Singer Sunye, formerly of the group Wonder Girls, addressed malicious comments related to her mourning of the late Charlie Kirk.
On the 17th, Sunye wrote on her social media story, "After watching a video in which a wife pleads about her husband's death in a tragic shooting, as someone who is also living as a mother I posted a memorial story with a heavy heart."
Sunye said, "Then people I don't even know came to my space and insulted me, expressing anger over the things Charlie Kirk advocated as a politician and political issues such as the far right and ultra-conservatives, and even mentioning Wonder Girls. Why do you go that far? One person has died, and I have a grieving heart."
Sunye said, "So are you all smiling at the death of a life thinking 'good riddance'? Are you angry at me because I did not remain silent? Please do not be upset about my responding to comments from people who come to my space and fill it with unbecoming language, inhumane behavior and unnecessary fights by 'deleting and blocking.'"
Sunye said, "Leaving aside my profession, being a mother and being a woman, as a person I mourned one person's tragic death, and as an individual who lives in this world I think and live with the desire to leave a world that is even a little better for the next generation. There are differences in views and thoughts, but because we are different we can adjust toward better directions, and I believe that through such beautiful clashes we can move toward a better world."
Sunye added, "Please refrain from dragging me into political or religious issues because of my memorial post or from coming into my space and using rude and inhuman language."
Earlier, Sunye posted and then suddenly deleted a message mourning Charlie Kirk, a U.S. conservative political commentator. Charlie Kirk was known as a close ally of President Donald Trump and was an emblematic far-right political commentator. In Korea, this led to critics after people such as Choi Si-won and Haejju posted memorial messages and then deleted them.
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