Korean award shows, music festivals cancelled following Jeju Air crash

nme.com:

officials said. The pilot later issued a “mayday” warning minutes later and made a second attempt at a belly landing, with its landing gear still retracted.

The plane skidded along the runway with smoke trailing behind, before colliding into a wall at the end and bursting into flames.South Korea’s acting president Choi Sang-mok declared a seven-day national mourning period following the tragedy, set to be observed until January 5 midnight KST.

In observance of the mourning period, numerous award ceremonies, festivals and live shows were cancelled.The highly anticipated 2024 Gayo Daejejeon, an annual end-of-year award ceremony, has been postponed, as announced by MBC.

Initially scheduled for December 31, a spokesperson told press that the event’s live broadcast will be replaced with a recorded broadcast at a later date, although the exact date and time has yet to be shared.Despite the cancellation of its live broadcast, pre-recording for the show is ongoing and will continue as scheduled. “We pray for the souls of the victims and once again offer our deepest condolences to the bereaved families,” MBC said in its statement.On December 30, the television network announced the cancellation of both the live broadcast and pre-recording of the SBS Entertainment Awards, previously set to take place on December 31.“The live broadcast and recording scheduled for December 31 will not take place.