Lady group Le Sserafim / Courtesy of Supply Music
Rising tensions between China and Japan are apparently affecting Korea’s Ok-pop trade, with latest occasions involving teams with Japanese singers being both canceled or altered in China, based on trade sources Saturday.
Lady group Le Sserafim canceled a fan signing occasion for its single “Spaghetti,” which was slated for Sunday in Shanghai.
The occasion organizer mentioned the cancellation was as a consequence of an “uncontrollable issue,” with out specifying the explanation.
Business watchers consider the continuing dispute between China and Japan seemingly performed a job, given two members — Sakura and Kazuha — of the group’s five-person lineup are Japanese.
Boy group Shut Your Eyes held a fan assembly in Hangzhou on Dec. 6, however Japanese member Kenshin didn’t take part.
On the identical day, a fan occasion that includes trainees from Incode Leisure scheduled in Shanghai was abruptly canceled hours earlier than it began. The lineup included Japanese trainees.
Such disruptions affecting groups with Japanese members have raised issues within the Ok-pop trade, the place multinational lineups, notably together with Japanese members, are widespread.
“It appeared as if the ban of Korean tradition in China was easing, however now it appears like a brand new ban on Korean-Japanese tradition is rising,” an trade official mentioned.
