K-pop star Hanni, a member of the group NewJeans, made an emotional appeal on Tuesday (Oct 15) for young artists to be treated better in the multi-billion dollar industry, as she relayed her experience of workplace bullying during a parliamentary hearing.
For years the K-pop industry has been dogged by complaints of high pressure and bullying, sparking calls for companies to protect their artists better.
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00:00K-pop star Hani, a member of the group New Genes, made an emotional appeal on Tuesday
00:09for young artists to be treated better in the multi-billion dollar industry, as she
00:13relayed her experience of workplace bullying during a parliamentary hearing.
00:18For years, the K-pop industry has been dogged by complaints of high pressure and bullying,
00:24sparking calls on companies to protect their artists better.
00:28Her testimony in South Korea's parliament is a rare appearance by a major K-pop star
00:34to address bullying in the industry.
00:38The group itself has been caught in the middle of a clash between executives of its parent
00:43powerhouse label HYBE and its subsidiary ADOR, which manages New Genes.
00:49The singer, whose full name is Hanifam, recounted to Parliament's Labour Committee how she had
00:54heard a manager telling staff to ignore and pretend not to see the group when she bumped
01:00into them in a corridor.
01:02She said a series of actions at the workplace made the group feel they were being hated
01:06by the company.
01:07ADOR CEO Kim Joo-young told the parliamentary hearing that she was reviewing the situation
01:13but has yet to find proof to establish Hani's claims.
01:17K-pop idols also face other pressures since they are often held to impossibly high standards
01:23for their behavior and face expectations to maintain a squeaky clean public image, including
01:28sometimes being discouraged to have partners.