Why now? Actor Lee Dong Woo receives a storm of criticism from Chinese netizens for his past remarks

Actor Lee Dong Wook's remarks have angered Chinese netizens. On the 20th, a Chinese Weibo post read, "Lee Dong Wook, in Korea, we eat mooncakes (traditional Chinese sweets)."
The tag "Sen" became a hot topic in real time. The number of posts related to this tag exceeded 32,000, and the number of hits exceeded 100 million.
Lee Dong Wook's remarks became a hot topic a little later.
The words were spoken in a bubble on the fan platform during the mid-autumn celebration (Chuseok) in September last year. At the time, Lee Dong Wook said that some Chinese fans were saying, "Even in Korea, we eat mooncakes at the mid-autumn celebration."
When asked, "Why?", he immediately replied, "Chinese fans, we don't eat mooncakes in Korea. We celebrate the festival in a different way." Even after Lee Dong Wook's answer, Chinese fans continued to ask questions about mooncakes.
After hearing this, Lee Dong Wook finally replied, "Stop talking about mooncakes. We eat songpyeon (traditional Korean rice cakes made from rice flour)."
Chinese fans then translated Lee Dong Wook's remarks into Chinese.
As soon as the post spread through NS, some Chinese netizens claimed that Lee Dong Wook had ignored China. They also claimed that Lee Dong Wook had accompanied his remarks with an "eyes up" emoji.
The emojis written by Lee Dong Wook were sarcastic and ignored China. Lee Dong Wook's comments became a hot topic in China for the first time in about a year, and netizens
A war of words is brewing between the two groups. Korean netizens are calling the remarks of Chinese netizens absurd.
Chinese netizens express anger over Lee Dong Wook's remarks
As a result, it has become a hot topic every day.