Suga, fined 15 million won for drunk driving → BTS removed from domestic advertisements and broadcasts

As Suga was summarily indicted and fined 15 million won, BTS is also being affected.

On the 11th, the global fan platform Upic announced through their official account, “We have had continuous discussions with advertising media agencies regarding the scope of possibilities, but have received a final decision that the advertisement in question cannot be aired.”

U-Pick stated, “In order to honor the valuable opinions of our fans and the rewards we promised, we would like to change the rewards to allow for advertising,” and announced that the advertisement will be changed from domestic to being aired at Shibuya Center Square Vision in Tokyo, Japan.

Regarding the fact that the advertisement was aired in Japan and not Korea, Yupik added, “This is an advertisement in which all members of BTS can be advertised, as the Korean media outlets have different review regulations and standards.”

Earlier, on the 9th, U-PICK revealed the advertisement design for BTS, the winner of the 'K-POP Global IDOL Group' vote. The winning group for the 'K-POP Global IDOL Group' was originally scheduled to have their advertisement aired on the CM board at Yeouido Station in Seoul.

However, unlike the draft submitted by the fandom, the revised draft of the advertisement revealed by Yookyung excluded Suga, and the part containing the silhouettes of the seven members was exposed without editing, but the photos of the seven BTS members at the top of the original video were deleted.

As fans supporting Suga continued to protest, U-Pick stated, “According to the guide, we have been notified that exposure of certain members in BTS videos that fans have so preciously made is not possible,” but some declared a boycott of the “Best DANCER Final” voting held by U-Pick. BTS member J-Hope was nominated for the “Best DANCER Final” voting.

In addition to the U-pick advertisement, the JTBC entertainment show 'Tokpawon 25 Hours' that aired on the 9th also erased BTS. On that day's broadcast, a hot meat restaurant in Koreatown in New York was visited, and the meat restaurant that Tokpawon visited introduced a hall of fame that displayed plates with the names of BTS, Blackpink, John Legend, David Beckham, and others on them.

In the scene, Blackpink, John Legend, and David Beckham had their names displayed along with their photos, while only BTS's team name appeared and the members' photos were not displayed together.

Previously, on the 6th of last month, Suga was found by the police after falling over while riding an electric scooter in the Yongsan-gu area while intoxicated. At the time of the indictment, Suga's blood alcohol content was 0.227%, which is enough to have his license revoked (over 0.08%), recording the highest level among idol members caught for drunk driving.

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The fine is 1500...

Soon, the members will be enlisted in the military one by one. I wonder what will happen.