Seungri of Big Bang attends a news conference after Chinese internet giant Tencent and Sony Music Entertainment signing distribution partnership on Jan. As a businessman, he took on leadership roles in various enterprises ranging from sublabel YGX to a ramen shop to a club called Burning Sun. The club sets the scene for one of the most complex scandals to hit Korea, one that goes beyond the K-pop world. A bulk of the evidence stems from leaked chatrooms from Korean app KakaoTalk. Kim, a relative of a girl group member, a former YG Entertainment employee and a friend of Jung. These developments have become national news on such a large scale that even South Korean President Moon Jae-in commented on them, stating that "If the truth is not revealed, we cannot say it's a just society. The story is still developing, but Billboard pieced together all of the major developments related to Burning Sun.

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The Burning Sun scandal , also known as Burning Sun gate , [1] [2] is a entertainment and sex scandal in Seoul, South Korea, which involved several celebrities, including Korean idols of popular K-pop groups, and police officials. It was the largest scandal to hit the K-pop industry. The allegations of sex crimes involved added to the country's "epidemic" of what is called molka , a Korean word for the online distribution of unconsented sex videos taken of women, and the scandal became fodder for political parties, who argued over how to handle it. It began on January 28, , when MBC Newsdesk reported a November alleged assault of a male clubgoer at the Burning Sun, a prominent nightclub in Gangnam , by a staff member.
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I when performing in Japan , [2] is a former South Korean singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, businessman, investor, DJ and creative director. In the mids, Seungri rose to prominence as one of three vocalists and youngest member of the South Korean boy band Big Bang under YG Entertainment , which eventually became one of the best-selling digital groups of all-time in Asia and one of the best-selling boy bands in the world. Seungri furthered this image with the release of his first extended play , V. P in The latter peaked at number seven on the Gaon Digital Chart and the album sold over 50, copies. In , he released his first Korean studio album, the chart-topper The Great Seungri and embarked on his first world tour as a solo artist.
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