NewJeans Expresses Disappointment Over K-pop Industry in 'Time' Interview
Mar 23, 2025
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The members of the NewJeans said this in an interview with the leading U.S. weekly magazine 'Time' on the 23rd (Korea time). Ko Sang-rok, a lawyer from Kim & Chang, is drawing attention by voicing concerns about the remarks.
On the 21st, the 50th Civil Agreement Department of the Seoul Central District Court accepted Ador's request for provisional injunction against the five members of New Jeans for the preservation of agency status and the conclusion of advertising contracts. In response, Newzins wrote in his NJZ account, "Respects the Court's decision. However, the decision was a result of not fully considering that the members' trust in Odor was completely broken."
Later in an interview with Time, Newzins said he did not expect the problems in the K-pop industry to change overnight. Compared to everything we've been through so far, this is just another step in our journey. "Maybe this is the present reality of Korea. This is why we believe that we need change and growth. It is disappointing. It seems that South Korea wants to turn us into revolutionaries."
However, Koh, a lawyer at Phil, a law firm, affirmed the interview on his YouTube channel 'Advanced Confronting' bulletin board as "concerning". He said, `If you take this attitude immediately after the court's judgment, it will be hard to avoid criticism that you are confronting the absurdity of the industry or the company by lying, attacking other colleagues, and demonizing others""As a person who has the opportunity to get on the system and enjoy it as a result of the efforts of so many people, if you really want reform, you must keep it." It is not possible without courtesy and respect for seniors and colleagues and self-sacrifice."
`Michael Jordan is no greater than the NBA, neither Newton nor Einstein is above physics,' said Koh, stressing that `he ignored the contract and ran to the National Assembly because it couldn't be resolved by law, and now he runs to the leading media company of Pop, which has criticized the K-pop idol development system from the perspective of Westerners, and now runs to the media company that has been criticizing the K-pop idol development system from the perspective of Westerners and presents himself as a martyr by pouring out words that seem tailored to his taste.'
In addition, Koh should not have made such nonsense once at the nation's National Assembly, which was staged by a dim-witted lawmaker, to be frank about the nature of this case being human rights violations. At a time when all lies were revealed in evidence submitted by their lawyers in favor of the court, the essence of the matter does not get covered by the fact that it is an interview with a foreign press in English and acts as a woman. `I want people, including myself, to keep the minimum line so that they can help.'
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