Published February 4, 2021, 11:24 AM
GFRIEND’s Sowon posing with a Nazi mannequin at Cafe Zino (Instagram)
The controversy involving K-pop girl group GFRIEND leader Sowon continues as another major organization fighting anti-Semitism and hate criticized her for posting photos with a Nazi mannequin in a cafe in South Korea.
Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish global human rights organization, issued a statement about Sowon who uploaded the photos which showed her hugging and adoring a mannequin dressed in Nazi costume at Cafe Gallery Zino Francescatti, or Cafe Zino, in Paju, Gyeonggi Province.
“Shame on Big Hit Entertainment as another of its K-pop groups embrace Nazi symbols. SWC efforts to educate company useless then apology useless now. Knowingly denigrate 6 million Jews murdered in WWII Nazi Holocaust; boosts today’s racist neo-Nazis,” Rabbi Abraham Cooper told Manila Bulletin in an email. The statement was also posted on the center’s Twitter account
The chairman of Australia’s leading civil rights organization has called on K-pop girl group GFRIEND leader Sowon to make a sincere apology and educate herself about the Holocaust after she uploaded photos posing with a Nazi mannequin in a cafe in South Korea.
Sowon posted the photos on her Inst
February 02, 2021
Gfriend member Sowon shared photos of herself posing with a Nazi dummy on her personal Instagram account.
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A member of K-pop girl group Gfriend has come under fire for sharing pictures of herself posing with a mannequin wearing a Nazi uniform.
On Jan 31, Sowon (whose real name is Kim So-jung) shared two images of herself posing with the mannequin on Instagram. She deleted the photos shortly after, but outrage spread online, with many accusing the singer of insensitivity and alleged anti-Semitism.
Sowon’s name and other terms related to the situation trended worldwide on Twitter shortly after she posted the images, and on Monday (Feb 1) the incident trended on South Korean portal sites as news outlets in the country reported on the blowback from international K-pop fans.
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Sowon, leader of the popular K-Pop group GFriend, has been trending on social media for less than savoury reasons.
Fans are expressing their disgust after the 25-year-old star posted images on social media showing her posing next to a Nazi mannequin.
The singer, whose name is Kim So-Jung, quickly deleted the images – but not before sending them out to her more than 800,000 followers.
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i m disappointed of s0won but i m glad she deleted.. she needs to apologize tho.. nazis are not friends or someone you can hug or look so lovingly at, they are killers, they killed 6 million jews out of them 1.5 million jewish children /srs pic.twitter.com/9GmWT8I60W a jewish person (@KOOSDOLLZ) January 31, 2021
GFRIEND’s Sowon faces backlash after posting pic with Nazi statue; Agency says she’s heartbroken over uploads
GFRIEND’s Sowon recently got in trouble with the online community of fans after she posted a photo of herself with a Nazi soldier’s statue. Written By
Pinkvilla Desk 1116271 reads Mumbai Updated: February 2, 2021 03:13 pm GFRIEND’s Sowon faces backlash after posting pic with Nazi statue; Agency says she’s heartbroken over uploads
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GFRIEND member Sowon recently got a taste of online trolling after she posted a photo with a nazi soldier statue. The group that formed in 2015, is a six-member South Korean girl group with members Sowon, Yerin, Eunha, Yuju, SinB, and Umji. Sowon’s photo created quite a stir online after they got posted, which is when the pop icon quickly deleted them. However, the global fans of the group captured the image and showcased it on Twitter later.