S Korean police summon Japanese woman for kissing BTS member without consent

Is that a picture of the 50 year old Japanese woman or a BTS member? I can't tell the difference.

Seems like a bit of overreach going on here.

Yes, this woman is a total embarrassment, and being in her 50s should be acting her age, but an international summon for questioning over "sexual harassment"?

Well... you can not have only "one way" sexual harrastment... it goes both ways.

Good. If a male fan were to kiss a female artist, there would be a massive uproar. Sexual harassment goes both ways.

Japanese tourists behaving badly!

Unconscionable!

Based on an online complaint? Someone needs to get a life.

I've been sexually harassed by loads of Japanese women from their 20s to 50s.

And I bloody love it.

Might I suggest he felt "uncomfortable" because he prefers attention from the same sex. You know, no judgment, just saying, a little more acceptance of his feelings could help clear up that discomfort for him!

What a waste of police time.

Hug is officially sanctioned and welcome but peck on the cheek isn't just a no-no but is actually a crime? Time to grab a beer and crank up my stereo. This world makes me weary.

In defence of BTS, they won't be doing this for publicity because everyone knows who they are, which you couldn't say about DJ whatsherface who went into the crowd and then claimed a fan (actually a Japanese woman) had felt her boob.

My kind of popstar rubs random substances handed to them all over their body.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XfDB6xt8DM

"Hug event”···？

A women, in her fifties, not only had a free "hug”, then brazenly helped herself, smash-and-grabbed, a pout n pucker.

Its a ridiculous publicity stunt.

Probably his "auntie" Mike in a frock...

Grow up Jin

@GuruMick

I'd give you 5 up votes if I could.

What an insane world we live in. A peck on the cheek and the girly boy is traumatized! He was apparently participating in "a free hug event", whatever that is. Sounds like you shouldn't be totally surprised if you get something a tiny bit more than a hug though.

Sue your manager if you're so devastated Sweety.

Access not allowed?

Hugs are a fairly intimate thing. A peck on the cheek is on exactly the same level. Infantile stuff here.

Unfortunately for the Korean police, there’s no extradition treaty between Japan and South Korea. Getting kissed by a woman in her 50s is the price of being famous. Maybe Jin looked uncomfortable because the woman had bad breath.

The law's the law, have to set an example sometimes, these crazies need to respect boundaries, but something tells me she was NOT 'Easy' on the Eyes...

Consensual hugs, yeah. Consensual pecks on the cheek, yeah. Remove consent from the equation and it's assault. Do you go around hugging and kissing people without getting permission first?

No. And I don't turn up at some public space and say "Here I am, come on and hug me!" either. Obviously no one would want to hug me, but the point is that he (or his manager) set up this very unusual situation. So.... don't cry about it if you get a really tiny bit more than you bargained for Jin chan!

Reverse the nationalities and sexes and the same uproar comes from here.

K-Pop star must be traumatized, can't get 'butterherface' out of his memory, nightmares, etc.

Being a rock star's not always all its cooked up to be!

Some time down the line, these fan events are going to be held with the star in a perspex box, fans won't be allowed within ten metres of it, and eye contact will only be permitted if it "clearly does not demonstrate any form of physical or mental attraction". And there will probably be one lawyer present for every fan.

Kissing someone when permission to hug has been given is not as serious as suddenly kissing someone out of the blue.

CRAZY, Nothing wrong with kissing a star it comes with the title . One more thing what wrong with a woman kissing another woman???

So what is news worthy about this article???

@Hawk

I don't want to argue with you anymore. It saddens me (even more than if some old granny gave me a peck on the cheek! ... One last dig. Sorry.)

You've often demonstrated good political instincts in your posts on this site. We should save our energy for combating the forces of darkness trying to entitle the 1% to even larger slices of the pie, leaving crumbs for the rest.

May I point out though that this kind of ultra PC stance is exactly the kind of thing that makes Democrats look laughable in the US?

Yes, there are way more important issues that should count for more, but these are the kinds of stupid little things that get played up in the media, stuck onto Democrats, and stick in voters' minds.

Might I suggest he felt "uncomfortable" because he prefers attention from the same sex

or a beta which the World is crawling with these days.

Hawk,

I assumed too much.

Regardless, I hope anyone on here from that demographic notes my point.

The hug was consensual though. A peck on the cheek is an extension of a hug. Basically the same thing. If you invite a hug, don't be surprised if you get a little peck. We'll have to agree to disagree. (Actually the bad breath theory posted above, even if meant 50% as a joke, sounded somewhat feasible!)

OMG this kind of self, entitled Toxic Feminity, should be treated the same as toxic masculinity. NO?

I think the men who say he should be lucky are the same kind of men, who think young boys being "abused" by female teachers are "lucky".

If it is unacceptable for a man to do this, then it should be equally applied to women.( and vice versa).

I am playing devil's advocate here, but We often give women a pass just because they are female. but if this was a man, we'd call it MALE privilege or men being entitled. I think it was the Spanish Football Association rep who kissed a female soccer player, and he was charged, hauled before the courts and just found guilty. As someone posted above, maybe it's because she didn't want the attention from a man, but maybe from a woman...That would be acceptable. If she, as a fan, got carried away, then perhaps the Spanish rep got carried away, too.

HawkToday  05:56 pm JST

What a waste of police time.

Investigating sexual assault? That's kind of their job.

A peck on the cheek from a 50 year old woman at a "free hugging" event is sexual assault to you? The "victim" didn't even file an immediate police complaint.

Sounds like a PR stunt.

Would you say the same thing if the sexes were reverse?

No double standards, please.

Zero equivalency.

A supposed man feels threatened by a peck on the cheek at a highly controlled fan event - by a woman in her 50s?

Soy-boy vibes here. Get a grip.

People are as steerable as cattle; you can make them like whatever trend, whatever fashion. This "guy" is average as an ashtray swiper working in a pachinko, and yet, those god less masses are hooked enough to attend hugging sessions. Pathetic. Reporting on such dumb stories is also pathetic, just as much as reporting on sports ball.

Jesus, I couldn't care less if some woman kissed me unexpectedly. It used to happen to me at times when I was a kid and a teenager. No big deal.

The rules established by the "me too" movement state that he has to wait 20 years to bring this up and destroy her life.

Good to know that at least S.Korea is taking sexual harassment of men by women seriously.

She got excited and kissed the star she loves on his neck or cheek. What's all the fuss about with the police? He showed his discontent. Just move on.

@I’veSeenFootage

Is that a picture of the 50 year old Japanese woman or a BTS member? I can't tell the difference.

This has to be the comment of the year!!! I laughed so hard that I slipped from my sofa.

njca4 Today 12:44 am JST

She got excited and kissed the star she loves on his neck or cheek. What's all the fuss about with the police? He showed his discontent. Just move on.

Try having the same sentiment if the genders were reversed.

And before some misandrist moron claims women being harrassed is more severe, maybe you misandrists just think that because everytime a man gets harassed, you people dismiss it as if it was nothing. Apparently we are supposed to just "move on".

THAT's why society doesn't take sexual harassment towards men seriously. Because sexist sows like some of you exist.

Seems like a bit of overreach going on here. 

Yes, this woman is a total embarrassment, and being in her 50s should be acting her age, but an international summon for questioning over "sexual harassment"?

If a South Korean citizen had done the exact same thing to a Japan idol then the Japanese police and prosecutors would have done the same. Unwanted kisses are a form of sexual harassment and the perpetrators need to be prosecuted.

Also, if a man had planted an unwanted kiss on an idol or celebrity then all hell would have broken loose.

Its because of people such as you who take these things too lightly and try to shrug it off that sexual harassment is becoming a norm these days!

She got excited and kissed the star she loves on his neck or cheek. What's all the fuss about with the police? He showed his discontent. Just move on.

If a South Korean citizen had done the exact same thing to a Japan idol then the Japanese police and prosecutors would have done the same. Unwanted kisses are a form of sexual harassment and the perpetrators need to be prosecuted. 

Also, if a man had planted an unwanted kiss on an idol or celebrity then all hell would have broken loose. 

Its because of people such as you who take these things too lightly and try to shrug it off that sexual harassment is becoming a norm these days!

By the looks of him, he wouldn't protest if a man kissed him like that...

Oh dear, the poor man is traumatized for life. Where's my hankie to wring?

My guess is that this was only an issue because the woman was in her 50's. Had this been a 20 year old Japaenese gravure model type quality, no one would have cared one bit. Sad double standards against elderly in our society.

If was a not a Japanese Lady things would have been diff. I think, this so called singer or actor or dancer or whatever is just trying to GET ATTENTION IN JAPAN which translates to $$$ for future tours in Japan in which his Handlers / Boss has accomplished.

Just a little kiss

Is this really news?

Sounds like she didn't have the "premium" ticket.

Its because of people such as you who take these things too lightly and try to shrug it off that sexual harassment is becoming a norm these days!

Jim

Are you saying secual harrassment is worse these adys than it was 30 years ago?

Kissing someone when permission to hug has been given is not as serious as suddenly kissing someone out of the blue.

Which is why I intend to try it next time I hug one of my bros.