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The Korean entertainment industry scandal expands: Cha Tae-hyun stalls and quits all shows

author:Overseas network
The Korean entertainment industry scandal expands: Cha Tae-hyun stalls and quits all shows

Source: Visual China

The series of scandals that broke out in the Korean entertainment industry in recent days are involving more and more stars.

According to Yonhap News Agency reported on the 17th, famous South Korean actors Cha Tae-hyun and Kim Joon-ho were exposed to have participated in golf gambling. It is worth noting that this is the police who investigated the mobile phone of South Korean artist Zheng Junying, who was previously suspected of secretly filming and spreading sex videos, and found related topics in his group chat.

In this regard, Cha Tae-hyun explained through his brokerage company on the 17th, Cha Tae-hyun said that he did not gamble abroad, but when he played with friends in China, the money won at that time was immediately refunded. He also said that although it was a bet between friends for fun, he felt very ashamed and would quit all the shows he was participating in. Cha Tae-hyun was widely known for his performance in the movie "My Savage Girlfriend", and the year before, he set a career peak with "Walking with God". According to Lianhe Zaobao, he began donating 10 million to 20 million won a year to Seoul National University Children's Hospital in 2004, donating more than 100 million won for more than a decade.

The scandal in the South Korean entertainment industry began with a nightclub run by Lee Seung-hyun (stage name Shengxuan), a member of the top Korean group bigbang, which was exposed for a long period of illegal acts such as violent injuries, illegal gambling, drug addiction, bribery, prostitution, to secretly filming and disseminating obscene films.

Since then, the incident has involved more and more celebrities, including top Korean pop culture stars Jung Joon-young, Long Jun-hyung and others. So far, the scandal has revealed that there is still no sign of "fever". According to Yonhap News Agency, the Seoul Local Police Department of South Korea said on the 18th that Jeong Joon-young, a South Korean artist suspected of illegally filming and disseminating indecent videos, was summoned by the police for interrogation on the 17th. South Korean police consider filing a arrest motion against Mr. Chung in the past two days.

The analysis of Hong Kong 01 News Network pointed out that the special feature of this incident is that the scandal hit a very influential figure in Korean pop culture - "Korean Wave". K-pop cultural export is South Korea's national policy, all South Korea's foreign media, there are columns for the introduction of The Korean Wave, even President Moon Jae-in, from time to time on personal social media to publish relevant news, and now such a scandal is seriously impacting the reputation of the South Korean entertainment industry.

"Many well-known Korean film and television dramas often use the dark side of high society as a theme, and this is often one of the most popular themes. It's just that the audience may not have thought that the plot that happened in the real world is more 'wonderful' than described in Korean dramas. The report said.

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