Kim posted a picture of herself wearing a white t-shirt that says ‘Girls Do Not Need a Prince’ on her twitter account. (image: Yonhap)
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Kim Ja-yeon, a voice actress featured in the online game ‘Closers’ – created by Naddic Games and distributed by Nexon – was fired on July 19 for wearing a t-shirt that allegedly supports Megalia, a community well-known for its anti-misogyny views.
On July 18, Kim posted a picture of herself wearing a white t-shirt that says ‘Girls Do Not Need a Prince’ on her twitter account. The t-shirt was recently manufactured by Megalia to raise funds to file a lawsuit against Facebook, which deleted its account.
When some netizens suggested that the t-shirt instigates misandry and suspected Kim of being a Megalia member, Kim replied on her twitter that she was not actually a member of the Megalia community and that she was aware that the community was created to fight against misogyny. She added that she did not have any particular issues with the community, and did not understand why her post was seen as controversial, yet she was willing to take responsibility for her actions.
The online game companies for which Kim has been doing voiceovers decided to replace her with a different voice actress despite updates that are about to be released in just a few days.
Some people on online game communities criticized the game companies for taking the issue too far by firing the voice actress just because of the text printed on her t-shirt.
“We decided not to use content created by this voice actress not because of the t-shirt she was wearing, but because her tweets upset some of the users of our online games,” said a Nexon official.
By Nonnie Kim (nkim@koreabizwire.com)
Here are some background information:
Megalia that sells those T-shirts is a group that originated as a feminist society, but soon became a group that signifies hatred against males and sexual minorities (calling them anal-lovers).
http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201607141612001&code=940100
They are classic Fem-Nazis who are at the extreme of female superiority.
They are associated with releasing private information about a individual without their consent (name and other personal identification), taking and releasing photos without consent and creating false rumors of certain individuals. http://news.donga.com/Main/3/all/20160705/79034268/1
I think NEXON did a fast and great response, as the problem does not lie with the T-shirt (and I support it whole-heartedly), but with that Megalia is the group that sells this for money. Money they earn, their lawyers explain, will be spent to “defend” the ones who are currently sued for their “acts of martyrs.”
She was not “FIRED” as she was not an employee to begin with. She was paid for her contracted work. What is happening is that her voice is being replaced. So in other words, Nexon is the one who spent more money than they should have due to this controversy. Let me also mention that the terms Nexon suggested, she had accepted it.