A tabloid in the Philippines is being criticized by the fans of Yohan, formerly from the K-pop group X1.
News of the sudden death of TST's (Top Secret) Yohan shocked fans June 16. This unfortunate passing made K-pop netizens, especially HANAs, mourn over his departure on various social media platforms.
However, PANG-MASA, a Philippine tabloid, published a different Yohan on June 18.
Fans got a hold of the news and this huge blunder on the said publication and took to social media to express their rage and disappointment. They said it was irresponsible for the local media paper to wrongly place a photo without further research. Thus, they are demanding the tabloid to apologize to the K-pop idol.
"PLEASE DO RESEARCH PROPERLY WHEN YOU PUBLISH A NEWS! PANG-MASA published news about Yohan (TST) death, but what they put was YOHAN (X1) photo. We know that maybe this is just a mistake of one of the writers, but IT'S VERY DISRESPECTFUL FOR KIM YOHAN! Please do apologize to him. Yohan in that picture is still alive and healthy," an enraged fan wrote on Facebook.
"We have a concern regarding the newspaper that you've published, it's about the death of Kim Jeong-hwan (Yohan) of TST, and you mistook Kim Yohan of X1," said one netizen on Twitter.
"Just saw this on fb. but this is unacceptable for one-its. so a news article writer of a newspaper in Philippines placed the face of yohan from x1 instead of yohan of tst. little tip for the writer of this article, at least know some information about the one you're writing about," pleaded one fan.
Fans are also slamming antis who are making fun of the error. As of the moment, PANG-MASA is yet to comment on this mistake.
Yohan of TST (Top Secret) passed away on June 17, which left fans grieving. The cause of death remains undisclosed by the family to keep their privacy.
There are some fans and K-pop followers who couldn't help but speculate the cause of his passing, which also caused them to recall the passing of other idols since last year. Others aired their concerns regarding the mental and emotional health, as well as overworking of the idols that take a toll on their overall wellbeing.
