Burning Sun - Ep 3. The Nightclub

Intrigue

BBC

True Crime, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.6 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A rival broadcaster reveals a shocking scandal at the exclusive Burning Sun nightclub, co-owned by Seungri – one of the members of Big Bang, and a global K-pop star. There are disturbing accounts emerging of underground rooms where women are taken, and the police investigate. And Journalist Kang is about to drop a bombshell.

For the first time, we give the definitive account of the sex scandals that brought down some of Korea’s biggest K-pop stars. It’s a tale of depravity, power and excess - hidden behind a facade of wholesome pop music.

Co-creator, presenter and writer: Chloe Hadjimatheou Local Producer: Lee Hyun Choi Assistant Producer and researcher: Loonie Park and Jeong-One Park Translator and researcher: Jinny Yeon Music: Tom Haines at Brain Audio Sound Design: Carlos San Juan at Brain Audio Co-creator and executive producer: Kavita Puri

ACTORS Kang Kyung-Yoon: Julee Cerda Seungri: Je Seung Lee Black Pink: Pricilla Chung, Eden Jun MD Cho: J Sebastian Lee MD Lee: Winson Ting Jin-Ah: Eden Jun Radio Presenters: Winson Ting, J Sebastian Lee Drama director: Anne Isger

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0:00.0	Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless
0:06.8	searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the
0:11.8	telly we share what we've been watching
0:14.0	Fladiated.
0:16.0	Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:19.0	Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:21.0	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:25.0	searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC Sounds.
0:29.0	BBC Sounds music radio podcasts.
0:35.0	You're listening to intrigue from BBC Radio 4.
0:41.0	This is Burning Sun.
0:43.0	Episodes will be released weekly wherever you get your podcasts,
0:47.0	but if you're in the UK, the whole series is available right now, first on BBC Sounds.
0:54.0	One thing before we start, all the interviews and some of the clips in this
0:59.5	podcast were in Korean, so the voices you're here are actors, but their words are real. Big Bang!
1:16.0	Big Bang!
1:17.0	Big Bang!
1:18.0	One of the first K-Pop acts to break into the global market.
1:22.0	At one time, they were one of the most successful bands on the
1:25.8	planet. Just listen to the crowd go mad at Wembley Stadium.
1:35.0	You know, when Big Bang turned up, they could fill up huge stadiums with fans and they were a group that yielded a lot of power and influence.
1:48.0	Kang's an entertainment reporter.
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