedianŌĆÖs statement and claimed that the problem began because of ParkŌĆÖs girlfriend. As a result, Park Soo Hong will file a civil and criminal complaint against his brother and wife on the 5th. ┬Ā
BTS Raises Their Voices Against Racial Discrimination
ŌĆö ļ░®Ēāäņåīļģäļŗ© (@BTS_twt) March 30, 2021 The group BTS has raised its voice against racial discrimination. On March 30th, they tagged ŌĆ£#StopAsianHateŌĆØ and ŌĆ£#StopAAPIHateŌĆØ on their official Twitter. They also posted about Asian hate crimes that became a new social issue recently. They wrote, ŌĆ£We send our deepest condolences to those who have lost their loved ones. We feel grief and anger. We recall moments when we faced discrimination as Asians. We cannot put into words the pain of becoming the subject of hatred and violence for such a reason. Our own experiences are inconsequential compared to the events that have occurred over the past few weeks. But these experiences were enough to make us feel powerless and chip away our self-esteem.ŌĆØ They continued to oppose racism and violence, saying, ŌĆ£What is happening right now cannot be dissociated from our identity as Asians.ŌĆØ ┬Ā
ŌĆśSnowdropŌĆÖ Issues Second Statement over the Controversy
Recently, JTBCŌĆÖs Snowdrop raised controversy over distorting and disparaging the democratic movement. And on March 30th, the production issued the second statement. They stressed, ŌĆ£The motif of the major incident is not the democratic movement, but the 1987 presidential election. Characters do not symbolize any government or organization.ŌĆØ The staff also stated that the heroine has nothing to do with the real activist Chun Young Cho. They then added that they would change the characterŌĆÖs name. However, the public feedbacks are still not good. The people argued that the show doesnŌĆÖt have to set the background in 1987 if the show wants to tell a love story and leave out participation in the democracy movement. Some added that the production crewŌĆÖs explanation about the plot and characters are contradictory and ŌĆ£romanticizingŌĆØ the wrong matter. ┬Ā Source (1, 2, 3)
