BTOB’s Minhyuk Apologizes For Comments About Korea’s Declining Birth Rate

Previously, BTOB’s Minhyuk was under fire for the messages he sent through a fan community platform. He had messaged fans about attending his friend’s wedding and mentioned the birth rate.

Minhyuk: There have been so many weddings.
Minhyuk: Everyone is getting married.
Minhyuk: Please contribute to the birthrate, my friends.
Minhyuk: It’s a concern for our country.
Minhyuk: …although, I’m sure they’ll figure it out themselves.

With these messages, some fans took it negatively, and couldn’t believe he would send a message like that through a fan platform, despite the fact that it was something he said to his friend and not the fans.

I’m sorry. With all the anonymous messages I received, I saw a lot of hurtful messages, and although I could have just ignored them, I ended up responding to them because I kept receiving them. I thought hard about the responses I was getting and put myself in your shoes; you guys were talking with just me. Even if I get a lot of hateful messages, you guys are getting hurt by me. I didn’t think that far. I apologize to everyone that I hurt. I’m sorry. I should have been more careful as we talked through text and not in person. I wasn’t careful about this. All your messages are out of love, and I will listen to them and work on being a better person! I’m sorry, and thank you.

Fans and netizens felt that although it wasn’t necessary, they thought he released a well-written apology.

• “Fighting!”
• “It’s only right to apologize for someone’s wrongdoing.”
• “Everyone makes mistakes. He doesn’t seem like such a bad guy, seeing he apologized instead of ignoring the matter.”
• “He made a clear and precise apology.”
• “It must be hard to maintain your composure reading all those good and bad comments.”
• “Not sure if an apology was needed, but he handled the situation well.”
• “I hope Minyhuk and his fans make amends with this.”

Meanwhile, check out the full story behind this controversy below.

Male 3rd Generation K-Pop Idol Under Fire For Comments About Korea’s Declining Birth Rate