SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Two disgraced South Korean singers — Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon — were given heavy prison sentences Friday after being convicted on rape and other charges. The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Jung, a disgraced singer and TV personality, and Choi, a former member of boy band FT Island, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer Roy Kim was grilled by police Wednesday over allegations that he shared obscene materials on a mobile chat with several other fellow entertainers, including ex-BIGBANG member Seungri and arrested singer Jung Joon-young. The 26-year-old, whose real name is Kim Sang-woo, appeared at the major crime unit of the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular K-pop ballad singer Roy Kim will return to South Korea as soon as possible to face a police interrogation over an allegation that he was part of the online chat room where the arrested musician Jung Joon-young illegally shared sex videos, Roy Kim’s management agency said Wednesday. The [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The management agency of boy band BIGBANG ended sales of merchandise related to the disgraced former band member Seungri, while major broadcasters stopped servicing VOD contents featuring the singer and another scandal-ridden artist, Jung Joon-young, in the aftermath of the broadening sex and corruption scandal centering on the two [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court issued a warrant on Thursday to arrest Jung Joon-young, a singer and TV personality, on charges of secretly filming sex videos of women and sharing them with friends on a mobile chat. Jung, 30, is accused of recording sex videos of about 10 women he slept [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Police are looking into allegations that two members of the popular KBS2 variety show “2 Days & 1 Night” gambled while playing golf overseas, officials said Sunday. The allegations emerged as police examined a group chat room of the show’s cast members as part of the ongoing investigation over [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a massive sex cam scandal exposed by South Korean singer Jung Joon-young, many South Koreans are calling against revealing the victims. Victims, once known to the public, may be subject to retribution or secondary crimes. Also, those who were falsely referred to as “victims” may also be subject [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer Jung Joon-young on Wednesday admitted to having secretly filmed sex videos of women he slept with and sharing them with fellow entertainers, vowing to halt all activities in show business. “I admit to all of my sins,” the 30-year-old K-pop star said in a statement. “I filmed women [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have launched a probe into allegations that Jung Joon-young, a K-pop star, secretly filmed sex videos and shared them with fellow entertainers, including BIGBANG member Seungri, in a mobile chat room. The singer-songwriter and TV celebrity, best known for his part in KBS’ variety show “2 Days & [...]