A week ago T-ara went to Europe for KBS' "Music Bank in Paris".
Prior to the event they have met with the press and that's where this controversy regarding T-ara's Japanese-usage during their stay in France all started.
On the 16th, T-ara's agency Core Contents Media expressed, "There seems to be a misunderstanding in what Eunjung and Soyeon said." According to officials, during KBS2's "Music Bank in Paris" on the 8th, there were reporters at the location from several different countries when T-ara was there.
The controversy that arose was that Eunjung said in French, "À bientôt" (See you later) and then spoke in Japanese by saying, "Arigatou" (Thank you). According to their agency, they were concerned of being disrespectful for not greeting the Japanese reports during the press conference, so Soyeon spoke in Japanese by saying, "Arigato gozaimasu" (Thank you very much). Reporters were confused to hear this, since they assumed that only Korean and French reporters were there.
The representative of CCM continued, "The T-ara members are upset to hear of the news that came out. It's a pity that people who do not know the real facts and exact circumstances are the ones making it a big deal."
Meanwhile T-ara left earlier to start promoting "Roly-Poly" in Japan.
Credits:
written by nearnine@t-araworld
Nate, trans by nathaniel@diadem
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