Controversy and suspicions over the commercialization of children's sex products, which are representative of underpiptin producers, are unexpected
Mar 25, 2025
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On the afternoon of the 25th, MBN held an emergency production briefing session for the entertainment program Under Fifteen at a hotel in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. CEO Seo Hye-jin of Crea Studios, CEO Hwang In-young, and producer Yong Seok-in attended the event. Producer Lee Kuk-yong, who was originally scheduled to attend, was absent due to health reasons.
CEO Hwang In-young said, `There are many controversies and suspicions raised, and I am very sorry for causing concern about them. There are times when producing a broadcast that are praised and rewarded, but this time, unexpected suspicions are spreading as if they were true, so not only the production company but also the participants, masters, and staff who participated in the program were greatly hurt by their honor. I thought about how to end this unnecessary controversy. I thought we should do the best we can. If possible, we explained the urgent part of what we were thinking was different from what we were thinking, and we always thought that the person who makes the broadcast in this situation should be loved for the content and recognized by the public rather than a hundred words. With this as an opportunity, we prepared this event out of the desire to protect everyone who was with us."
'Underpiptin' is an entertainment program that announced its first broadcast on the 31st, and it is the first generational audition to discover K-pop prodigies under the age of 15 in the world. It tells the story of 59 prodigies selected through global preliminary examinations over six months, regardless of race, nationality, and genre, among girls under the age of 15 in more than 70 countries around the world. However, the broadcast has been completely reviewed as a number of teenagers under the age of 15 appear, and four 9-year-old girl participants appear.
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