Following the news of Seunghan’s departure from RIIZE, the idol’s exit caused a huge stir within the K-pop community.
In an online forum on October 14, it appeared that further chaos had erupted between the international and Korean BRIIZEs.
The post’s author claimed that international fans mistreated a minor fan and others who expressed liking RIIZE as an OT6 stan.
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“They found and mocked the personal information of an underage fan. They have already reached 30,000 retweets and over 3 million views.”
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Translation: “Take some time to act like a (censored) on the Internet. Go take your college entrance exams. Your mother will kill you if you don’t have a college to study for, you stupid face.”
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“They revealed her identity and are making fun of her selfies, revealing everything about her.”
“And the reason they’re doing this is because the fan said she liked OT6. It’s shocking.”
The thread kept mentioning how much Seunghan’s departure made waves among international fans compared to Korea.
OP stated that people were angry due to SM’s handling of the overall situation since Seunghan was brought back after a long hiatus, but was dropped from the group shortly after.
The author also highlighted the “excessive” protest methods of “K-fans”.
The post also shared that RIIZE lost around 80,000 followers in one day. OP also included reaction tweets from Japanese BRIIZE, which showed polarizing opinions towards Korean fans.
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a channel with over 450,000 subscribers talking about Seunghan!! I hope more YouTubers with big platforms cover the situation… everyone should give these views/likes so that YouTube increases it in the algorithm
Translation: “Wonbin apologized because of Seunghan – no, it’s because of you, it’s because you sent funeral wreaths to the company.”
If you want to leave, start from the beginning. If they were to return, the time would be at the beginning of the year, when all seven would be in Korea, without Won Bin apologizing, making a proper announcement, and expressing his decision. I think if they had done it correctly, the pens in their home country would have been a little more docile. Even as an amateur, I can only imagine, so how many years has SM been doing kpop?
“The Cockroaches will never understand the feeling of Korean fans.”
“They just make noise. They never spend anything, so nobody cares.”
“Cockroaches always react the same way. How can they be called fans?”
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On the other hand, the post also garnered reactions from international fans on the thread and on platform X (formerly Twitter).
“Bullying will never be okay, but it’s crazy to see these people act like Seunghan’s bullying is okay since they buy RIIZE products.”
“Both are wrong. The Internet has made everyone brave and has made them lose their morals.”
“Everyone is going crazy, but this won’t bring him back to the group.”
“Both fans are the same. K-pop fans sharing the same brain cells is nothing new at all.”
Both parties are parasocial, in my opinion. There is a reason why k-celes banned from Korean television can freely promote in other countries. Knetz criticizes too much and Inetz pampers idols too much and puts serious things into everything. https://t.co/nZ4HljHZhm
They always say cockroaches but anyone who hates Seunghan is much more disgusting than a cockroach. Imagine sending a flower intended for funerals? DISGUSTING K-ROACHES https://t.co/ZWaSbXmNxB
so we are “crazy” and “crazy” for trending #s and looking for bully accounts, but don’t they think sending funeral wreaths is crazy and crazy? ok then https://t.co/eRL2nirMvZ
these bullies literally sent death threats, violated his privacy, sent 1000 death crowns to SM saying he had to leave otherwise they would force him to commit suicide. Now they complain that this is happening to them? Ironic. 🤔
BRING BACK SEUNGHAN JUSTICE FOR SEUNGHAN… https://t.co/HETKcTgNTX
