[All] Fans cry over ‘picketing’… Im Young-woong concert ticket prices soar to 5 million won

Provided by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Provided by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

If there is a fierce competition among singers to secure concert halls, a 'picketing' war (a fiercely competitive ticketing) breaks out among fans. This leads to the side effect of black market tickets, with tickets priced at 100,000 won being traded for up to several million won.

Ticket scalping, where tickets are easily obtained using macro programs and then resold at a premium, is a chronic problem in the entertainment industry. As fans' desire to go to a concert grows, the price of tickets on the black market also skyrockets. Last May, all tickets for Lim Young-woong's concert were sold out as soon as ticket sales opened, and the price of black market tickets soared to 5 million won. At the Yonsei University festival 'Akaraka Onnuri' held in May last year, popular girl groups such as Espa, Ive, and Le Seraphim participated, and black market tickets were traded for 250,000 to 350,000 won, which is 15 to 20 times the regular price of 17,000 won. Jang Beom-jun also made headlines early this year when he canceled all of his ticket sales when black market tickets became rampant. The number of reports received by the Korea Creative Content Agency's Ticket Scalping Reporting Center increased sharply from 359 in 2020 to 2,161 in 2023.

As the situation became more serious, the law was revised. The revised performance law that went into effect in March stipulates that anyone who uses a macro program to reserve tickets and then sells them on the black market will be subject to up to one year in prison and a fine of up to 10 million won. However, there were criticisms that this would be ineffective because it would be difficult to prove that a macro program was used even if black market trading was detected. In response, the National Human Rights Commission recommended to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in September that the act of selling tickets on the black market itself should be punished regardless of whether a macro program was used, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is currently working on a related revision.

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    baGiraffe782
    암표와의 전쟁 하기는 하는건지.
    잡기는 하는건지. 이런 암표범은 지가 왜 이득을 취하는지. 잡아도 절대 선처해주면 안됩니다. 처벌도 너무 약해요. 
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    jaWombat152
    피켓팅 너무 하네요
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    23d
    500...????ㅁ암표 당장 답아야돼요ㅠ
    ㅁㅊ 장난하나 ㅠ사람들 등쳐먹는 거 진짜
    사줒도 말아여 제발
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    leCrocodile77
    암표거래가 여전히 기승하군요 큰일입니다아아
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    xo12
    암표가 500만원이라니 개정안 필요하네요 
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    sjw2020st
    500만원이라 ㄷㄷ
    인기가 정말경악을 금치못하는
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    fcPenguin393
    암표가 너무 심해요
    누가 돈을 버는건지모르겠네요
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    itto603
    암표거래가 500만원이라니 팬심을 가지고 사기를 치네요 암표안잡나요 너무 심하네요
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    초록귤
    암표와의 전쟁이 필요한 순간이네요
    표가 없어서 못 가는 팬들이 많이 아쉬울 것 같아요 
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    poMongoose803
    정말 어떻게 될런지 참 궁금하네요
    진짜 잘 풀렸으면 술술 좋겠어요
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    smj5291
    임영웅 공연 암표 500만원 치솟다니요 진짜 암표 근절입니다.
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    paSloth659
    암표ㅠㅠ 사라져야해
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    sgLemur236
    피켓팅에 암표상만 돈을 버는군요
    10만원대가 500만원으로 껑충 뛰었어요
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    uto4489
    암표 판매 못하게 처벌 해야해요 진짜 가고 싶은 팬들은 못가고 사라져야 합니다
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    핑핑크
    피케팅’에 우는 팬들…임영웅 공연 암표 500만원 치솟기도
    ㅠㅠ 그러지 마세요. 암표장사들
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    jjHamster851
    암표 모두 근절되어야한다고 생각해요
    처벌을 엄하게 해서 절대 못하게 해야죠
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    aaOctopus677
    티켓팅하기가
    쉽지않네요
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    dlPenguin404
    우주스타인가? 우리나라만의 음악다양성이 놀랍다!!!!아티스트 넘사벽아티스 감동 무엇으로 표현할까 
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    peTiger390
    이제 나만 믿어요!진정한 가수입니다 최고의 예술가입니다
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    tnZonkey963
    와 암표 가격 대박이네요
    암표는 절대 사지 말아야해요