After the news spread, HYBE does not have any thoughts to replace Kim Garam or remove her from the group, making LE SSERAFIM a 5-members group.
Kim Garam has been halting her activities for around a month, after receiving demand from netizens to withdraw from the group. But if you look at her recent whereabouts, she just stopped doing her promotions. She still goes to the company and even gives out her autograph to fans.
A fan posted this on a fan community, Weverse, along with a picture of LE SSERAFIM's album that was signed by 6 members.
And another fan posted this on Twitter, along with the picture that shows Garam's autograph on the album.
Judging by how she still goes to the company to practice and gives out her autograph to fans, it seems like HYBE and Kim Garam are just waiting for the right timing for her to make her comeback.
And she's still included in the pictorial from Non-no magazine, not because it was taken before she went on hiatus, but to secure her place once she makes her comeback.
The victim is shedding tears and blood. HYBE and Kim Garam are really shameless for claiming that all of this information is false and made up.
She's just on a leave. We'll probably see her again in LE SSERAFIM's next comeback. It terrifies me to think that we'll see that face of hers again in music shows.
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1. [+355][-6] HYBE and this girl are really stubborn...
2. [+345][-4] Doesn't she ever think that she needs to leave the group...? Does that thought have never come to her mind after seeing how LE SSERAFIM ranks even higher in charts and gets even more views on Youtube after she went on hiatus? Does she not feel sorry for the other members? If I were her, I'd leave with my own will. Even if the company holds onto me, I'd still leave;;
3. [+296][-5] Are there people who miss Garam?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
4. [+184][-43] Honestly, she's the one who ruined LE SSERAFIM's imageㅋㅋㅋ
5. [+74][-1] She doesn't have an outstanding visual or talent. I wonder why the company still embraces her despite her controversial past?
6. [+54][-0] She was not suspected of school violence, she actually did school violence. In her defense, she had a reason behind it. Even if she had a reason, does that allow her to bully someone to the point that the victim has to get treated mentally and even attempted to kill herself? This company is one of the biggest companies in the entertainment industry. Does that allow them to harm the victim, make it sound like she's the perpetrator, and embrace the actual perpetrator instead?
7. [+42][-1] I really hate the way HYBE deals with the overall situation. I hope they'll flop.