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Korean netizens say they thought these male idols were foreigners or multiracial

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Posted by Janie-Reign Sunday, April 25, 2021

Netizens talked about their first impressions of male idols who 'did not look purely Korean' based on their appearances.

On a community forum, netizens mentioned a list of idols whom they were surprised to find out that they were 100% Korean by blood. Judging by their appearances, the netizens reckoned that they might be from ethnically diverse backgrounds.

Some thought that idols such as Seventeen's S.Coups and BTS's V were mixed-race, and one writer even relayed that Highlight's Dongwoon was once taken to be a foreigner by a random passer-by in the streets. Although these idols were foreigners, netizens talked about how they were still able to fool their friends by saying that they were not Korean.

They include:

BTS's V

VIXX's Ken

Seventeen's S.Coups

ASTRO's Rocky

MONSTA X's Hyungwon

VICTON's Sejun

Pentagon's Wooseok

Highlight's Dongwoon

TXT's Taehyun

SF9's Taeyang

Some reactions include:


"Sejun looks exotic as in he looks like a legit vampire..."

"Can't believe Hyungwon is from Gwangju"

"Lol, I'm a carat and my friend still thinks S.Coups is non-Korean"

"Taeyang!! That pic is taken with a phone without any filters and he looks legit mixed-race"

"I always think that they boys are international everytime I see them"

"Even Hueningkai thought Taehyun was mixed-race"

"Those facial structures...wow"

"Never forget that they are all fully Korean"

Did you think that any of these idols were 'non-Korean' at first?

  1. Rocky
  2. V
  3. Dongwoon
  4. Hyungwon
  5. Wooseok
  6. S.Coups
  7. Taeyang
  8. Taehyun
  9. Sejun
  10. Ken
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bobohulove
bobohulove4,897 pts Sunday, April 25, 2021 0
Sunday, April 25, 2021

Sejun and Taeyang have crazy good visuals

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Riruri04
Riruri04914 pts Sunday, April 25, 2021 0
Sunday, April 25, 2021

Yes some of them look half-white or half-arab or sth

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