Jin Ha, who performs the grandson Solomon within the just lately launched Apple TV+ sequence Pachinko, on Saturday (March 26) launched an apology assertion – each in English and Korean – for posting inappropriate photographs on his Tumblr account, together with surreptitiously taken photos of older Korean women.
The apology got here after on-line criticism of the actor for posting over 90 “creep shots” of the women that had been taken in public with out permission on his “Korean Flowers in Bloom” account on the US-based microblogging web site from July 2010 to September 2011.
“Thank you for this opportunity to address a failing in my past that was long overdue,” Ha stated in an apology assertion on his web site. “You are absolutely right. My ‘Korean Flowers in Bloom’ Tumblr account from 2011 should not have been made at all. It was a breach of privacy for the elder women featured, and many of my captions were inappropriate. I deeply regret my actions, and I apologise for them.”
The captions included many sexually harassing remarks that he wrote together with the photographs, which added gasoline to the fireplace of indignant backlash from on-line Korean commenters.
An picture of an outdated lady mendacity on a chair, Ha wrote: “Working with such a provocative model, I found it hard to keep myself and my concupiscence under control.”
Ha additionally wrote: “Now we have an excuse to stare directly at her right nipple,” together with an aged lady’s photograph taken from beneath.
He added that the account has since been deleted.
“I sincerely apologise to the senior women whom I photographed. I apologise, as well, to the viewers whom I offended with this Tumblr account,” he added. “I will work diligently to learn from this mistake so that I may never repeat it going forward.” – The Korea Herald/Asia News Network
