New Jin's Hani criticizes Kim Joo-young for his determination "Not doing his best to solve bullying"

Oct 15, 2024

New Jin's Hani criticizes Kim Joo-young for his determination 'Not doing his best to solve bullying'
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Hani, a member of the group New Jin's, attended the parliamentary audit and repeatedly complained of bullying in Hive. Hani directly hit New Jeans' agency, Adore Kim Joo-young (Hive's chief human resources officer).

On the afternoon of the 15th, a parliamentary audit of the Environment and Labor Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Environment and Labor Committee) was held at the National Assembly. New Jeans Hani was present as a reference, and Adore CEO and Hive Chief Personnel Officer Kim Joo-young attended as a witness.

Hani testified directly about workplace bullying and bullying in Hive.

First of all, Hani talked about being bullied on a live show with a Newzins member about why she decided to attend"I mentioned again last month that another agency manager within Hive complained of bullying in an emergency YouTube live broadcast, saying, 'Ignore you'."

Then "I came out knowing that if I didn't attend today, this would be quietly moved on and buried." This is something anyone can suffer from in the future. Whether it's another senior or junior, I came in with the hope that I wouldn't be subjected to this" he said.

New Jin's Hani criticizes Kim Joo-young for his determination 'Not doing his best to solve bullying'
Hani then said "In addition to that incident, he never received our greetings whenever he encountered a lot of high people from the beginning of his debut. I learned that in Korea, you have to say hello to the elderly, that's culture. I don't think it's polite as a human being to not receive my greetings, regardless of my job. But I thought it was my personal opinion, but I saw that company employees cursed Newzins on the blind app. I also heard that the head of the company's PR team tried to lower our Japanese debut and performance. Seeing this, I'm convinced that the company doesn't like Newzins" he said.

Hani was told by CEO Kim Joo-young that `there is no evidence, so there is nothing we can do about it.'Regarding the agency's response to the incident, he said there was only a scene where he greeted CCTV. I saw the CCTV in person, and there was only an eight-second video of greeting in front of me. I heard there's no video of 50 minutes later. When I asked why there was no video in the back, he kept changing the reason throughout the meeting. He also made a mistake by saying that he deleted the video. I'm Vietnamese-Australian, so I didn't fully understand Korean, so I recorded it so that I didn't miss the contents of such an important place." At the same time, "If I have a misunderstanding, I want to solve it with my manager."

In response to Hani's questioning, Kim Joo-young said, `I first heard from my parents on June 13th. As one of the in-house directors, I asked to check the CCTV because I thought I had to protect the artist. The manager mentioned now is not a manager belonging to Adore, but the CEO is a manager at another company. I asked if there was such a fact with the label. And I took action as far as I could, including restoring CCTVs that had expired storage period"However, unfortunately, the arguments are mixed with each other. I'm also looking for data that can be proven out of frustration, but unfortunately, I haven't been able to secure it."

New Jin's Hani criticizes Kim Joo-young for his determination 'Not doing his best to solve bullying'
Asked if he thought his actions on the incident were insufficient, CEO Kim Joo-young said, `I think I have taken all the steps I can take as an in-house director. However, given that Hani came to this situation with this feeling, I look back on whether there was something I could have done better.'

However, in response to Kim Joo-young's remarks, Hani said, `I'm sorry, but I don't think you did your best. There were enough things to do"And he said he would protect us in the first place, but if he wants to protect us, he has no choice but to fight. But he didn't even have the will to fight. Then I don't think I can say that you did your best.' Hani then said, `I know that if I say that I want you to do your best, I'll move on, so I want you to solve this problem quickly before we talk about the future," he said sternly.

In response, CEO Kim Joo-young said, `I will listen to the artist's voice more and communicate more. In the current situation, there are conflicting arguments between the parties, so I think it is more important to check the facts than anything else. We will do our best to sincerely cooperate with the ongoing Labor Office investigation and clarify the facts" he said.

In response to the question that the front and back of the CCTV video were deleted, Kim Joo-young immediately asked for CCTV confirmation, but I could only check the video of greeting. Only the video was archived. The rest of the video has not been deleted, but cannot be recovered because the storage period has expired."



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