Rescene’s Woni faces backlash over video post

A K-pop singer from South Gyeongsang Province has been swept into a controversy after she was accused of using a phrase resembling far-right internet slang in a video posted last month.

Woni, 22, a member of the girl group Rescene, used the phrase “Museop-no,” meaning “It’s scary,” in a video posted to YouTube channel on June 28.

The phrase drew attention after Kim Hyun-ji, a producer at MBC Gyeongnam, claimed on X that the ending “no” was associated with Ilbe, a far-right online community.

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