OMONA THEY DID(N'T)!

*These videos were not uploaded when I made the posts a few days ago. MBC uploaded them a day or two later



ASTRO Moonbin, THE BOYZ Juyeon and Q, Stray Kids Lee Know, PENTAGON Kino, ONEUS Hwanwoong, & AB6IX Kim Dong Hyun covering SuperM “Tiger Inside”





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MBC did not upload some stages (Astro, The Boyz, Stray Kids, etc), and re-uploads are taken down too fast for me to keep up



source: MBCkpop

I believe these performances are still part of the first round mission. You can watch the first performances in this post, or the first full episode here. The girls are split into grades, the youngest in Grade 1 to the oldest in Grade 4.




Grade 1 Park Bo Eun (13) and Jung Si Woo (12): Jennie "Solo"





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source: 방과후 설렘

Local broadcaster MBC was given non-binding administrative guidance from the Korean Communications Standards Commission, Thursday, for using offensive or stereotyped images to depict some countries during the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Now, the commission is drawing a backlash for handing out such a mild punishment for the discriminatory and inappropriate description of other countries that drew criticism both within Korea and from abroad.

During a meeting, the commission decided only to "advise" MBC not to repeat such an offense by issuing administrative guidance, which does not affect the commission's future evaluation of the broadcaster. The decision contradicted initial expectations that MBC might receive a "warning," which would affect the commission's future evaluation of the broadcaster.

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source: The Korea Times

The head of MBC's news headquarters resigned on Monday to take responsibility for a sequence of serious blunders made by the national television during the Tokyo Olympics.

According to MBC, Min Byung-woo, chief of its news division, offered his resignation during a meeting of executives, and it was accepted by MBC President Park Sung-jae.

Sports division chief Song Min-geun was replaced and MBC Plus President Cho Neung-hoo got a verbal warning, the broadcasting company also said.

Despite the reshuffle, MBC President Park managed to avoid the fallout as he retained his job.

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More about MBC's Olympic coverage here, here, and here.



source: The Korea Times