After their stunning retirement announcements, two K-pop stars including a member of the superstars Big Bang are facing police questioning over a series of interlocking scandals that have roiled South Korea for weeks. Police have alleged 29-year-old Jung secretly filmed himself having sex with about 10 women and shared the footage with friends by a mobile messenger app. He was allegedly among eight men on a Kakao Talk group chatroom where Jung posted his sex videos. Many K-pop stars are recruited by talent agencies as teenagers, some elementary school students, and they often sleep, eat and train together before making a debut. Some observers say the ongoing scandals also reflect a bigger social problem of rampant sexual crimes against women.

Source: ABC News March 14, 2019 02:04 UTC