"Why do Japanese sing the Korean national anthem?" Controversy..Lee Jung-hyun Explains "I'm Korean" Independence Day Case
Oct 27, 2025
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On MBC 'The Masked Singer', which aired on the 26th, eight masked singers faced off against the new singer '100-haired famous man' for the King's seat.
On this day, Lee Jung-hyun was deeply moved by singing the Lee Seung-gi song 'Delete' and the spring, summer, fall, and winter song 'Bravo, My Life!' wearing the mask 'For Me.
Lee Jung-hyun is an actor who made a strong impression in the drama `Mr. Sunshine' as Sergeant Tuda, a Japanese soldier chasing the independence forces. With realistic acting at the time "I thought he was a real Japanese" also received a response.
In particular, he drew attention again for his history of singing the national anthem at the Liberation Day celebration in 2018.
At that time, some viewers misunderstood and protested that "Why does the Japanese sing the national anthem on Liberation Day?"
In response, Lee Jung-hyun responded, "'All of the works I made known to the viewers before were Japanese roles. I think you had a bad memory because you did so many bad things in "Mr. Sunshine"I've seen a lot of bad comments," he said honestly.
He then said "In fact, there are many people of national merit on my mother's side," adding that his late maternal grandfather was a veteran of the Korean War.
Host Kim Sung-joo said, `Not everyone can sing the national anthem at the Liberation Day celebration. It's possible because he's a descendant of national merit."
Not everyone can sing the national anthem at the Liberation Day celebration ceremony, Lee Jung-hyun said. I was able to sing it because I was a descendant of the people of national merit."
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