Hyein's airport appearance became a hot topic online, as netizens claimed the young idol had received a "cold" reception from the Korean media. This was subsequently followed by netters lashing out against HYBE and accusing the company of allegedly media playing.

On September 29, K-netz gathered in an online thread titled, "The Media Outlet Lineup of the 3 Female Idols Who Left Korea On The Same Day." The post also mentioned two other idols, who are Minnie of (G)I-DLE and Jennie of BLACKPINK.

The OP then shared that Minnie and Jennie drew in more reactions from several Korean outlets, but Hyein only received attention from only one, which was Newsen.

Knets dig out list of media outlets present at the airport on the same day Hyein, Jennie and Minnie were leaving from Koreahttps://t.co/1CzlLhpOY9 pic.twitter.com/fGG5uoR1J0

— pannchoa (@pannchoa) September 29, 2024

In the comments, netizens couldn't help but compare Hyein's reception to the two idols, pointing their finger at HYBE and accusing the multilabel of "controlling" the press. Most of their sentiments also came from HYBE's feud with ADOR and Min Hee Jin.

Read their comments here:

• "HYBE seriously gives me the creeps."
• "HYBE really needs to undergo a National Assembly audit. It's concerning to see how they can control the media to this extent."
• "So HYBE's control over the media wasn't a lie, wow."
• "The record is that aside from Newsen, all of them went to play golf."

Here's how international fans reacted:

• "These incels need to be audited. How can anyone still support this evil cult HYBE? Hoping that they would fall down soon together with Bang Si Hyuk."
• "The commenter is right having this much control over entertainment media I's really concerning."

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Written by Israel Monte