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Netizens talk about local fans at 'Music Bank in Chile' harassing Korean attendees and accusing them of being sasaengs

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Posted by Janie-Reign Sunday, November 13, 2022

Netizens are talking about the actions of fans in Chile at the recording of 'Music Bank in Chile.'

On an online community forum, K-netizens discussed the social media posts and witness accounts of local fans dismissing Korean members of the audience being 'sasaengs.' According to the post, the accusers had no proof of their identity and directed their outrage toward any Korean they were able to spot. 

Videos and photos of the Asian audiences were posted online with their faces clearly visible. K-netizens themselves took to blurring out the accused attendees' faces with mosaics.

The original poster and netizens on the forum also noted that "the person who accused [the Koreans] of being sasaengs also went to the airport to see the arrivals," which they described as "hypocritical." 

In the comments section, K-netizens expressed that these actions were "downright racist," as there was no evidence that all these Korean attendees were sasaengs. Although some acknowledged that there were several fansite masters at the event, netizens wrote that "not all of them are sasaengs," arguing hat the accusations were unsound and unwarranted.

Furthermore, netizens shared that one of the fansite masters in the photo did not even take her camera into the venue due to security reasons.

Reactions include:

"I don't understand. International fans generate content and look at so many photos taken by sasaengs and on top of that now they are calling all fansite masters 'sasaengs'?"

"Don't they know that if they are being racist toward Koreans they are being racist toward their own idols?"

"Even if they were somehow angered by the situation, why would they take pictures of their faces and upload them online without any consent or blurring?"

"I can't believe this. Uploading photos of Korean people without any knowledge is basically a hate crime"

"I can't believe the Korean fans at the event had to experience such racism"
"This is clearly racism as they basically accused any Korean person at the scene"

"Why are they doing this and expressing their anger at Koreans?"

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udunnu2127
udunnu2127495 pts Sunday, November 13, 2022 5
Sunday, November 13, 2022

i know i'm going to get dislikes for this comment but i don't care.. this is discrimination plain and simple.

i completely understand why fans of an artist would want to protect them against sasaengs but to assume they're sasaengs simply because they're korean is wrong... go ahead and dislike as you wish..

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Lunanana02x
Lunanana02x378 pts Sunday, November 13, 2022 1
Sunday, November 13, 2022

Doesn’t Nayeon’s stalker & Oli London show us that not all Saesangs are Korean? The term may have originated from Korea but is not limited to Koreans.

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