BLOCK B TRANS · @bontheblock
16th Aug 2015 from TwitLonger
[BLOCK B OFFICIAL] This is our official apology https://www.facebook.com/BlockBOfficial/posts/868289969886876
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Hello, this is Seven Seasons.
This is our statement regarding the outfit P.O wore at the 70 Years of Liberation Sinbaram Festival on the 15th.
First of all, we bow our heads in apology to the people of this nation for standing on stage wearing this outfit despite the fact that this was a commemorative concert for the 70th anniversary of liberation.
He went up stage like that because we did not think to carefully check his clothes that day.
This is a mistake that has no excuse and something that cannot happen again, so we are deeply remorseful.
We raise our respect to the patriotic martyrs and fallen heroes who shed sweat and blood to protect our country for the liberation of the Republic of Korea, and once again we sincerely offer our apologies to everyone who were hurt by this incident.
Thank you.
(T/N: There has been some misinformation going around saying that the Japanese phrase in question on the shirt is from the right-wing Japanese political party. However, that is absolutely not true. The phrase, “mondai nai”, meaning “it’s nothing”, is a meme that started from the game El Shaddai, when the character Enoch is asked, “You sure that’s enough armor?”, he replies, “No problem. It’s nothing.” This turned into a popular meme in Japan that even won a contest in 2010 where person A will ask, “You sure that’s enough (something)?” and person B will say, “No problem. It’s nothing”. Because this phrase is popular, it was used as a meme on pictures of Japanese politicians also so it looks like they are saying, “it’s nothing”. Rather than the phrase being something right-wing Japanese politicians actually say, it is more a dig at them for not really responding to citizen’s concerns and just saying everything is okay, “it’s nothing”. Source: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/el-shaddai)