NCT's Haechan caught on camera smoking in the room, SM Entertainment opens his voice

NCT's Haechan recently went on hiatus due to his health problems. As SM Entertainment announced on Wednesday January 10, 2024, Haechan suffered from tonsillitis and took a hiatus to undergo treatment until he recovered. Unexpectedly, NCT's Haechan was involved in controversy because he was caught on camera smoking. 

This can be seen in the NCT 127 YouTube channel upload. The NCT 127 YouTube channel shared footage of its members practicing the choreography for the song 'Be There For Me'. However, in the video, NCT's Haechan is seen smoking a pod, aka an electronic cigarette.

Even though NCT's Haechan has reached the legal and common age to smoke, he is considered to be breaking the rules for doing so indoors. The South Korean government has passed a law regulating the use of indoor pods. The video uploaded to the NCT 127 YouTube channel went viral on Thursday January 11, 2024. 

A number of Korean netizens reportedly filed complaints against Haechan. Following the controversy that spread on social media, SM Entertainment issued an official statement and confirmed that NCT's Haechan used e-cigarettes indoors. They will also pay the fine imposed on Haechan.

"We sincerely apologize for worrying many people with our careless actions. In the video of NCT 127's choreography practice uploaded on January 10 2024, we confirmed that Haechan had used an e-cigarette indoors. Today, we received a fine from the department related health and will pay it forward.

We will pay special attention so that things like this will not happen again in the future," said SM Entertainment's statement, as reported by Koreaboo. Before NCT's Haechan, there were two of his fellow members, Johnny and Taeyong, who were also caught on camera using pods.

Now fans of NCT's Haechan are busy highlighting the inaccuracy of the editor of the NCT 127 YouTube channel because they didn't edit him while smoking an e-cigarette. "I don't think there's a problem with Haechan vaping, after all it's legal, it's his fault why vaping indoors will cause him to get a fine hahaha.

Next time make an editor, be careful when editing and look at the circumstances surrounding the video, don't just insert the video," commented a fan on Twitter. "Oh my God, Haechan w is really laughing, just try to scold the editor, gsie 😭," wrote another fan of NCT's Haechan.