ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin had stated during her press conference regarding the ongoing feud between HYBE that "The children are not at fault. It is with the adults." Min Hee Jin's greatest concern was for the well-being of the young artists, both NewJeans and ILLIT, as they have become caught in the crossfire between HYBE and ADOR.

And just as Min Hee Jin had been worried, the young artists have become the victims in this conflict as NewJeans and ILLIT have been facing indiscriminate malicious comments and slander online.

In particular, ILLIT has been called "NewJeans' copycats" ever since they made their debut. This criticism has become harsher as the HYBE-ADOR feud continues to develop.

Recently, a video of ILLIT member Wonhee deleting malicious comments during a live stream has been raising concerns because of the amount of slander these young girls have to face.

Korean netizens commented:

"During the 50th-day anniversary live broadcast, there were so many malicious comments that she was deleting them herself. It's really surprising to put so much effort into leaving malicious comments during a live broadcast. Even CEO Min Hee Jin said, 'If there's any fault, it's the higher-ups', not the kids' fault,' but those who do this probably just want to rationalize their actions, right?"

"Even CEO Min Hee Jin mentioned during the press conference, 'What's the fault of these kids? It's the fault of the adults,' but now the public is starting to criticize ILLIT after criticizing Min Hee Jin, which is really ironic and disgusting. When they were spreading negative publicity to kill Min Hee Jin for three days, everyone was fervently attacking Min Hee Jin, but now that there's a new target, ILLIT, they're going after them with fervor. Why are people so uncivilized?"

"But when I looked, it seemed like a lot of negativity is sticking to Wonhee now haha. There used to be more mindless personal attacks and such, but it seems like those who already disliked Wonhee are now using this opportunity to unleash their pent-up anger. But why is Wonhee attracting so much negativity?? They look the same as before, She hasn't done anything wrong, there's no past controversies, she's just cute, yet negativity seems to be sticking to them particularly strongly."

"I don't like HYBE and I do cheer on for NewJeans but then people are attacking the wrong target. The biggest issue is HYBE and its cult involvement and the people behind HYBE are suspicious. People shouldn't be attacking ILLIT. To be honest, I feel bad for NewJeans the most but I also feel bad for ILLIT who was put into this situation. I saw that they're receiving worse slander than Bang Si Hyuk."

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