Sister of ‘nut rage’ heiress sorry for own tantrum
SEOUL: The sister of the Korean Air “nut rage” heiress apologised for throwing her own tantrum at a business meeting, after media reports claimed she had hurled water into the face of an employee.
Cho Hyun-min, the second daughter of Korean Air boss Cho Yang-ho, apologised yesterday for her “reckless behaviour” after the reported incident at a Seoul advertising firm sparked online outrage.
Hyun-min, 36, is the younger sister of Cho Hyun-ah, who made headlines and prompted nationwide fury in 2014 for an infamous incident in which she kicked a cabin crew chief off a plane in a row over nuts.
The elder sister erupted into fury when a stewardess served her macadamia nuts in a bag rather than in a bowl on a Seoul-bound flight from New York, before forcing the employee and the cabin crew chief to kneel and beg for forgiveness.
The incident was one of the most infamous cases involving offspring of one of South Korea’s megawealthy business elite families, whose arrogance and bad behaviour regularly make headlines.
The latest row over the younger Cho emerged when Maeil Business Newspaper reported that she had thrown water at a worker at an advertising agency during a meeting last month.
Hyun-min, who is a Korean Air marketing executive, reportedly flew into a rage when she did not like one of the workers’ answers, throwing a bottle to the floor and screaming before sending the worker out of the room.
“I apologise with my head down for my foolish and reckless behaviour,” Hyun-min said on her Facebook page, adding that she had apologised to everyone at the meeting.
“I have no words to say for my action that I should not have done under any circumstances,” she wrote without offering any details on the incident.
South Koreans took to online forums to criticise the family’s latest outburst.
“This whole family is so messed up and classless beyond repair,” said one user. — AFP
I have no words to say for my action that I should not have done under any circumstances. Cho Hyun-min