On a Korean variety show on August 7, the actor Ha Young, 33, spoke proudly of her doctor family. Her great-grandfather studied Western medicine in Japan, opened Seoul's first private clinic, and treated Emperor Gojong. After the show, viewers found his name, Ahn Sang-ho, on a 1916 pro-Japanese roll.
Japan ruled Korea from 1910 to 1945, and Koreans who sided with Japan are called 「chinilpa,」 which still cuts.
A newspaper in 1918 carried his own words, 「I am no different from a Japanese.」 On August 10 her agency called it groundless, and on the 11th took it back and apologized. On the 12th Ha Young apologized herself, saying she knew only what her family told her. The press day for her Netflix drama on the 14th was called off, and her ads went private. The next day, August 15, was Liberation Day.
The name on the roll is the great-grandfather's. The work that has stopped is his great-granddaughter's.