Aespa’s Karina under fire after 'controversial' jacket post sparks outrage - Details Inside

Aespa’s Karina has hit the headlines and even ended up on the national news channel in South Korea over a ‘controversial’ post online. The situation got out of hand after the star faced public criticism, prompting her agency to even issue an apology.

Controversial jacket goes viral

Aespa’s Karina had posted a set of photos online that quickly went viral; however, it was for all the wrong reasons. In the photographs the idol can be seen sporting a black and red jacket with the number two written on it in the front. The outfit was quickly perceived as her direct support for the conservative political party in South Korea, especially ahead of elections in the country.

Netizens online took the outfit as the idol’s direct support of the party and its ideologies of being anti-feminist and anti-LGBTQIA+

As per Koreaboo, the controversy surrounding her outfit reached another level as the national news channel of the country even ended up covering the issue.

Karina’s outfit made it to the news in a segment where the host was suggesting all the clothes a candidate can wear while going out to vote. Karina’s jacket was used as an example of what someone can wear. This added to the backlash from netizens who labelled the idol as “symbol of candidate number two”.

Public call out news agencies

Netizens took to online forums and social media platforms to express their disdain for the matter. One stated, “Wow, she’s become a symbol of candidate number two,” while another comment on the matter shared that “So she’s an ambassador for the Conservative Party now lol.”

Post deleted and statement issued after backlash

As soon as the post went viral and started facing backlash, Aespa’s Karina promptly deleted the post from her social media account. Beyond that, the group’s management agency also issued a quick response in the matter. They issued an official apology to the public, stating that “We apologise for the concern caused by an upload made by our artist, Karina. There were no hidden intentions or purposes by her upload, and she immediately deleted the post after realising there could be misunderstandings.

We are truly sorry for unintentionally causing concern.”

They ended the apology statement by stating, “We will also be more careful and put in more effort to prevent something like this happening in the future. We hope that the artist’s intentions [on making the post] will no longer be distorted or framed with certain intentions. We will do our best to protect Karina and all of our artists.”