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On April 20, according to Korean media, A (45), a representative of a well-known performing arts company, was suspected of sexually assaulting female employees. On December 5 last year, Mr. A sexually assaulted his former employee B when he was drunk at an entertainment club in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul. At first, A was under investigation and said that nothing happened, but later he said that this happened.
Currently, Mr. A has resigned as a representative, and the Women and Children Crime Investigation Department of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office is also investigating the matter.
Lee Eun-joo
The scandal in the Korean entertainment industry is not news anymore, and there will be several heavy news almost every time. From 2009, South Korean film and television actress Zhang Ziyan hanged herself at home, to last year when the female singer Cui Xueli was found dead at home, too many actresses were sexually assaulted and chose to end their lives in extreme ways.
As we all know, Korea’s cultural and entertainment industry is developing rapidly, thanks to the active promotion of the Korean government. When President Kim Dae-jung took office in 1998, he clearly put forward the national salvation policy of “building the country through culture”, and made the cultural and entertainment industry a strategic pillar industry for Korea’s development of the national economy in the 21st century and vigorously developed it. This is why since the beginning of the 21st century, we have been able to frequently see the word "Korean Wave", and South Korea is constantly competing for China's cultural heritage.
South Korea has a remarkable place in movies, TV series, songs, and variety shows. It has also been popular in Asia and the world. Such as movies "Melting Pot", "Suyuan", "New World", TV series "Winter Sonata", "You from the Stars", "Dae Jang Geum", songs "Spark", "Destiny", variety show "Dad, We Where are we going", "running man", "I am a singer" and so on are all works that we are familiar with. These works also laid the foundation for South Korea to open its doors to the entertainment industry.
Korean trainees
However, it is also South Korea's excessive emphasis on the entertainment industry that caused the social weather vane to tilt. South Korea has explored a mature industrialization system and profit chain in the entertainment idol industry, and the "Star Factory" was born. Countless young generations of South Korea dream of becoming famous overnight, and have devoted themselves to the "star-making factory", sweating to realize their so-called dreams.
According to statistics, there are more than 200 comprehensive universities in Seoul, South Korea with acting majors. In addition, there are also various agencies recruiting trainees. For these young people who are pursuing fame, the future is not only ignorant, but also extremely difficult.
Before they became famous, they had to accept an exceptionally hard training life and at the same time face extremely cruel competition. But after becoming famous, their lives are just superficially beautiful, and they are still sad. Because before the agency and production, the so-called artists in our eyes have no status and dignity at all.
Cui Xueli
Korea’s industrial resources are basically monopolized in the hands of some large brokerage companies, so they have a relative right to speak. If the artists under its banner want to have sufficient resources, they must follow the company's specific requirements. In addition, Korean agencies generally sign contracts with artists for 5 years, 10 years, or even lifetime. If the contract is terminated during this period, he will suffer a huge amount of liquidated damages. For ordinary artists, the huge amount of liquidated damages has to make them give up the idea of canceling the contract and continue to work in the agency as a profit tool for them.
is precisely because of these, many artists have chosen to swallow their anger when facing unfair treatment and dirty methods. Because once you offend some people, not only will their careers fall to the bottom, but even their lives will be threatened. Li Enzhu, Zhang Ziyan, Cui Xueli, Han Caiyuan, Quan Shanmei, etc., all the living beings died in this environment.
Zhang Ziyan
Zhang Ziyan committed suicide in 2009. After 10 years, South Korean President Moon Jae-in personally ordered a thorough investigation of the Zhang Ziyan incident. But in the end, South Korean prosecutors decided after deliberation that the investigation of Zhang Ziyan’s sexual assault could not be restarted. It is merely persuading that various measures should be strengthened in the future to avoid similar incidents.
South Korea’s entertainment industry has indeed made a huge contribution to its social and economic development, and it has also sent batches of artists in film, music and other fields. A thriving industry on the surface, but hidden behind itHuge interest chain and ugly unspoken rules. In the face of many artists’ complaints and even deaths, the Korean entertainment industry and the entire Korean society should reflect deeply to minimize similar tragedies.
