"'Selling Corpses'... Why Is Moon Cheon-sik Angry Over the 'Teacher's Death' Memorial?"

Seoicho Teacher Posted Memorial Message, Received Malicious DM
"A Noble Teacher Has Passed, Condolence Comes First" Reprimand

Comedian-turned-broadcaster Moon Cheon-sik revealed malicious direct messages (DMs) he received after posting a condolence message for the death of an elementary school teacher in Seocho-gu. He expressed anger toward the sender who used the abusive term "corpse-selling," saying "condolence comes first."

On the 21st, Moon Cheon-sik posted a screenshot of a message he received from a netizen on his Instagram.

Broadcaster Moon Cheon-sik [Photo by Danacreative Ent]

The DM Moon Cheon-sik disclosed contained the message: "Moon Cheon-sik, I thought you were a Christian comedian, so how can a Christian lead the Democratic Party’s fake news agitation and make announcements? I hope you don’t participate in the agitation and get used to blocking the truth." It continued, "If you are a Christian, you don’t get used for corpse-selling. I thought you were a wise and insightful comedian, but I hope you don’t get exploited because I don’t want to be disappointed."

In response, Moon Cheon-sik said, "Hello! If you don’t know spelling, at least make your logic correct. What did you say? Corpse-selling? You sure have a way with words." He added, "Factional fights? Religion? I don’t know much about those. But if a noble teacher has passed away, shouldn’t condolence come first?"

He went on, "'Comedian'? Am I some kind of crab? False information? Did I say anything false? If you tell me what I did wrong, I will take down the post, but no matter what you say, I will comfort that teacher and the bereaved family." Also, when a netizen presumed to be the DM sender kept commenting on the post, Moon replied, "Please stop and just pay your respects."

Earlier, on the 20th, Moon Cheon-sik posted a photo of a mourning ribbon on Instagram with the message, "I sincerely pray for the repose of the deceased. I pray that the truth of the late Seo Elementary School teacher’s case will be revealed."

Meanwhile, at around 11 a.m. on the 18th, A (23), a first-grade homeroom teacher at Seo Elementary School in Seocho-gu, Seoul, was found dead on school grounds.

The police are investigating the case as a suspected suicide, and the Ministry of Education, amid suspicions that the cause of A’s death was malicious complaints from some parents, has formed a joint investigation team with the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education to verify the exact facts.

After the incident, many people visited Seo Elementary School to pay tribute to A, and on the afternoon of the 22nd, about 5,000 teachers and education students, angered by the incident, gathered for a rally in Jongno-gu, Seoul.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.