K-Pop Bootlegs Are Back — and Worse Than Ever

 

South Korean authorities just wrapped up a months-long investigation and found thousands of illegal K-pop products still circulating — photocards, stickers, and fake ID-style cards using the names and images of 41 artists without permission. 

The part that stings? The companies behind them had already been caught and promised to stop. This isn't a fringe problem. It's a systemic crack in a billion-dollar industry. 

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