Rain discredited. Fans flood KOFICE Website
11 Aug 06
Journalist Wong Jia Xiang reports, Liberty Times News
Credit: Charlove@ biwithrain
Ch to Eng: rayndrop
The charms of Rain is indeed undeniable, the united power of fans is great! A few days before, Rain's concert in Vietnam received negative report and was cited to be not as good as that of Taiwan heavenly king, Jay Chou. This angered many, and fans flooded the website that published this report, forcing the organisation to make an open statement of apology.
On the 4th of this month, a correspondent from the Korea Foundation For International Culture Exchange (KOFICE) wrote a report about Rain's concert in Ho Chih Min in June. As the concert was prepared in a hurry, ticket prices were set too high, and over-commercialisation, the report cited that this concert was not as even as good as Taiwanese heavenly king, Jay Chou's concert.
Fans Protest, Ask for Fair Explanation
Unexpectedly, this piece of news was conveyed back to Korea, and was picked up majorly by the local media, causing the fans to be extremely unpleased. The Rain fans were enraged and left protests on the website of the Korea Foundation For International Culture Exchange (KOFICE) enmass, causing the website to collapse due to too much traffic within a short period of time.
KOFICE was under pressure from the unhappy fans, with the website down and their hands full with angry calls from fans. They finally posted a statement of apology on their website two days ago "The content of the report by our Vietnam correspondent had caused Rain and his fans much disturbance. We sincerely apologise about this".
An Apology to Appease the Angry Mass
Finally, the spokesperson of KOFICE said, "We have appropriately dealt with the related correspondent who wrote this report, and promise not to repeat such mistakes. We will continue to work hard." He also apologises to Rain and his fans once again.
Journalist Wong Jia Xiang reports, Liberty Times News
Credit: Charlove@ biwithrain
Ch to Eng: rayndrop
The charms of Rain is indeed undeniable, the united power of fans is great! A few days before, Rain's concert in Vietnam received negative report and was cited to be not as good as that of Taiwan heavenly king, Jay Chou. This angered many, and fans flooded the website that published this report, forcing the organisation to make an open statement of apology.
On the 4th of this month, a correspondent from the Korea Foundation For International Culture Exchange (KOFICE) wrote a report about Rain's concert in Ho Chih Min in June. As the concert was prepared in a hurry, ticket prices were set too high, and over-commercialisation, the report cited that this concert was not as even as good as Taiwanese heavenly king, Jay Chou's concert.
Fans Protest, Ask for Fair Explanation
Unexpectedly, this piece of news was conveyed back to Korea, and was picked up majorly by the local media, causing the fans to be extremely unpleased. The Rain fans were enraged and left protests on the website of the Korea Foundation For International Culture Exchange (KOFICE) enmass, causing the website to collapse due to too much traffic within a short period of time.
KOFICE was under pressure from the unhappy fans, with the website down and their hands full with angry calls from fans. They finally posted a statement of apology on their website two days ago "The content of the report by our Vietnam correspondent had caused Rain and his fans much disturbance. We sincerely apologise about this".
An Apology to Appease the Angry Mass
Finally, the spokesperson of KOFICE said, "We have appropriately dealt with the related correspondent who wrote this report, and promise not to repeat such mistakes. We will continue to work hard." He also apologises to Rain and his fans once again.
source: RainSingapore
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