Here's a picture of him and his sister. Before plastic surgery and skin lightener, she looked mixed too. What's strange is only the mom looks a little bit mixed but his father doesn't. The father was a strict parent and wasn't there most of the time. He also didn't believe in his goal of becoming a musician. Was he a stepparent? His childhood affected him strongly and he lived with those painful memories.
Taem1n's gone through hell and back. I heard of the military harassment. r*pe is a problem there in the military, and he's been sexualized and shown as gay and effeminate. That's not who he is, but the soldiers may think his persona is the real thing and not for entertainment. Was he abused by LSM or a manager? The videos I've seen, showed older men touching him. When he went on the show, The Knowing Bros, the men kept teasing him and acting like he was effeminate and gay. One even wanted a kiss because it was ok if he kissed him. In other clips, men tried to remove his shirt, pulled it to look at his shoulders and chest, and jjong was defending him. A different host was hot for him dressed as a girl before debut. That's a child.
In one clip, he was begging with his eyes for jjong to help and get that guy off him. Another man was rubbing his chest and nipples. This started when he was a kid. If we go by international age, he was only 13-14 at debut.