aespa Intensifies Legal Action Against Malicious Comments; SM Enters Action to Protect Winter, Confirms Dome Tour in Japan Next Year

SM Entertainment has taken firm legal action against malicious posts targeting aespa’s Winter. On the 10th, the company issued a statement through the “KWANGYA 119” channel designed for reporting such posts. It stated that it had identified posts on various platforms including DC Inside, Women’s Generation, Nate Pan, Instiz, 2ch, Instagram, X, and YouTube that insulted Winter’s character and spread malicious slander, and announced it would escalate legal measures step by step. The malicious content identified by SM Entertainment included sexual harassment, defamation, personal attacks, insults, invasion of privacy, and deepfakes. The company emphasized that it would take strict action against those who create malicious rumors or repeatedly spread false information, produce sexually abusive content, or post mocking and distorted content on social media or online communities. Meanwhile, aespa has revealed its performance schedule in Japan for next year. At the end of their “2025 aespa Live Tour-SYNK : aeXIS LINE in JAPAN” concert at Tokyo’s National Yoyogi Stadium Gymnasium 1 on the 8th and 9th, aespa announced plans for a dome tour next year. Performances are confirmed at Kyocera Dome Osaka from the 11th to 12th and Tokyo Dome from the 25th to 26th of next year. With these shows, aespa will make its debut on one of Japan’s five major domes, the Kyocera Dome. The group entered the Tokyo Dome in 2023 in the shortest time since its Debut, and last year it became the first foreign female artist to hold solo concerts at the Tokyo Dome for two consecutive years. They are currently on an arena tour in major Japanese cities, with further performances scheduled in key Asian cities including Bangkok’s Impact Arena in November, AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong in February 2026, Galaxy Arena in Macau in March, and ICE BSD in Jakarta in April.