Why are fans boycotting the K-drama When the Phone Rings?

Many social media customers are additionally urging others to boycott the drama, primarily due to a controversial scene that many interpreted as a reference to the continuing battle between Israel and Palestine. Many viewers deemed the scene pointless and insensitive. The scene in query featured information reviews a couple of battle between fictional nations named Paltima and Izmael, which many noticed as clear references to Palestine and Israel respectively

there’s one thing so disturbing about not solely utilizing an ongoing genocide as a mere plot gadget however to twist it in a approach that paints the oppressors in a great mild https://t.co/DjzrLzAAzO

— Okay  (@cxokira) January 4, 2025

Followers took to social media, calling out the scene as “disturbing” and used as a “mere plot gadget.” Many have additionally questioned the makers for permitting the scene to be within the closing lower.