{"id":383885,"date":"2026-04-09T21:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/383885\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T21:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:22:16","slug":"blackpinks-jisoo-gifts-dior-bags-to-staff-amid-industry-power-abuse-controversies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/383885\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackpink’s Jisoo gifts Dior bags to staff amid industry power abuse controversies"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Linh Le<\/a>\u00a0 &nbspApril 9, 2026 | 12:06 am PT\t<\/p>\n

Jisoo, a member of K-pop group Blackpink, has gifted Dior bags to employees at her agency, a gesture that has earned praise as South Korea’s entertainment industry faces ongoing concerns over workplace power abuse.\t<\/p>\n

\"Jisoo,<\/p>\n

Jisoo, a member of K-pop group Blackpink. Photo from Blissoo’s Instagram<\/p>\n

According to The Korea Times, on Tuesday, staff members at Jisoo<\/a>\u2019s agency Blissoo shared on social media that they had received Dior bags from the singer.<\/p>\n

“I love you, CEO,” one employee wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n

“Jisoo is the best,” another posted.<\/p>\n

“Thank you, boss,” a third added.<\/p>\n

Jisoo reportedly selected and personally distributed the gifts herself.<\/p>\n

Born Kim Jisoo, the 31-year-old singer debuted with Blackpink<\/a> in 2016 and launched her solo music career in early 2023.<\/p>\n

Her gesture comes at a time when South Korea\u2019s entertainment industry has been grappling with allegations of workplace mistreatment and abuse of power within management structures.<\/p>\n

In October last year, The Chosun Daily conducted interviews with 29 industry workers, about half of whom said they had experienced power abuse or workplace harassment.<\/p>\n

“I was kneeling to put shoes on an idol when they shouted, \u2018Put them on quickly,\u2019” a stylist with five years of experience said. “To put on high heels, they need to lift their legs, but if they just stay still, how can I do it?”<\/p>\n

Another first-year artist manager described working with senior entertainers: “They treated me like a slave and cursed at me depending on their mood.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Linh Le\u00a0 &nbspApril 9, 2026 | 12:06 am PT Jisoo, a member of K-pop group Blackpink, has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[2703,146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-383885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-blackpink","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}