K-Pop Star Jaejoong Apologizes After Coronavirus April Fool's Day Joke
South Korean singer Kim Jae-joong, known mononymously as Jaejoong, has apologized after falsely taking to social media on April Fool's Day to say he was diagnosed with the COVID-19 disease caused by the coronavirus that has caused a worldwide pandemic.On April 1, in the afternoon in South Korea, Jaejoong shared a post on Instagram, saying that he was in the hospital and diagnosed with COVID-19, due to his disregard of directives from government officials and medical professionals.Shortly after, he updated his post with an apology and a lengthy statement in which he revealed he didn’t have the virally-caused disease, but instead had made the post in an attempt to raise awareness due to the way that he perceived people to be dismissing the