when an idol get into a big scandal , but actually those scandals are ridiculous,,
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I will talk about one of biggest female idol scandals in Kpop and Jpop history, with both of the female idols ended up releasing official apology video,...
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1- AKB48 'Minegishi Minami'.. all the AKB48 members are banned from dating, yet one of the members breaked the rule'
back in the early 2013 'Minami' got catched spending a night with a member of the boyband 'Generations'..
a few hours later, it was announced through the AKB48 official blog that 'Minami' would be demoted from one of the official members of 'Umeda' Team B to 'Kenkyūsei' trainee level as of February 1. She thus became the first AKB48 member to be demoted to 'Kenkyūsei' trainee level in four years since 'Miki Saotome' in late January 2009 ,,..
On the same day, the AKB48 official channel published a video of 'Minami' with her head shaved, apologizing to her fans for her "thoughtless behavior" and hoping that the management would let her stay in the group, with other members that she loved..
In the YouTube statement, 'Minami' explained that she cut her hair in a state of shock induced by reading the Shukan Bunshun scoop, when she could not calm down.
However, in Japan, cutting one's hair is a way of showing contrition.
On August 24, 2013, AKB48 announced the reinstatement of Team 4, with 'Minami' reinstated as a full member as well as the captain..
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2- Twice 'Tzuyu' ..
In a late November 2015 episode of My Little Television broadcast by MBC, rookies TWICE was given the task to hold up a flag of their country of origin as the group is composed of members of different nationalities.
For member Tzuyu, who was born in Taiwan, greeted online viewers as Taiwanese and held up a Republic of China flag.
Following the broadcast, Taiwanese and China-based singer Huang An took to his Weibo where he accused Tzuyu of being an Taiwanese independence activist, calling her a traitor. Mainland China government (People’s Republic of China) considers Taiwan as under its jurisdiction though many of the islanders considers themselves independent from them, representing themselves as the Republic of China.
Since the broadcast, backlash from Tzuyu’s actions have piled on with both Chinese media and netizens criticizing the younger Taiwanese K-Pop singer. TWICE’s activities, including endorsements and scheduled appearance, were cancelled and/or suspended as well as broadcasting station BTV among others to ban the girl group from ever appearing.
The backlash continued with Chinese netizens boycotting JYP Entertainment as a whole while trending #boycottJYP on Weibo (with over 68 million hits as of January 14th according to TV Report) and various Chinese media taking down anything in regards to TWICE on their platforms.
The Tzuyu scandal has also affected other JYP Entertainment artists who carry out activities in China as well including Nichkhun‘s solo activities and 2PM‘s promotions.
Despite commenting that Tzuyu has no political agenda, JYP Entertainment was spotted having allegedly changed Tzuyu’s official profile which went from “Nationality: Taiwan” to “Birthplace: Taiwan” and finally “Birthplace: China Taiwan” with the latter written in Chinese.
On January 15th, a video featuring Tzuyu was released to the public where she apologized for her actions, stating that China and Taiwan are one, reading from a sheet of paper during the recording. Just a little over 24 hours since the video was published, it has acquired over 4 million views.
Following Tzuyu’s apology video, JYP Entertainment’s main representative and founder J.Y. Park published his own letter of apology via the agency’s Weibo account.
“Hi everyone, I am J.Y. Park.
First, I sincerely and deeply apologize for bringing pain to Chinese netizens. At the same time, I feel regretful and again apologize as my company’s staff, Tzuyu, and I did not recognize the seriousness of this situation.
Through this incident, I once again deeply experienced that, to collaborate with a country, we should respect that country’s sovereignty, culture, history, and the people’s feelings.
All of this has taught my company and the artists a very big lesson. In the future, we firmly will not allow similar incidents to happen.
I once again offer my apologies to all of the Chinese fans who have continuously supported and liked me, my company, and its artists. We let everyone down and hurt everyone. To make up for all the damages done to everyone and to return everyone’s support, we will continue to work hard in order to contribute to the cultural exchange between the Chinese and Koreans.
In the past few days, Tzuyu herself has felt a lot of emotions and has been reflecting at the same time. She was 13 when she left home, came to Korea, and it is my and the company’s fault for not being able to cultivate Tzuyu in place of her mom and dad. We will stop Tzuyu’s current activities in China, and effectively handle all of the problems faced by affected parties due to this incident.”
The situation has even caught the attention of other international news portals such as the Washington Post, who describes that many Taiwanese netizens have compared Tzuyu’s apologetic video to that of a hostage video by the IS (Islamic State) and though many young Chinese netizens also showed their support, China’s tightly censored media dismissed their comments as they continue to rage on Tzuyu, deeming her apology insincere.
With Taiwan’s own presidential race and voting nearing, the three candidates – Tsai Ing Wen (Democratic Progressive Party), Eric Chu (Kuomintang), and the then current President Ma Ying Jeou – voiced out their support for Tzuyu as they condemned the hate gearing towards the young K-Pop teenager (Shanghaiist).
Additionally, Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has also shown their support for Tzuyu as they defend her actions, commenting, “It is absolutely fair and justified for a Taiwanese person to hold a national flag to show his or her love for the country, and we support such a patriotic act.”
They further condemned Huang An’s Weibo post, saying that his personal behavior has affected the cross-strait ties (Focus Taiwan).
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1- AKB48 'Minegishi Minami'.
2- Twice 'Tzuyu'..
