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K-Pop Singers Serving in Military Embroiled in Massage Parlor Scandal
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| Sang-chu (left) and Se7en. |
Two well-known K-pop singers are under fire after video shot by a Korean broadcaster showed them entering a massage parlor known for prostitution.
A camera team from the SBS network followed a group of “entertainment soldiers,” or Korean malecelebrities who are serving their compulsory South Korean military service doing promotional activities, and found they weren’t living the life of a typical soldier.
After attending an event commemorating the start of the Korean War on June 21 in Chuncheon, Ganwon Province, six entertainment soldiers — including superstar singer Rain, K-pop singer Seven and Sang-chu of hip-hop duo Mighty Mouth — checked into a motel and went out for a night of drinking, which was recorded on video.
At about 2:30 a.m., Seven and Sang-chu, identified by the JoongAng Daily, went to a massage parlor which SBS said was actually a brothel. They emerged about a half hour later and the camera crew confronted the pair, who pushed the reporter away and tried to break the camera.
A staff member of the massage parlor told SBS that the actors paid 170,000 won (~$147) for treatment but didn’t have enough time and received a refund.
The soldiers may have violated several military rules which state that the entertainment soldiers are to return to their base immediately following an event, not use cellphones and not dress in civilian clothes. In addition, they may have violated military laws regarding their off-base behavior.
Despite photographic evidence, the soldiers denied drinking and said they went to the massage parlor for knee pain treatment, an assertion that was backed by Korea’s Defense Media Agency, the public relations arm of Korea’s military.
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[26-June-2013][SBS] A case of a cordial drinking party of PR soldiers.
-If you visit the address below, there will be a video clip-
SBS reporters kept up their close coverage of a case of a cordial drinking party of PR soldiers.
The actual management status for PR soldiers' military service was shown by SBS TV's 'The World Reporters View, The Site 21' on the 25th.
They focused on an incident after military broadcasting 'Consolatory Train' concert featuring PR soldiers such as singer Rain, KCM, Kim Kyung-Hyun, Kyunwoo, Seven, Sangchu, etc. in Chucheon city last 21st.
After the concert, some PR soldiers arrived at a motel in downtown Chucheon on an ordinary bus, not at a military unit. They came out of the motel at around 11:00pm and each of them went into a restaurant to have dinner accompanied by beer and soju, calling somebody on his cellphone. They were to have a wrap-up party after their performance, and the main dish for a late night dinner was spicy, stir-fried chicken ribs. They were seen enjoying the party, drinking.
In particular, they booked into an downtown motel after the concert, each of them had his cellphone, they drank, and they went absent without leave after 10:00 pm. - The fact is that they acted in contravention of military regulations.
Meanwhile, PR soldiers' status had been very controversial since a romantic relationship between singer Rain and actress 'Kim Tae-Hee' became an issue last January.
When an endless debate surrounds the issue of whether to continue or stop PR soldier system at that time, even a new special management policy started to the effect that Defense Ministry reinforce regulations restricting PR soldiers' behavior.
However, the military authority once again has come under harsh criticism for the case believed attributable to slack military discipline.
Credit to SBS Entertainment Sports News : http://news.naver.com
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English translation by 화니.
