Korean celebs below assault by Chinese language social media customers for supporting Korean athletes

Korean celebrities who confirmed their help on-line for South Korean athletes on the 2022 Beijing Olympics have been bombarded by Chinese language social media customers.

RM, the chief of Ok-pop group BTS, uploaded an Instagram story on his private account expressing help for a South Korean brief monitor speedskater who was disqualified in the course of the males‘s 1,000-meter semifinal held Monday.

The singer posted a photograph with a thumbs-up and clapping emoji after the occasion, throughout which Hwang Dae-heon overtook two Chinese language skaters. The speedskater got here in first, however was disqualified for what the referee claimed was “unlawful late passing” and making contact with the opposite skaters.

Whereas many Koreans interpreted the referee’s determination as biased, RM’s Instagram account was flooded with malicious feedback from Chinese language customers. They used the vomiting emoji and criticized RM. A few of them demanded an apology for disputing the referee’s determination, and made insults about his seems to be as effectively.

The official BTS Instagram account was additionally bombarded. Some Chinese language netizens additionally expressed their anger on Weibo by utilizing the hashtag “#BTSinsultingChina.”

Rapper Paloalto expressed his remorse over refereeing selections that disqualified Hwang and Lee June-seo, who was disqualified from the boys’s 1,000-meter semifinal on the identical day. Lee completed second in a separate semifinal race however was penalized for making a lane change that interfered with a Hungarian skater.

The rapper’s put up set off a flurry of offended feedback from Chinese language netizens, in response to the artist. He mentioned, “I believed we shared a bond by means of music no matter nationality. I by no means anticipated to obtain such emotional and repulsive reactions like this.” He additional added that he has no feeling of hatred at these Chinese language followers who’ve proven him love and respect.

Along with RM and Paloalto, TV host and persona Jang Sung-kyu additionally noticed a flood of vicious feedback from Chinese language customers on his Instagram. On Tuesday, Jang uploaded footage of Hwang’s race and expressed his anger on the referee’s determination, with the caption, “Calling this a foul is a foul.”

Chinese language customers flocked to his account to specific their anger by leaving malicious feedback on the put up. One consumer even sexually harassed Jang’s son with a touch upon a put up from three days prior.

By Jie Ye-eun ([email protected])