A 28-year-old man threatened to kill 9 SM Entertainment employees after feeling rejected by a girl group member.
On August 11, 28-year-old 'A' was arrested by police for making threats and obstructing business. According to reports, 'A' reportedly posted death threats against 9 random employees of SM Entertainment on a controversial online community.
'A' is reported to have been a fan of a girl group member for 17 years, and he told police he grew angry and impulsively wrote death threats after she didn't respond to multiple private messages. Police stated, "The suspect stated he attempted to get friendly to the idol on several occasions, but when she didn't respond, he got angry. The suspect wrote a D-day when he would go through with his death threats and planned what he would write in his threat, which included several different situations and how he would respond to police."
The death threats follow the second mass stabbing in South Korea, which left 14 hospitalized. Police are said to be taking the situation seriously as they don't believe 'A's threats were impulsive, but rather a calculated plan.
In related news, aespa's Winter was recently the victim of stabbing threats by an online poster.
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Anyone who makes death threats whether impulsive or not, should be banged up for long enough to make them reflect on their actions and to teach others that threats to kill are not ok, even if you "don't really mean it".
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Perhaps the agencies should start re-educating fans on what it means to be a 'fan', and start breaking down the image they've constructed over so many years, that idols are the property of people who listen to their music.
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They've encouraged parasocial relationships for far too long in the cause of making as much money as possible, they need to reign it in, because it's gone way beyond what's acceptable.
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