[World Now] “Kim passed to Kim” ‥ Australian betting company, controversy over sexuality mocking of the Korean national team

“Kim passes to Kim, Kim passes to Kim, Kim passes to Hwang, and Hwang passes to Hwang…

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Australian sports betting company TAB posted this on its official Twitter account.

Along with this article, TAB posted a photo of the Korean national team’s lineup, and all four defenders, Kim Jin-soo, Kim Min-jae, Kim Young-kwon, and Kim Moon-hwan, were marked as ‘Kim’ (Kim).

In addition, Hwang In-beom, Hwang Hee-chan, and Hwang Eui-jo wrote ‘Hwang’ in the midfielder and attacker.

It deals with the fact that commentators are in trouble because all four of Korea’s defense line are Mr. Kim, and there are three Mr. Hwang in the midfield and attack.

However, Australian public broadcaster SBS reported on the 25th local time that criticism of ‘routine racism’ had been raised in Australia over this post posted by TAB.

Reporter Marc Di Stefano of the Australian Financial Review also posted a screenshot of TAB’s post on his Twitter account and criticized, “I wonder why TAB’s social network service people don’t mention Argentine Martinez.”

Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, defender Lisandro Martinez and striker Lautaro Martinez share the same last name.

Shawna Yang, a Korean-Australian founder of social media platform Cozycom, responded to TAB’s tweet, saying, “It’s not funny. It’s just ignorant and rude.” no,” he said.

However, some claim that it is a simple fact that many players in Korea share the same last name, and that mentioning this is not racist.

“It’s common in sports to joke regarding players with the same last name,” said Twitter user Justin Rabby. refuted.

A user named David Lee also wrote, “I was born in Korea, and this is not racism,” and “I feel bad that Lee is missing.”

However, when such a controversy arose, TAB deleted the post and explained that it was an inappropriate post that did not meet the company’s standards, “and we decided to check it before posting it in the future.”