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Posted by alim17311 pts Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Park Joon Hyung recalls discrimination he experienced as a Korean-American

Park Joon Hyung

g.o.d's Park Joon Hyung talked once more about the troubles of being a Korean-American in South Korea. The 'original idol' had lived in California before becoming part of one of the biggest K-pop groups of all time.


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On SBS' 'Roommate' on February 24, he said, "Before my debut, I worked at an advertising company when I saw a man hitting a woman in front of a convenience store. I was trying to stop the man so he hit me. In the end, my fists went flying, and the man fainted, so the police got a hold of me."


He went on, "The police said to me, 'What country are you from that you're like this here?' I told them I was Korean, but they said, 'Then why do you look like this?' Because I'm dark-skinned, I'm not acknowledged here, nor am I acknowledged in America."


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