The South Korean federal government is apparently checking out claims of chart control (sajaegi) including HYBE, the firm of BTS. Korea JoongAng Daily reports that in 2017, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism acknowledged getting a petition laying out HYBE’s supposed participation in chart rigging and extortion.
The Korea Creative Content Agency (Kocca), a state-run organisation in charge of a number of elements of Korean pop culture, will get the case. Kocca is going to check out this subject extensive and ask HYBE for a description. Another petition has actually asked the culture ministry to reclaim BTS’s Order of Cultural Merit need to the allegations end up being precise. The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism provided this award.
According to current online reports, in 2017 HYBE was threatened with extortion by Lee and 3 other individuals for supposedly utilizing doubtful marketing techniques in 2015 to promote BTS’ album. The other 3 got fines; Lee was offered a year in prison. In choosing, the court referred to “sajaegi marketing,” describing Lee’s supposed plan with BigHit Entertainment and the risks that followed versus business.
These occasions followed a BigHit Music declaration about legal actions versus BTS’s rights offenses. The firm voiced fret about growing efforts to reject the artists and share unproven reports. Given that their 2013 launching, BTSâ $” RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkookâ $” have actually launched a number of albums and won appreciation from all around the world. As things stand, every member is doing their needed military service.