Production Team Belatedly Clarifies Misunderstanding For Using Stray Kids’ Hyunjin’s Photo
Recently, a past episode of the criminal documentary series Hidden Eye drew backlash online for using a photo of Stray Kids’ Hyunjin as the victim’s photo.
아니 히든아이 보는데 실환가 이거
살인사건 피해자 사진이라며 왜 현진이 사진을 보여주는데….미친건가 pic.twitter.com/xmyNNyRbyz— 人間ダウニー (@qwe_320) May 25, 2026
I’m watching ‘Hidden Eye’, but is this for real? Why are they showing Hyunjin’s photo and saying it’s the victim’s photo? Are they crazy?
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After the post went viral, the show’s production team responded to the matter.
“Hello, this is the production team of ‘Hidden Eye’. We belatedly confirmed that the photo of Stray Kids’ Hyunjin was used in the segment, ‘Live Issue: Christmas Murder Case’, which aired on December 8, 2025.
The photo in question was used because, during the process of using photos stored on the victim’s device, a childhood photo of Hyunjin was mistakenly used as the victim’s photo.
After verifying the facts, the production team has made the relevant broadcast and YouTube clip private. Additionally, we plan to modify or make private the content available on OTT and other replay services as soon as possible. We sincerely apologize for causing concern to Stray Kids’ Hyunjin and his fans. We also deeply apologize to the viewers for the confusion.
From now on, we will conduct a more thorough verification procedure and inspect with special care to prevent these types of incidents from happening again.”
—’Hidden Eye’ Production Team
After seeing the circumstance, most netizens were a bit more understanding.
- “Ah..I guess she was a fan…”
- “Seeing the circumstance, I can see that it wasn’t intentional, but they should still check so as not to make a mistake.”
- “Ah…I guess it was a photo that was saved on the victim’s phone…”
- “I guess it could be hard to ask the parents if that is their child during these times…my heart hurts.”
- “How could the production team know…I can understand…and it’s os unfortunate for the victim…”
- “Ah…so it was a mistake.”
- “It hurts my heart to think that the victim was just a normal student…”
- “It’s a mistake that I can understand…”
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