[BYJ] Wasted Opportunity

I've blogged about that the President of South Korea have 'met' with Bae Yong Joon at the Blue House and that the President is planning to dine at Gosireh, BYJ's restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, when he visits Japan on the 28th. Click HERE to read about that news.

After that news came out anti's were feasting about it. Click HERE to read reaction from a fan.

Today there are news that came out saying ~

SK President will no longer push through with his plan to have lunch in Gosireh (BYJ's restaurant in Tokyo) during his scheduled visit to Tokyo, Japan. The President also voiced his dismay over the reports of the media that BYJ is joining the lunch with SK President and Japan's Prime Minister. BYJ is not going with him in the first place. The reason given for the cancellation was "security reasons".

There are also reports that says ~

BYJ did turned down the offer to have lunch meeting with the two leaders.

gist courtesy of Mariko on BYJ thread @ soompi

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I guess we will never know what the real story is. But honestly, I find the SK media and some netizens [antis] ridiculous. Is it a bad thing to promote your country's culture abroad?

If it’s true that BYJ was invited, it’s very unfortunate that it has been cancelled. Likewise, if it’s true also that BYJ turned down the lunch meeting with the two leaders, hat’s off to Yong Joon as well.

Btw, Mariko wrote in soompi that this is the not 1st time that Yong Joon has reportedly turned down an offer. He already turned down the invitation of Japan’s former Prime Mister Koizumi. She added on saying that Yong Joon might have sensed that the Koreans who still hold prejudice against Japan will use it against him.

For those who might have not know it yet, Bae Yong Joon is appointed to be the Tourism Ambassador to the 2010-2012 Visit Korea Campaign. Meeting with the President might not be avoided in the future.

I'm not sure how Yong Joon is taking these kind of news. I just hope that he's not hurting by this.

I trust Yong Joon's ability to handle these things. He is too wise and steadfast to be affected. Bae Yong Joon... Fighting!

I'll leave this post with these photos of Yong Joon floating in many BYJ sites. I've actually posted this the other day but that one is not clear. This new set is bigger and clearer. These photos never circulated before, so they're practically "new".