Korean Entertainment Activities Paused In Light Of Muan Plane Crash Tragedy

Following the devastating plane crash that took the lives of 179 people, the Korean entertainment industry has significantly scaled back its public activities over the next few days as the country goes into mourning.

On December 29, the production company, Hive Media Corp, canceled the press conference for the movie ‘Secret: Untold Melody’ which was to be held at Seoul’s Megabox Coex. Similarly, the appearance of actors Song Joong Ki and Lee Hee Jun on jtbc’s ‘Chef & My Fridge’ for the movie ‘Bogota: City of the Lost’ was shelved to focus on news coverage.

The live broadcast of the ‘2024 MBC Drama Awards,’ ‘2024 MBC Gayo Daejejeon WANNABE’, and the ‘2024 KBS Drama Awards’ were canceled. A pre-recorded broadcast will be aired later. The ‘2024 SBS Entertainment Awards’ was also canceled, however, whether it will be rescheduled as a recorded broadcast or released in another format hasn’t been decided.

⚠결방 안내⚠
오늘(30일) 방송 예정이었던
<#2024MBC연기대상>은 결방됩니다.

시청자 분들의 양해 부탁 드립니다.
감사합니다. pic.twitter.com/5nmyHbcd98

— MBC DRAMA (@mbcdrama_pre) December 30, 2024

Several K-Pop idols have also paused their schedules during the national mourning period. IVE and SEVENTEEN BSS have temporarily postponed their respective promotional rollouts for their comebacks. B.I.’s agency’s 131 Online confirmed that all his official content will be on hold for the next seven days, while BIGHIT MUSIC confirmed that all BTS content has been postponed. Other artists including JUST B, AB6IX, n.SSign, WEi, Baekhyun, and more have followed suit, rescheduling content and live appearances while offering heartfelt condolences.

안녕하세요,
INB100입니다.

지난 주말 발생한 안타까운 여객기 사고 희생자분들과 유가족분들에게 깊은 위로와 애도를 표합니다.

국가애도기간(‘24.12.29(일)~’25.1.4(토) 24시)이 지정됨에 따라 해당 기간동안 SNS 및 콘텐츠 업로드는 진행하지 않음을 알려드립니다.

팬 여러분의 너른 양해…

— INB100_official (@INB100_official) December 30, 2024

안녕하세요, 빅히트 뮤직입니다.

항공기 참사의 희생자분들과 유가족분들께 깊은 애도와 위로를 표하며, 금주 업로드 예정이었던 <달려라 석진> EP.16 를 포함하여 일부 콘텐츠 공개 일정이 연기되었음을 안내드립니다.

팬 여러분의 너른 양해 부탁드립니다.

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Hello, this is BIGHIT MUSIC.

We…

— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) December 30, 2024

[NOTICE] 부석순 프로모션 일정 관련 안내
오늘(29일) 18시 공개 예정이었던 부석순 2nd Single Album ‘TELEPARTY’ 오피셜 포토 업로드 일정이 연기되었음을 안내드립니다. 변경된 업로드 일정은 다시 안내드릴 예정입니다. 안타까운 비보에 깊은 애도를 표하며, 팬 여러분의 너른 양해 부탁드립니다.

— 세븐틴(SEVENTEEN) (@pledis_17) December 29, 2024

The ‘2024 Seoul Winter Festa’ held by the Seoul Metropolitan Government has also been scaled back during the national mourning period.

Many celebrities like Park Na Rae, Park Myung Soo, G-DRAGON, Lee Sang Min, KIM HYUN JOONG, and others also took to their social media to share condolence messages for the victims of the crash.

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