'Harbin' Cancels Stage Greetings for National Mourning After Jeju Air Crash
Dec 30, 2024
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On the 30th 'Harbin' distributor CJ ENM canceled the meeting (GV) and stage greetings scheduled from December 31 to January 3.
However, "The stage greeting for the second week of the release on January 4th and 5th, which had already been notified to the audience in advance, will be held" to keep the promise to the audience" he said. "We will proceed with the meaning of our condolences as much as we can," he said, adding that the team of "Harbin" offers its deepest condolences for this disaster."
Earlier on the 29th, director Woo Min-ho, actors Hyun Bin, Cho Woo-jin, Park Hoon, and Yoo Jae-myung wore black group clothes and had a time of mourning.
Since its release on the 24th, the cumulative number of audiences has reached 2,385,000, proving once again the popularity of the Korean film market. However, he expressed his condolences over the disaster and sympathized with the public sentiment.
Meanwhile, at 9:05 a.m. on the 29th, a Jeju Air flight 7C2216 from Bangkok, Thailand, carrying 181 passengers, crashed into the outer wall of the runway during landing at Muan International Airport. After the collision, the aircraft was burned to the point where no shape was left except for the tail compartment, and only two crew members were rescued and 179 were killed. Accordingly, the government declared Muan-gun, the site of the disaster, as a 'special disaster area' and set it as a seven-day national mourning period until January 4.
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