Korean content material, throughout Okay-Pop, Okay-Dramas, Okay-Films, and Okay-Meals industries, all flourished in 2024, making it a golden age in Korean leisure. However the leisure trade additionally noticed some unprecedented turmoil. A wave of incidents—together with drunk driving, hit-and-runs, conflicts, and authorized battles inside leisure businesses, in addition to drug, infidelity, and sexual crime scandals—made headlines on the day by day.
To mark its twentieth anniversary, Korean press Pleasure Information 24 surveyed 200 trade insiders, together with workers from leisure corporations and broadcasting studios, movie and TV content material creators, and media reporters, asking, “Who was the worst determine within the leisure enterprise in 2024?”
The survey passed off between September 30 to October 8, 2024.
6. Juice Seyeon & Seungri
Streamer Juice Seyeon and the disgraced idol-turned-criminal Seungri obtained two votes every, tied for #6 on the checklist.
After being noticed in California with HYBE chairman Bang Si Hyuk, Juice Seyeon created some buzz over the kind of content material she creates on her streaming platform.
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As for Seungri, his whereabouts and life after the “Burning Solar Scandal” remained within the highlight after the BBC World Service’s investigative crew, BBC Eye, launched a robust new documentary titled Burning Solar. A sighting of the disgraced idol at a membership in Bali in August 2024 saved Okay-Pop followers outraged.
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5. Jung Joon Younger & Yoo Ah In
Convicted rapist Jung Joon Younger received 7 votes, tied at #5 alongside actor Yoo Ah In, whose drug scandal left Korea in utter shock.
Jung Joon Younger was launched from his five-year sentence in March 2024, placing him again on the radar. However it was with the BBC documentary that his life after jail was highlighted. When, in August, he was noticed in Lyon, France in hopes of opening a Korean restaurant there, backlash grew fierce.
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Alternatively, Yoo Ah In was detained after the court docket sentenced him to at least one 12 months in jail on costs of propofol abuse. His drug habit, first uncovered in 2023, brought on some important setbacks for Okay-Drama and Okay-Film productions.
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4. Kang Kyung Joon
Actor Kang Kyung Joon, now infamous for being a cheater who ran off together with his mistress, took #4 on the checklist with 8 votes.
Kang kicked off 2024 together with his scandal in January, when his adulterous textual content messages have been revealed. By July, he admitted to having had an affair throughout his first court docket listening to.
Since then, his spouse and actress Jang Shin Younger shared that she is not going to be getting a divorce; As a substitute, she appeared on a TV present and defined that she has forgiven her husband.
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3. Min Hee Jin
Former ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin got here in #3 on the checklist with 26 votes.
Pleasure Information 24 commented, “It seems that leisure trade professionals are experiencing important fatigue from the continuing authorized dispute between HYBE and Min, which has been ongoing since April.”
As of November 2024, Min Hee Jin was reappointed as ADOR’s in-house director, although followers suspect it’s “a powerless function.”
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2. Bang Si Hyuk
With 37 votes, HYBE’s chairman Bang Si Hyuk has been dubbed the second worst particular person in Korean leisure in 2024.
Given the current revelations surrounding HYBE’s inside paperwork and its abominable content material, followers stay hostile towards the silent chairman.
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1. Kim Ho Joong
So, who was the worst determine within the leisure enterprise in 2024?
Singer Kim Ho Joong gained the dishonor, with a whopping 50% of the votes, after his “supervisor’s” drunk-driving incident became an enormous investigation. Kim finally admitted that he was the one who drove the automobile, whereas the supervisor went the additional mile to cowl up the crime.
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As of September 30, the prosecution requested for a 3-year 6-month sentence. In the course of the listening to, in his closing assertion, Kim Ho Joong said, “I remorse my selection that day” and swore to “sober up and reside proper.”
Trade professionals commented having been appalled by Kim Ho Joong’s conduct after the DUI. With scandals within the leisure enterprise, the usual method is to clarify the circumstances and apologize, typically resulting in a hiatus. So, insiders discovered it incomprehensible that Kim Ho Joong and his administration dealt with the difficulty in such an unreasonable method.
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