Bunnies’ Hashtag campaign worked!
iMBC has been criticized heavily after one of the reporter wrote the article about New Jeans Minji. The article that the reporter wrote was bound to hurt the singer. The reporter made acrostic poem using ‘Kalguksu.’ ‘Kalguksu’ is a Korean hot noodle that was the beginning of New Jeans Minji’s apology and all that incident. CLICK HERE to read more about ‘Kalguksu’ incident and New Jeans Minji’s apology.
The article was just about New Jeans departing from Incheon International Airport just for the schedule. But the reporter made acrostic poem of ‘Kalguksu’ as title, which had no connection. It seemed he was just making fun of her. So fans argued and had a hashtag campaign requesting MBC to make reporter apologizes to New Jeans Minji. CLICK HERE for the campaign and the acrostic poem.
It seems the hashtag campaign worked. Officially, iMBC apologized to New Jeans Minji.
The Notice translation
We are informing you.
iMBC is well aware of the importance of an artist’s ip.
Recently, the title of a photographed article related to New Jeans Minji was controversial, and we immediately deleted it.
However, we apologize to the artists and agency that may have been hurt by this.
iMBC will try best to manage content to prevent these problem from happening again in the future.
Actually, it is not the reporter’s apology that Bunnies wanted at first, but hope it will help fans and New Jeans Minji to feel better.
