Goo Hara Suicide Sparks Calls to Redefine Sexual Assault in South Korea

[TomSea]

Goo Hara Suicide Sparks Calls to Redefine Sexual Assault in South Korea

GIKorea | November 30, 2019 | crime & punishment | No Comments

Should blackmailing someone with sex videos be considered sexual assault? In Korea that may become the law:

Goo Hara memorial

The suicide of a popular South Korean singer has prompted calls in the country to overhaul laws on sexual assault and to more harshly punish revenge porn.

Koo Hara, 28, was found dead at her home in Seoul on Sunday. Her last message on Instagram showed her staring into a camera lens from beneath blankets on her bed with a message of “good night.” Police say a note was found at the scene in which she expressed hopelessness.

Read more at: https://www.rokdrop.net/2019/11/goo-hara-suicide-sparks-calls-to-redefine-sexual-assault-in-south-korea/ and Bloomberg

K-Pop, Korean Pop, another young lady died about 2 months ago, it was posted in the obits. At least, I don't know who these people are, I read it happened. I had not heard this latest. Sad. Things like this have happened here.

Also for the record,  https://www.rokdrop.net/ I believe has a story of 2 male "K-pop" stars getting in trouble over something. There's a lot of reporting on these people really. Rest in peace the young lady, I'm sorry she decided to do this.

[TomSea]

Informative article from TIME, excerpt:

Singer Goo Hara’s Death Shines Light on the Dark Side of K-Pop

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    Goo’s death at age 28 came less than two months after the death of Choi Jin-ri, or Sulli, another K-pop star and Goo’s close friend. Experts say both Goo and Choi faced extensive cyberbullying and sexual harassment from the public and media throughout their careers, which took a toll on their mental health.

    Police say they are still investigating Goo’s death and found a “pessimistic note” at her home.

    Once popular mostly in Asia, K-Pop has spread far beyond South Korea, thanks to wildly popular groups such as “BTS” and “Blackpink.”

https://time.com/5741058/dark-side-of-kpop-pressure-death/

Blackpink, the group mentioned above. One of their videos got posted in the forum. One of those songs, was alright. This reminds me of how the Chinese gymnast train and the competition in that.

[PeteS in CA]

Sadly, the pop/rock music world, in general and at best, has a huge dark side, https://pagesix.com/2017/05/21/record-industry-sexism-exposed-in-new-tell-all-book/ . I cannot imagine how it would be to be a teeny- or twenty-something taking an unprepared dive into that world (sewer?).

[TomSea]

This young man, just found dead. Also, in the first place, South Korea has one of the highest suicide rates in the world I read. So, we'll see where all of this goes.

More and more deaths

Cha In-ha, a popular South Korean actor-singer, was found dead at his home on December 3, 2019. A police official told media that the cause of Cha's death was not immediately known. The 27-year-old celebrity made his film debut in 2017 and was part of the Surprise U band, which released two albums. There were no reports to suggest that Cha had been a target of personal attacks or cyberbullying.

https://www.dw.com/en/k-pop-the-scandals-and-tragedies-of-2019/g-51527046

The other starlet who died before Roo Gara:

Challenging conservatism
Choi Jin-ri, a former member of a girl group, died in an apparent suicide in October. Choi, popularly known as Sulli, was critical of cyberbullying. She was attacked on social media after she spoke out about not wearing a bra in the conservative K-pop industry.

In the music forums, I once posted a video by the extremely popular K-Pop girl group BlackPink. Of course, this music is not my kind. They were written about in that one of their videos on youtube got over a million views.  Or this one, more like 665 million views, phenomenal.  One of their songs was okay.


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It's all probably somewhat uniquely Korean or Asian what is going on. I've read a few articles, it's not so much as cocaine slavery at this point. I read about Ahmet Eretgun in the past. This al seems different.