[Full text] Yang Dong-hwa, a member of "ATBO" who is about to make his debut, abandons his debut after admitting some suspicions of bullying.

Yang Dong-hwa, who joined IST Entertainment's new boy group "ATBO" to which the Korean girl group "Apink", boy groups "VICTON" and "THE BOYZ" belong, will not make their debut.

On the 13th, IST Entertainment posted on Official Twitter, "After confirming the bulletin board that was disseminated to SNS and the online community about Yang Dong Fan, apart from some false claims, Yang Dong Fa was immature when he was in junior high school. I confirmed that some alumni were hurt by improper behavior. "

The rookie boy group "ATBO" is about to make its debut with the final Debut Team 6 members decided on the survival audition program "THE ORIGIN --A, B, Or What?" Broadcast from March to May. ..

Below is the full text of IST Entertainment's official position.


good morning.
IST Entertainment.

This is a guide about Yang Dong Fany, a member of our new group "ATBO" selected through "THE ORIGIN --A, B, Or What?".

After confirming the bulletin board distributed on SNS and the online community about Yang Dong Fany, we will discuss it based on accurate fact confirmation, so with the consent of the artist himself, we are related to the school that was attending at that time. I have contacted acquaintances including people and classmates. We also proceeded with the procedure to confirm the facts, and apart from some false claims, we confirmed that there was an alumni who was hurt by Yang Dong-hwa's immature and inappropriate behavior when he was in junior high school.

I was able to get in touch with some of them and set up a place to meet in person, where Yang Dong-hwa expressed his heartfelt apology.

Currently, Yang Dong-hwa deeply regrets and deeply regrets the fact that he acted like a student when he was a student and that he hurt the people around him due to his unreasonable appearance. In addition to the alumni who had the opportunity to meet and apologize in person, I think that there may be other friends who have had a hard time, and I feel endlessly heavy.

We deeply apologize to all those who were uncomfortable with Yang Dong-hwa's past inappropriate behavior and who loved the artist at the same time, and would like to inform you about the future activities of Yang Dong-hwa.

After confirming the above facts, we decided not to make our debut or activities as "ATBO" after deep discussion with the artist himself.

Through this decision, Yang Dong-hwa also tried to express his feelings of remorse by sincerely apologizing to his alumni for his past misconduct. Although Yang Dong-hwa himself and his parents did not make their debut as "ATBO", they received warm scolding through this matter and expressed their opinion that they would have time for sincere remorse and apology in the future.

After deep discussion, we will respect the opinions of Yang Dong-hwa and his parents on the past.

I hope that this decision will convey his feelings of remorse to those who have been hurt by Yang Dong Fany. I also hope that this will be an opportunity for him to look back on the past and be reborn.

Yang Dong-hwa will continue to work toward his goals. We hope that young people who have not yet fluttered toward their dreams will be able to acknowledge their past mistakes, take responsibility, and take responsibility for their regrets, and grow as a member of a more mature and responsible society. I would like to thank the general public for their warm eyes and encouragement.