translated from Spanish: The sexual scandal rocking the industry of K-pop

VCG via Getty ImagesSeungri is accused of having facilitated sex workers to potential investors. K-pop, the popular youth musical genre of South Korea, is located in the center of attention once it opened up two sex scandals featuring stars of this industry.
The first to reach the front pages was the news that Seungri, the youngest member of BigBang, allegedly facilitated sex with women entrepreneurs in a country where prostitution is prohibited.
BigBang is one of the most important bands of the K-pop, with sales exceeding the 140 million albums since his debut in 2006. Its members are known as the “Kings of K-pop”.
Seungri, of 28 years, who tried to weather the storm for weeks defending his innocence and asking apology to his fans for the controversy, Monday announced its withdrawal from the world of the spectacle on Instagram.
That same day, the Korean television SBS network accusing another singer and presenter, Jung Joon-young, record and share sexual encounters between him and women who had not asked for permission to film them in a group chat on his cell phone. The facts would have taken place between 2015 and 2016.
VCG via Getty ImagesEl singer withdrew this week from the world of the spectacle. Unlike Seungri, Jung acknowledged the facts and promised that he would also sing and work in television.
In South Korea, record labels demand exemplary behaviour to K-pop singers.
“Sexual bribery” Seungri, whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun, already had been questioned by police in February, when they gave out reports of drug use and sexual abuse in the discotheque of Seoul Burning Sun, of which he was director of public relations.
“I have decided to retire because the controversy has become too large,” he wrote in Instagram.
BigBang member had already cancelled all its commitments for February and his tour as a soloist scheduled for March.
The local media also linked to singer with the crime of “sexual bribery”, i.e. of providing sexual services to potential investors in his company, Yuri Holdings, which manages the business of entertainment and restaurants.
TPG/Getty ImagesSeungri also has its own restaurant franchise. These alleged negotiations would have occurred in nightclubs in the Korean capital.
Seungri is accused of having tried to get prostitutes to their clients through a group of chat app for cell KakaoTalk by 2015. Messages that have made public appear to show how asks an employee to perform these steps.
It is also suspected of having been part of the group chat in which Jung shared videos their sex recorded in secret.
Young apologized with his fans in a statement and promised to “sincerely participate in investigations of all charges”.
“Not felt a great sense of guilt” Jung, for 30 years, also released a statement, but with an opposite message: “I admit all my crimes”.
The singer, who is accused of having recorded at least one dozen women, will be questioned Thursday by police.
“I recorded to women without their consent and shared in a group chat, and while it did not felt a great sense of guilt,” he said in the statement released Tuesday.
Jung apologized to fans who had “shocked” and with women whose privacy violated.
“The rest of my life, I regret my immoral and illegal acts that constitute crimes,” he said.
“I will faithfully cooperate with a police investigation that will begin Thursday and will immediately accept any punishment that is reserved for me”.
This is not the first time that Jung has been is designated to record without consent sexual encounters. An ex-girlfriend accused him of that in 2016, but eventually withdrew the accusation.
Singer-songwriter, best known for his role in a variety show, defended that she had agreed to record it.
South Korea waged a battle against “hidden pornographic” which sometimes are put in bathrooms or dressing rooms and cameras whose images are then uploaded to the internet in recent years. Only in 2017, were recorded more than 6,000 cases The Chosunilbo JNS/Multi-bit via Getty ImagesBigBang is one of the most successful K-pop bands. Police discovered the case of Jung while investigating of Seungri.
How reacted South Korea Seungri, that came to be described as the “Great Gatsby of Korea” for his lavish lifestyle, has a number of huge fans. But, even so, some had asked him to let BigBang as the scandal grew.
Last week came a request in this regard saying that it was causing “irreparable damage to the reputation of the group”.
In his statement on Instagram singer said: “I have faced harsh criticism from the public last month and a half and I am being investigated by all investigators authorities of the country”.
“As I have been labeling ‘national traitor’, I can’t stand the fact that I’m doing damage to others for my own welfare”.
Among the responses received, a former follower wrote: “I am so ashamed of myself for being your fan for 10 years”. Others, however, called on the public to support Seungri and the band.
The singer will begin their two-year military service on March 25.
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