Jan
13
2011
Kpop Sex and Scandal
Author: Jamie
According to The Korea Herald, a Japanese manga comic has depicted Girls’ Generation and other KPop stars as being part of an industry that forces the young girls to also partake in sexual behavior.
The article states that many Korean fans believe that the manga titled, “An Analysis on the K-Pop Boom Lies” is meant to slander the industry which is seeing much success in Japan.
The cartoonist of the comic reportedly insists that the story is based on information he acquired… and he might not be far off. There may be a lot of truth to how the Kpop industry is being depicted in the comics. The comic talks about Korean actress, Jang Ja-yeon, who committed suicide last year due to depression and stress relating to, what her suicide note claimed was forced sex with VIPs in the industry.
Of course the agencies representing KARA and Girls’ Generation are considering legal action.
But this sort of scandalous behavior isn’t particularly new to entertainment industries the world over and can be imagined quite easily in a Korean context where older male generations ‘manage’ the careers and lives of young, attractive girls (and boys). I don’t see how Japan can be pointing fingers though, when there is already a long history of sensational sex scandal going down in JPop.
For instance, let’s not forget the many ‘ALLEGED’ accounts of the Japanese boy band godfather, Kitagawa, whom many former band members claim hosted a few “Michael Jackson-style sleepovers, which often culminated in an activity which is most succinctly described as rape” according to this VICE article.
Other takes on the story
Such is the way of the entertainment industry I guess. What do you all think? Is this stuff going on a lot or only in isolated incidences?
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January 14th, 2011 at 12:22 pm
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May 20th, 2011 at 6:48 pm
This is a great post! thanks a lot for that amazing article! I’ll you should definitely come back in the near future!
September 6th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
Below is an interesting and visual report on the global rise of Korean pop culture by the Korean Culture and Information Service. It covers the rise of KPOP (Korean pop music) and super idol groups such as Girls’ Generation, Super Junior, SHINee, SpaceBigStar, Kara, TVXQ, 2PM, Wonder Girls, f(x), Big Bang and 2NE1; the Korean B-Boy dance movement; K-Dramas such as My Lovely Kim Sam-soon, Boys over Flowers, Jumong and Emperor of the Sea; and Movies such as the recent film Priest, the famous Korean movie Brother and the horror The Host. Though it doesn’t seem to cover the topic of sex scandals that I wrote about in a previous post.
November 10th, 2011 at 7:56 am
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December 20th, 2011 at 2:46 pm
obviously this comic was made to kick k-pop out of japan.
December 21st, 2011 at 9:34 am
Perhaps. I was thinking the same thing.
January 31st, 2012 at 4:03 am
3Gp Lengkap…
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February 13th, 2013 at 11:21 pm
There’s nothing new at the present sex scandals surrounding the KPop scene. This article will open the eyes of those fans who wonder what their favorite KPop idols are up to:
http://goodizen.com/2011/08/k-pop-sex-scandal-why-single-korean-females-eye-foreign-husbands/
In the Western World these sort of scandals are the “food” and the “bread and butter” for most of the supermarket tabloids. Hollywood celebrities are mostly spoiled and ripped apart by the press.