Ha Young's Great-Grandfather, 'Pro-Japanese Activities + Assassination of Emperor Gojong' Shock.. 'Hong-Gun-Dae' Video Not Released on the 10th [Star Issue]

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Amid allegations that Ha Young's great-grandfather, physician An Sang-ho, was a pro-Japanese collaborator, content featuring Ha Young has recently been unable to be released.

The YouTube channel "Netflix Korea" did not release the two videos featuring Ha Young scheduled for public release on the 10th. Regarding this, the channel side made no special announcement.

On the 6th, a video titled "[Hong.Gun.Dae] Gangster(?) Friends Who Came to Play with Wax Pups | Such Ridiculous Love" was uploaded to the "I Came to Promote" segment of the channel. On that day, actors Jung Hae-in and Ha Young appeared as guests in the Netflix drama "Such Ridiculous Love."

Here, Ha Young stated, "I heard my father and grandfather were doctors, and that my great-grandfather also practiced medicine," revealing that her family has been a lineage of physicians for generations.

Regarding her great-grandfather, she said, "As far as I know, he was the first physician to practice Western medicine in Hanyang." Ha Young also mentioned that her older sister is an internal medicine doctor, stating that they are a fourth-generation family of doctors.

Ha Young revealed that she consulted with her family regarding medical staff roles in the dramas "Critical Care Center" and "Bloodhounds."

The side of "I Came to Promote" presented the two episodes featuring Jung Hae-in and Ha Young as previews for the next video, displaying subtitles that read, "See you on August 10."

However, it appears that after Ha Young became entangled in controversy over her great-grandfather's pro-Japanese activities on that day, the side of "I Came to Promote" halted the release of the videos.

Comments on the videos featuring Ha Young included content such as "I came because I saw the news," "They cast a descendant of a pro-Japanese collaborator next to a descendant of Jeong Yak-yong," "Why boast about your ancestors?" and "What about the work?"

Ha Young appeared on the KBS 2TV variety program "Problem Children in the Attic," broadcast on the 7th, revealing that her family has been a lineage of physicians for four generations. At the time, Ha Young said, "My great-grandfather went to Japan to learn Western medicine and was the first physician to open a clinic in Hanyang," adding that he even treated "Ko Jong (황제)."

After the broadcast, An Sang-ho, known as Ha Young's great-grandfather, had his past activities re-examined online, sparking suspicions of being a descendant of a pro-Japanese collaborator.

An Sang-ho is known to have graduated from the Tokyo Zai Medical School in Japan in 1902, returned to Korea, taught Western medicine, and later served as a royal medical staff member.

In response, an official from Ha Young's agency told StarNews, "It is true that Ha Young's great-grandfather is An Sang-ho," but regarding the pro-Japanese activities of An Sang-ho raised online, stated, "There are parts that differ from the facts." Later, it was also revealed that Ha Young's grandfather is An Bu-ho (Prof.), and the agency side clarified, "It is true that Ha Young's grandfather is An Bu-ho (Prof.)," adding, "Ha Young's father An Byeong-mun (Director) was born on Sorokdo while his father was working at Sorokdo Hospital."

is a medical scholar who laid the foundation for modern Korean medicine and clinical pathology, devoting his entire life to the treatment and research of Hansen's disease (leprosy) patients. He graduated from Keijō Medical School and served as a professor in the Department of Pathology at Chonnam National University Medical School, holding the record as Korea's first medical doctorate holder.

Along with Ha Young's side's stance, the controversy grew further as theories about An Sang-ho's involvement in the assassination of Emperor Gojong and claims that Sorokdo, where An Sang-ho was stationed, had human rights violations such as forced sterilization, abortion, and dissection practice on Hansen's disease patients were re-examined. Additionally, controversy arose over Ha Young's side allegedly providing false statements regarding her great-grandfather An Sang-ho.

In response, Ha Young's agency side stated on the 11th, "We would like to clarify the part we previously said was 'baseless'," adding, "After further verification, it has been confirmed that there is indeed a record of our great-grandfather An Sang-ho being listed as a councilor in the 1916 Daejeong Friendship Association." They continued, "We sincerely apologize for causing confusion by hastily answering 'baseless' without sufficient verification."

The agency side said, "Through this incident, we deeply realized how much careful verification is needed when conveying historical facts and an individual's biography to the public," and added, "Ha Young has also taken this matter to heart and will approach future matters with even greater caution and humility."

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