Actor Jo In-sung is being bombarded with abusive comments over remarks about the exchange rate.
According to Jo In-sung's social media (SNS) on the 6th, the account has recently been flooded with politically tinged insults such as "Try talking about the exchange rate again" and "All celebrities are left-wing."
The controversy began with a video in which Jo In-sung mentioned the exchange rate on MBC's "Questions by Son Seok-hee," aired on Mar. 4.
At the time, Jo In-sung appeared with director Ryu Seung-wan and, while talking about Latvia, the filming location of the movie "Humint" they worked on together, said, "We almost couldn't go to Latvia itself," and, "We were transferring planes in Istanbul, and BBC News kept showing the situation in Korea. It made me think, 'So this is what happens when you lose a country,'" adding, "When we got to Latvia, the local staff kept asking if we were okay." That was when the Dec. 4 martial law incident occurred.
He also mentioned how the exchange rate surged at the time due to martial law. Jo In-sung said, "After that, the exchange rate started to soar, and that is one of the reasons our production costs were so high."
Far-right internet users are posting abusive comments on Jo In-sung's SNS over the remarks. They say Jo did not mention the higher exchange rate under the Lee Jae-myung administration while bringing up only the exchange rate issue at that time.
They are making comments such as, "Is everything shut down because of today's exchange rate?" "At this level, shouldn't you emigrate?" and "Oh no, now that the exchange rate is up, you won't even be able to go on location."