In celebration of the Lunar New Year, also referred to as Seollal in Korea and by Koreans, K-Pop idols have been sharing festive posts on their social media platforms.
Likewise, IVE‘s Jang Wonyoung and Girls’ Generation‘s Seohyun also wished their fans a luck-filled 2023 via Instagram…
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Have a happy Seollal 🤍
— IVE’s Jang Wonyounng
…dressed in the traditional Korean hanbok attires.
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Wishing you a prosperous new year
Happy Lunar New Year— Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun
Both stars captioned the posts referring to the holiday as either Seollal or Lunar New Year; Though this has unfortunately caused an influx of hate comments for being a “cultural appropriation” of the Chinese New Year.
IVE’s Jang Wonyoung confronted haters flooding her Instagram comments section with vomiting and middle finger emotes…
…while Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun saw the same “Happy Chinese New Year” comments “fixing” her…
