An allegation that has been following him since 2021.
With every season, Netflix‘s celebrated courting present, Single’s Inferno, has found a few of Korea’s hottest new faces rising to international stardom. Likewise, issues had been going properly for Season 4 contestant Yuk Jun Web optimization, too. That’s, a minimum of, till the latest episodes dubbed him a “purple flag.”
Amid the heated discourse about his actions, the UDT soldier-turned-artist-and-actor now faces extra challenges: Allegations of getting produced a cartoon utilizing problematic phrases. An Instiz put up had already known as out the cartoon in 2021—and whereas it didn’t garner as a lot consideration then, the cartoon has since resurfaced following his look in Single’s Inferno.
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A thread about Yuk Jun Web optimization who’s presently gaining consideration for showing on Single’s Inferno, that includes his previous offensive remarks about moms, peoples with disabilities, and prostitution.
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The cartoon, shared on Naver below Yuk Jun Web optimization’s alleged ID “dbrwnstj123” (which is Yuk Jun Web optimization’s title when typed in Korean), options clearly derogatory phrases.
For instance, a scene from his cartoon titled “Invisible Triple-Kick” reveals a grocery store named “Ni Am Mart,” which is taken into account an insult towards moms. In one other scene, one of many characters feedback, “Doesn’t that particular person look disabled speaking to themselves like that?” One other character is launched as a “chief of prostitution.”
“Invisible Triple-Kick” was printed in December 2012, which, given Yuk Jun Web optimization’s birthdate of April 1996, means he was 16 years outdated when he drew them. In 2021, some netizens defended Yuk Jun Web optimization, claiming that “again then, youngsters all talked like that.” In 2025, although, mixed together with his “purple flag” conduct on Single’s Inferno 4, the backlash is extra vital.
- “Because of this individuals say physiognomy is scientific, LOL. He’s not simply ugly however straight-up so disagreeable that he ruins my day.”
- “Simply one other brief Korean man.”
- “Haha. Not stunning coming from a brief Korean man.”
- “I don’t perceive how individuals with skeletons of their closest have the audacity to place their faces on the market as TV stars. Do they assume they gained’t ever get caught? Or that these items gained’t turn out to be points for them? Ridiculous.”
- “Not solely is he brief, but in addition problematic, huh?”
In 2012, Wikitree reached out to IOK Firm, Yuk Jun Web optimization’s administration on the time, to confirm and was unsuccessful listening to again. As of 2025, the contestant doesn’t appear to be signed to a administration—leaving it completely as much as Yuk Jun Web optimization himself to answer the rising viewer disappointment.
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