Seungri, in the verdict, ‘photos of naked Chinese women’ and ‘crime history’

The view towards Big Bang's victory is negative. Seungri was released from prison on the 9th. The verdict was made public immediately after release from prison. The verdict clearly reveals criminal activities such as prostitution and illegal filming. Although the legal penalty has been paid, the controversy surrounding the victory still remains.

Recently, the verdict on Seungri's charges of prostitution and illegal filming were made public through a number of media outlets. Seungri arranged prostitution for overseas investors a total of 24 times from September 2015 to January 2016. It was revealed that he engaged in prostitution with two women on two occasions.

Seungri is known to have spent approximately 43 million won on sexual entertainment. What is shocking is the situation immediately after the Big Bang fan meeting held in China.

Seungri slept with Chinese women and illegally filmed them and sent them to a group chat room. At the time, Seungri's side claimed, "We received it from a Singaporean madam and did not film it ourselves." However, Seungri's 'criminal act' was accepted as fact by the court and he was found guilty.

Seungri is a key figure in the 'Burning Sun Gate' that broke out in 2019. He was indicted on a total of eight charges, including prostitution, solicitation of prostitution, the Sexual Violence Punishment Act, the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (Embezzlement), occupational embezzlement, the Food Sanitation Act, habitual gambling, and violation of the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act.

Seungri served 1 year and 6 months in prison and was recently released. However, the crime committed by Seungri still shocks many people.

The fact that Seungri was a member of Big Bang remains unchanged. His influence cannot be ignored either. Now that the crime has been revealed, it is having a negative impact not only on Seungri himself but also on the domestic entertainment industry.

Many Chinese people who saw the ruling went beyond victory and poured out criticism towards the ‘Korean entertainment industry.’

Some Chinese people continued to criticize the women, saying, "These are women who were abused by the kimchi soup man." He also criticized, "It would be a good idea for Korea to use this opportunity to carry out a large-scale operation to eliminate criminal groups. The decline of victory will soon become an opportunity for the Korean entertainment industry's past popularity in China to fall to the ground."

Even excluding criticism that crossed the line, there is no excuse for Seungri’s ‘criminal actions’. It is understandable that the Chinese people strongly oppose this.

The arrow fired from his victory went beyond himself and headed towards the ‘domestic entertainment world.’ This is an awkward situation for the domestic entertainment industry. At a time when the K-pop culture industry is growing, discord with the Chinese market is fatal. These days, the ‘negative atmosphere’ with China that has continued for the past few years is dissipating. Seungri’s evil deeds became a variable.

Even if he is released from prison at the end of his term, it is a victory that still causes trouble. He said he is having a peaceful time of self-reflection and reflection. Seungri took nude photos of himself as if he was bragging about sleeping with a woman. This is the bare face of a member of Big Bang, once considered the representative figure of Korean K-pop.

Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr