JTBC's 'Apartment' side agrees to condemn distorted settings, aiming to "minimize misunderstanding"

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The production team of the JTBC drama 'Apartment' has reached an agreement with the Korea Housing Management Association.

Recently, the Korea Housing Management Association published a notice on its official website titled 'Guidelines for On-site Response to Common Housing Management and Related Laws and Regulations Following the Broadcast of 'Apartment''.

Through this, the president of the Korea Housing Management Association stated, "The JTBC Saturday-Sunday drama 'Apartment' focuses on a 17.8 billion won fraud case involving long-term repair reserve funds for large-scale housing complexes. The drama exposes sensational dialogue suggesting widespread corruption and suspicion related to these funds without filtering, and includes distorted settings such as the building manager covering up misconduct or an accountant manipulating bank account balances to embezzle funds."

He further explained, "To prevent damage to the reputation of housing managers and confusion on-site, the association sent strong protest letters to JTBC and the production company prior to broadcast, held meetings with relevant officials, and conducted both individual and group protests by the association president."

The association then revealed the terms of the agreement: "We received commitments from the JTBC side to insert subtitles stating that the drama's settings are fictional and to minimize expressions likely to cause misunderstanding on-site. Furthermore, we secured an official agreement to broadcast a message of gratitude acknowledging the hard work of housing managers in the final episode."

Previously, the Korea Housing Management Association condemned 'Apartment' for generalizing rare cases of corruption and distorting the image of common housing management sites and housing managers as corrupt and negative. In response, the association began holding relay protests calling for the suspension of the broadcast at the JTBC headquarters in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, even before the first episode aired.

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