'Drunk hit and run' Kim Ho-jung's 'Super Classic', 7,300 seats ↑ cancellation ticket estimate

It is estimated that more than 7,300 tickets were canceled as the organizer of the concert involving singer Kim Ho-joong, who is suspected of 'drunken hit and run', changed the ticket refund policy.

Melon, the organizer of ‘World Union Orchestra Super Classic: Kim Ho-jung & Primadonna’ (hereinafter ‘Super Classic’), posted a revised ticket reservation notice on its website on the 21st. Refund fees for advance tickets for the 'Super Classic' held on the 23rd and 24th at the special stage of KSPO DOME (Olympic Gymnastics Stadium) will be waived. It was announced that the full amount of fees already paid would be refunded to audiences who had already canceled their reservations. It is interpreted that the refund policy was changed due to growing criticism of the existing rule, which required paying 30% of the ticket price as a refund fee.

As soon as the news that refund fees would be waived became known, cancellation tickets were pouring in. In response to TenAsia's inquiry about the number of canceled tickets, the organizer, Melon, said it was "confidential."

As a result of checking through the Melon ticket reservation website, 3,457 and 3,904 seats are available for reservation for the performances on the 22nd and 23rd, respectively. Previously, it was officially confirmed that all 20,000 seats for the concert were sold out, so it can be estimated that a total of 7,361 seats were refunded.

Previously, Kim Ho-joong was charged with running away after causing an accident by colliding with a taxi on a road in Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul at around 11:40 pm on the 9th (fleeing and causing death under the Aggravated Punishment Act for Specific Crimes, failure to take action after an accident, etc.). Kim Ho-jung, who continued to deny the suspicion of drunk driving, admitted to drunk driving after finishing the Changwon concert on the 19th, 10 days after the accident, saying, "I have great regret and reflection. I will faithfully participate in the police investigation."

On the 20th, Gangnam Police Station in Seoul applied to the Ministry of Justice to ban Kim Ho-jung and his agency officials from leaving the country. Those who applied for a departure ban also included Lee Gwang-deuk, CEO of Kim Ho-jung's agency Saengkang Entertainment, the manager who falsely surrendered himself on Kim Ho-jung's behalf on the day of the accident, and the head of the agency who removed the vehicle's black box memory card.

Reporter Lee Min-kyung, Ten Asia 2min_ror@tenasia.co.kr