BLACKPINK and Lady Gaga's Joint Performance Reportedly Cancelled

According to Korean media outlets, During South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol's state visit to the United States this month, it will not be possible to see the girl group BLACKPINK and American pop singer Lady Gaga perform jointly.

The presidential office announced on the 31st, "The performance being reported in the media is not on the schedule for the president's visit to the United States." Although it was not specifically revealed which performance it refers to, it is interpreted as referring to the rumored performance between BLACKPINK and Lady Gaga, which is known as the background for the resignation of former National Security Office chief Kim Seong Han. Reflecting the opinions of President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden in January, the US administration proposed to South Korea that BLACKPINK and Lady Gaga hold a joint performance during President Yoon's visit to the US, but the diplomatic and security line led by Kim reportedly omitted the report for unknown reasons.

Moreover, according to Korean media outlets, the joint performance has been canceled because Kim's resignation is emerging as a political issue. When the media reported that the preparation process for the joint performance was not properly reported to President Yoon, Kim stepped down on the 29th, saying, "I hope that the controversy caused by me will no longer be a burden on diplomacy and state affairs. "

In response, the Democratic Party of Korea is launching a general offensive, saying, "The replacement of the head of the security office because of BLACKPINK and Lady Gaga is a laughing stock around the world." (Rep. Woo Sang Ho). Park Hong Geun, floor leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, called for the National Assembly's steering committee to be convened, saying, "There was a really incomprehensible scene in which key diplomatic lines in the presidential office resigned one after another ahead of the Korea-US summit."

The opposition party is also bringing the Korea-Japan summit into this situation. Floor leader Park said, "There are rumors of discord that Kim Sung Han resigned due to a conflict with first deputy director Kim Tae Hyo over the last Korea-Japan talks, and rumors that there was a conflict between Kim Gun Hee and the orthodox diplomatic line."

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