The renowned Korean news media outlet Dispatch is involved in a controversy due to claims that the relationship between Aespa‘s Karina and Lee Jae Wook is allegedly being used to hide alarming political news in the Asian country.
On February 27th, Dispatch shared the news that the two idols are in a love relationship, which caught the attention of many netizens and fans of the K-Pop industry worldwide, as these artists are currently very popular in Korean entertainment.
According to an exclusive report from Dispatch, #aespa’s #Karina and Lee Jae Wook are in a relationship. pic.twitter.com/ilVQDEMCFt
— GLOBALMYEON (@globalmyeon) February 27, 2024
However, netizens questioned the publication of this sudden news on an ordinary Tuesday, which led many of them to be skeptical and accuse South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol of trying to distract the population from political news.
Later, it was discovered that Japan would release even more nuclear wastewater into the ocean shared with Korea, which has been one of the most controversial topics during Yoon Suk Yeol’s presidency and seemed to justify the worries of netizens.
[속보] 日도쿄전력, 모레 후쿠시마 오염수 4차 방류 개시 https://t.co/gmqoNqsRMB
— 연합뉴스 (@yonhaptweet) February 26, 2024
Some comments were: “Whenever Dispatch releases a report, you have to look at political news. It’s obvious that the President is trying to hide something“, “I searched to see what Dispatch was covering up, and we were right“, and “Do you think you can hide this with Dispatch, Yoon Suk Yeol“.
디스패치로 이게 가려지겠냐
윤석열 이 시발럼아 https://t.co/JArQTnlAzB— 치치 (@realIoveisme) February 27, 2024
