It has been revealed that on a Japanese TV program which Se7en
appeared on awhile back, he promoted korean food by correcting a
Japanese host’s pronounciation from ‘ki-moo-chi’ to ‘kimchi’.
In an old video which has surfaced recently, Se7en showed how to make
kimchi fried rice on a Japanese TV show. On the show, a Japanese host
referred to kimchi as ‘ki-moo-chi’ but Se7en straight away corrects her
pronounciation to ‘kimchi’. This video has attracted much attention from
netizens. There have been many responses such as “While recording the
show, he must been a bit out of it and by correcting the host, I could
feel his patriotism” and “What a contrast to Kara who created a big
issue not long ago with introducting kimchi as ‘ki-moo-chi’.
[Note: Not long ago, Kara appeared on a japanese TV show and
introduced kimchi as 'ki-moo-chi'. This is a big deal in Korea because
kimchi which is known as a famous korean food has been used extensively
in Japanese cuisine but under the name 'ki-moo-chi'. There is
controversy in Korea over this because it is almost as if Japanese have
claimed it their own so even though it may seem like something quite
insignificant, it means alot to his image in Korea]