BTOB's Minhyuk Apologizes For Comments About Korea's Declining Birth Rate

Previously, BTOB’s Minhyuk was under fire for the messages he sent through a fan community platform. He had messaged fans about attending his friend’s wedding and mentioned the birth rate.

Minhyuk: There have been so many weddings.
Minhyuk: Everyone is getting married.
Minhyuk: Please contribute to the birthrate, my friends.
Minhyuk: It’s a concern for our country.
Minhyuk: …although, I’m sure they’ll figure it out themselves.

With these messages, some fans took it negatively, and couldn’t believe he would send a message like that through a fan platform, despite the fact that it was something he said to his friend and not the fans.

I’m sorry. With all the anonymous messages I received, I saw a lot of hurtful messages, and although I could have just ignored them, I ended up responding to them because I kept receiving them. I thought hard about the responses I was getting and put myself in your shoes; you guys were talking with just me. Even if I get a lot of hateful messages, you guys are getting hurt by me. I didn’t think that far. I apologize to everyone that I hurt. I’m sorry. I should have been more careful as we talked through text and not in person. I wasn’t careful about this. All your messages are out of love, and I will listen to them and work on being a better person! I’m sorry, and thank you.

Fans and netizens felt that although it wasn’t necessary, they thought he released a well-written apology.

“Fighting!”
“It’s only right to apologize for someone’s wrongdoing.”
“Everyone makes mistakes. He doesn’t seem like such a bad guy, seeing he apologized instead of ignoring the matter.”
“He made a clear and precise apology.”
“It must be hard to maintain your composure reading all those good and bad comments.”
“Not sure if an apology was needed, but he handled the situation well.”
“I hope Minyhuk and his fans make amends with this.”

Meanwhile, check out the full story behind this controversy below.