(G)I-dle Soojin's fans terrorize comment section of bullying victim with threats

Article: Soojin fans terrorize bullying victim with hate comments "We won't let you go, you'll get what's coming"

Source: Chosun via Nver

1. [+10,902, -29] As expected of fans of such a celebrity ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

2. [+2,798, -20] We need to eradicate school bullying. We may not know how it feels but for the victims, I can only imagine how disgusting they must feel to have to see their bullies on TV acting all kind and nice.

3. [+1,488, -27] To all of you who are threatening the victim right now, I hope you realize that you are no different from a bully yourself and that I hope you are found and sued

4. [+1,147, -16] Truly expected of fans of such a singer

5. [+541, -7] Soojin-ah, are you reading this? You are being selfish and cruel until the very end. I'm embarrassed that I was ever a classmate of yours. All because of you, our junior high school's name has been tainted. Whenever I tell people where I graduated from, everyone only talks about you. You thought that you could get away with this because everyone was keeping it hush hush, right? Everyone remembers that you were a bully except for your friends. How pathetic and dirty of you. If only you had admitted to the rumors when they first came out and apologized, then maybe you wouldn't have had to leave your group and could've gotten away with a hiatus before coming back. You threw away your own chance. You have no shame at all, so don't feel sorry for yourself. You are reaping what you sowed, and you chose this.

6. [+304, -1] ㅎㅎㅎ Their fans are truly showing why they are fans of such a singer.......

7. [+247, -2] Wow, the world's gotten a lot nicer if some ugly kid like her has fans too

8. [+228, -1] Gangster b*tch and her iljin fans

9. [+194, -3] Birds of a feather just flocking together... school bullies need to be exiled from our society forever

10. [+85, -0] You fans! Wake up! Imagine if your brother or sister became victim to bullying? Is that when you'll understand? We never should allow bullies or s*x criminals to live peacefully on our land!

11. [+83, -1] She looks so cheap. Despite her young age, you can see her nasty character all over her face.

12. [+83, -1] Such poor character from her fans. What do they think they can do? Do they think they're important or something? Show your faces instead of hiding behind internet anonymity.

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Soojin eventually leaves (G)I-dle over bullying scandal

Article: 'Bullying controversy' Soojin ends up leaving (G)I-dle

Source: Everyday Economy via Naver

1. [+1,359, -16] Justice prevails

2. [+654, -7] This is the right way to go. It would've been wrong for her to get in the way of the other members.

3. [+456, -7] They're only making her leave now?

4. [+424, -88] When are we going to start kicking out Chinese members from groups? They're going to backstab us for the CCP anyway so why not just cut ties quickly?

5. [+287, -21] Sad to have ever met you, let's never see you again

6. [+142, -11] Stray Kids Hwang Hyunjin, Red Velvet Irene, ITZY Lia, kick them all out, don't let them coast by

7. [+106, -2] If this is how she was going to end up, what made her ballsy enough to demand Seo Shin Ae to speak up? ㅋㅋㅋ

8. [+75, -7] Poor Seo Shin Ae had to suffer because of her

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Source: Naver

1. [+1,253, -9] If she was going to leave anyway, it would've been cleaner for her to have left sooner

2. [+1,060, -39] What is with her face? They really be letting anyone debut as celebrities these days

3. [+516, -2] Entertainment agencies need to start adding clauses demanding huge penalties should a school bullying controversy occur after debut. We need to make sure that our youth grow up with positive influences. 

4. [+218, -5] Justice prevails. We need to make sure no one suffers at the hands of school bullying.

5. [+210, -2] All because she kept holding on, she tanked her team's image with herself.. should've kicked her out sooner

6. [+87, -0] To all of you teen iljins watching this, take a good look

7. [+84, -2] It was a wonder how a face like hers ever became an idol in the first place

8. [+83, -1] Her agency needs to apologize too. All they did was believe her and threatened legal lawsuits against the victims. They need to apologize for only listening to one side of the story.

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Source: Idol Issue via Instagram

1. [+285] Not even surprised... but does this mean they're admitting to the bullying rumors then?

2. [+166] This is the right answer... at least in consideration for the victim

3. [+66] Only now?

4. [+56] I'm so upset... she was my favorite member... so we'll never see Soosoo again..? ㅠㅠㅠ

5. [+36] Sigh

6. [+34] I loved you, Seo Soojin....

7. [+5] Not only for the victim but for (G)I-dle as well, she needed to leave... People were going to like or hate the group regardless of whether she stayed or not but just having her in the group itself harmed the group's image more...

8. [+8] I've lost reason to care about them anymore

9. [+83] There hasn't been much going for the group other than Soyeon's solo so now they can make a clean break and start doing well again. I don't know if the members are upset over this or what but it's better for the group overall.

10. [+15] I knew this would happen and I'm going to miss Soojin but just knowing that everything's confirmed now and I'll really never see her again feels weird...

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(G)I-Dle's Soyeon opens up about her experience on 'Produce 101' not aligning with her values

Article: (G)I-dle's Soyeon says she wanted to do music but felt reality hit when she had to wear pink and dance on 'Produce 101'

Source: Insight via Instagram

1. [+131] But thanks to the show, you got your dancing and rapping recognized, no? If you didn't want to do all of that, then you shouldn't have gone on the show. It's not like the rest of the kids on the show didn't care about music?

2. [+80] But you requested to be on the show fully knowing what it was about

3. [+65] Didn't you apply knowing what it was about...? And it's because of your time on the show that people recognized your talents and you got to debut. How ungrateful to come back and say this now...

4. [+35] Didn't you go on the show for your own PR? You should've known what you had to do.

5. [+28] She must've thought everyone would be like "uwu uwu it must've been so hard for you~ what a cool thing to say, she's so cool" for saying something like this ㅋㅋ

6. [+27] Why is she saying this and making everyone on 'Produce 101' to be fools ㅋㅋㅋ I don't know why she thinks the kind of music she does is more justified than anyone else's but she knew what she was getting into when she applied to be on the show and it's not fair that she's talking this way about it after the fact.

7. [+20] All singers have a type of music they want to pursue and I hope she goes down the path of pursuing hers!

8. [+17] Hmm.. but that's what put you on the map... I found out about you through 'Produce 101' too

9. [+20] So ridiculous that she's saying this only now.. and rude to the people who never even got an opportunity to be on the show.

10. [+20] But it was her choice...? No one forced her to do it 😵‍💫

11. [+29] People are being too harsh about this. You guys all whine about having to please others to make your money and how hard the employment process is. I'm sure she felt the same type of disappointment when she went on what's supposed to be an audition show but instead of composing music, she was forced to do the same dance as dozens of other girls.

12. [+13] Soyeon, do the music you want to do and continue to grow because you have the skills and confidence to back it up 👏👏👏

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