Burning Sun: 1. The Phone Call
The sex scandals that shook the world of K-pop. A tale of depravity, power and excess - Journalist Park Hyo-sil gets a tip off.
鈥淚 had no idea how big it was going to be鈥.鈥
Journalist Park Hyo-sil gets a tip off that music and TV star, Jung Joon-young, is being investigated by police for secretly filming a woman during sex. We find out about Jung, his wholesome, attractive personality and wide popularity. And we meet one of his superfans whose whole life revolves around him. She, like many others, don鈥檛 want to believe the accusations against Jung.
So when Park publishes her story she encounters an extraordinary backlash. And it gets worse after the woman who made the allegation against Jung withdraws it and the police drop the case. Jung鈥檚 career goes from strength to strength. Except, someone has seen what鈥檚 on Jung鈥檚 phone鈥nd it鈥檚 far worse than just one secret sex video. The contents of that phone will shake the K-pop world and South Korea.
For the first time, we give the definitive account of the sex scandals that brought down some of Korea鈥檚 biggest K-pop stars. It鈥檚 a tale of depravity, power and excess - hidden behind a facade of wholesome pop music.
Co-creator, presenter and writer: Chloe Hadjimatheou
Location Producer: Lee Hyun Choi
Assistant Producer and researcher: Loonie Park and Jeong-One Park
Translator and researcher: Jinny Yeon
Music: Tom Haines at Brain Audio
Sound Design: Carlos San Juan at Brain Audio
Co-creator and executive producer: Kavita Puri
ACTORS
Park Hyo-Sil: Julie Yoonnyung Lee
Oh Se-Yeon: Rosa Escoda
Jung鈥檚 accuser: Pricilla Chung
Jung Joon-Yung: J Sebastian Lee
Drama director: Anne Isger
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