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It’s been revealed that Block B’s maknae P.O has been hospitalized for shock earlier today. Recently, Block B has been under scrutiny for its controversial interview in Thailand. Even after several apologies and Block B’s leader Zico’s gesture, the criticisms toward the group still show no signs of stopping. According to Brand New Stardom Entertainment, P.O had been in panic mode since last week and went under shock when several netizens began a petition filing for Block B’s suicide.

A representative of Brand New Stardom Entertainment carefully stated, “It’s true that P.O is currently hospitalized. He still a young kid, who just recently graduated from high school. P.O has a very soft heart, so he's been suffering from great distress while reflecting on his mistakes. He went into shock following the ever-growing attacks regarding the issue. However, we're still waiting to hear the exact diagnosis to understand the state of P.O's health.” He added, “They don’t deny their faults and are accepting all the criticisms. They can’t do anything else other than apologize for their wrongdoings. Currently, we’re very concerned about the members’ health and their families’ welfare.”

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Block B, who has been under a lot of scrutiny due to their behavior during an interview in Thailand, has released a video of apology to their fans in Thailand. The video, which was subtitled in Korean, English and Thai shows the members with somber expressions and with their heads bowed.

They said that they are, "Very sorry for the things that happened in Thailand recently," and continued by saying "It was childish and we are very sorry for causing harm. I don't know how we can ask for forgiveness. I acknowledge that we weren't attuned to what was right at the time, and that was very selfish of us. For that I extend my apologies. It wasn't our intent to cause harm, but that's exactly what happened. We cannot apologise to you in person, but please accept our deepest apologies." They finished by saying that this was a learning experience and they hope to grow and improve from then on.

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Block B released official apologies on their official fan site regarding their inappropriate behaviors and comments made during an interview with Thailand's RYT9 on "New Artist - Block B in Thailand."

During this interview, Block B members commented on Thailand's recent flood, saying, "We wish financial rewards could help healing people's damaged hearts, because all we got is money. About 7000 won?" Adding insult to injury, Block B behaved erratically throughout the interview, screaming randomly from time to time and clapping with their feet, acting like monkeys.

The YouTube video clip of this interview spread like wildfire and Block B became a hot potato within and outside of Korea. Previously on February 19, 2PM's Nichkhun commented on twitter, "As a Thai person, I am offended by those who speak of the Thailand floods without giving it much thoughts. Please have proper manners and understandings of Thailand, rather than coming here and acting carelessly." Fellow 2PM members Junho and Chansung also commented on twitter, agreeing with Nichkhun. 



As an effort to put an end to this controversy, the members of Block B posted official apology letters one by one on their official fan site on February 20.


P.O stated, "We blurred the boundary between freedom and responsibility. I apologize to Thai people and fans. I am sorry for damaging national image and other Korean artists' reputation by such behavior." 


Zico wrote, "I am deeply ashamed of my ignorance in current affairs and failure in understanding the severity of the incident and flood victims' sorrows as an adult." According to Block B's agency, Zico also shaved his head to show remorse for his mistakes. 


U-Gwon also apologized, "I feel ashamed of my insensitive and irresponsible behaviors and comments in Thailand." B-Bomb commented, "I deeply apologize for failing to show the most basic humanity and courtesy in my words and actions and not being able to correct fellow teammates behaviors as an elderly member."


Taeil wrote, "We've been called 'too free-spirited and liberal' before and we thought of such label only as a positive feedback and failed to acknowledge what these words might mean otherwise. When I revisited the video clip, I felt ashamed of how disrespectful we were. Now I understand why people say 'Block B is a disgrace to your country.'" Park Kyung and Jaehyo also added, "We did not realize the seriousness of the situation and were very disrespectful. We promise to be more mature and humble in the future."


The controversy regarding Block B's interview in Thailand is still going on in many online forums and fanclubs. As of today at 6PM KST, Block B's official apology letters reached 8000 views and 500~1,100 comments each.

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Recently Block B had an interview on a television show in Thailand.

In the interview, Block B showed a careless attitude during the interval of questions, in which you can see the members playing and goofing around and even laying down over the table during the televisive interview. The situation got worse when the interviewer asked their thoughts about the recent flood going on in Thailand. Member and leader Zico answered, "I know about it. I was pretending I didn't but I do."

Then, they said, "We wish Thai people would heal the damage in their hearts through financial donations, and all we have is money" while another member claimed, "How about 7000 won?" (6.00 USD) and then they all laughed.



The controversy of their comments rely in the fact that members were actually making too much fun of the situation by saying that they could only help with 6 dollars and they were being disrespectful and rude about the situation pretending they didn't know anything. These comments made Thailand people upset and offended.

And also it started an outrage over 2PM members who expressed their feelings on the situation. As some of you may know, Thailand is like a second home for 2PM members since Nichkhun is originally from Thailand. He expressed on his Twitter account, "As a Thai person I feel offended by those who speak about the Thailand floods without thinking. Also instead of coming to Thailand and acting mindlessly, please respect the country’s manners, and only act in a proper way."

Not just Nichkhun tweeted about the incident, but also fellow members Junho and Chansung and also Tiger JK. Junho wrote, " I won’t say who it is but those actions and that attitude are embarrassing. As a fellow Korean, I wish they would learn that one bad action doesn’t affect just themselves but also affect those around them. It’s something I’m saying as a person and a sunbae," while Chansung said, "Even when you try to avoid these kind of situations and you may seem like having a careless attitude which happens inevitably, if you don’t pay attention to others and hurt them and act like there’s no one as great as you that is careless. This is beyond a mistake and just proves that you’re that type of person. Have some shame."

Tiger JK expressed his support towards Nichkhun's tweet by saying, "Not everybody like that bro. Keep speaking that truth tho!" Fans also expressed their feelings towards this situation, recalling Zico's attitude as, "Irresponsible," "they forgot how to act in an interview" and "where's their professionalism?" This incident has definitely arisen some hot topics again over Block B's capability to handle or being involved in controversies.


After the incident, all the members expressed individually their apologies on the group's daum cafe. Zico wrote, "I am deeply sorry for what our bad behaviour caused in Thailand due to the flood going on. Despite of being an adult, I feel sorry of my actions, I was ridiculous and ignorant. There's no excuse that can grant me forgiveness. I am deeply sorry once again."


Jaehyo expressed his apology saying, "I feel sorry and I deeply apologize bending my head down. I am so sorry for the citizens in Thailand. And I feel sorry for the Koreans, for having dishonored the image of our country. As the hyung and older man of the group, I didn't act properly and assumed the responsibility for what was going on. I feel embarrased of myself and I'm gonna reflect for what we caused with this offense."

Also, members Taeil and Kyung wrote their apology stating that, "they should be in charge of the younger members instead of not paying attention," and also that, "we were extremely careless, we feel sorry and we deeply apologize for this incident. Our playful personality wasn't appropiate this time."

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