In the Chosun Ilbo today they have an interview with LOST actor Kim Yun-jin who answers a series of questions for the paper. One of the questions and its answer caught my eye:
 In the first “Lost” advertising poster, the white actors were placed in the front and the actors of other races in the back row, right?
“I was so shocked, I couldn’t speak. I worked in Korea for about six years without being aware of the color of my skin, but I was stunned when it suddenly happened. After that, I object to whatever I feel is discrimination. If I accept it, there will be no change. When I speak out, the other side might think, ‘I never thought about it that way,’ and be more careful.”
It is times like these that I turn to the wisdom of the Party Pooper. The overwhelming racism Kim feels is even more apparent after I read the answer to this question:
Money and fame follow from Hollywood. Do you earn a lot now?
“I earn a lot. I get US$100,000 per episode, and we shoot 24 episodes a year. ‘Lost’ is televised to 210 countries around the world.”
Yes, only in a racist country like America is a network willing to pay a supporting actress in their drama $100,000 an episode for a total $2.4 million bucks. I want to be discriminated against like this.
I couldn’t find any similar comments from her in the US media so I have to wonder if Kim Yun-jin doing a Wie Byung-wook and telling the Korean media what they want to hear in order to promote herself and the Korean movie she is currently filming?
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7:52 am on June 29th, 2007 1
I saw the same photo before, and I can not figure how she can claimed the discrimination on the cast location in this photo. I think she is makine some type of sensation for ROK media audience.
12:59 pm on June 29th, 2007 2
1:24 pm on June 29th, 2007 3
i guess as a supporting actress she thought she would be in the middle of the picture and put in place of the leading actors
6:57 am on July 1st, 2007 4
I can only guess while she worked in Korea she did not think about the color of her skin is because everyone is Korean in the industry except for quirky Canadians once in a while
Her eyes are stronger then non-Koreans and certainly now that she is outside of Korea she has notice that Korea is the ONLY country in the world with four distinct Seasons…..but she knows in the photo she posed for she is the only true DECEDENT OF GOD
I feel terrible for her
7:14 am on July 1st, 2007 5
“In the first “Lost” advertising poster, the white actors were placed in the front and the actors of other races in the back row, right?”
Actually is the Korean interview looking for the racist lean. I am certain in her desire to be loved in Korea by all of “different classes” she is certainly going to point out the arrangement in the photo as some racist plot to shun the Korean actress
7:16 am on July 1st, 2007 6
“And what are your charms?”
I have no prejudices. Whoever I meet, whether he’s old or young, whether he’s of high status or low, I can communicate with him for a few hours. I’m open. I consider myself attractive on these points”
I think her prejudices are quite evident
7:20 am on July 1st, 2007 7
“If you were to love an actor you worked with in Korea, who would you choose?”
“Choi Min-sik is kind and very friendly. He drinks a lot, too. Seol Kyung-goo is manly and strong. And he is warm. Han Suk-kyu is warm and also reasonable. If there is a man who is a combination of those three, I might give him a try, but not one of them individually (laughs).”
Yet another PR moment for the Korean media….Manly and Strong? Wow
12:09 pm on August 19th, 2007 8
hi i enjoyed the read
7:43 am on December 14th, 2007 9
Actress Yunjin Kim ’s story is exagerated comletely
distorted crap from the truth.
I don’t believe her discrimination story.
Frankly, I think she is flat lier.
7:52 am on December 14th, 2007 10
Yunjin Kim’s True color reveals..
Her arrogant, bragging and phony character…
She is terribly confused as herself as something like an world star …
She is really funny!!!!
8:09 am on December 14th, 2007 11
Yunjin Kim’s false Claim of America’s racist, discrimination Plot
is clealy to promote herself though nothing but lies.
12:44 pm on December 14th, 2007 12
Wasn’t Yujin Kim raised in States? She is 1.5 Generation. She just realized about her being different in US just now?
1:35 pm on December 14th, 2007 13
Her family immigrated to New York when she was 10 and then she went on to study drama in London and Boston before going back to South Korea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunjin_Kim
This interview she was playing to a Korean audience and tell them what they wanted to hear. I have never heard her say such things in the US media.
2:09 am on January 1st, 2008 14
[...] - June - Kim Yun-jin claims discrimination as part of the LOST [...]
1:28 pm on January 4th, 2008 15
Hmmm… so you say, as long as a person gets paid good money in the US, he or she shouldn’t be bitchin’ about discrimination and racism even if it’s obvious?
Do you people have anything better to do than make your racist remarks about Koreans all day long?
You people are like… creepy…
1:35 pm on January 4th, 2008 16
By the way… Kim Yun Jin… damn she is a good looking woman.
8:28 am on January 16th, 2008 17
People love Korean and are not racist.
Kim Yunjin is the one actually started making remarks like
“Lost” TV discrimination, American Racist..
8:54 am on January 16th, 2008 18
Right! Why Kim yunjin bitchin about Lost discrimination so much?
Kim yunjin is really Ungly inside and out…
That’s True.
9:15 am on January 16th, 2008 19
Kim yunjin is a Ugly woman.
She is filthy lier too.
9:22 am on January 16th, 2008 20
Not as ugly as yo bitch ass hoe mamma!
4:55 pm on March 5th, 2008 21
I think she’s making a exaggerated claim. I don’t know which advertising poster she is talking about, but I’ve never felt racism seeing tens of pictures. Maybe it wasn’t on the purpose or maybe because the actors of color are not very leading characters other than Sayid. Do you think Sun, Jin, Michael play as important role as Jack, Kate, Sawyer or John?
6:51 am on March 10th, 2008 22
Kim Yunjin is not American Citizen.
So that maybe makes her feel discriminated by American.
She is very lucky though….because there are so many unemployed actors in America.
Korean government must be very happy about Yunjin Kim
bringing all those cash into to her country Korea..
8:05 am on March 10th, 2008 23
Korean Kim Yunjin Is doing well showing up at tv shows lately…
Wearing her FAKE WIG at the view tv show…
late late show… Trying to be cute with her fake wig with plastic surgery face you knowww
9:18 am on March 10th, 2008 24
Willima S.
So far, Kim Yunjin is American as far I am concern. She came to states when she was 10 years old and went back to Korea to work on the Korean movie production at age 23. There is no mentioning of her gaining US citizenship in the website. If she was US citizen, then she may have got work permit from ROKG while she was living and working in Korea. Also many of Korean American (US citizens) declared Dual citizenship to stay in Korea with out having to re-new it every year for work permit. (Some of the Males under 35 were drafted to ROK military when declared dual citizenship.)
1:43 pm on March 10th, 2008 25
Kim Yu Jin, is like all Koreans anywhere. Their loyalty is to the ‘fatherland’. She hates America so much, she would happily lie about America. Koreans are 5th columnists.
4:59 pm on March 11th, 2008 26
Kim yunjin did stated that she is not American citize at the Late Late show…
and that she is Korean citizen holding green card staying in America…
She achieved successful career here in America
as an actress playing the role “Sun” on very popular American TV Show “Lost”.
Actress “Sandra Oh”,” Margaret Cho” are probably American.
5:39 am on March 12th, 2008 27
Yunjin Kim definittely does have work permit
in America having the Green card…
but legally Yunjin kim is not American citizen
I mean not yet…unless she applies for naturalization.
The great “Lost” Tv show opened up door to success for Yunjin kim and She has to know she is very lucky !
9:51 am on March 12th, 2008 28
Amy,
Not only Sandra Oh is not an American, she is actually Canadian on work permit in US. The Big Maggie Moran Cho is American citizen. She is from SF.
Also, neither of these Comedianes and Actresses will never make it big in Korea. Some one who look like Yunjin Kim can make it in Korea.
Sandra Oh does not have pretty Korean face and Maggie Cho is too fat and too loud. No one in Korea will even look at them twice in the streets of Seoul. Also I don’t any of them speaks Korean well enough to get any role in Korea like Yunjin Kim.
10:38 am on March 12th, 2008 29
I for one…wouldn’t look at Yunjin Kim TWICE
in the streets of Seoul! Yunjin Kim is just an average.
I believe America’s favorite the “Lost” show provided Yunjin Kim way to achieve
successful career as an actress.
And I still believe Yunjin kin is just a lucky ,
I mean.. she is not an Ugly actress.
Yunjin Kim seems like an someone who can be able to often exagerate and lie ..
10:48 am on March 12th, 2008 30
George,
Many women are liers like YunJin Kim.
She is not the only one who exagerate
and lie just about everything
what ever it takes to make money.
I think Yunjin Kim is UGLY too.
She looks somewhat like man turned
into women by another plastic surgery
done every where..
11:07 am on March 12th, 2008 31
Twice? Not even once!
I would rather visit a Zoo..look at gorillas
Yunjin kim’s fame is all made up of
bunch of lies.
11:04 am on March 14th, 2008 32
Ok, Who is then the most ugliest korean actress???
common..tell me!
You know..who right? Nope?
Yes, of course..
“It’s..”YUNJIN KIN”!!!!!
1:26 pm on March 15th, 2008 33
I love korean.
There are many many beutiful korean actress.
I watch many korean movies and tv shows.
If you meet truely pretty koreans you would
understand why Yunjin Kim is one the
Uglies actress.
8:51 pm on March 15th, 2008 34
I’m a Korean-American born and raised in the US. My loyalty is to my country. My father served in the US armed forces, as did many of my Korean-Americian friends. Don’t make claims about ethnic Koreans being only loyal to the Fatherland; first and foremost, we are American, no matter what country our parents emigrated from.
While we enjoy our Korean cultural heritage, Our nationality is American. The problem with many Korean communities is that they isolate themselves and get all affronted for being discriminated against after shoving Korean Pride and superiority in everyone’s face. It’s just embarrassing and unnecessary and it gives the rest of us Koreans a bad name.
It’s not just Koreans, as every culture has their good points and bad points. But cultures after being defensive for thousands of years develop weird personality traits, they usually either become humble or try to overcompensate.
Please let me know if I’m wrong.
6:20 pm on March 17th, 2008 35
Kim, You are right!
God bless you!