Ha Young Apologizes After Pro-Japanese Family History Controversy

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JAKARTA - Actress Ha Young released a personal apology regarding the family history controversy that she often shared with the public. Through the letter he wrote, he uploaded it through his personal Instagram account.

The controversy began when Ha Young promoted her latest series, Our Sticky Love, by being a guest on the show Problem Child in House. In the show, he again called himself the family of four generations of doctors from great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great

He repeatedly explained that the buyut was someone who studied medicine in Japan before opening the first clinic in Hanyang (Seoul) and had treated King Gojong. Because of this statement, the public suspected that the buyut in question was doctor Ahn Sang Ho.

The track record found Doctor Ahn Sang Ho was one of the people who joined Daejeong Chinmokhoe or a pro-Japanese organization. The term pro-Japanese refers to people who are willing to sacrifice Korea for personal gain.

"This is Ha Young. First and foremost, I bow my head in apology for the hurt and disappointment caused by me due to the issue related to my butt. Later, I studied the attitude of my butt Ahn Sang Ho, I reflected on my family history with a heavy heart," wrote Ha Young.

He admitted that he only knew his family's story from his family's point of view and he felt ashamed because he kept talking about his family's history as a pride.

"I deeply regret that I spoke lightly about my family history without understanding the painful history of our country during the Japanese colonial period," he continued.

"Moreover, when the first controversy arose, I myself did not know the actual facts that made the agency respond to the news with "groundless". I believe it was my mistake to let the incorrect statement be given without verification. I apologize for the disappointment and confusion this has caused," said Ha Young.

In his statement, he also apologized for having delayed his clarification. He accepted all criticism of the history that he had not been aware of, especially as this controversy emerged ahead of South Korea's Liberation Day.

"I will continue to keep this incident in my heart. I will delve into my family history and I will be more careful in responding to future history. I will study our history and do my best for everyone who dedicates themselves to our country. I will prove this not only with words but with attitude," he concluded.

This controversy also emerged in the midst of the promotion of his latest series, Our Sticky Love, which eventually made several events delayed. Ha Young himself canceled an interview session with the media to discuss his latest project.