SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop star Park Yoo-chun appears to be preparing to resume his show business career, in defiance of a retirement pledge he made last year amid a drug scandal. In a message on his Instagram account Thursday, the former JYJ member announced a plan to officially open a website for [...]
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 [...]
SUWON, Apr. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Yoo-chun, an actor and former member of boy band JYJ was arrested Friday over his alleged use of drugs. The Suwon District Court issued an arrest warrant for the 33-year-old Park over allegations that he took drugs together with the granddaughter of the founder of a dairy producer. [...]
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, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Thursday, June 30, was a shameful day for the Korean music industry. Park Yoo-chun, a K-pop singer from the group JYJ who’s under high media attention for a sexual assault scandal, and Lee Juno, a 90s pop star from Seo Taiji and Boys who was recently accused of sexual molestation, [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Two more women filed complaints Friday claiming that they were sexually assaulted by Park Yoo-chun, a member of Korean idol group JYJ. But it didn’t take four victims for Park’s fans to finally turn their backs on someone they had supported and cherished even through Park’s more difficult years. The [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Park Yoo-chun of the boy band JYJ is in “panic mode” over snowballing allegations that he raped a woman, possibly more, his talent agency said Friday. The scandal made headlines after a woman in her 20s pressed charges against Park for rape. The charges were dropped earlier this week after [...]