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A Series of Korean Celebrity Scandals Involving Underage Women, Sexual Harassment Wrapped in Career Advancement Promises

A Series of Korean Celebrity Scandals Involving Underage Women, Sexual Harassment Wrapped in Career Advancement Promises

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A Series of Korean Celebrity Scandals Involving Underage Women, Sexual Harassment Wrapped in Career Advancement Promises

The case of Kim Soo Hyun is still under the spotlight to this day. His relationship with Kim Sae Ron when she was still young has been criticized by netizens around the world.

What happened to Kim Soo Hyun reminds many people that scandals involving Korean male celebrities and underage women have happened before, even worse. Here are some of them!

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Song Young Chang, the star of SQUID GAME 2, was arrested for prostitution involving a 16-year-old girl twice in his car in 2000. Song Young Chang paid Rp 2.5 million at that time. He was sentenced to 10 months in prison and two years of probation and was banned from appearing on public TV channels. But a month later, he was released and moved to Canada with his family under the pretext of studying English. After his release, he even performed on stage in a musical.

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Senior actor Lee Kyung Young was also arrested in 2002 after having intimate relations with a minor who was promised to be launched as an actress. To this day, Lee Kyung Young is still active in acting.

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In May 2012, Roo'ra group member and TV Personality, Go Young Wook (who was 34 at the time of the incident) was arrested after being reported by an 18-year-old girl. The girl claimed she was contacted by Go Young Wook after appearing on a reality show about models and was promised assistance in becoming an artist. On March 30, 2012, the girl claimed she was sexually assaulted by Go Young Wook at his home.

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After this report, there were other victims who also spoke up about being sexually assaulted by Go Young Wook in 2010 with the promise of being helped into the entertainment industry. At the time of reporting, this woman was 20, which means in 2010 she was still 18 years old and a minor.

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Another victim of Go Young Wook who also spoke up is said to be around 12 or 13 years old and was sitting in middle school. In the June trial, Go Young Wook admitted to sexual harassment of two other victims, but denied it with the first, claiming it was consensual.

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After his case became widely discussed, the media reported that Go Young Wook was flirting with gymnast Son Yeon Jae, who was only 16 years old at that time, on Twitter in 2011.

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The case of Kim Soo Hyun involves him being accused of approaching Kim Sae Ron, who is many years younger than him, when the actress was still in middle school and dating when she was not of legal age. What do you think, KLovers?