Burning Sun - Ep 5: An Extreme Decision

Intrigue

BBC

True Crime, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.6 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Journalist Kang receives a surprising call from K-pop royalty Goo-Hara, who wants to help her with her investigation, as some of the people in the chatroom were her friends. Goo Hara, like many South Korean women is a victim of digital sex crime. Her very public battle in taking a stand against it, receives enormous coverage into her private life and she is mercilessly trolled. It’s too much for her, and will end in tragedy. 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 Goo Hoin: Jun Noh Drama director: Anne Isger

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts
0:06.0	One thing before we start, all the interviews and some of the clips in this podcast were in Korean.
0:13.0	So the voices you're here are actors, but their words are real.
0:21.0	I remember that day pretty well.
0:23.0	I think I'd already published a few articles about the Kakao Chat messages by then.
0:29.0	Kang's an entertainment reporter for a big Korean news network, SBS.
0:34.0	And before we get into what happened that day in 2019, a quick reminder.
0:40.0	She's managed to get her hands on the contents of Korean pop star Chun-Joon Young's phone,
0:46.0	where he and his celebrity friends have been sending each other messages,
0:50.0	as well as photos and videos of women they filmed secretly during sex.
0:55.0	These published articles that have shaken the world of Korean entertainment and beyond.
1:03.0	A Sae-Kwon K-pop star has quit the music business as part of a growing industry sex scandal.
1:09.0	Chun-Joon Young has admitted to secretly filming himself having sex with women and sharing the footage.
1:15.0	This comes today after fellow stars and agree, quit the industry after being charged with sex.
1:22.0	I had a lot more left to write about.
1:24.0	Kang's been tracking down victims, some of whom were unconscious at the time they were filmed
1:29.0	and didn't realise they'd been abused.
1:32.0	And the reporter's been following up on other leads in the chat messages too.
1:36.0	So on this particular day, she's hard at work on her laptop when her phone rings.
1:42.0	I still remember the woman's voice on the other end of the phone.
1:46.0	She said,
1:47.0	Hi reporter, it's Hara.
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