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Internet user threatens to attack women's rights activists rallying in front of Nexon

Published: 28 Nov. 2023, 11:49 Updated: 28 Nov. 2023, 15:46

The Angelic Buster Remaster promotion video for Nexon’s online game MapleStory was taken down over the weekend after some viewers accused the head animator of being a feminist and deliberately planting a controversial hand gesture, associated with misandry, throughout the video. Pictured is one of the frames accused of using the pinching hand gesture.[SCREEN CAPTURE]

The police said they are looking into a threat of attack made online against activists from women's groups that are to rally in front of the game publisher Nexon on Tuesday.

According to a cyber investigation unit at the Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Police Agency on Tuesday, a post that threatened to attack "feminists" with a knife was uploaded on several online forums, including DC Inside.

The posts have been taken down.

The police plan to station police officers at the rally on Tuesday.

Nexon has been facing allegations on social media that one of its animated promotion videos for its game MapleStory contained a symbol of radical feminism.

The symbol is known for being part of the logo for the now-defunct Megalia, Korea's formerly largest radical feminist online forum, in ridiculing the size of Korean men's genitals.

The production company behind the video, Studio Ppuri issued an apology over the incident.

However, women's rights activists planned a rally to protest Nexon's decision to launch a probe into the matter.

BY LEE HO-JEONG [[email protected]]