Group ( (G)I-DLE) Miyeon's health checkup video has been embroiled in allegations of medical advertising, and the production team directly issued an explanation.
On the 8th, the YouTube content production team for "Jeondosa" released a statement on their official channel regarding the recently released EP.0 health checkup episode.
Earlier, the content featuring Miyeon raised suspicions of being medical advertising after the teaser video was released because some information that could identify the medical institution was partially exposed. In response, the production team drew a line, saying "it was not planned for the purpose of promoting a specific medical institution." They explained that it was produced to capture the performer's actual health checkup process and experience as content.
They specifically denied any advertising or sponsorship relationship with the hospital. The production team emphasized, "There was no request from the medical institution where the filming took place to advertise, promote, or produce the content," and added, "We did not receive any monetary compensation or economic support such as content production fees, advertising fees, or sponsorship fees."
They also said the production team directly paid for the performer's health checkup and medical expenses. They added that there was no intention to recommend or promote the use of any specific medical institution or medical staff.
However, they acknowledged that in the initially released video, information that could identify the medical institution was not sufficiently obscured. The production team said that in the process of capturing the health checkup in detail, some scenes were inadequately processed, and after the teaser was released they identified this and completed additional blurring and corrective measures.
They said they also reviewed the full video again and added, "From now on we will check more carefully not only in the planning and production of content but also in the pre-release review process."
Meanwhile, "Jeondosa" is content dealing with wellness topics such as health, beauty and inner beauty, and the teaser video featuring Miyeon surpassed 1 million views after its release.
Below is the full text of "Jeondosa"
Hello. We are the production team of
Even though only the teaser video has been released so far, thanks to many of you joining us we were able to exceed 1 million views.
We once again thank everyone who joined the first start of
However, there are some parts related to the
This EP.0 health checkup episode was not planned for the purpose of promoting a specific medical institution,
It was produced to capture the performer's actual health checkup process and experience as content.
There was no fact that the medical institution where filming took place requested advertising, promotion or production of the content,
There is no fact that we received any monetary compensation or economic support such as content production fees, advertising fees or sponsorship fees.
The production team also directly paid for the performer's health checkup and medical expense.
We also state that there was no purpose to recommend or promote the use of any specific medical institution or medical staff.
In the process of capturing the health checkup in detail, we confirmed that in the initially released version some scenes
contained parts where information that could identify the medical institution was not sufficiently processed.
We confirmed that part during the reexamination process after the teaser video was released and immediately completed additional blurring and corrective measures,
and we also carefully checked the entire video once again afterward.
From now on we will produce content by checking more carefully not only the planning and production of content but also the pre-release review process.
Once again, we sincerely thank you for the interest and support you have shown for
and we will continue to deliver various stories about health and wellness in an enjoyable and healthy way.
Thank you. Production team of
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