9 reasons photo taking is banned at SHINee events

Moving right into post number 2 for the day. Another one important for fans visiting Korea and wanting to go to events. I think it's something a lot of people online struggle with as well and that's why we are not supposed to take photos and post them online at certain events.

I know this upsets a lot of people and it feels like the staff and fans in Korea are purposely trying to not include international fans but honestly this is NOT the case at all. This rule is not at all motivated by any desire to not share things or not include anyone. As an example; the fansites in Korea make their money selling their goods to mostly international fans, so of course they're all about spreading photos online when it's allowed. But here's some reasons photo taking is generally forbidden:

SHINee does care about fans

There are a million things I'd rather be writing after SHINee's goodbye weekend but seems there's a situation that needs some justifying ^.^;;; The fan system in Korea is really really complicated and while it's possible to have a shallow understanding from other online sources, since it's summer and I know a lot of people are hoping to visit and see SHINee at this time I feel like this is important information for not only people planning to go to events but also for fans online who are confused about why drama arises in certain situations. I think I'm going to pump out a few posts
covering a few topics this morning hopefully but here's number 1. This is a case example of how the system has been painfully misunderstood.

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Regarding this dumbass article translation

So overnight kpopfans blog vlah thing posted a translated naver article about how a source says that a boy group member has come out as gay to his group members and all of them suspected it since before debut. The group is meant to be known well for synchronized choreography.

SHINee's Tokyo Dome

I started writing this post weeks ago and honestly I've been really frustrated with it. I'm just kind of posting, even though there's more I'd like to say, but at this point I think it's just mad ramblings. A lot happened in the space of two days and it was an amazing amazing experience, so I think I'm struggling to put it into words well. Please forgive me for not writing something more interesting or eloquent~

Jonghyun Base Fan Meeting

As most people reading would probably know Jonghyun debuted with his solo album Base this week and Sunday was his first Inkigayo stage as well as his first solo fanmeeting.

I'm hurt and annoyed. part 525

So I got an ask.fm question this morning and since there's a word limit I thought I'd throw it over here and write out an answer because I wanted to get really wordy about this since it....ignites passion in my soul to say the least.

SHINee Fansign Accounts Part 1

I meant to write this post out months and months ago when I got asked a lot of questions about fansigns. So I hope this comes off as kind of interesting and not as bragging, cause that's certainly not how I intend it. I get a lot of questions asking about foreigners at fansigns and peoples reactions to them, specifically SHINee's. I also got some requests to share cute stories about SHINee so I figured I'd smoosh the two topics together and write a post about foreigners at fansigns with examples from people I know who have been. I've bolded the fan accounts so people can skip what I've written about my own circumstances and just fansigns in general.