K-Pop groups postpone activities following Jeju plane crash

The morning of December 29th Jeju Air Flight 2216flying from Bangkok, Thailand, to Muan, South Korea, crashed after landing on its belly and going off the runway. It was confirmed that 179 of the 181 passengers died in the crash, shortly afterwards a 7-day national mourning period was announced.

After the incident, numerous K-Pop companies and groups announced the cancellation or postponement of events. Here are some announced so far.

1. IVE

IVE has announced the postponement of the times scheduled for December 29th and 30th.

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We regret to inform you that the promotional program for IVE’s third EP, IVE EMPATHY, originally scheduled for December 29th and 30th, has been postponed. We will announce the updated schedule at a later date and kindly ask for your understanding in this regard.

We extend our…

— IVE OFFICIAL (@IVEstarship) December 29, 2024

2. ZEROBASEON

ZEROBASEONE announced the postponement of Jiwoong’s birthday content which was supposed to be released on December 29th.

HI,
This is the team responsible for ZEROBASEONE.

We would like to inform you that issue no. has been released originally scheduled for today at 6pm, it has been postponed.

We kindly ask for your understanding and the new upload schedule will be announced at a later time.

We express our deepest condolences and our sincere sympathy for the plane crash that occurred this morning.

—WakeOne

3. SEVENTEEN

SEVENTEEN has announced the postponement of the teaser content with BSS.

[NOTICE] Information regarding Joshua’s birthday content schedule
We would like to inform you that Joshua’s birthday content, which was scheduled to be released today (30th), will not load.
We express our deepest condolences for the plane crash and ask for our fans’ understanding.

— SEVENTEEN (@pledis_17) December 29, 2024

We would like to inform you that the official photo upload schedule of SEVENTEEN BSS’ second single album ‘TELEPARTY’, originally scheduled for today (December 29) at 6:00 PM, has been postponed.

The updated program will be communicated at a later time.

We offer our deepest condolences in light of the tragic news and kindly ask for your understanding.

– Please

The group also announced that Joshua’s birthday content would be delayed for release at a later time.

[NOTICE] Information regarding Joshua’s birthday content schedule
We would like to inform you that Joshua’s birthday content, which was scheduled to be released today (30th), will not load.
We express our deepest condolences for the plane crash and ask for our fans’ understanding.

— SEVENTEEN (@pledis_17) December 29, 2024

We would like to inform you that the release of Joshua’s birthday content, originally scheduled for today (December 30), will not take place.

We offer our deepest condolences for the tragic plane crash and kindly ask for your understanding.

– Please

4. Stray children

It has been announced that the release of Stray Kids’ latest content “Song By” will be postponed.

[SONG by(송 바이)] Public notice of postponement
[SONG by] Notice of postponement of release

Hi, I’m JYPE.

scheduled for today [SONG by(송 바이)] We would like to inform you that the public program has been postponed.

We ask for the patience and understanding of the fans who have been waiting and express our deepest condolences on the unfortunate news of the accident.
Thank you

HI,…

— Stray Kids (@Stray_Kids) December 29, 2024

Hi, I’m JYPE. Please note that today’s release of [SONG by] has been postponed. We ask for your kind understanding and would like to express our deepest condolences for the tragic accident. Thank you.

—JYP Entertainment

5. BTS

Big Hit Music announced that BTS V’s planned birthday releases would not be released on December 30.

[공지] About posting BTS content

Hi, this is Big Hit Music.
We pray for peace for those who died in the plane crash and express our deepest condolences to their grieving families.

We ask for fans’ understanding as we will not be posting content related to V’s birthday scheduled for today (12/30).

— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) December 29, 2024

Hi, this is BIGHIT MUSIC.
We express our deepest condolences to those who lost their lives in the plane crash and offer heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.

We kindly ask for your understanding as content related to V’s birthday, scheduled for today (December 30), will not be published.

— Big hit music

Discussions are currently underway to cancel end-of-year programming following the tragedy.

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