Sechs Kies Kang Sunghoon under fire for embezzling fans' money & more

Article: "Will release a statement" Kang Sunghoon, embezzlement suspicions, international lawsuit, demands of leaving the group... Controversy on going

Source: Herald Pop via Naver

(In March, Kang Sunghoon started a charity for Sechs Kies' 20th anniversary and the fans donated a total of 100 million won approximately. However, fans found that he didn't post the receipt of the charity. Instead, he posted an unclear estimate sheet. Recently, his fanmeet in Taiwan was cancelled for no reason, which caused a loss of 100 million won to the Taiwanese companies.)

1. [+1825, -33] Once again, you learn that a person can never change.

2. [+764, -22] His celebrity career was basically over when he committed the car fraud before, he was really lucky to get away with it... YG already sucked everything out of Sechs Kies, they should terminate the contract.

3. [+673, -26] Kang Sunghoon was on the news before because he borrowed money to buy an expensive car and then didn't pay back. He also committed a fraud. Of course, a person never changes. This is the reason why we shouldn't forgive people like Shin Jung Hwan, Go Young Wook, and Tak Jae Hoon. Go away, Kang Sunghoon.

4. [+516, -28] Don't ruin Sechs Kies... It took a lot of work to reunite, even the fans are upset. Solve it properly. After all the individual promotions, he ended up causing a scandal.

5. [+257, -20] There are people who spend money for someone like him ㅋㅋㅋㅋ So many interesting people in the world ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

6. [+176, -0] Current fans of Sechs Kies are at the age to be working jobs and submitting all sorts of expense reports and balance statements. I can't believe he had the nerve to submit a fake estimate sheet to the fans...

Article: "Fanclub ran by his girlfriend"... Sechs Kies Kang Sunghoon fans are finally raging

Source: TV Report via Nate

1. [+1722, -39] He never stops with his controversies.

2. [+1637, -35] I remember Click B Oh Jonghyuk saying at his concert, "The person I'm in love with is here" and then the spotlight shining on Lee Dahee, which brought them so much hate ㅋㅋㅋ

3. [+1307, -31] Sechs Kies fans can never rest when their concert is coming up. Raging at Ko Jiyong, raging at Kang Sunghoon.

4. [+131, -2] There's a reason why we could see Kim Jaeduk, Jang Soowon, and Eun Jiwon without a hiatus. It's those rarely-seen members Ko Jiyong, Kang Sunghoon, and Lee Jaejin that are causing problems.

5. [+94, -28] When will you fangirls wake up ㅋㅋㅋㅋ You're nothing but ATM machines ㅋㅋ Ugh, women have no sense of reality.

6. [+90, -2] Fangirls, you guys need to mature... Shinhwa always says the artists are not responsible for your lives...

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Article: Kang Sunghoon's embezzlement suspicions and international lawsuit... "solving vs. ignoring", what will YG choose to do?

Source: Sports Donga via Nate

1. [+563, -19] He should've toned down his actions ㅋㅋ What did the innocent members of Sechs Kies do to deserve this?

2. [+527, -13] Guys, this is why fans can be so scary when they turn their backs.

3. [+516, -37] Thanks to him, I cancelled my concert ticket because I didn't want him to embezzle my ticket money~~

4. [+55, -8] Whether it's god or HOT, memories should be kept as memories. Those singers are in their 30's and 40's who are worn out by the society and greedy for money.

5. [+50, -4] He had no one to rip off so he ripped off his fans?

6. [+45, -5] Hul, he's been to jail before? The broadcast covered his image so well... I'm shocked...

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Bigbang fans complain to Kang Sunghoon's cover of 'Flower Road'

Article: Sechs Kies Kang Sunghoon covers Bigbang's fansong 'Flower Road'... Bigbang fans complain

Source: Star Today via Nate

1. [+378, -133] I don't think this is a big wrongdoing...

2. [+337, -67] You shouldn't mess with fansongs out of respect. Imagine an artist covering Sechs Kies' fansong. I'm sure the fans will make a bigger fuss ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

3. [+257, -51] I can understand covering other artists' songs, but I don't think covering a fansong is right.

4. [+37, -20] The fact that he sang another artist's fansong at his own concert is wrong enough, but he also changed the lyrics and added a choreo. OK, I can tolerate them all, but some Kang Sunghoon fans are acting aggressive and demanding us to be thankful for covering their fansong. By the way, Flower Road hit the roof and was #1 for weeks without any promotion.

5. [+33, -11] I remember him going to courts for committing fraud. He cleaned up his image with Infinity Challenge.

6. [+33, -10] The problem is that Bigbang has never even performed the song... And Kang Sunghoon added a choreography on top of that ㅋㅋ

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Pann: Reasons why Bigbang fans are upset with Kang Sunghoon

1. [+261, -28] When us VIPs complained, we were treated like an ungrateful hoobae fandom.

2. [+235, -34] I'm not a fan but Sechs Kies and their fandom also have a lot of controversies but they got buried. The way they treated Lee Young Ja was so rude.

3. [+223, -28] I'm a Sechs Kies fan but I don't understand Kang Sunghoon and his fans... I apologize on behalf of them, sorry VIPs ㅠㅠ

4. [+149, -10] I'm not interested in any idol but I really pity Bigbang fans. For example, my boyfriend proposes me with his self-produced song. And then my boyfriend's sunbae edits the song and proposes his girlfriend. The girlfriend posts the song on Instagram and I have to see that. This is supposed to be my song since he dedicated the song to me but I can't even complain since it's a sunbae who stole the song from my boyfriend. If I complain, I'm gonna be called rude and ungrateful by the sunbae's girlfriend.

5. [+141, -6] Sechs Kies fans say VIPs should be thankful for promoting the song but the song got excellent results, we don't need any promotion ㅋㅋㅋ

6. [+119, -2] It's not like Bigbang fans are mad because Bigbang never performed the song before. First of all, Bigbang produced the song for the fans 2 years ago to release it before enlisting. When the first articles were out, they clearly called it a 'fansong'. But Kang Sunghoon re-recorded the song and even changed the 'Bigbang' signature sound to 'Hoony'. Even non-fans recognized the 'Bigbang' sound, imagine how it's like for the fans. But Kang Sunghoon changed that ㅋㅋㅋㅋ He also added a choreography. It's understandable why the fans are upset.

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Fans float an air balloon in the sky for Eun Jiwon's birthday

"Eun Jiwon happy birthday"

"Eun Jiwon is handsome even on his birthday"

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Pann: An object that was floating around Eun Jiwon's place on his birthday

1. [+24, -0] Crazy ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ That's so funny ㅋㅋ

- ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Great idea

- The scale is no joke ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-  At the fansign, fans asked him if he saw the balloon but he said he didn't ㅠㅠ He goes to bed at 7 so fans started to float it at 6 ㅠㅠ He said he went to bed early because of the fanmeet ㅠㅠ

- So funny ㅋㅋㅋㅋ The fans are so cute. They're like "Look at the sky, everyone! It's Jiwon's birthday!!" So cute ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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Sechskies fans release a statement & ask YG to remove Ko Jiyong from profile (+ updated)

'Sechskies' former member Ko Jiyong's company is using 'Sechskies' brand without permission. For the following reasons, we ask YG to remove Ko Jiyong from 'Sechskies' profile.

1) His insulting actions of using Sechskies fans for his company events
A close associate of Ko Jiyong asked the biggest fandom community to participate in his company events by attending the events, promoting on SNS, and financially supporting them. 1000 fans attended one of the events and gave $1000, but the fans were told to act like normal participants at the event. The associate insulted the fans numerous times, and Ko Jiyong didn't bother to stop him when he was right beside the associate. Ko Jiyong asked for a group photo, and the fans were explained as normal participants for promoting the company event.

2) Using 'Sechskies' brand and fandom for getting investors
After the episode of 'Infinity Challenge', there was a poll that asked how long the effect of 'Sechskies' would last, which was revealed to be posted by Ko Jiyong's company. After that, his company released advertisements looking for investors and they said, "director Ko Jiyong's Sechskies power is predicted to last long, and his continuous communication with the members will affect the business positively." Ko Jiyong was also introduced to be "from Sechskies that holds a strength of a strong fandom", which shows that he is willing to use the fandom for his business. In the Infinity Challenge episode, his drink was included as PPL and he promoted it as "co-production of Infinity Challenge Sechskies content". Even today, on his company profile, he's listed as "former member of Sechskies".

3) Viral marketing by using 'Sechskies' trademark
Ko Jiyong's company has been using 'Sechskies' hashtag to promote their products including baby products, child books, food, glasses, bracelets, clothes, and etc. On Ko Jiyong's personal Instagram, he has promotional posts and the products are exposed with 'Sechskies' hashtag by his associates, representatives, official accounts, and unknown accounts.

4) Viral marketing by the international fandom
Due to Ko Jiyong's actions, the fandom went through a lot of pain. Since June 2017, many fans asked the portal sites to change his profile, but Ko Jiyong responded by deleting the promotional posts.
Since then, his duplicate account has been promoting the parenting show he was on and his company's products to the Chinese fandom. The posts were spread on the Chinese social media with 'Sechskies' hashtag. In December 2017, Ko Jiyong's visit to China to expand his glasses business was done by a fanmeet-like event. Sechskies fans visited his store, got his autograph, and participated in his live online shopping to buy his products. Ko Jiyong's company plans for 2019 include 'expansion of digital/physical sales' and 'expansion into the Asian market with cosmetics' and we're worried that this viral marketing will be taken place in the Southeast fandom as well.

There isn't any other group that includes a former member on their profile, and no one uses their former group for their personal business. We ask YG to edit the profile to protect the trademark rights of 'Sechskies'

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Instiz: [Exclusive] Sechskies fans release a statement regarding to Ko Jiyong... Ask YG to remove him from the profile

- He left Sechskies because he didn't want his business to be interfered but he's on Superman and earning money off of Sechskies' name....

- Why is he doing that when he's not even promoting in the group?

- If fans turn their backs, there's a reason for it...

- I found it questionable that he was on Superman and not promoting in Sechskies...

- So it's happening... I feel bitter

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Source: Nate

1. [+320, -5] Hul, he's using the fans for his company's profits...

2. [+301, -3] Wow... I'm speechless... Using fans is the worst thing.

3. [+251, -3] It would've been good if he went on his way without using the fans... What a pity.

4. [+57, -1] I knew it was weird when he flatly said on Infinity Challenge that he was a businessman but appeared on Superman right away. I hope YG makes a wise decision.

5. [+48, -1] Ko Jiyong is the sliest one. Using Sechskies and his son, he's on TV. If he felt pressured to be on TV, he would've refused everything and live as a businessman. He wants to earn money but doesn't want to be Sechskies anymore.

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Article: YG responds to Sechskies fans' demand "We will remove Ko Jiyong from the profile" (official)

Source: Newsen via Nate

YG: "Their reunion has been 2 years already and the possibility of Ko Jiyong re-joining the group is low, so we will officially request all portal sites to edit the group's profile."

1. [+198, -2] You should've known the limits, Jiyong-ah.

2. [+163, -10] Yeah, stop appearing on Superman and I don't want to see the re-runs, either. His son is cute but Ko Jiyong's mindset is wrong.

3. [+119, -3] YG's quick feedback is nice.

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