On March 13, I wrote about the details of sex crimes investigation that shook the K-Pop industry, a music entertainment engine often viewed publicly as virtuous and clean-cut. Seungri, member of mega-popular boy band BIGBANG (consider them BTS four years ago), was booked for supplying investors at the Seoul nightclub where he worked as a public relations director, Burning Sun, with “drug-addled” women to have sex with for money. As a result, he quit the industry, but the investigation into Burning Sun continued. During the probe, Korean singer-songwriter and TV celebrity Jung Joon Young admitted to filming women in sexual situations without their consent (which is prevalent enough in South Korea that there’s a specific word for it: molka). In the months since, the controversy has only continued to implode—which brings us to the latest news: Yang Hyun-suk, founder and head of YG Entertainment—one of the big three entertainment companies in South Korea, known for representing Psy, BIGBANG, BLACKPINK and 2NE1—has resigned from his position, Variety reports.
), was booked for supplying investors at the Seoul nightclub where he worked as a public relations director, Burning Sun, with “drug-addled” women to have sex with for money. As a result, he quit the industry, but the investigation into Burning Sun continued. During the probe, Korean singer-songwriter and TV celebrity Jung Joon Young admitted to filming women in sexual situations without their consent .
There are nearly 40 performers and industry professionals being questioned and accused, that we know of, so here are few bullet points to better acquaint yourself:Seungri is accused of supplying “drug-addled” women to his nightclub clients. He quits the industry the next day,, “At this point, I think it would be best if I retire from the entertainment industry. I decided on retiring from the entertainment industry as the issues that I caused a societal disturbance with are too major.
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