TenAsia Accuses NJZ’s (NewJeans) Parents Of Intimidation

The Korean media outlet, TenAsia, has responded to NJZ (NewJeans) publicly calling out its reporter for allegedly spreading false information.

On February 14, the official PR account of the group, run by the members’ parents, made an explosive post calling out the publication for an article that claimed that the group was unofficially being managed by Beasts And Natives Alike (BANA). The call out post mentioned TenAsia and the reporter by name, announcing legal action against them, and demanding an apology.

We plan to file a complaint with the Press Arbitration Commission and take strong legal action against TenAsia for spreading these false claims without verifying the facts…We hope that TenAsia’s reporter, Lee Min Kyung, takes legal responsibility for this article and the dissemination of these false claims.

— @njz_pr/Instagram

On February 15, KST, TenAsia published a new article in response, with a heated headline that read, “NewJeans’ Parents Mentioning Reporter by Name And Intimidating….Are They Trying To Muzzle The Media?”

The article doubled down on the claims that it had indeed received intel from multiple insiders about NewJeans’ current activities being managed by BANA.

TenAsia confirmed multiple testimonies from industry insiders, along the lines of ‘BANA is organizing overseas media interview requests for New Jeans members,’ for this report. The magazine judged that there was a strong possibility of collaboration since a producer who had worked with NewJeans was at BANA. However, it was not definitively stated that the girl group was moving to BANA.

— TenAsia

The outlet also argued that it had simply done its job by reporting on a matter of public interest and it was constitutional right of the publication to do so.

It is the job of the press to report on matters of public interest. Our constitution guarantees the freedom of the press for this purpose. It is an unreasonable act to publicly mention a reporter’s real name and intimidate them just because one dislikes the media coverage.

— TenAsia

You can read more about the post made by NJZ’s parents here:

NJZ (NewJeans) Slams TenAsia For Spreading False Speculations About The Group’s New Management

Source: TenAsia