Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Culture Ministry takes legal action against BTS ticket scalpers

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has taken legal action against individuals found to have illegally resold BTS concert tickets, the ministry said on Wednesday.

2026-03-11

No more $10,000 BTS tickets? Korea passes laws banning scalping, piracy.

A series of legal revisions aimed at banning ticket scalping and the illegal distribution of Korean content passed the National Assembly, as resales for boy band BTS's concert tickets were priced as high as 15 million won ($11,300).

2026-01-29

Tax authorities take aim at multimillion dollar ticket reselling industry

Korea’s tax authorities opened a sweeping investigation on Thursday into professional ticket resellers accused of turning K-pop fandom into a multimillion-dollar black market, as regulators move to clamp down on years of unreported profits.

2025-11-06

Suspect arrested in automated ticket reselling scheme, reaped $400,000 in illegal sales

Police in Daejeon have arrested a suspect accused of using automated programs to buy and resell professional baseball tickets, earning about 570 million won ($400,000) through illegal scalping, officials said Tuesday.

2025-10-21

No scalping in your area with campaign at weekend's Blackpink shows

An antiscalping campaign will be held during Blackpink's world tour performances on Saturday and Sunday, co-organized by the Music Concert Industry Association of Korea, in collaboration with the Korea Creative Content Agency.

2025-07-04