Girl's Generation/SNSD's Tiffany Blasted On Social Media For Posting The Japanese Rising Sun Flag On Korea's Liberation Day
ibtimes.com | 08/15/16
SNSD's Tiffany is currently under fire for her controversial post on the eve of Korea's National Liberation Day
Over the weekend, Tiffany went on a social media spamming spree following the Aug. 13 "SM TOWN Live World Tour V" concert at the Tokyo Dome, where she and her group Girl's Generation/SNSD performed...On Sunday, she initially posted a photo with her labelmates on Instagram and used the emoji for the Japanese flag...on her Snapchat @stephanieyoungh, the singer then uploaded a photo with the Japanese Confederate flag, also known as the Rising Sun flag or Imperial flag.
The Rising Sun flag, which remains in use today, is a reminder of the war crimes and imperial aggression committed by Japan during the second World War for the country's neighbors, including Korea, which was a Japanese colony from 1910 to 1945...
...Tiffany has since deleted the Snapchat post, but fans and netizens have taken to social media to blast the SNSD member for sharing the image on the eve of Korea's National Liberation Day, which is on Aug. 15.
"Even if she's a foreigner, she's been working in our country for 10 years and she should know that today is National Liberation Day, it's marked red on the calendar. How can you put up the Japanese Confederate flag on that day?" wrote one netizen on Nate...more...
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FYI: "Tiffany" aka Stephanie Young Hwang is American born and grew up in Diamond Bar, California where she attended South Pointe Middle School and Diamond Bar High School before she finally graduated from Korea Kent Foreign School in Seoul*.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_Hwang#Controversy