Korean K-POP management companies, please stop pairing Korean female idols with Japanese men

The Ministry of National Defense and the Military Manpower Administration keep trying to abolish military service exemptions
and send Korean men to the military, yet it is infuriating to see Japanese men
constantly infiltrating and being promoted in Korea.
Historically, our country has simply been structured to give everything away to Japanese men.
It is despairing to see a structure where Korean men's influence is continuously reduced by sending them to the military,
while Japanese men are being promoted and allowed to infiltrate various fields.
I am very worried and uncomfortable with the recent trend of repeatedly creating content
that pairs Korean women with Japanese men.
Please stop this structure of consuming narratives that pair Korean women with Japanese men.
What I find even more incomprehensible is that while there are almost no appearances by Japanese actresses,
there has been a repetitive trend of only Japanese male actors appearing recently.
It feels like there are forces all throughout the Korean entertainment industry
trying to forcefully pair Korean women with Japanese men.
I do not believe that a structure where Korean actresses are paired with Japanese actors
is a socially healthy direction.
Japan has caused countless indelible pains to Korea through the forced mobilization of comfort women, Maruta human experimentation, the looting of cultural assets, the Kanto Massacre, and more.
Despite this, far from offering a proper apology, Japan continues to distort history and glorify militarism; instead, they use various overseas SNS communities
to smear Korea and Koreans to damage their image, while simultaneously
trying to promote their own country by inserting it into Korean culture.
In this situation, the trend of pairing Japanese men with Korean women
is bound to cause discomfort to many people. There are also internal issues in Korea.
While the number of foreigners visiting Korea is increasing, the number of Koreans traveling to Japan is increasing at a much faster rate,
causing the tourism trade deficit to continue to accumulate.
Combined with an atmosphere in broadcasting, YouTube, and SNS that excessively glorifies Japanese culture as "hip" or "sophisticated,"
we are seeing a trend where Korean cultural identity is weakening.
Meanwhile, young Korean men are sacrificing their youth through mandatory service,
and as the population leaving the country increases, the vicious cycle of the domestic economy and low birth rates is only worsening.
Comments 0