SNOWDROP 'FACT CHECK'

a fact check done by un-bias Korean who actually saw the Show

quite a long read so I'll just post a link

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Is Snowdrop about the pro-democratization movement and disrespecting the movement?

- NO

It has nothing to do with the democratization movement on May 18, 1980.

It also has nothing to do with the democratice Uprising (or June Uprising) on June 10, 1987.

6 month passed after the main characters met in Spring, and the drama mentioned that the presidential election is three weeks away, so the Snowdrop's background is October, 1987.

JTBC officially stated that Snowdrop does not deal with pro-democratization movement, but used it as a background for the main story which is the presidential election in 1987.

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The motif of the drama is the presidential election in 1987, as mentioned above, and it's a fictional story that the South Korean military government and ANSP (Agency for National Security Planning) works together with North Korean dictatorship government to plot the presidential election.

You can check this out in the drama.

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Since the background of the drama is 1987, there is no way that the drama never mention about the pro-democratization movement, but the drama has NEVER shown a scene that disrespect the spirit of the movement.

<< Snowdrop is NOT related to pro-democratization movement. It's about about the presidential election in 1987 >>

I attached the video representing the JTBC's official statement below.

The video clear shows you that the drama is mostly about the presidential election in 1987.

Below is a video suspecting the connection between of the South Korean military government and North Korean dictatorship government.

Is Snowdrop glorifying the ANSP (Agency for National Security Planning) and military dictatorship government?

- NO

According to the recently released videos, there are lines that are clearly criticizing the ANSP and the government, and most of the scenes are showing vicious atrocities of them. If JTBC really wanted to glorify the ANSP and the government, they should have excluded all of those scenes from the drama.

Early episodes of the Snowdrop showed how ANSP could be atrocious through the scenes of Lee Kang-moo and Jang Han-na. And the early scene of the meeting of the members of Aemin party and the council shows the dark side of the ANSP at that time.

From the main teaser video of the drama, the dormitory inspector is saying "The ANSP could make everyone in the dorm to a spy", and this line clearly criticizing the vicious atrocities of the ANSP and the government.

Therefore we could say that this drama is clearly not glorifying the ANSP and the military dictatorship government in 80s Korea.

Moreover, JTBC stated that the main characters in Snowdrop are rather characters that highlight the critical perspective of the ANSP.

And ANSP Agent and North Korean Spy characters in the drama are not representative of each government, but is a device to highlight the negative aspects of ANSP and also to show the critical aspects.

Snowdrop is a fictional drama.

I think it is appropriate to see it as a criticism, not a glorification, in the overall context.

Is using an expression "Straightforward" to describe Lee Kang-moo(ANSP agent)'s personality glorifies ANSP?

- NO

JTBC stated that Lee Kang-moo is a character who rather has skepticism toward ANSP, and he is NEVER a character representing the ANSP.

"Straightforward" is an expression to describe the personality of an individual character. This does NOT mean that ANSP is straightforwarded.

And currently, the term does not exists in his character introduction.

Is Snowdrop distorting Korean history by setting Lim Soo-ho is a North Korean spy that disguised as a student activist, and by playing the pro-democratization movement song '솔아 솔아 푸르는 솔아' while he was running away?

- NO

First of all, the JTBC stated that the script of Snowdrop does not contain any set-up that the main characters (Lim Soo-ho and Eun Young-ro) participate or lead the pro-democratization movement.

From the first two episodes released, there is no scene where Lim soo-ho pretends to be a student activist and participates the pro-democratization movement. The scene below is just a scene that Lim Soo-ho passing by the activists while running away from ANSP agents.

And it's not true that Snowdrop is a historical distortion because it used the song pro-democratization movement song '솔아 솔아 푸르는 솔아'.

If the song was played as a background music without any context, it would be understandable to raise a conspiracy theory to the drama, but the scene below is a scene where Lim Soo-ho just passing by activists who were singing the song '솔아 솔아 푸르는 솔아'. However, some people are agitating that the song was played as background music.

And the scene shows that Eun Young-ro's roommate is also participating the demonstration.

Eun Young-ro is worried about Jung-min who is participating the demonstration.

And the scenes above are clearly build-up for later scene. Because of those scenes, viewers were able to understand the act of Eun Young-ro misunderstanding Lim Soo-ho as a student activist who was injured while participating the demonstration and hiding him in the dormitory.

(Since Eun Young-ro was worried about Jung-min who was participating the demonstration, she had enough clue to think that Soo-ho got injured while protesting.)

Currently, some people are using the cropped video that does not contain any details of the scene to argue that Snowdrop is a historical distortion.

Right after the activists finshed singing the song, they were shouting out for fiar election, and the polices dispersed the protesters with tear gas. Is this a historical distortion?

I don't really think so.

Is Snowdrop a historical distortion since it doesn't make sense that ANSP is blocked by the dormitory inspector and couldn't do the investigation?

- NO

The ANSP agent and the dormitory inspector had a short argument, but ANSP ignores her and start the investigation right after it.

In the second episode of Snowdrop, Jang Han-na, a ANSP agent, holds a gun and threatens civilians (dormitory inspector and students).

The dormitory instpector told them to bring the warrant since outsiders cannot invade dormitory according to the school rules, but the ANSP agents just ignored her word and threaten her and her students with a gun.

Eventually, the ANSP members investigated as they wanted, and even there was a scene where they do a search while female college students taking a bath.

Saying that "ANSP were not able investigate because of the dormitory inspector" is just an agitating without any excuse.

Is meeting of the "brain" of the opposition party and North Koeran Spy a historical distortion?

- NO

According to the first episode of Snowdrop, there is a line saying "We'll make it look like the North adbucts Professor Han I-seop the economic brains, and the opposition party runs for president with the North's funding. If word is out that they're running with the Communists' money, the opposition party will lose the election for sure."

In summary, they are trying to frame the opposite party as communists to make the ruling party (military dictatorship government) to maintain the power. Some people cut off the detailed scenes, and saying the the drama is trying to say that opposite party is meeting up with North Korean communists, and this is clearly not true.

They really have to stop agitating people by using cropped video without any explanation.

Is Snowdrop related to China?

- NO

Some people are arguing that Snowdrop received production cost support from China, and saying it's a drama that is closely related to China.

But that rumor of receiving investment from China is FALSE.

JTBC recieved investment from Tencent in Decemeber 2020, however Snowdrop is already confirmed on June 2020, and started filming it since November 2020. Moreover, Tencent has no right to engage in JTBC's business.

Later, it was revealed that Snowdrop recieved investment from Disney+.

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Is the term "Seolgwanghwa" only used in China?

- NO

A well-known rumor saying that "Seolgwanghwa" is a Chinese is clearly NOT true.

The word "Seolgwanghwa" is registered in National Aborretum of Korea, and in China, they use term of "Seoljeokhwa (雪滴花)" or "Seolhwayeon (雪花蓮)"

As below, we can see that "Seolgwanghwa" is registered in National Aborretum of Korea website.

check out the Link for videos, can't hotlink them here

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lol, me too

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Quote from ForgottenSoul

Good try I guess but SK anger wont be calmed down by this.

ofc not, but we will know they've a stupid reason to hate this show

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I was just joking kkkk

bruh

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They really dont the way NSA is portrayed in the show is a joke.

that's why they said it's misunderstanding and will clear it as the show continue

it's up to you if you wanna believe it or not