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Wi Ha-jun thanks Pinoy IG fan account dedicated to him, says he always looks at it

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Gary Ann Lastrilla

<p>South Korean actor Wi Ha-jun is currently in the Philippines for his very first fan meeting. Titled &#x27;Game Play With Wi Ha Jun: The Fan Meet,&#x27; the event is scheduled on Sunday, May 21, at the New Frontier Theater in Quezon City.<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"></span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">A day prior the 31-year-old actor </span>talked about the things he would like to experience while in the country during a press conference organized by Philippine clothing line BENCH. <span style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none" id="isPasted"></span></p><p>Wi Ha-jun is the global ambassador of BENCH, the same line responsible for making his first fan meet in the country happen.</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/Csdbsmyv39Q/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A3380444.8999999985%2C%22ls%22%3A3380331.3999999985%2C%22le%22%3A3380333.700000003%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="746" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>Opening up about his first time in the country, Wi Ha-jun told the media through an interpreter: &quot;It&#x27;s an honor that my first visit here in the Philippines is for a fan meeting. Actually, I&#x27;m very nervous right now but I&#x27;m also very happy to [be] here with you.&quot; </p><p>&quot;So actually, the first impression I have when I arrived here in the Philippines is, of course, the warm weather. And together with this, the warm eyes of the people were very welcoming here in the Philippines,&quot; he added. <a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/4/25/-squid-game-actor-wi-ha-jun-to-hold-fan-meet-in-manila-1234" id="isPasted"></a></p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/4/25/-squid-game-actor-wi-ha-jun-to-hold-fan-meet-in-manila-1234"><strong><u>READ: ‘Squid Game’ actor Wi Ha-jun to hold fan meet in Manila</u></strong></a></div><p>Wi Ha-jun also enumerated<span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"> the things that he would like to try while in the country. </span></p><p>&quot;To think of the things that I want to do as I visit here in the Philippines is, of course, I want to visit Boracay and Cebu. Have some vacation for myself, time for myself,&quot; he said. </p><p>The actor also added that he would like to visit some branches of the clothing brand where his posters are on display, revealing that Pinoy fans have been sending photos of them to him.</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-1" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CopJkThLOks/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A3380450.5%2C%22ls%22%3A3380331.3999999985%2C%22le%22%3A3380333.700000003%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="864" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-1" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>Wi Ha-jun made his acting debut in 2012 and has since starred in several K-drama series. These included <em>Romance is a Bonus Book</em>, <em>18 Again, </em><em>Bad and Crazy</em>, <em>Little Women</em>, and the highly successful Netflix series<em> Squid Game</em>. </p><p>But is there a project or role that he would like to do someday? </p><p>&quot;If I were to be honest, I&#x27;m a <em>probinsyano</em>. I grew up on an island, and I&#x27;m from the province. So I really enjoy a role where I would act as someone who is very rough because I&#x27;ve been growing up [in] the province but I got to get to fall in love with a very beautiful girl. And I would really love to try love stories too,&quot; he said as per the interpreter.</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmgry23vFOO/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A3380455.1000000015%2C%22ls%22%3A3380331.3999999985%2C%22le%22%3A3380333.700000003%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="788" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>Giving a message to his Filipino fans, Wi Ha-jun said: &quot;I really have no other words to say to my Filipino fans than I&#x27;m very thankful to each and every one of them.&quot;</p><p>He then went on to express his gratitude towards a Filipino fan account dedicated to him, saying that he&#x27;s been checking it often. </p><p>&quot;And especially there is a Filipino Wi Ha-jun fan Instagram account and I look at this religiously every day. I check out their posts and I really see that there isn&#x27;t a day that they don&#x27;t post,&quot; he remarked. </p><p>&quot;They always post about me [and] they also send cheerful and motivational messages for me through their stories so I look at it always and I feel very motivated through that,&quot; he added. </p><p>He continued: &quot;So that is why, in this opportunity that I have to meet my fans, I would love to do everything I can to also make them happy.&quot;</p>

<p>Wi Ha-jun said the posts on the fan account always makes him feel motivated </p>