The fans' hashtag movement began Saturday night when local media reported that the Korean Culture Ministry said it would hand over a petition it received regarding the BTS case to the Korea Creative Content Agency (Kocca).
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will order an investigation into the alleged chart-rigging practice, known as sajaegi in Korea, of boy band BTS's agency HYBE back in 2017.
BigHit Music reported reported malicious online posts linking it to Dahn World and accusing it of chart rigging to the police.
Singer Park Kyung of boy band Block B was fined 5 million won ($4,300) on Thursday for defaming other singers by accusing them of sajaegi. Sajaegi is the act of buying a large number of albums or manipulating music charts with...
As Spotify prepares its Korea launch, local players change Local music streaming services are rolling out new policies and functions in response to the chart manipulation scandal that has shaken up the Korean entertainment world in the recent years.
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