Recently, Seunghan‘s departure from RIIZE was announced. This decision was made within 48 hours after it was announced he would return after a 10-month hiatus. Many international fans have been left confused and heartbroken as a result. Seunghan’s departure from the group appeared to be a result of SM Entertainment giving in to bullying from some Korean fans who protested his return, sending funeral wreaths to the company, as they were angry about his pre-debut lifestyle, as it had been revealed he had a girlfriend and smoked.
i still cant believe those anti who wish death to a very much alive person and yet they still denied that they didnt wish harm on sh? ….
“We only send wreath just to ask the company to get him out since it is a trend in kr to protest with funeral wreath”
how about the… pic.twitter.com/HuAagLvjzr
— seunghan (@picseunghan) October 17, 2024
Consequently, international fans have been protesting and boycotting RIIZE and SM Entertainment unless Seunghan returns. K-Pop stores worldwide have joined the boycott, even releasing statements that promise not to stock RIIZE products.
DUE TO THE INJUSTICE OF RIIZE. #JUSTICE_FOR_SEUNGHAN #AlwaysWithSeunghan #SMSupportsBullying #SEUNGHAN #홍승한 @RIIZE_official #BOYCOTTSM @SMTOWNGLOBAL pic.twitter.com/Soq5upQqhB
— hana! 𝝑𝝔 | sungholover 🍀 (@heepurinz) October 13, 2024
Now, even some Korean news are calling out toxic fans.
Arirang TV, an international broadcasting station operated by the Korea International Broadcasting Foundation and based in Seoul, South Korea, reported a feature on “K-Pop artists held to higher moral, ethical standards.” The guests praised international fans’ support for Seunghan while calling out the OT6 fans.
They’re not the most, they’re not the majority, they’re just the loudest and a very vocal, loud minority. The fact that they can wield this much power and influence on an artists career trajectory is shocking.
— Arirang TV
GUYS SEUNGHAN’S CASE WAS FEATURED ON THE NEWS !!! https://t.co/iGOpxhXPwf pic.twitter.com/z5642aB28e
— ౨ৎ (@jiyuriseuton) October 22, 2024
The clips garnered over 281K views on X (formerly Twitter) at the time of writing.
“fans DON’T WANT the BEST VERSION of their favorite artists they WANT the PERFECT VERSION and we know that’s not possible because EVERYONE IS HUMAN”
“but the fact that is that on good day or bad day, they’re gonna make mistakes THEY’RE HUMANS”
“right now if you become an… pic.twitter.com/DWAYI1Lc28
— ౨ৎ (@jiyuriseuton) October 22, 2024
“They’re not the most, they’re not the majority they’re just the loudest and very vocal, loud minority. The fact that they can wield this much power and influence on an artists career trajectory is shocking”
Thank you so much for speaking up about this on Korean TV show… pic.twitter.com/6qPAOjud7c
— Jo 🐋🫧 (@h3llohanikitty) October 22, 2024
arirang featured seunghan on news oh my god y’all this is huge … arirang is based in korea so if sm stays silent after this then they just proved how cruel they really are #UnfairExit_Seunghan #UnitedforSeunghan#BringBackRII7E#승한이는_라이즈이야pic.twitter.com/M31RLnK9Ls
— ja ★ (@bbinmeoowz) October 22, 2024
International fans are encouraged to see a Korea-based news bring awareness to the situation.
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