{"id":124131,"date":"2024-08-15T11:30:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T18:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=124131"},"modified":"2024-08-15T09:52:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T16:52:22","slug":"nct-dreams-jaemin-stirs-up-controversy-after-using-japanese-characters-on-korean-liberation-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/nct-dreams-jaemin-stirs-up-controversy-after-using-japanese-characters-on-korean-liberation-day\/","title":{"rendered":"NCT Dream&#8217;s Jaemin stirs up controversy after using Japanese characters on Korean Liberation Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NCT Dream<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Jaemin<\/strong> is back in the spotlight, but this time for all the wrong reasons!<strong> Recently, the idol made a Weverse update utilizing Japanese characters on Korean Liberation Day, sparking a wave of criticism from online users<\/strong>. Some have called his actions &#8220;ignorant&#8221; and &#8220;insensitive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post in question? A selfie the NCT Dream member shared with a caption in Japanese on August 15, after arriving in the country for promotional activities. The Weverse update read &#8220;<strong>I&#8217;ve arrived<\/strong>,&#8221; typed in Japanese, which provoked a backlash from Internet users.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/NCT-Dream-Japan.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/NCT-Dream-Japan.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/NCT-Dream-Japan-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/NCT-Dream-Japan-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/NCT-Dream-Japan-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>The reason is that August 15 marks the <strong>79th National Liberation Day<\/strong> in both South Korea and North Korea. This day commemorates the moment when these nations were finally freed from years of Japan&#8217;s colonial rule, making this a sensitive topic for many people in the country.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, neither Jaemin nor his agency, SM Entertainment, have released an apology following the backlash. This issue tends to be common among K-pop stars, as they frequently visit Japan for work activities. Most recently, <strong>Stray Kids<\/strong>&#8216; Felix was wrapped in a similar situation, but he quickly apologized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCT Dream&#8216;s Jaemin is back in the spotlight, but this time for all the wrong reasons! Recently, the idol made a Weverse update utilizing Japanese characters on Korean Liberation Day, sparking a wave of criticism from online users. Some have called his actions &#8220;ignorant&#8221; and &#8220;insensitive.&#8221; The post in question? A selfie the NCT Dream [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":124141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-124131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124131"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=124131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}