The ‘Hanteo Music Awards’, a domestic pop music awards ceremony celebrating its 31st anniversary, ended in chaos. A fight broke out in the audience, and an accident ensued in which one of the audience members defecated in the standing room.
The ’31st Anniversary Hanteo Music Awards 2023′ was held at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul over two days on the 17th and 18th.
The host was Choi Kang Chang-min, and over the two days, various artists including Chan-won Lee, Dong-won Jeong, Jae-hwan Kim, and Jae-jeong Park, the band YB, the group Zero Base One, Espa, BBG, Kepler, Billy, Liberante, and Flave performed on stage. K-pop fans gathered at the concert hall.
The awards ceremony, which was broadcast live on SBS M, seemed to proceed smoothly, but a problem occurred in the audience. Events such as physical fights among the audience and incidents of feces being scattered on the standing seats quickly spread through audience reviews posted on social media and online communities immediately after the awards ceremony.
According to multiple reviews, physical fights between audience members took place among the group Zero Base One’s fandom. It is said that an audience member shouted, demanding that Kim Ji-woong, who was suspected of swearing during a live broadcast, leave the group, and another dissatisfied fan of Kim Ji-woong assaulted the audience member.
When a loud sound came from the audience, many idol group members on stage witnessed it, and their surprised expressions were even captured by fans. It is reported that one idol member notified security guards that a fight had occurred and requested that they take care of the situation.
In addition, an accident occurred where one of the audience members watching the awards ceremony from the standing seats defecated where he was standing. As a result, reviews poured in from nearby audiences complaining of damage.
Accordingly, many K-pop fans are pointing out that the management of the ’31st Anniversary Hanteo Music Awards 2023′ was inadequate. Not only were suspicions raised that the scene was so disorganized that it was difficult for the audience in the standing seats to go to the bathroom, but there were also many critical voices saying that the accident was not resolved quickly enough to affect the artists on stage.
YTN Oh Ji-won (bluejiwon@ytn.co.kr)
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