Jung Joon: "If the United Party feels bad, apologize... Can't even handle comments of this level?"

Actor Jung Joon / Photo by Jung Joon Instagram capture

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Lim Juhyung] Actor Jung Joon, who is reportedly accused by the United Future Party, said, "If I made you feel bad, I publicly apologize," but also questioned, "Is it really a matter to accuse me?"

On the 19th, Jung Joon wrote on his Instagram, "I sincerely apologize," adding, "As actor Jung Joon, it was not a comment I wrote publicly, but a comment I quietly wrote as a citizen. Still, I sincerely apologize."

However, he added, "Do you think this is the same as the accusation against me?" and "Is it something the party should accuse me of? Should I be accused for what I did? I'm really scared," he said.

He continued, "Citizens can't even leave comments like this?" and "If you leave comments like this, the party files a complaint. But why doesn't the Democratic Party do that? I think it's a different approach," he pointed out.

On the same day, Korea Economic Daily reported that a United Future Party member group stated, "We have decided to accuse actor Jung Joon and 21 other aglers who have left excessive malicious comments about the party and United Future Party leader Hwang Kyo-ahn of defamation and insult."

According to the media, a party official claimed that Jung Joon had posted malicious comments on articles related to Leader Hwang and United Future Party lawmakers.

This suspicion arose as Naver began publicly disclosing the nicknames and activity histories of news comment writers from that day. Naver announced through a news service notice that it introduced this feature to reduce malicious comments and strengthen the positive functions of news comment sections.

With this feature introduced, Naver fully discloses the nicknames of news comment writers, and when users register their member information, nickname, and profile picture, this information is linked to the comment collection page of the news comment writer.

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