Netizens think Sowon was just having fun and everybody blew everything out of proportion.

Quote from sshuqi

Netizens get hella offended with every resemblance of the rising sun flag and understandably so, but when it no longer affects them or has anything to do with their own history, they see nothing wrong with it.

Hypocrisy.

Hypocrisy works both ways.

Quote from dmammoth

You never heard of Netizens, you know, on the internet? Ask the staff of allkpop.

Interesting didn't know the staff of allkpop was responsible for these so called netizens