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Appeals Court Upholds Prison Terms for Producers of Mnet’s ‘Produce’ Series over Vote-rigging

Appeals Court Upholds Prison Terms for Producers of Mnet’s ‘Produce’ Series over Vote-rigging

SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — An appellate court on Wednesday maintained prison terms to two disgraced producers of the popular music channel Mnet for rigging the vote results for a popular audition program. The Seoul High Court sentenced Ahn Joon-young, the producer of the audition program “Produce,” to two years in prison and forfeiture [...]

Vote-rigging Suspicions Undermine Reputation of K-pop Audition Shows

Vote-rigging Suspicions Undermine Reputation of K-pop Audition Shows

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — As police have been speeding up a probe into snowballing allegations of vote rigging at a popular K-pop TV series of “Produce 101,” South Korean cable channel Mnet is seeing its sensational competition show lineup lose its decadelong reputation on the entertainment scene both at home and abroad. Launched [...]