Since 2019, a German man recognized solely as Josh has been stalking Nayeon of Okay-pop woman group Twice – and he’s not letting up.
The 27-year-old revealed in a video posted on his YouTube channel on Wednesday that he has re-entered South Korea in an try to meet Nayeon.
The singer, whose full title is Im Na-yeon, turned 27 on Friday.
In the video, the person needs her glad birthday in English and says: “Since you didn’t tell me to wait in Germany more, I thought maybe now is the best time to come back to South Korea to make you happy. I brought two small birthday gifts for you, Nayeon, that I am trying to get to you somehow.”
Okay-pop weblog Allkpop later reported that Nayeon’s bandmate, Jeongyeon, despatched a message to warn followers in regards to the stalker.
A screenshot shared in the report confirmed a message from the 25-year-old, whose full title is Yoo Jeong-yeon, saying: “Nayeon’s stalker is in Korea. Tell her to be careful.”
She added: “He called me. How did (he) know my number? I’ll teach (him) a lesson, don’t worry.”
Meanwhile, JYP Entertainment, which manages the nine-member group, mentioned in a press release: “We’re discussing our official response with the various related departments right now.”
Apart from earlier visits to South Korea, the persistent German additionally managed to get on the identical flight, from Japan to South Korea, as Nayeon in December 2019.
Media experiences on the time mentioned JYP representatives had been in a position to forestall him from having direct contact together with her.
Soon after, an Instagram story appeared on Twice’s account, displaying a photograph of a airplane window accompanied by the caption: “Please go back home. Please stop. Please, I beg you.”
JYP later mentioned Nayeon was positioned underneath police safety after the incident and that “it would be taking the highest level of legal action available to us” in opposition to the person. – The Straits Times/Asia News Network
