Nickhun reacts to Thai flood jokes

2PM member Nichkhun had some harsh words for new hip-hop group Block B, which got itself into trouble for making jokes about the Thai floods during a recent visit to the Southeast Asian country.

Block B made the jokes in an interview with Thai website RYT9. When the reporter mentioned the recent floods in Thailand, which left hundreds homeless, group members used the opportunity to joke around. "People in Thailand must be devastated due to the flood but I really wish we can just use money to patch things up. I mean that’s all I really have. And how much do they even need? Like $7?" leader Zico commented.

The video has inspired a wave of criticism from Thai and Korean netizens and prominent K-pop artists since it began circulating on Sunday. Nichkhun said on Twitter that he was offended by the comments: "As a person of Thai descent, I'm offended by the careless remarks about the Thai floods. Instead of waltzing in arrogantly when visiting another country, you should be humble and have some manners."
 

Block B members personally left messages of apology on their fan cafés but it did not pacify the situation at all. Seeing this reacon, Nichkhun tweeted again “Please, don’t say things like ‘wish someone would die’ but hope they would learn. Like we all do, like I did from my own mistakes.” Nichkhun asked netizens to hold off on the criticisms and that he just wished for the members to learn from their mistakes.
 

Thailand is not the only country where the group has made culturally insensitive remarks.
In another interview with a Japanese media outlet that has surfaced online, the band joked that "Like the typhoon that happened in Japan, we will also sweep the country clean."

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