What is “Hell Joseon?” Why are women in South Korea being secretly filmed in public spaces? What does #MeToo look like outside of the U.S. in one of the most industrialized nations in the world? Why is a KPOP star accused of facilitating sex-work in popular Seoul nightclub? And how does this all connect together? This deep-dive Joan and Matt investigate the recent cases of spy-cam infiltration in multiple South Korean cities, which leads to the discovery of years-long social protest inspired by the #MeToo movement and the boiling effect of “Hell Joseon” among Korean youth. Our story ends with the recent scandal effecting the KPOP community with popular singer Seungri from BIGBANG charged in multiple prostitution cases facilitated in his co-owned nightclub, where leaked text messages showed the singer and other popular artist involved in a secret trade of illicit images and videos, of un-consenting adults having sex in the same nightclub. 

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 Article Links

• Hundreds of Motel Guest Were Secretly Filmed and Live-Streamed Online (CNN)
• Owner of South Korean Revenge Porn Site Jailed for 4 Years (CNN)
• South Korea’s Spy-Cam Epidemic (BBC)
• KIM JI YEONG BORN 1982: (LA REVIEW OF BOOKS)
• A New Generation Fights Sexual Abuse in South Korea Schools (LA Times)
• Pres. Moon Urges Stern Punishment Against Sexual Crimes (The Korea Herald)
• K-Pop Star Seungri’s Charged in Prostitution Case (Time)
• Seungr’s Text Message Evidence (Soompi)
• K-Pop’s Sexual Assault Scandal Is the Tip of the Iceberg (Foreign Policy)
• “Hell Joseon” (Young South Koreans call their country ‘hell’ and look for ways out) (Washington Post)