On the 26th of February, AOA member Seolhyun recently faced criticism and received hate comments after posting her photos enjoying her quality time in New York on her Instagram account.
While some fans were letting their idol get some time and take some rest away from South Korea, these netizens were angry at Seolhyun for looking so happy despite her country suffering from the new Corona Virus infecting Koreans wherein according to the latest report, has reached almost 400 cases of infected people.
On the photo she uploaded, Seolhyun is looking so gorgeous in yellow while looking happily at the New York's highland view. However, instead of gaining positive remarks, netizens left angry comments for looking unconcerned at all.
"You are so fortunate to get away from the virus." "Several people are dying, but here you are having fun in New York? That's disappointing."
"Still updating vacation pictures despite everything? Where is your brain?"
In addition to this, Seolhyun, being labelled as "Korea's IT Girl", some Korean netizens were also angry that instead of helping her co-Koreans, she was having fun instead. It was recently reported that several K-pop idols were donating face masks which are hard to find due to the virus and pitching an amount of money that can help on finding cure such as ASTRO, Bae Suzy, Hanbin and many more. Because of this, Seolhyun was being compared to them.
"She lacks in many ways."
Meanwhile, her fans and supporters then took Seolhyun's side and protected her from the bashers and haters. Through different platforms of social media, Seolhyun's fans were leaving their message opposing the angry netizens.
"What do you want Seolhyun to do? Cry in New York? Post a picture of her crying because of what is happening in her country? Stup*d af. Let her live. It's not like she and change the situation by posting anything. She's having fun, but that doesn't mean she's not concerned. D*mb*ss." Said by a twitter user.
Moreover, fans were commenting that it's not like Seolhyun spread the virus and even if she shows concern, it's not like she can find a cure to it herself, supporters added.
In addition to this, according to AsianJunkie, a news portal, Seolhyun was not even out for a vacation, but she was scheduled to attend an event.
On the other hand, AOA Seolhyun, aside from her schedules as an idol is set to have her possible new drama, "Night and Day" (pending title) co-starring with actor Nam Goong Min.
According to her agency, FNC Entertainment, Seolhyun had received the offer; however, the company was still reviewing it. If confirmed, the female idol turned actress will be playing the role of a police inspector named Gong Hye Won, an officer from Seoul Metropolitan Police agency, wherein she has the positive and compassionate personality who will do everything for a case to unfold.
"Night and Day" will revolve around the story of unfolding a mysterious case happened 26 years ago, a fight between the good and evil.
