South Korean presidential frontrunner sorry for comparing the colour of a Nigerian student to that of coal Via http://firstladynaija..com.ng/2015/12/south-korean-presidential-frontrunner.html

CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER APOLOGISES AFTER JOKINGLY COMPARING THE COLOUR OF A NIGERIAN STUDENT TO THAT OF COAL.

Kim Moo-sung, the leader of the ruling conservative Saenuri Party and the leader in polling ahead of December 2017 elections, issued the apology in the face of public criticism over the gaffe.
“I failed to realize that showing friendliness this way could hurt someone’s feelings,” Kim wrote on his Facebook page on Friday. “I am really sorry and there is no excuse. I sincerely apologize from the bottom of my heart.”
He made the quip while delivering coal briquettes to the needy in Seoul alongside a group of foreign exchange students earlier on Friday.
The event was part of a charity program that drew around 40 students from 27 countries as well as 50 young members of the Saenuri Party.
“Your face color is the same as the briquettes’ color,” the 64-year-old said to a Nigerian student while laughing.
The student, Babalola Joshua Adekunle, said he did not take offense. “I don’t give any special meaning to it,” Adekunle told local news outlet Focus News. “He said it jokingly. He was laughing. Personally I’m a black man. … It’s nothing that I am ashamed of.”
Asked whether he thought Kim should apologize to him, Adekunle replied in Korean: “Guenchanayo” (“No problem”).

Display of Maturity at it peak

Yes, that is True. Display of maturity.