persianrose

September 13, 2017 at 5:09 PM

LEE JOON-GI AMONG THOSE ‘BLACKLISTED’ IN SOUTH KOREA BY FORMER PRESIDENT 😓😓😓

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persianrose

September 13, 2017 at 5:14 PM

It was also reported that the former administration mobilized the National Intelligence Service to disadvantage those artists in various ways, an NIS reform task force said…

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kayedrama

September 13, 2017 at 5:17 PM

THIS IS AN OUTRAGE
https://www.inquisitr.com/4495667/lee-joon-gi-blacklisted-in-korea/

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They even blocked him from becoming candidates for the chairs of international film festival committees and even meddled in the selection of the winners of the broadcasting awards by asking for these figures to be dropped from the competition

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kayedrama

September 13, 2017 at 5:23 PM

I checked the names of the other “blacklisted” he’s the most famous one. ottoeke.

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sicarius

September 13, 2017 at 5:33 PM

Okay… but why???

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persianrose

September 13, 2017 at 5:49 PM

ENGLISH translation and summing up of the BLACKLIST news by LJG INTERNATIONAL FANCLUB (https://www.facebook.com/LJGFansClub/):
Today many media news portals in Korea mention Lee Joon Gi. Why? NIS (National Intelligence Service) in Korea revealed yesterday, that our dear JG (and a few other entertainers and public figures) was on a government “blacklist” and therefore he had to overcome many disadvantages because of it.
I read the information from more Korean articles and checked up some information about Korean presidents and government quickly and the message of the article is this: President Lee Myung-Bak (2008-2013) and his government created a “blacklist” with Koreans who were not fans of the government and president at that time.
One of the reasons could definitely also be that JG played a role in “May 18” movie about massacre in Gwangju on May 18 1980 (when General Chun Doo-hwan tried to eliminate any rebels of the regime by using military force – JG played one of the rebels).
JG also made some remark that in past it was typical in Korea to have surpression and forced executions. But now it should be different and the president should serve the people, because he is elected by the people. And so people have to demonstrate, because they have no other choice. (more about his reaction to it in the link below) It was JG ‘s reaction to Lee Myung-Bak’s support of importing beef from US again in 2008. (US beef was banned due to the “mad cow disease” at that time, because they found mad cow disease source in US beef). Many Koreans protested against this reban, because they thought it is health risk, there were massive protests of thousands of people. And in the end the president apologized to people that he should have followed the people’s opinion.
The last government of president Park Geun-hye (2013-2017) kept following the list, because they were from the same political party. But the new president Moon Jae-In is from opposite political party and he wants to investigate this list.
JG suffered due to this list and one of its effects was definitely his sudden enlistment (even though he had a filming work to do, he was forced to enlist almost immediately and leave his filming work to another actors). Who knows what more he had to go through…

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sicarius

September 13, 2017 at 5:59 PM

Ah. Wow.
Thank you.
Much appreciated.

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Katrina

September 13, 2017 at 6:19 PM

Thank you

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silvermists

September 14, 2017 at 12:04 AM

Ok but how much time does someone have on their hands to blacklist people in the entertainment industry, and to then follow up and try to thwart their success at every turn?? You have a government to run people! Surely there are more important issues.

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bebeswtz

September 14, 2017 at 8:52 AM

Oh this is the least of it…. The HK entertainment industry blacklists artists/actors/actresses all the time…. There’s a reason why most HK actors/actresses/singers go to expand their careers in China, it’s more or less that they were blacklisted for a very petty reason in HK… They say that there’s more money to be made in the entertainment business in China, which is true, but people don’t shine the light kn the fact that the China entertainment industry also a very difficult to break into, because the competition is so big T.T

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UmbrellaMan

September 13, 2017 at 7:59 PM

Sheesh. Blacklisting still happening even in this day and age? Hollywood also had its share of blacklisting during the McCarthy era (1950s) – fears over Communism. To see it happened in Korea saddens me. Silencing voices because their opinions or beliefs differ from yours is a no no.