'Hangout with Yoo' edits out Lee Hyori's 'Mao' comment, clarifies that she meant no one specific

Article: Due to Chinese Netizens exploding comments... MBC edits out Lee Hyori's Mao comment

Source: Chosun Media via Naver

1. [+7,439, -57] So has China Gate just been proven? Why are the Chinese leaving comments on Korean media?

2. [+3,877, -24] Why are we editing our own show because of China? All she said was the name Mao? She never said anything derogatory about Mao Zedong, why are you complying with the Chinese demanding this and that from the Koreans? This makes me angry.

3. [+3,127, -22] 200,000 comments... you couldn't beat that even with our articles that have the most comments. I guess it's true that the Chinese are involving themselves in manipulating Korean sentiment.

4. [+2,221, -15] Edited out? Are we slaves to China? Why is Chinese sentiment being allowed to control Korean media? This is craziness.

5. [+1,623, -12] I'm amazed that Asada Mao is still alive, then...

6. [+444, -5] To all you Chinese, do you really believe that Lee Hyori mentioning Mao specifically was meant as a derogatory statement against Mao Zedong?? Why don't you look at the context?;; And us Koreans don't care about you at all;;; Lee Hyori probably just said it without any thought but look at you getting all up in arms over it. Not one person watching the show thought of Mao Zedong when she said because we don't care about you guys that much ㅡㅡ;;;;;

7. [+351, -3] MBC, what country do you think you belong to to be editing it out like this?

8. [+240, -4] How many Koreans thought of Mao Zedong when she said Mao.. this is ridiculous, are those netizens even sane right now?

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Article: Lee Hyori's 'Mao scandal'... Chinese netizens "You will never get to come to China again", producers "This was a misunderstanding"

Source: Joongang Ilbo via Naver

1. [+7,941, -25] So will Asada Mao have to change her name if she wants to visit China?

2. [+5,460, -15] How about you Chinese please stop coming to Korea

3. [+1,509, -8] This is such a joke ㅋㅋ

4. [+1,135, -19] Yeah sure~ your Mao~ is a cockroach~

5. [+995, -7] Producers, please don't apologize for this. They're the weird ones for thinking of Mao Zedong over just hearing the name Mao. Mao Zedong's name was Koreanized as Mo Taek Dong and that's how we learned it. He's an important figure to their culture but not ours. Who do they think they are to be controlling another country's media like this? Apparently borders opened to Wuhan since the 10th and we've been having an increase in cases since then. This is so frustrating. China, you should be apologizing for shutting down other countries. Don't come to our country, don't even watch our media, and don't plagiarize it either.

6. [+644, -4] No apology over all the plagiarism of Korean TV shows, no apology over messing the entire world up over the virus... but you say Mao once and they're taking down a star on Instagram like cats on a mouse. They're so pathetic.

7. [+270, -3] PS: the Chinese can't access Instagram so those comments are all from Chinese-Koreans in our country

8. [+96, -1] How messy of you Chinese... As if Lee Hyori cares about going to China.

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Article: 'Mao' meant Mao Zedong? 'Hangout with Yoo' reps, "She didn't mean anyone specific... we will be more careful in the future"

Source: Donga Ilbo via Naver

1. [+3,797, -18] Mao Zedong... I never even imagined it could mean that... although I did think of Asada Mao when she said it

2. [+3,240, -18] How did the Chinese handle Xi Jinping in 'Descendants of the Sun'? He was there blazing guns and all.

3. [+1,366, -16] What are you apologizing for????? Don't apologize.

4. [+814, -3] No one thought of Mao Zedong when she said it, no one even cares an ounce about him... this is funny ㅎ

5. [+361, -3] Doesn't Mao mean cat in Chinese? What's all this fuss over something so insignificant... do you Chinese not see how the world is suffering all year long because of you?

6. [+233, -2] If you go read the comments on Lee Hyori's Instagram, you can see how barbaric the Chinese are. They're using Google translate and calling us 'North Korea', even talking about comfort women ㅡㅡ do they not see how the world is suffering because of them?

7. [+170, -0] An apology over this? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ So now we have to cater to the feelings of the Chinese? Just do as you want to.

8. [+53, -0] Can they just stop watching Korean varieties? No one's begging them to watch it. Talk about all this fuss over something unwarranted.

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