[World Now] “Kim switched to Kim” ‥ Australian betting company, Korean national team mocking sexuality controversy

“Kim goes to Kim, Kim goes to Kim, Kim goes to Hwang and Hwang goes to Hwang…

Experience the Qatar World Cup 2022, Korea match commentator.”

Australian sports betting company TAB posted it on its official Twitter account.

Along with this article, TAB posted a photo of the Korea national team lineup, and all four defenders, Kim Jin-soo, Kim Min-jae, Kim Young-kwon and Kim Moon-hwan, were tagged as “Kim” ( Kim).

In addition, Hwang In-beom, Hwang Hee-chan and Hwang Eui-jo wrote “Hwang” in the midfielder and forward.

It’s about the commentators being in trouble because all four Korean defenders are Mr. Kim, and there are three Mr. Hwang in midfield and up front.

However, Australian public broadcaster SBS told 25th local time that criticism of “routine racism” had been raised in Australia over this TAB-published post.

Journalist Marc Di Stefano of the Australian Financial Review also posted a screenshot of TAB’s post on his Twitter account and criticized: “I wonder why people at TAB’s social networking service don’t mention Argentinian Martinez.”

Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, defender Lisandro Martinez and forward Lautaro Martinez share the same surname.

Shawna Yang, a Korean-Australian founder of social media platform Cozycom, responded to TAB’s tweet, saying, “It’s not funny. It’s just ignorant and rude.”

However, some argue that it is a simple fact that many players in Korea share the same last name and that mentioning it is not racist.

“It’s common in sports to joke about players with the same last name,” rebutted Twitter user Justin Rabby.

A user named David Lee also wrote: “I was born in Korea, and this is not racism” and “Sorry Lee is missing.”

However, when such a dispute arose, TAB deleted the post and explained that it was an inappropriate post that didn’t meet the company’s standards, “and we decided to check it before posting it in the future.”