Hyunwoo is totally right. The agency doesn’t care about their talent’s safety? They value their PR over actual privacy? Okay then! Your talent isn’t going to prioritize your money over their physical and mental health!
Yes an idol should have a bond with their agency, but fundamentally it’s an employment relationship. It’s an employee’s right to go on strike and protest if their needs are not being addressed. I’m glad this series is covering the topic, so hopefully more fans will understand why kpop idols take such drastic actions and not blame them.
The second part is funny because just recently an idol getting bullied by her agency was dismissed and was told she’s not considered an employee under the Korean law so even tho there was proof of bullying they can’t do anything to help her. Korea’s law is trash lol. Idols aren’t seeing as human beings even within law
Seriously this sounds like one of those Reddit drama stories, with the OP’s fiance being emotionally abusive to make sure that she’s dependent on him for validation. But then one of their acquaintances lets it slip that he said he wished he never proposed to her, so OP breaks off the engagement and moves on with her life but the ex fiance takes it badly and tries to assault her new partner. And OP’s family is supportive of her, but his family/friends are enabling the toxic behavior that they are also victims of.
And all of the comments are screaming NTA and how glad they are that OP got away from that cheating, abusive bastard.
If it had turned out Brown Black still needed Seojun’s magic ability this far into their career, I would have been so disappointed. But they didn’t need it because they had always been talented and hardworking! The skill helped them through a rough patch but BB has the ability to walk the rest of the path by themselves and we love to see that growth!!!
Juhan and Hyunwoo cooperating to protect their guys is so important. Yeah the good cop/bad cop 4
routine is really funny, but it also shows the company that Chronos is united. None of them are happy about this, and if they take action as a group, the company can’t pin it on a scapegoat.
Like, it really sucks that it had to get to this point, but Chronos has set that boundary that this is unacceptable management and the precedent that they are willing to make public moves to protect themselves. Fingers crossed this doesn’t have to happen again.
(Side note: I believe their current managers are genuinely trying to help, but it’s that classic middle management problem where their hands are tied. This isn’t ALWAYS true but it’s better for idols when their managers are willing to try.)