There was a genocide, and it was like, "It could happen." Kim Gap-soo Criticizes Singer Lim Young-woong

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Amid controversy over singer Lim Young-woong's remarks revealing political indifference in a conversation with netizens through direct messages (DM), cultural critic Kim Gap-soo openly criticized it.

On the YouTube channel "The Maebul Show" on the 9th, cultural critic Kim Gap-soo and broadcaster Choi Wook mentioned the controversy over Lim Young-woong's DM remarks that spread online.

Kim Gap-soo said, "Some people may think the Yoon Suk Yeol system is okay, but reserving their attitude toward the invocation of martial law is like saying, 'Isn't that possible?' when there was a genocide somewhere?"

He said, "The martial law incident is a situation where countless people could have lost their lives, and they could have lived without freedom," adding, "A attitude such as 'Am I a politician?' and 'Why should I pay attention to it?' lack basic civic skills. We can reveal this and take issue with it and criticize it," he pointed out.

"Even if you can't act actively and speak, if you take a bystander attitude to get out in this way, you should see that you are not qualified as a Korean who has made Korean history until now," he pointed out.

Capture the Maebul Show on YouTube.

Earlier, Lim Young-woong was rumored to have a DM released by a netizen on the 7th.

When Lim Young-woong posted a happy birthday post for his dog on his Instagram account, the netizen sent a message, "What are you doing in this situation?" and Lim Young-woong replied, "What?"

In response, a netizen sent a message again, saying, "The whole nation is gathered over the impeachment of the president, who was ruled by martial law, and I don't even want to speak out, but I'm really insensitive." Lim Young-woong replied, "Am I a politician, why are you speaking out?"

Since then, controversy over DM has continued, but Lim Young-woong and his agency Fish Music have not expressed any position on the controversy and the authenticity of the message.

Reporter Park Sun-young of Digital News Team