SUWON, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A local court sentenced Park Yoo-chun, an actor and former member of boy band JYJ, to 10 months in prison on Tuesday, suspended two years, for using an illegal drug. Suwon District Court in the city of Suwon, south of Seoul, also ordered the 32-year-old disgraced entertainer to pay a fine [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Postage stamps designed after K-pop artist Kim Jae-joong from JYJ will be released in February in Japan. According to C-JeS Entertainment, preorders for ‘REBOOT’, a set of postage stamps consisting of Jae-joong’s pictures, began on Monday and instantly topped HMV’s sales chart. It’s the second time Jae-joong’s postage stamps have [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Actor and singer Park Yu-chun of boy band JYJ on Friday was discharged from nearly two years of mandatory military service. Park was discharged late Friday from the Gangnam District Office in southern Seoul, where he served as a public worker in substitution for his military service. All able-bodied [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Actor and singer Park Yu-chun on Monday talked about his marriage for the first time since the news surfaced three months ago. “I am so sorry that I couldn’t tell you about my marriage earlier,” the member of popular boy band JYJ wrote on his Instagram. “I didn’t even [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Another woman has been indicted on charges of a false sexual assault accusation against singer-actor Park Yu-chun, who was mired in a series of similar allegations last year, prosecutors said Tuesday. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said the 24-year-old defendant, identified only by her last name Song, is [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Two South Korean boy band members will begin their mandatory military service in February, their agencies said Tuesday. Junsu of the K-pop trio JYJ, also known as Kim Jun-su on the musical scene, and T.O.P of BIGBANG will start their two-year service at police departments in February. Both 29 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Police on Friday arrested a woman who first filed a sexual assault complaint against singer-actor Park Yoo-chun, who was mired in a series of similar allegations, on charges of false accusation and attempted blackmail. The Seoul Central District Court issued a warrant to formally arrest the woman in her [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Police said Friday that Park Yoo-chun, the troubled member of K-pop boy band JYJ, is clear of sexual assault allegations but is being charged with prostitution and fraud. The 30-year-old actor-singer has been mired in a scandal as four different women, all working at local bars, lodged complaints against [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Police on Monday said they concluded Park Yoo-chun, the scandal-ridden member of K-pop boy band JYJ, is clear of sexual assault allegations, saying it is hard to acknowledge that there was coercion involved. The 30-year-old actor-singer has been mired in a scandal as four different women, all working at local [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Park Yoo-chun, the scandal-ridden member of popular K-pop boy band JYJ, filed a complaint with the police on Monday, charging that a woman falsely accused him of sexual assault. The woman, whose identity was withheld, is among four that have filed separate complaints in recent weeks and claimed that [...]