Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Choi Jong-hoon wanted Red Velvet girls’ phone number in 2015 before Burning Sun scandal.
Information reads: “น่ากลัวมากชเวจงฮุนหนึ่งในสมาชิกคดี Burning Sun เคยต้องการเบอร์โทรศัพท์น้องเค้กเมื่อปี 2015 แถมมันยังไปขอกับทีมงาน Sm แต่ทีมงานปฏิเสธช่วงน้องเค้กพึ่งเดกันใหม่ๆน้องเยมยังไม่บรรลุนิติภาวะเลยอ่ะน่าขยะแขยง.”
The lives of Park Hyo-sil and Kang Kyung-yoon, two female journalists based in South Korea, took a shocking turn when they helped bring to light a sex scandal involving famous K-pop stars. Little did they know, their pursuit of truth would come with immense personal sacrifices.
It was September 2016 and Park, a Seoul-based newspaper reporter, had logged off for the weekend. She was about to meet a friend when she received a phone call from her editor with a tip-off from a trusted police source.
“He told me there was a big case being investigated which involved secretly recorded sex footage and a big-name celebrity: Jung Joon-young.”
Jung was a huge singer-songwriter in the band, Drug Restaurant, and a TV star loved by millions. But the source said Jung’s girlfriend had accused him of secretly filming her during sex, a crime known as “molka” in South Korea.
Goo Hara’s feat is even more incredible, considering the idol had helped despite her own personal controversy. The year before, Hara was the victim of blackmail at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, who threatened to release a sex video taken without her consent. He was ultimately sentenced to a year in prison in August 2019.
Park cancelled her dinner plans and headed straight back to the office to meet her editor.
“We just didn’t want to miss the scoop,” Park recalls. “I published the story on Friday evening at 22:50.
“I had no idea how massive it was going to be.”
Within minutes, the story made headlines across South Korea. “Media outlets went into a frenzy,” she says.
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