Since this issue has started I have seen a lot from international fans about K-nets reaction to this recent ‘scandal’ versus Taeil’s scandal and other scandals and I want to clarify that there has been a lot of misinformation spreading on international social media.
There are some inaccurate and frankly xenophobic reactions from the international side about how these issues have been received in South Korea.
In the case of the most recent scandal – it was very loud protest from fans of the group who did not support him coming back. The general public didn’t care as much about this issue to be honest.
In the case of Taeil, fans didn’t really have anything to protest because as soon as it was revealed what he had been accused of he had already been removed from NCT. The reaction from the general public was extremely bad, especially on female dominated Korean forums.
I do think it’s wrong especially considering all the gender discussions of issues going on in South Korea to paint all Koreans with the same brush and pretend they do not care about sexual assault and issues of that sort.
The difference in these two issues was a loud and childish fandom reaction versus the general public (Taeil).
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