5 GIRL GROUP WITH BULLYING SCANDAL THAT END THEIR CAREERS

Who do you think are they? Well in South Korea, sometimes bullying occur at school with how stressful school life is. In fact, bullying is not uncommon in K-Pop groups. It's reasonable since some of them might not be friend with each other outside their business relationship, and their closeness might be only for camera or public consumption. The bullying scandal is often revealed and is in the public spotlight, making many people realize that there are many dark sides of K-Pop entertainment industry.

Usually, after leaving the agency, idols don't hesitate to reveal their experiences of being bullied. Like some idols who feel the bad impact after the issue of bullying in their group is revealed below. Here are several Kpop girl group with bullying accusation among the members.

1. AOA

The most famous one and still on going since both the victim and perpetrators are still replying each other side. How to begin with? In July 2020, Mina, who left FNC Entertainment, admitted to being bullied by Jimin for 10 years. Mina admitted that she almost committed suicide because of the actions of her former group mates. Because of that confession, Jimin left AOA. This revelation obviously get interest from public and many fans are supporting to Mina. But after some yaers, Dispatch revealed different side of the case and shared several chats between Mina and other AOA members. Many things were revealed, including that they had discussed things that made Mina feel depressed. Even so, Mina continues to provide new information until there is no definite truth about this scandal. Some of fans begin to see and wonder if the problem lies from Mina herself, that Jimin has become the victim herself as she needs to leave AOA because of the scandal.

2. APRIL

Do you know that there is APRIL member's bullying case against Hyunjoo which is still in the spotlight to this day? It started with Hyunjoo's sister who claimed that the girl group member bullied her and almost killed her sister. This accusation arise when Korean entertainment are in #metoo movement about bullying. Hyunjoo has followed up this case by reporting to the police. The public is still curious about what will happen next. Moreover, APRIL members still continue to deny that they bullied Hyunjoo, who was their former group mate. The company doesn't support the accusation of bullying too and blame Hyunjoo instead.

3. T-ARA

There are rumors that T-ARA members bullied their own group mate, Hwayoung, back in 2012. The public is also looking for things that are considered evidence that the rumors are true. Back then, T-ARA is a promising girl group that rival legendary girl group like SNSD or girls generation. But due to this bullying scandal, tt made T-ARA's reputation so damaged and forced them to stop their every activity. However, in the end, reports were found that Hwayoung was lying and create herself to be the victim, she might be just an outcast. Their former manager also confirmed the false accusation in the rumors. But it's already too late for T-ARA to get back their popularity.

4. ILUV

After leaving the agency and the group, Minah revealed that she had been the victim of bullying from her fellow ILUV member. Minah also almost committed suicide because of this problem. The agency had denied this claim. However, Minah still insisted that her confession was true and not exaggerating like the statement from her former agency. Because of this, she stated that she suffered from various mental health problems and felt that life should be in hell.

5. FIESTAR

One of Fiestar member, Cheska, briefly revealed her various experiences as an idol during a live broadcast on the Twitch platform. According to her, member Yezi and Jei made her feel uncomfortable by bullying her. They often quarreled, but she was the only one with the intention of apologizing and wanting to communicate further. The agency also didn't help to improve the situation. However, there has been no response from other members regarding this confession, so the truth is still uncertain. Since we need to know for both of the side. Cheska revelaed that there were many bad experiences for her, including sexual harassment to bullying from FIESTAR members. It's all end to just become an accusation.