“What does cia have to do with this"- American Parangi slammed for claiming IU forced people to join President Yoon Seok-yul's impeachment rallies

American Parangi, a YouTuber who recently claimed that IU had allegedly forced people to participate in the rallies supporting President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment, faces backlash online.

According to the Korean NGO Newspaper’s Interview released in September 2023, her name is Caitlin Choi and she is from Colorado USA. She is in her late 20s and is married to a Korean man. Caitlin Choi creates political YouTube videos in the context of Korean and American political scenarios and has over 86K subscribers on the platform.

On December 18, Caitlin Choi took to YouTube to share that she had reported the Hotel Del Luna actress to the Central Intelligence Agency in the United States. She stated that IU providing meals to the people protesting for the impeachment had created an environment that has encouraged others to join in as well. She said,

“You guys know IU, right? The very famous singer. She’s supporting people who are protesting against Yoon Suk-yeol. She’s even providing food for them and even making the vibe that they have to go out and protest. Wow, how kind and nice she is. I think she’s making people feel like they need to go out and protest because she wants Yoon Suk-yeol to be impeached. I wanted to help her, too.”

The YouTuber further encouraged her subscribers to report the Celebrity singer to the CIA as well. American Parangi received criticism from Korean netizens as well as international fans of the South Korean singer.

Fans react to American Parangi's comment about IU (Image via X/@yyeinnn)

“Crying what does cia have to do with this,”- a fan wrote.

"God the stupidity i’ve seen on this app these couple days,”- another fan said.

“She says she wants to be sued too for fame. i cant wrap my head around having the privileges of a white person but willingly shackling yourself to yoon's ideology. just the same coin, ig,”- a user stated.

Fans continue to criticize the American YouTuber.

“Why would the american CIA give a single fuck about this? It's also written like a 12 year old who got told no to being asked out would do. Nobody would take this seriously. I hope the idiot writing it has been internet shamed to the ground,”- a fan wrote.

“Bruh whoever sent this can start packing their stuff, their life won’t ever be the same once uaenas reports them to edam lol tho i guess they just want attention that bad,”- a user stated.

“Antis is on another level of bring the queen IU down.. When we say iu's hater is on another level this is what we mean!!”- a fan reacted.

As per Pannchoa, South Korean netizens also shared their thoughts on American Parangi’s moves against IU.

“This will go straight in CIA's spam folder,”- a fan stated.

“They're really doing anything at this point,”- a user said.

“Do you think Americans will look at this?- another user said.

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IU and EDAM Entertainment provide meals and hot packs to protestors in favor of South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol

On December 13, 2024, EDAM Entertainment released a notice on IU's Daum fan cafe where they stated that they would give out meals and hot packs to the fans who were joining the protest rallies the next day. This was due to Yoon Suk-yeol’s emergency martial law enforcement on December 3, 2024, which was called off a few hours later due to massive nationwide criticism.

As a result, the opposition including several citizens of South Korea demanded an impeachment of the president. Furthermore, on December 14, the national assembly confirmed the president's impeachment following unanimous voting.

Furthermore, artists like NewJeans, Girls’ Generations’ Yuri and Seohyun, Lee Dong-wook, Go Min-si, Park Myung-soo, Ahn Bo-hyun, Lee Chae-yeon, STAYC, Lee Jong-suk, and more were reported to the CIA for their reported support to Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment.