The 38th Golden Disc Awards was held at the Jakarta International Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, honoring the best in South Korean music released between mid-November 2022 and early November 2023.
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While the event was well-celebrated among local and global K-Pop fans, it also had its dangerous moments—involving a couple of “fansites” from Korea.
Following the event, multiple accounts across social media platforms began circulating clips taken at the venue. The clips captured Korean men engaging in shameless “anarchic” behavior…
btw tadi di section gue ada fansite yang ngebanting staff gda:)))))))) gue KESEL bgt sampe teriak kyk AHSUNDJFJRJRJRJD BISA GAK SIH BEHAVE pic.twitter.com/ON7Qfeu1wS
— rené (@cloudehoe) January 6, 2024
…putting other event attendees and securities at risk.
One of the clips showed the men getting violent in the audience, while another, assumed to be of the men being removed from the venue for the barbaric behavior, showed the fansite cursing in Korean.
what in the “shibal sekkiya”
alias fansite rusuh #GoldenDiscAwards pic.twitter.com/AoRRL27H0W
— veren (@littlejaesix) January 6, 2024
Their identities have not been revealed or verified, but based on the language being spoken and the gear being carried, the men are believed to be fansites and/or for-profit photographers who attended the event to take pictures of the K-Pop idols there.
loh jadi orang yang mau ditonjok orang korea ini tuh kamu kak jen???pic.twitter.com/L0uIKLbuSX
— mellς(˃ ᵕ ˂・) (@feby_ss18) January 6, 2024
Locals in Indonesia are reporting the incident to the Directorate General of Immigration, asking for an investigation and, potentially, blacklisting the men from returning.
We kindly request your availability to investigate and follow up on this issue. As such incidents are likely to recur, we implore and demand that they be instilled with a sense of caution and refrain from acting arbitrarily without ethics in a foreign country. Thank you.
— Agatha (@jaIjinesoyomodu) January 6, 2024
The tweets, gone viral, have also been shared among Korean online communities. Koreans, too, are criticizing the behavior—with some netizens even claiming that the men have been problematic in Korea as well.
| theqoo “Yo… They’ve gone batsh*t crazy. WTF.” “Those men act no different in Korea… They won’t listen to the venue employees. And they’ll get violent if they think they’re bigger and stronger than whoever is talking to them.” “I love how people there didn’t give a sh*t about sharing their faces all over the internet, LOL. Impressive.” “It’s a problem that pictures taken like that get sold. We should all refrain from purchasing data from fansites like that.” “What a shame for Korea…” | theqoo “I’m worried about the guard who got pushed down. What if they got hurt? I hope they sue. This makes me so upset. I can’t believe Korean men are out there being the same old losers that they are back home. Sigh.” “Would’ve made a lot of cash, if the dudes took orders for two to three members per group. Haha. I can’t believe that’s how they decided to act overseas. Aigoo.” “I’ve seen those men before! When the venue guards spotted them and tried to remove them, they refused and started getting violent. I told them to take it outside because they’re being disruptive to other people trying to enjoy the show. They wouldn’t listen. They lingered for a good ten minutes, being complete as*holes.” “Crazies. I wonder if they would’ve acted the same had the security guards been much bigger than them.”
