Actor Ha-young apologized for her great-grandfather's pro-Japanese actions, and The Trauma Code: Heroes on call director Lee Do-yoon and Teach You a Lesson director Hong Jong-chan publicly showed support.
Ha-young posted a handwritten apology on her social media on the 12th. On that post, Lee Do-yoon, director of the Netflix series The Trauma Code: Heroes on call, and Hong Jong-chan, director of Teach You a Lesson, pressed like.
Ha-young became known after playing nurse Cheon Jang-mi in Lee Do-yoon's The Trauma Code: Heroes on call. The work was a big hit, and Ha-young received attention through The Trauma Code: Heroes on call and carried out active activities.
In particular, Ha-young is also scheduled to appear in The Trauma Code: Heroes on call season 2. Because of this connection, it appears that Lee Do-yoon publicly showed support.
Ha-young also made a special appearance as Choi Ga-yoon in Teach You a Lesson, and director Hong Jong-chan's public support drew attention.
On the 12th Ha-young apologized, saying, "I bow my head and apologize for causing great disappointment and hurt because of matters related to my great-grandfather. After learning about my great-grandfather Ahn Sang-ho's past actions recently, I looked back on my family's history with a heavy heart."
Ha-young reflected on her actions, saying, "From stories passed down through my family I only knew fragments of my great-grandfather's life. Shamefully, in that ignorant state I brought up stories about my great-grandfather at various occasions as if they were a family boast," and she added, "Through the process of directly looking up related materials prompted by this incident, I learned of my great-grandfather's pro-Japanese actions. I reflect on having lightly mentioned family history without properly knowing the painful period of Korea's history under Japanese colonial rule," and again expressed apology.
Ha-young added, "I do not think the fact that I did not know can be a reason to ignore or belittle that history. I bear that wrongdoing heavily and sincerely apologize as a descendant. I am even more sorry to have caused controversy through my shortcomings at a time approaching Liberation Day," and she added, "I will engrave this matter deeply in my heart. I will properly examine my family's history and that era, and I will adopt a more cautious attitude toward history going forward. I will also do my best to study our history deeply and serve with respect for those who contributed to independence and all who worked for Korea's liberation and peace. I will act, not just speak."
Ha-young recently said on KBS 2TV Problem Child in House that her great-grandfather opened the first Western-style hospital in Hanyang after studying in Japan and was someone who treated Emperor Gojong.
Ha-young's great-grandfather was identified as Ahn Sang-ho. Ahn Sang-ho entered Tokyo Jikei Medical School in 1898, passed the medical licensing exam in 1902, returned to Korea, and is known to have treated Emperor Gojong alongside a Japanese doctor when the emperor collapsed from a cerebral hemorrhage in 1919. A 1918 article in Maeil Shinbo, an organ of the Japanese general government, raised suspicions of pro-Japanese actions, saying Ahn Sang-ho married a Japanese woman and followed Japanese lifestyle practices.
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