Although it belonged to a group active in Korea, Korean culture is unacceptable. Chinese member Wang This (activist name This) of the group Everglow left Korea with a cultural conflict between Korea and China.
On the 9th, Everglow Entertainment said, "I will tell you about the member king This," said Wang This. "Wang This will go to China for academic reasons from mid-January to the end of February."
"I will take a break with my family who have not met for a while because of Corona 19," he added.
As Wang This's vacancy emerges, Everglow will schedule a five-member system consisting only of Korean members for the time being.
The agency said that Wang This's trip to China was for academic reasons and rest, but some domestic netizens see it as the aftermath of the controversy over the previous Large joints.
Earlier, Everglow held a fan signing ceremony to commemorate the release of his third mini album, "Return City of London The Girl," on the 2nd. And the controversy came to an end at the fan signing.
The Korean members did Large joints to the New Year fans, but Wang This stood alone and handed a Chinese greeting, not a temple. It was a China-style greeting method that wrapped one hand around the other hand.
Some domestic netizens pointed out that they stick to China style while working in Korea, but China netizens praised Wang This's behavior and spread to Korean-Chinese cultural conflicts.
In particular, China SNS Wei Bo posted a number of articles praising Wang This's behavior with the hashtag "China does not do Large joints," and China Media Wang Yimang praised him as "The Chinese greeting of King This is great, kneeling only to heaven, earth and parents."
The official Global Times also reported that "Cina members of the K-pop group are praised for their traditional Chinese greetings in Korea."
Here, some Chinese netizens aimed at Korean netizens and raised the issue even more by distorting history, such as 'Korea was a colony of China in the past'.
On the other hand, Wang This has been controversial in the past and has been on the board. Through the video fan meeting, "I want to speak Chinese, but there are restrictions because I am doing Korean activities. The company is also paying attention. But I will try to promote China. "He also bought a lot of criticism for supporting the cotton of Xinjiang Uighur, which has been controversial about forced labor and human rights violations.
Everglow released his third mini-album, "Return City of London the Girl," in December last year, and actively worked as the title song "Pirate".