[News] Youngwoong Jaejoong Created ‘Korean’ Word Frenzy in Japan


Due to a single statement from JYJ Youngwoong Jaejoong, ‘Korean (Hanguk-ŏ)’ word became the most popular search word in Japanese site.

On the 11th afternoon, Youngwoong Jaejoong wrote on his twitter to his fans in Japanese, “I won’t forget Japanese, so everyone please do your best to study Korean too”.

After the tweet was posted for 20 minutes, instantly word ‘Korean’ boost to 1st position as ‘hot word’ with explosive reaction. Meanwhile ‘Youngwoong Jaejoong’ was ranked at the same chart on 2nd place.

Regarding this news, netizens showed their admiration by saying “I already saw the real-time graph, it’s really incredible.”, “I didn’t know that the influence of Hallyu star would even go to this extent”.


credit: Nikkan Sports + Daily Sports
trans: sharingyoochun.net