[국제]Korean stars condemn hate crimes… “I am proud to be Asian”

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Korean stars are raising their voices in condemning hate crimes as a result of the serial shootings in Atlanta, USA, in which eight people, including six Asian women including Koreans, were killed.

Korean stars, including Sandra Oh and Daniel Dae Kim, who are active in Hollywood, USA, raised their voices through street speeches and testimonies at hearings.

Reporter Kim Jin-ho.

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Sandra Oga, who won the Golden Globe TV Drama Award for Best Actress, caught a loudspeaker on the street.

He gave a street speech at a rally held on the theme of’Stop Hatred toward Asians’.

[샌드라 오 / 배우 : 아시아인인 것이 자랑스럽습니다. 당신들의 목소리로 그 말을 듣고 싶네요. 나는 이곳에 속합니다.]

Sandra also posted a post on Instagram to express her condolences to all victims of the Atlanta shootings and racist violence.

Korean actor Daniel Dae-Kim, who is active in Hollywood with Sandra Oh, attended a US Congressional hearing on the 18th as a witness.

Daniel v. Kim criticized the claim that the Atlanta attack was not a hate crime.

[대니얼 대 김 / 배우 : 이 세 곳이 모두 아시아 사람들과의 연관성이 있는 곳입니다. 만약 이곳이 유대교 회당이나 흑인 교회이고 누군가 그 장소들을 공격했다면, 우리는 이것이 증오 범죄인지 아닌지 정말로 묻고 있을까요?]

He also retweets Sandra Oh’s street speeches and is actively promoting awareness of hate crimes.

Stephen Yeon, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for the movie’Minari’, expressed solidarity on Twitter by sharing the remarks of President Joe Biden criticizing hate crimes and the address of a site helping Asian victims.

In a time article for an American current affairs magazine, Eric Nam, a Korean-American singer born and raised in Atlanta, urged, “Now to listen to our voices,” assuming that there is no racial motive for the Atlanta shootings is “racial in itself”.

This is YTN Kim Jin-ho.

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