It is my understanding that he is a Chinese Billionaire. The Korean community was an influential voting block between Justin Sun as 'HKdev' and the heavily western slate of 'top witnesses'. In the end, the Koreans did try to mediate, but it was a difficult situation and not everyone was on their best behavior.
CZ of Binance is another Chinese Billionaire in this tale!
It is my firm belief that the two sides of this and other polarized issues can be overcome through federated protocols such as 'Fediverse', Podcasting 2.0, and of course things like HIVE!
Ohhhhhhhhhh I totally did not know that. My bad! Thanks for the clarity.