L'Occitane Korea has issued an apology after unauthorized shirtless photos of SEVENTEEN's Mingyu, a brand ambassador for the company, were leaked online by an employee.

On September 3rd, L'Occitane Korea took to their official social media to address the issue. They stated, "We recognize that private photos from the L'Occitane Asia Ambassador campaign were shared without permission through our employee's personal social media account. We take full responsibility for this incident and offer our sincere apologies." They added, "We are deeply sorry for the distress caused to Mingyu and his fans."

The company also announced that the employee involved has been suspended from their duties, and additional measures are being taken.

"We have removed the employee from all responsibilities and are implementing strict personnel actions," they said. "We will also be introducing regular training for all staff to ensure they understand and respect the copyrights, likeness rights, and privacy of our brand ambassadors."

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The leaked photos, including some of Mingyu shirtless, were shared by an L'Occitane Korea employee with the caption, "Mingyu, who took up a significant portion of my photo album… I was too anxious to delete them, but maybe I should tidy them up now." The images, taken during a personal shoot for L'Occitane, sparked controversy.

Mingyu has been serving as L'Occitane's Asia brand ambassador since May.

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BTS’s V is proving once again why he’s a global music powerhouse! His song “Winter Ahead (with Park Hyo Shin)” has officially surpassed 210 million streams on Spotify, showing its long-lasting popularity.

On February 26, Winter Ahead crossed the 210 million stream mark on the world’s biggest music platform, Spotify. Since its release, the song has been charting for 91 consecutive days on both the Global Spotify Chart and Europe’s Apple Music Daily Song Chart, proving its strong presence.

Originally released on November 29, 2023, Winter Ahead made a huge impact on year-end charts for 2024. It debuted at No. 99 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, topped Billboard’s Holiday Digital Song Sales chart at No.1, and ranked No. 62 on Billboard’s Holiday Top 100.

Over in the UK, the song entered the Official Singles Chart at No. 86, while securing No.1 on the Official Singles Downloads Chart and No.2 on the Singles Sales Chart, proving its incredible digital sales power.

The music video for Winter Ahead also became a hot topic! V transformed into a sculptor, delivering a deep and emotional performance with his expressive acting, pulling fans into the song’s atmosphere.

Despite being 6 minutes and 22 seconds long, the video went viral, ranking No.1 on the "Music Video Trending Worldwide" chart.

On TIDAL, a global high-quality streaming platform, Winter Ahead made history as the longest-running K-pop song at No.1 on the Global Top Video chart.

It also topped Top Video charts in several countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, Spain, Australia, and Singapore.

Even Billboard couldn’t resist the charm of Winter Ahead! The song was featured in "The 27 Best Winter Songs for the Season," with Billboard praising it as "evoking the feeling of the first day of winter, with harmonies as fresh as a snowflake."

They also noted that "its impact will last far beyond December 25."

Additionally, Winter Ahead was voted No.1 on Billboard’s ‘2024 Fan-Favorite Songs’ list, proving that fans can’t get enough of V’s music.

With this, V has now charted three songs on Billboard’s Holiday Hot 100, following Christmas Tree (2021) and his cover of White Christmas. He is officially the only K-pop artist to achieve this!

Even more impressively, he holds the record as the only K-pop artist to have three songs reach No.1 on Billboard’s Holiday Digital Song Sales chart, solidifying his dominance in the holiday music scene.

With Winter Ahead continuing to shine worldwide, V once again proves why he’s the ultimate ‘Winter King’ of K-pop.

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