G-Dragon was criticized for coloring, taking advantage of the trampling tragedy in Itaewon, BTS was also punished by sitting idle

G-Dragon's post of condolence to the victims at Itaewon uses the image of chrysanthemums. Many people believe that GD took advantage of the event to promote his personal brand because chrysanthemums are the male idol's symbolic design.

According to Chosun, the leader of Big Bang posted condolences to the families of the victims of the tragedy that took place in Itaewon. He wrote: "Praying for Itaewon...October 29, 2022".

However, this post created mixed opinions when the male artist shared a picture of a chrysanthemum flower losing its petals.

Many netizens are not satisfied with G-Dragon's decision to include a chrysanthemum image in G-Dragon's post. This comes from the fact that the image of a chrysanthemum without a petal is still known as a design from G-Dragon's personal brand (peaceminusone).

Some netizens thought that G-Dragon lacked tact when he included a personal brand image in a post referring to the tragic event.

They commented: "Looks like he's using a tragic event to promote his brand", "Does he really have to use his brand design?", "Even this one?" is also considered art?", "I guess someone else's d.eath is just another chance to s.how o.ff one's identity", "What does a daisy have to do with Itaewon?".

On the contrary, there are also many opinions that there is nothing wrong in G-Dragon's post. "I really don't see a problem with G-Dragon's post", "What's wrong with that?", "Seriously, I don't have any thoughts on this", "It's just people are being too sensitive at the moment", "Just ignore him"... are other opposing opinions.

With the same fate as G-Dragon, BTS also caused controversy despite "sitting idle" in the midst of the halloween tragedy in Itaewon.

Accordingly, experts say that it is possible to reduce the number of crowds in Itaewon if enough police force is arranged. As proof of this, experts have taken BTS as an example. They pointed out that a concert attracted 55,000 people, BTS mobilized 1,300 policemen to do security work. Meanwhile, the Halloween event in Itaewon had up to 100,000 participants but only 137 policemen. This number is too small. Currently, many people are criticizing BTS, but there are still many defending and saying that the idol group and the management company have been very thoughtful to protect fans who come to their concerts.

Currently, after the Itaewon stampede disaster, Halloween is said to be a sensitive and painful topic. Not only Halloween events have been canceled, but even episodes and shows related to this topic have been gradually removed.

Every year, Korean stations plan to broadcast specials about Halloween. But this year, all programs and episodes related to this event were canceled due to the terrible stampede tragedy that occurred in Itaewon "Western Quarter" on the evening of October 29.

Every broadcast and video-on-demand (VOD) service begins editing Halloween-related content. Any artists wearing Halloween costumes will also be cut. KBS2 entertainment program Hong Kim Dongjeon's aired on October 23 with the above topic removed.

The popular entertainment show 2 Days And 1 Night decided to edit some content related to Halloween. These segments are completely pre-recorded. The Return Of Superman removed replays of episodes related to this topic.

Radio program and media service applications are no exception. TVing removed content about Halloween h.anging on the homepage. The special title "You are the main character of Halloween" on Watcha is no longer visible.

Mass radio programs remove prerecorded recordings. Radio Show KBS Radio Cool FM canceled the pre-recording with Park Myung Soo, and instead held a live broadcast because the comedian's comments and statements were not appropriate for the mourning time.

K-pop entertainment companies cancel Halloween-related events. SM Entertainment decided not to broadcast SMTOWN WONDERLAND 2022 live, scheduled to be broadcast at 16:15 on October 30 for 1 hour.

The Halloween-themed music festival starting on October 28 canceled all performances because of the tragedy.

Broadcasting industry experts said that programs and events related to Halloween will not be produced and shown in Korea in the future, not just this year.

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