Mnet and its new global audition program, 'Girls Planet 999', drew criticism after featuring controversial Chinese trainees. What was the complete incident like?
Mnet is again caught in a controversy. This time, Mnet was criticized for featuring Chinese trainees who openly supported their country's military involvement in the Korean War on the global audition program, "Girls Planet 999".
For information, the Korean War was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953. This war is also referred to as the "mandated war" between the United States and its United Nations allies and the communist People's Republic of China in cooperation with the Union. The Soviets.
While the trainees in question are Wang Yale from "Youth With You 2", SNH48 members Wang QiuRu and Chen Xinwei from DAYLIGHT. They conveyed their support through social media in October 2020 by commemorating the 70th anniversary of China's military involvement in the Korean War.
This then made the Korean public criticize Mnet for giving the three trainees the opportunity to become K-Pop idols. According to netizens, the three do not deserve to represent South Korean pop culture because they gave support to the Chinese military during the Korean war.
Meanwhile, "Girls Planet 999" is a global girl group audition program scheduled to air sometime in August this year. This program will present trainees from Korea, China and Japan who have dreams of debuting as K-Pop idols.
In addition, people of different nationalities can still register if they are connected to the country through entertainment agencies or residencies. Participants can also register regardless of whether they are related to entertainment companies or have debut experience or not.
Later their growth will be revealed in an imaginary world called "Girls Planet". UNIVERSE, the new global K-pop platform developed by game company NCSOFT, will partner with "Girls Planet 999" and provide the official platform for this audition program. (wk/eval)
