Took the words right out of my mouth. I think the Kpop stans who are defending Sowon and SinB don't understand the true magnitude of Sowon's actions. If we allow trivialization of something so impactful, it'll be allowed to happen again. History wise, Japan colonized Korea and was the reason North Korea exists today, rather than having a unified Korea. Japan was on the side of the Axis powers with Germany & Italy. Korea wasn't on either side, but yes, the US both helped and destroyed Korea. According to most historians though, the US freed Korea from Japan's brutal colonization. (I will say though that the US also occupied Korea and indirectly caused the Korean war.) Japan oppressed the Korean people while they were there and forced them into believing in their religion.
I think WW2 from Korea's perspective were less about Germany and more about Japan, but I'm reading some articles written by Korean people regarding WW2 education, and in Asia, the genocide was not widely taught about, and N*zi culture is romanticized heavily. This doesn't make Sowon's actions right or justified, but I think that Germany and their actions also need to be taught more.
