Thursday, July 28, 2016

Mass culture critic Kim Young-sam Twitter Update: JTBC’s shewed reporting



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JTBC Newsroom did biased reporting and irresponsible reporting, consciously and unconsciously. There wasn’t an apology or corrected report after Park Yuchun case was spitted out as an exclusive, and is a spot they had ignored even on an amendment of the Press Law which stuck a big blow to freedom of speech. Their lopsided report on the situation of ‘Megal[ia]’ is also not a surprise..
[*JYJ3 Note: If you want to know more about what ‘Megalia’ is, you can read about it HERE]
Source: @fmpenter
Translated by: rilanna of JYJ3

Fatal in blow to a celebrity…"False accusation is a serious crime" – Yuchun mentioned



[News report beginning about Lee Jin-wook’s scandal]
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Park Yuchun-ssi also was exonerated of sexual assault but his sensitive, untouched private life was exposed.
<Recording> Park Yuchun’s agency official : “Besides the calumny, we will be proceeding with a defamation and damage claim suit after the prosecution’s investigation is complete.”
Celebrities are approached to be sought out for a point like such because it is fatal in the case a scandal in regards to his sex life is exposed.
They are even being demanded of a large sum of settlement money while getting threatened with a secret filming of his sex life and it going public to the media.
The action of a false accusation like this is a grave crime that abuses the judicial system and drives a person into ruin.
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Source: KBS News
Translations by: rilanna of JYJ3

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Others Voice Their Opinions about Yuchun’s Incident


1) Kim Young Sam (@fmpenter) is a critic on public culture. He has continuously given encouraging tweets.
[TRANS] (Why) I can’t trust this episode of MBC PD Notebook? It only conveyed the story of one side / Directing in a heavily biased way by the perspective from one side / Requesting the opinion of C-JeS at the time when they can’t hear the opinion itself from C-JeS / Reporting unidentified information which may cause a confusion for the investigation…

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[TRANS] <Although CJeS made a basic response to them and they had 3~4 remaining days until the on-air, it was a serious violation against the media ethics to proceed to broadcast without editing> ‘PD Notebook’ made an official apology mentioning that “In the episode of Park Yuchun, it was not true that his agency made no response to us”

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[TRANS] I had to give a feigned laughter while I watched the attitude of report by PD Notebook on Park Yuchun, because, for the broadcasting station which never had done a in-depth coverage on and aired the clear overabuse of power by SM in the past, it was a ridiculous thing to deal with the controversy about Park Yuchun around the time when critical corruptions by the authority have been revealed..

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[TRANS] C-JeS should start to proceed a strong legal action against Channel A(Dongah), Kukmin Ilbo, and Chosen Ilbo as soon as the police investigation wraps up. While the investigation has been going on, they continue to report the confidential information from it and keep consistently circulating false reports..

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[TRANS] <Regarding the circumstances, Not Guilty was almost certain. Because the official announcement didn’t come out, let’s wait for the moment. Later, strong actions should be followed.. The investigation is slow in deed> Police, holding Not guilty stance on all the cases of Park Yuchun accused by sexual assault allegations

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[TRANS] <If the police can’t present evidences clearly, the prosecution office will turn down the suspicion.. I expect not guilty again for prostitution.. The evidence of the text message is too limited.. > Park Yuchun side “The allegation of prostitution is not true at all.. We’ll make it clear through the investigation by the prosecution office”

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[TRANS] <The response from the media is funny. They unconditionally claimed sexual assault and now it’s the allegation of prostitution, then shows the response that it’s the same anyway. But, are they the same?..> Park Yuchun Not guilty for sexual assults… transferred to the prosecution office with the opinion of being indicted for the allegation of prostitution

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[TRANS] <Is this a matter that can be passed with only apology and recommendation??..> KCSC, recommended measures to ‘PD Notebook’ which had broadcasted the controversies over Park Yuchun

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2) Oisoo Lee, a very famous Korean Novelist, has also spoken on the matter.
[TRANS] The media is not likely to make any apology and to regret its mistakes at all about Park Yuchun’s case. After all, it was just a happening to turn the whole nation upside down with all the fuss for burying a young man alive based on the allegations without any clear facts.
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3) Another Korean blogger who has posted balanced writings related to this case is Lee Jung Hee.

One of Lee Jung Hee’s articles, titled “NOT Guilty, how can we make it up to Park Yuchun now? At least, let’s please stop throwing stones at him”, contains mostly the same argument as the Law Journal article that 6002SKY has posted the translation HERE or from 6002xfiles HERE

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And, Kim Young Sam (@fmpenter mentioned above) also wrote an earlier article, titled “The abnormal society that treats Park Yuchun as a criminal in advance. The only answer is strong action (against it)” saying that people should wait until the investigation would be over and the media should stop any false reports to drive the public toward witch-hunting.


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4) Japanese Twitter account @kor_celebrities is also one of the few who have showed support for Yuchun since day 1.
[TRANS] Yuchun from JYJ has been beaten by the Korean media even after the report filed by Lee was withdrawn. This time, the problem was drinking and visiting the establishment during the period of his military service? It wasn’t a violation of any rules as a public service worker, and beyond that, it was a realm of individual privacy. The level of reports of T and M corporations were low. I want them to stop now.

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[TRANS] The news says that the foundation of applying「Special Law on Prostitution」and the like to Yuchun from JYJ by the police was the content of the phone of「The 1st woman」. She is the one who demanded a large amount of money by blackmailing and had repeated filing and cancelling the report to the police. If this information is true, is the content of the phone owned by such women credible? I expect the strict judgement from the prosecution office.

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[UPDATES!!!]


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[TRANS] JTBC Newsroom has been doing biased reports with or without knowingly. There has been no apology or correction of the report after it blurted out Park Yuchun’s case as exclusive and it is also the site that has pretended not to know about the amendment of the Press Act giving a hard blow to the freedom of the press. It isn’t a surprising matter that it has given a biased report on the situation related to Megalian..
☆ T/N: Megalian is an internet based feminist organization in Korea which has recently stirred up the media related to many issues.

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[TRANS] <Besides the accuser who was filed for false accusation, all the other related accusers must be thoroughly investigated and punished when their crime of false accusation will be revealed.. Because it doesn’t seem to be individual, but organized.. > 1st accuser in Park Yuchun’s case • her cousin were imprisoned for false accusation • attempted extortion

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[TRANS] <‘Not guilty, we don’t need such facts. You should just suffer’..The typical type of reporter who has this way of thinking. We must get rid of such trash reporter from the press.. > The crime of false accusation acknowledged? … there is a difference between Park Yuchun and Lee Jin Wook
T/N: This is Mr. Kim’s comment on the Dailian reporter

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There is also this old tweet from film producer Won Dong Yeon, which does not say much directly about the incident, but it came to our attention that the wrong translation got circulated, so we think we should share the correct one.

작금의 박유천사건과 영화제수상이 무슨 상관관계가 있다고......나 2014년 청룡영화제 신인상 박유천이 받을때 심사위원했다. 아주 공정하게 진행했다고 자부한다
[TRANS] (I can’t find) what kind of correlation there is between the current Park Yuchun’s case and his being awarded at the film festival……I was one of the judges when Park Yuchun was awarded the Best New Actor Award at 2014 Blue Dragon Film Festival. I am confident myself that we proceeded very fairly

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UPDATE 161007

(Those tweets below were posted by @fmpenter when the news about the bail request came out. For those who did not know, the bail request by A was rejected, there was no news on that.)


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[TRANS] <Is it normal to ask a hearing to grant bail to people with malicious crimes? Completely abnormal society..> Park Yuchun’s accuser, the 1st trial postponed to Oct. 13th… hearing for bail comes first


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[TRANS] <If there exists even a small concern that the bail hearing may affect the establishment of the crime, it is not a right action to use such means..> Park Yuchun’s accuser, the 1st trial postponed to Oct. 13th… hearing for bail comes first



Info & Trans by: uttunfan via 6002SKY


Mass culture critic Kim Young-sam Twitter Update – Korea Communications Standards Commission


(T/N: What the critic said is in the chevrons[/angle brackets]; the rest on the outside is the title of the article and its link)


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<Is this a matter that’ll pass only with an apology and recommendations??..> The KCSC, measures in regards to ‘PD Journal’ airing Park Yuchun controversy naver.me/x8RhDTyQ
Source: @fmpenter
Translated by: rilanna of JYJ3

The KCSC, measures in regards to ‘PD Journal’ airing Park Yuchun controversy



Korea Communications Standards Commission (shortened hereby to the KCSC) has taken advised action in regards to having recommended for administrative guidance and legal sanctions; in connections to the subject of Park Yuchun’s sexual assault controversy that was aired on MBC ‘PD Journal’.
The KCSC introduced MBC ‘PD Journal’ on its item after holding the 25th Broadcast Deliberation Subcommittee special meeting in the main conference room of its broadcast hall in Mok-dong, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul in the afternoon of July 20th.
On this day the KCSC pointed out: “They launched a broadcast that lost its poise after overlooking the early stage where there were no concrete facts established when they aired Park Yuchun case,” and, “The program’s method of progress also led its broadcast, thinking the man to be guilty. This was a treatment that was against the balance”.
Following, they added, “The[/Park Yuchun’s] agency disclosed their reason through an email to ‘PD Journal’ side about an interview would be impossible, but it is as though they ignored the contact and thus it is a problem that they put out their broadcast,” in regards to ‘PD Journal’ side had not been contact by the agency.
The KCSC explained the reason for their recommended suggestions: “It was a subject worth airing but there is a problem with the production crew when they filled it with specific contents [from an ongoing investigation] therein”.
Source: OSEN via Naver
Translated by: rilanna of JYJ3

Monday, July 18, 2016

[PROJECT] Park Yoochun Fan Support Project by Filipino Fans


"Yesterday, July 17 Us, JYJ Lovers in the Philippines together with the very faithful family members of our JYJ community had the Park Yoochun Photo support project at Rizal Park, Luneta.

JYJ Lovers in the Philippines will ALWAYS stand by you Park Yoochun. We will be with you all throughout this struggle. We will continue to pray that all these issues thrown at you will be settled soon. And no matter what happens, we will stand by you and love you like we always do. We pray that you and your family are holding on to your faith that everything will be alright in the end. We are here, your family in the Philippines. We love you and will keep on supporting you. You gave us inspiration now we want to be your inspiration, your strength and your shield.

We want to give our big thank you to all the fans who joined us yesterday despite the hot weather. We proved that we really are his FAMILY in the Philippines." - JYJ Lovers in the Philippines -





















[TRANS] Lawyer Shin Jong Bum’s Court Story (57) – Park Yuchun and Kang Jung Ho



Shin Jong Bum
Lawyer from Law Office Nurim
Former Military Prosecutor affiliated with Ministry of National Defense

I did not know well who Park Yuchun was. One day, after I’ve seen his name being placed as No. 1 on the real time search words, I searched for him and found out a report of sexual assault allegation was filed against him and came to know he was a quite famous Hallyu star. Then, I realised I may have seen him on TV. When I said I didn’t know Park Yuchun well, people called me ‘Ajae’ (different form of ahjussi). Anyhow, a report of allegation was filed against him that he sexually assaulted an alleged victim in a toilet inside the place while he was drinking at a amusement-drinking establishment. The plaintiff was an employee at that establishment. The reports related to this case almost covered all the media and Internet. The plaintiff filed the report a week after from the date of being assaulted and withdrew the report a few days later. But, the crime of rape wasn’t an offense subject to complaint anymore, the police continued to investigate. 

Meanwhile, all sorts of reports were uploaded via newspaper and internet sites and so-called specialists appeared in general service channels and disgorged various kinds of assumptions. 

Such channels kindly let us know in details about the contents that likely to stir up peoples’ curiosity and instincts including the relationship between the plaintiff and Park Yuchun, who were with him while drinking, what kind of establishment that place was, why the toilet was the place of sexual assault and how much was given in exchange for withdrawing the report. Moreover, the case which seemed to be wrapped up with the withdrawal of the report rather significantly magnified. As soon as the report had been withdrawn, three more women consecutively filed reports claiming to be sexually assaulted by Park. The case amplified the interests from public more and heated up the Internet and media. The focuses of cameras kept a close watch on Park’s agency and the district office where he was working as a public service worker and took every move of his. He barely managed to commute to his work place without being surrounded by robust security guards. His look caught among the security guards was too haggard to be suitable for the name of a Hallyu star. 

Regardless of the investigation result, he seemed to be already given a severe sentence by the public. 

Then, one month later, the news came out reporting that the police would proceed all four of sexual assault reports against him with being not guilty. However, the reports on Park’s being found not guilty was briefly dealt with while giving its place to the reports on other important issues such as the case of a certain high-rank government officer who compared ordinary Korean people to dogs and pigs or the THAAD deployment to Korea. 

Now, the people and media seem to have no interest in him being not guilty.

I am well aware of Kang Jung Ho. Partly because I like baseball since I was a child so that I’ve known about many professional baseball players. And, in this case, it is more likely because Nexon to which Kang Jung Ho used to belong is one of my favorite teams. After he entered Major League Baseball which is full of prominent players last year, he has shown confident attitude without being daunted at all and recorded many hits and home runs. Even though he joined his team a little late this year due to the operation of the injury he had gotten during the game at the end of last year and consequent rehabilitation, he has continued to show good records and surpassed all the worries from the people around him. Yet, I heard the news that a report based on the allegation of sexually assaulting a women was filed against him. Maybe because I hadn’t known Park Yuchun so well,  I thought Kang Jung Ho’s case was a bigger news than Park Yuchun’s. I thought subsequent reports related to this case would continue and there would be a fuss one more time on the internet and media. 

However, after the news that reporting Kang Jung Ho was being in the investigation for the allegation of sexually assaulting a woman, there was no further news beyond it. 

It was hard to find subsequent reports or some other reports that would attract our curiosity. The day after the case was reported, Kang Jung Ho played as the cleanup hitter in the starting lineup and even made a reverse hit. During the interviews with the media as a contributing player, there was no mention about the sexual assault case. 

His team and all the personnel as well as Kang Jung Ho haven’t responded any interviews related to the sexual assault case and the media has not made any kind of reports that are based on speculations. 

There has been no source from the local media so Korean media isn’t likely to have any story to write either. Anyway, up to the point when the investigation result comes out, Kang Jung Ho seems to play the game as usual and demonstrates his caliber.

The reports based on the allegations of sexual assault were filed against both Park Yuchun and Kang Jung Ho. 

While Park Yuchun was already marked as a criminal even before the investigation result came out so that it became almost impossible for him not only to work in the entertainment field, but also to live a daily life due to the media attention and the cold stare from public, Kang Jung Ho has appeared in the game and has swung his bat as though nothing happened and the fans of the team which he belongs to approve his entry to the lineup. 

Why have existed such differences? We can find the reason from the differences between the perspectives among people in the two countries toward how to view entertainers and sports players or the differences of the media environment between two countries. 

Above all, we can get a sense of the reason from the differences of the attitudes toward how to treat the alleged suspects of criminal cases. 

After the report was filed against Kang Jung Ho, his team has given him no disadvantage according to ‘the presumption of innocence’ with making it clear that the case is still at the stage of evidence collecting and his team hasn’t responded to any interviews related to the case. Again, the US police that is currently investigating this case says it won’t give any official statements until the indictment decision will be made. 

‘The presumption of innocence’ which is also specified by our Constitution is a grand principle for the criminal action. Moreover, according to our criminal law, the investigation organization will be punished if it violates the principle of publication of facts of suspected crime before a demand of a trial. It is questionable indeed such principle has been kept in Park Yuchun’s case. 

We have witnessed the instances that reporting unidentified facts of suspected crime before indictment has caused irreparable damages to somebody in spite of later receiving the final verdict of not guilty by the court. 

The abuse of human rights by the instinctive curiosity from the public with the disguised name of right to know should be prevented. 

Indeed, I am wondering whether Kang Jung Ho could be continuously appearing in the game if he were in Korea.

Source: Law Journal
Trans by: Uttunfan via 6002SKY

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Shin Jong Bum
Law firm ‘Nurim’ lawyer
Former military prosecutor, Ministry of National Defense’s general ligation
sjb629@hanmail.net

I did not know fully who Park Yuchun is. I was able to identify the contents and rather a famous Hallyu star where he was accused under the suspicions of sexual assault; when I looked at the search engine with the No.1 search word rising up in real-time on the Internet one day. Come to think of it, I think I saw it on TV too. Because I did not know Park Yuchun well, I am called ‘ajae’ [T/N: an old guy who has old-fashioned style] by those who see me. Anyways, Park Yuchun is being accused of charges that he sexually assaulted a female victim at an entertainment bar; in the toilet at said bar where he was having a drink at. The complainant is a working girl at that bar. Related reports about the case were plastered on the Internet and in the presses. The complainant makes her allegations after one week from the day she suffered the sexual assault, and retracted her allegations after a few days. But, as it is not a rape crime nor a crime subject to the complainant’s allegations anymore, the police are continuously conducting their investigation. Meanwhile all kinds of articles come up via the newspapers and Internet, and people who are so-called experts on comprehensive programmings spill out and create all sorts of speculations they can come up with. They kindly divulge in details contents that are worthy in prompting people’s curiosities and instincts about what kind of relationship the complainant and Park Yuchun have, who was together with him at the drinking party, what kind of business establishment that bar is, why the scene of the sexual assault was the toilet, how much did he give her in return for dropping the charges, and etc. Nonetheless, the case that seemed to have concluded with the withdrawal of the charges, rather developed into magnifying full-blown out. As soon as the charges were dropped, 3 other women filed their complaints back to back about having suffered sexual assaults from Mr. Park. The case amplified the public’s interests more, and got heated on the Internet and in the presses. Cameras trained their lens on Mr. Park’s agency and on the District Office where Mr. Park is working as a public service worker, and posted about Mr. Park’s every move. Mr. Park can barely come and go to his workplace surrounded by sturdily-built security guards. Caught between security guards, Mr. Park’s image is too haggard and the modifier of Hallyu star is put to shame. Any way the investigation results are, Mr. Park seemed to be condemned with a severe sentence already from the public. And after 1 month, there are reports that the police have cleared Mr. Park of all the 4 counts of sexual assaults in the case with allegations against him. However, reports about the acquittal of Mr. Park have been brief, giving way to different deep events; like the case of a senior executive official who compared citizens to dogs or pigs and the THAAD deployment. Now the presses and people seem to have no interest toward the dismissal of the charges against Mr. Park.
Kang Jung-ho is someone I am familiar with. Although I have liked baseball from childhood and do know a lot of professional baseball players, it is especially because Nexen Heroes –which Kang Jung-ho was affiliated with– is one of the professional baseball teams I like. Upon entering Major League Baseball in the United States last year, he has shot off hits and home runs with a completely unintimidated, assertive image on the American stage lining with the biggest players. Although he joined a team slightly late after having an operation on an injury and going through rehabilitation in the middle of games at the end of last year to even this year, he dispelled concerns surrounding him and continued his good performance. But, then I received news he was charged with sexually assaulting a woman. I do not know if it is because I did not know Park Yuchun well, but I thought Kang Jung-ho’s case was bigger news than Park Yuchun’s case. I thought a relevant follow-up report would ensue, and a fuss would grow once again from the Internet and the presses. But, on there being an investigation into Kang Jung-ho getting charged with sexually assaulting a female; the story was just up to there. I could not find a report, a tolerable one, that was a follow-up report nor attracted curiosity any more. The next day after there was the report about the case, Kang Jung-ho appeared starting as the 4th hitter, and smacked as far as a reverse hit. In the presses and an interview as a valuable player, the story of his sexual assault case did not turn up. Besides Kang Jung-ho, both the club and officials have not responded to interviews in connection with the sexual assault, and the presses also have not made any speculative reports. They have not accepted references from the local presses. It seems there are no written details even from the domestic presses. Anyway, until the investigation results come out, it looks like Kang Jung-ho can take part in games and show his skills as usual.
Park Yuchun and Kang Jung-ho both have been charged with the suspicion of sexual assault. Park Yuchun already is branded as a criminal before the investigation results have come out, and it has become almost impossible for him to have entertainment activities and, of course, even an ordinary life everyday due to the presses’ interests and the public’s cold stares; but Kang Jung-ho is swinging his bat taking part in games as if nothing had happened at all, and fans of the team he belongs to are in favor of him getting to take part in games. Why did these differences happen? Although I can find those reasons in the differences between Koreans and Americans who watches celebrities and professional athletes, or the differences of the presses and the circumstances between the two countries; I can get a sense of those reasons also from the disparity in attitudes toward suspects accused as criminals. Even after Kang Jung-ho was accused, the team which he belongs to are withholding from giving Kang Jung-ho any disadvantage, merely saying they are still in the evidence collection stage in accordance with the ‘principle of the presumption of innocence’; and have not responded even to a press interview in regards to the incident. It is said they will not make an official announcement before the American police –who are in the middle of investigating the case– have decided whether to prosecute. The ‘principle of the presumption of innocence’ is a broad principle in a criminal suit that is stipulated even in our Constitution. Also, our criminal law has stipulated the investigative authorities be criminally penalized if they release facts of the suspected crime before a demand for a trial. It is a query undoubtedly to when observing how this principle is obeyed in Park Yuchun’s case. There were times we have seen irreparable and damaging instances where unconfirmed facts of the suspected crime already before prosecution received coverage, despite the person being found not guilty in a court of law once and for all. There should not be an incident that infringes on the human rights of an individual, packaged under the name of the public’s right to know instinctive curiosity. Indeed, I wonder whether or not baseball player Kang Jung-ho could have taken part in games continuously if he was in Korea.
Source: LEC.co.kr
Translations by: rilanna of JYJ3