Winner resumes activities as a trio amid ‘Song Min-ho controversy’
YG Entertainment’s group Winner will hold a concert with Kang Seung Yoon, Lee Seung Hoon, and Kim Jin Woo, excluding Song Min Ho, who has suspended activities due to the ‘poor service controversy’.Newsis
Winner, whose full group promotions were put on hold due to Song Min-ho’s ‘poor service controversy’, will continue promotions as a three-member group without Song Min-ho.
YG announced on the 7th, “Winner will be holding a concert in July,” and “It will be a place to meet fans for the first time in 3 years and 3 months, and we will show a high-quality stage.” YG also shared their position on member Song Mino’s future, which has been garnering much attention in conjunction with their comeback.Specifically, YG stated, “This concert will be held with only the three members(excluding Song Mino),” and “We thought about it a lot.Nevertheless, we decided to go ahead with the concert as scheduled for the fans who have been waiting for Winner’s stage for a long time, and according to the members ‘firm will to meet their fans on stage.”
Song Min-ho was embroiled in controversy in December of last year when allegations of poor performance were raised while he was serving as a social worker at Mapo Community Service Center in Seoul.He did not report to work for the full number of days, and with the testimonies of fellow service members such as “I was just lying down and playing games during my service,” he ended up being investigated.
Winner halted group activities in April 2022 to fulfill the members ‘military service, bringing about the so-called’ military leave ‘.A return was expected after Kang Seung Yoon and Song Mino completed their military service last year, but the controversy over Song Mino’s military service put the brakes on a full group return.
Reporter Jang Eun- eunj@donga.com
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