Posts Tagged ‘netizens’
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Yoochun’s fans demand firing of his co-star
File this one under the What The Fuck Files of Dramaland. There’s a tempest brewing in the teapot of I Miss You, the upcoming MBC melodrama starring Yoochun and Yoon Eun-hye. You may have heard of the show? Perhaps once or twice, or okay, practically daily as the drama gears up for its launch next... More »
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Choi Jin-sil’s slanderer given lighter punishment on appeal
Deceased actress Choi Jin-shil‘s netizen tormentor (identified only as Baek, female) has been penalized with 40 million won fine ($35,000) in an appeal trial, which reverses her earlier sentencing. Baek is the netizen who slandered and harassed Choi, even calling the actress at home, before Choi committed suicide last October. Tags: bad behavior, Choi Jin-shil,... More »
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Fans rally to support Yoon Eun-hye
After several reports of Yoon Eun-hye‘s tearful reaction to her acting criticism became known, fans have been mobilizing to send the star messages to cheer her on. The messages have cropped up online, such as on the official My Fair Lady message board, and the fan support is growing to counter the initial complaints regarding... More »
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Lee Shi-young responds to detractors
Lee Shi-young seems like a strong person with a sense of perspective, and she has once again surprised people with her frank response to her critics. The actress who rose to fame through her role in Boys Before Flowers, followed by her stint on We Got Married with now-ex-boyfriend Jun Jin, has encountered a bit... More »
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Park Shin-yang criticized by netizens, SBS denies involvement
On January 6, a netizen wrote on an online café some words of criticism for Painter of the Wind star Park Shin-yang, pretending to be the drama’s director, Jang Tae-yoo (at left, with Park on far left). No big deal, right? I mean, anyone can comment on this site using the name “George Clooney” and... More »
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Han Ye-seul makes a bad situation worse
The netizen flame war has just taken a turn for the weirder, mostly because Han Ye-seul doesn’t know how to stop when she’s ahead. The Tazza actress was on the receiving end of a surprisingly large amount of backlash after she apologized online (sufficiently, I thought) for a perceived insult to a fellow actor. The... More »
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Moon Geun-young targeted by netizen slander
You’re damned if you do, and damned if you don’t. Or, in Moon Geun-young‘s case, you’re damned (by netizens) if you donate regularly to help those in need, with your intentions constantly called into question. After being lauded as an “angel of kindness” by many, Moon currently finds herself the target for abuse after it... More »
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Choi Jin-shil’s death spurs talk of cyber slander laws
“Last Scandal” co-star Jung Jun-ho, actress Choi Ji-woo If there’s something to take away from the overwhelming attention and the number of entertainers who came to pay their final respects to deceased Choi Jin-shil, it’s that she was much-respected and much-loved by many colleagues over the entire length of her 20-year career. People are also... More »
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Lee and Igawa promote tourism, not romance
As always, netizens are always the first to jump to premature conclusions, aren’t they? Lee Dong-gun and Japanese star Igawa Haruka got bloggers and netizens worked up when images and video clips of the two stars appeared online, suggesting they were dating (she’s married). They’d been spotted together in areas like Insadong, Myungdong, and Cheongdamdong,... More »
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Horan’s mother-daughter date attracts netizen ire (sigh)
Singer (and essayist) Horan made a recent appearance on the April 19 broadcast of MBC’s Happy Stock Company (or Happy Shares Company), featuring a segment wherein she packed a homemade lunch and had a mother-daughter date at home. In the segment, viewers were surprised to see that her mother suffered from polio at age 5... More »
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