Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.
In something that’s more of an FYI than anything else, it’s recently been revealed that OnlyOneOf and Cherry Bullet are among the artists participating in the 2023 Korean Dream Festa For Korea United, which is connected to the Unification Church AKA Moonies.
The OnlyOneOf fandom template protesting against this actually explains the situation quite well.
This event is held by the Global Peace Foundation, which was established by the son of Moon Sun Myung, the founder of the Unification Church.
The Unification Church is a newer Korean religious movement derived from Christianity. The teachings of this Church say that Moon is the second coming of Jesus Christ, making this Church a cult.
Moon stands by the belief that homosexuals and people in the LGBTQ+ community are “dirty dung-eating dogs”, and says that “gays will be eliminated”.
There are obviously a lot (A LOT) of issues with them if you dig into it, so understandably fans don’t want their faves performing at a cult-related event.
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Companies should definitely do a better job than involving their idols in things like this, but figuring out the ties was actually a good catch because I didn’t think anything of it initially either. Like a lot of cult stuff, it’s hidden just below the surface and in plain sight, but it’s definitely a part of the cult’s political efforts that were ramped up last month.
Co-chairman of Action for Korea United Seo In-teck and President of the Institute of Literature and Culture Lee Yeong-joon said the build-up process will employ K-pop concerts in seven cities on six different continents in 2025 and a nationwide walkathon from Haenam County in South Jeolla Province to Seoul for 33 days this September. In October, the organizers plan to hold a unification-themed festival for 100,000 visitors in Yeouido, Seoul.
This was launched at the National Assembly, which gives you an idea of how deeply rooted they are and that’s partially why it’s able to be mainstreamed.
The teaser for the concert has been posted on this YouTube channel, and you don’t have to scroll down much further to see video of the son of the Unification Church founder making a speech, which he will also do at this event.
Previously, both B1A4 and H1-KEY had been attached to the concert, but both cancelled and/or were not finalized before they were used in promotional material, which happened over a week ago.
안녕하세요
— B1A4 (@_B1A4OFFICIAL) September 16, 2023
WM엔터테인먼트입니다.
아티스트 B1A4 스케줄 관련하여
오는 10월 3일 예정된 행사는 없음을 알려드립니다.
팬 분들이 우려하시는 해당 행사와는 관련이 없으며,
당사와 당사 아티스트는 어떤 특정 단체와도 무관함을 다시 한번 알려드립니다.
감사합니다.
안녕하세요.
— H1-KEY (@H1KEY_official) September 17, 2023
H1-KEY 팬클럽 담당자입니다.
10월 3일 행사 관련하여 안내드립니다.
H1-KEY는 해당 행사에 참여하지 않음을 알려드리며, 특정 단체와 관련이 없음을 다시 한번 안내드립니다.
GLG는 앞으로도 팬분들이 우려하셨던 부분을 충분히 고려하여 일정을 진행하도록 하겠습니다.
감사합니다.
The hope is that OnlyOneOf and Cherry Bullet do the same as them, though things do seem more advanced in their cases. Either way, it’s worth a try to get their companies to listen if you have a minute.
— mirae⪩⚛︎⪨러브💛🌼 (@daisyeob) September 27, 2023
