{{Diplomatic relations between Kenya and South Korea are currently unpleasant following Korean Air online Advertisement that refers to Kenyans are \u2018Primitive\u2019.}} <\/p>\n
Kenyans have demanded an immediate apology.<\/p>\n
Korean Air advertisement was aimed at launching direct flights to Nairobi.
\nPart of the advert which has generated heated debate on the social media reads in part: \u201cFly to Nairobi with Korean Air and enjoy the grand African savanna, the safari tour, and the indigenous people full of primitive energy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The term \u2018primitive energy\u2019 has apparently annoyed many Kenyans on the social media who have demanded an apology.<\/p>\n
Primitive means ‘belonging to a very simple society with no industry or belonging to an early stage in the development of humans or very simple and old fashioned.’<\/p>\n
However, Korean Air via its twitter handle @KoreanAir_KE on Today (Monday) has issued an apology promising to investigate how the offending advert came to be.<\/p>\n
\u201cRegarding our recent promotional notice of Nairobi, we are checking on this issue accordingly. We sincerely apologize for this situation,\u201d the airline posted on twitter on Thursday at 11:22 am.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter ‘checking’, it will be appropriate to issue an apology to \u202aKenyans on your website and mass media,\u201d Kimunya Mugo tells the airline on twitter.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou’d better be thoroughly apologetic. We are not very pleased with our primitive energy,\u201d says Nick Walubengo on twitter.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeems like they have realised that the people they thought were primitive aren’t afterall,\u201d Nomkhoni Warui adds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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