Starship Entertainment Vows Strict Legal Action Against Malicious Rumors Targeting IVE’s Jang Wonyoung

Starship Entertainment, the prominent management agency representing the global K-pop sensation IVE, has officially declared a war of zero tolerance against internet users spreading malicious rumors and defamatory statements online. According to an official public announcement shared across their verified social media platforms on June 18, 2026, the company is aggressively pursuing strict criminal and civil legal action to completely protect the rights and mental well-being of their prominent center member, Jang Wonyoung.

The Root of the Issue: An Inconsequential Airport Interaction Spun Out of Proportion

The sudden increase in legal action follows a highly debated internet rumor that originally began to spiral out of control early last month. On May 30, 2026, Jang Wonyoung arrived at the Gimpo International Airport to catch a commercial flight heading toward Shanghai, China.

While moving through the security terminal checkpoint, the 21-year-old superstar briefly pulled down her face mask for a mere matter of seconds so the airport border control staff could accurately verify her passport identity. Video clips of this exact standard security measure were quickly recorded, uploaded to the web, and malicious online communities instantly used the short footage to spin a negative narrative, accusing the idol of displaying a poor, uncooperative, and cold attitude toward airport staff.

Deploying Search Warrants and Triggering International Police Cooperation

Refusing to stand by while their artist’s image was being heavily targeted, Starship Entertainment stepped forward to deliver a highly technical update regarding their ongoing criminal complaints:

“Our legal division is continuously conducting deep digital monitoring and taking absolute legal measures against individuals who purposefully write, edit, or spread malicious text and edited video footage targeting our artist, Jang Wonyoung. We have recently checked the current real-time progress with our active police investigative agencies and can formally confirm that law enforcement has successfully narrowed down specific suspects and secured concrete digital evidence.”

The agency’s legal firm has successfully launched aggressive, high-level legal procedures cutting across both domestic and international web spaces:

• Domestic Web Portals: Official court-approved search warrants are currently being executed across major domestic South Korean platforms, including Naver Blogs and DC Inside, to force the websites to hand over the private personal registration details of anonymous users.
• Global Tech Platforms: For foreign platforms such as X (formerly Twitter), Starship has officially pushed forward with formal international judicial cooperation procedures to systematically bypass standard anonymity walls, identify the account creators, and pull in their global location data.

Starship Entertainment concluded their stern public announcement by warning internet users that they are retroactively gathering fan-submitted email tips to build thick binders of evidence. The firm warned that any documented illegal behaviors including text defamation, the spread of completely fabricated rumors, malicious insults, sexual harassment, or severe privacy invasions will be met with the absolute maximum criminal charges and heavy civil financial lawsuits possible under current law.

Most notably, the firm clarified that even if a user panics and completely deletes their post, deactivates their account, or flips their profile to private mode after today, the legal division will still use their pre-saved data to track them down and hold them legally responsible to the absolute end of the trial.