Chinese New Year is celebrated on January 22 2023, it is customary for K-pop idols to congratulate their fans. Likewise with IVE's Jang Wonyoung who greets his fans through his personal Instagram account. That day, Jang Wonyoung shared a photo of herself wearing a hanbok with the caption “Happy Seollal (Korean New Year)”. As soon as the photo was uploaded, the Cnetz flooded the upload with insults.
Cnetz criticized why Jang Wonyoung used the line "Happy Seollal" instead of "Happy Chinese New Year". Malicious comments such as “die” or “quit K-pop” were aimed at Jang Wonyoung through these posts. International fans also did not remain silent when they saw Jang Wonyoung's comment column which was flooded with hate speech.
International fans tried to fill Jang Wonyoung's comment column with positive responses. Some of them even copied the lyrics of IVE 's song to cover up the hateful comments. This is not the first time the IVE member has received hate speech. Some of the activities carried out by Jang Wonyoung are often the targets of hatred.
Previously, there was a clip of Jang Wonyoung eating pizza for a commercial. Then a clip of Jang Wonyoung eating ice cream. Some netizens also feel that the hatred for Jang Wonyoung has crossed the line. Therefore, not a few defend him every time he becomes the target of hatred. Continuing the discussion on Chinese New Year.
Apart from Jang Wonyoung IVE, there is also Girls' Generation's Seohyun who was attacked by Cnetz for mentioning the same thing, “Happy Seollal” in her Instagram post. Controversy regarding the mention of "Happy Chinese New Year" or "Happy Seollal" often occurs. Both Knetz and Cnetz clashed with each other when one of these sentences was used by a K-pop idol.
Previously on Thursday January 19, 2023, there was Danielle NewJeans who was also criticized for mentioning Chinese New Year. Instead of saying Seollal, Danielle was criticized for mentioning Chinese New Year. Then via the NewJeans Instagram account, Danielle apologized for the misnomer.
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