Traveler Lodges Complaint About Byun Woo Seok’s Excessive Security Measures at Airport

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• Ah how quickly they turn arrogant, thinking they are gods.

  • Yes, even we sasaengs have rights 🥹

    • Those are not saesangs though. They are normal public who are going their own way but being inconvenienced unnecessarily.

    • They’re just people going to board the plane, bot everyone is sasaeng

    • They’re just people go to board the plane, not everyone in the airport is his sasaeng

• Wow the flashlight is so bright… that does seem to be rather extra and obnoxious. lol if I were there I’d probably would not know it’s him and be like what the heck is wrong with them. Reminds me of when I was in an airport and two cops were escorting a prisoner while the prisoner had a hoodie to hide handcuffs and well yah people notice and get all suspicious cause well it’s in your face obvious. So people look a little extra and get drawn in why because of the obviousness. My point they might have overdid it.

• I guess that is the new method of dealing with 'fans'?

  • Not fans. Sasaengs

    • Are there so many of those around?

    • @HL

      Idk, hard to say, I have never heard news like this coming from famous idol group like bts or exo. I mean they had more people to protect, but it never became an issue right? I think this is bws agency wanting to emphasize on his star status but somehow backfires on themselves

    • @Yuhyi, that is a thought... I am not his fan but I enjoyed Lovely Runner drama. I do like female lead more...🥰

    • @Yuhyi
      Exo has a lot of problems with sasaengs. One time sasaengs even tried to kidnap them, and they almost succeeded, just google it.
      And I'm sure BTS has issue like this as well, sasaengs are very crazy and they attacking most of popular celebrities in Korea.

    • I'd take this kind of "fan" report about mishandling security issues at the airport a grain of salt. I googled it. It's all still clips (pics) showing bright flashlight in front of the camera taking the pic of BWS. Photos can be photoshopped. LOL. Do ppl pretend not knowing that? If someone can show the actual videos in motion taken on-site in real time like Xiao Zhan's airport cases, then the allegation of mishandling on BWS' side would be more convincing. It's laughable netizens could be so worked up by media play of some photos that you can't even eye verify if those pics are authentic or fake. LOL. Ppl have to calm down.

    • @HL, out of curiosity, I did watch some video clips of him at certain airports with huge crowds screaming, very similar to the chaos when Xiao Zhan visited Singapore last year for a Ralph Lauren event. An Youtube clip of LR theme song sung by BWS also accumulated over 29 million in viewership as of today. It's not a Kpop music vid. That's quite impressive for a K drama and just shows how popular the drama is.

      Some ppl dismissed him and said he was not on par with Kpop idols or other big names. Well, as far as I've seen from those airport and public-event clips, he is very popular, at least in some Asian countries and at least currently. He isn't as well known as BTS or Black Pink globally. But the buzz he has created over public venues seems to be on par with Xiao Zhan in many regions he visited.

      There is no point for his agency to hire extra security around him cos that's all $$$$$$$$$$$$$ going out without return. LMAO. I hired private security before and know how much you would need to take out from your bank to pay for the services.

      I'm not his fan at all, just fairly speaking from what I've observed.

  • @Somebody, I saw 2 clips out tha pop up on my feed... He was popular..but it is so hard to tell as the it is concentrated in the airport.
    I have to say, as a parent, you know having young kids running around, we learn to shut off some sounds...those sound become white background sound. It is a method mothers use to just zone off a bit and rest out mind.
    I suspect idols do that too when they have to deal with so many noisy fans. Thus at some moments they too zone off and rest their mind. I dont know if Byun Woo Seok realised what the security teams where doing, even if they were next to him. But iff he did zone out in that moment, he would not be aware what the security team member did next to him.
    Not finding a excuse but just my speculation.

    I suspect security team are also often use as human barriers to stop fans rushing to idols.

• This is not about the fans going to see BWS as truly no one cares about them. I have no notion of why anyone would think it is unless you didn't bother reading.

  This is about regular travellers being inconvenienced inside and outside of the airport and at the lounges because BWS's security team thinks he is more popular than BTS and needs to shut down public pathways to let their star by.

  • According to an article on theqoo, the security agency also blocked elevator access to the second floor. They were checking everyones tickets before letting them in. This is invasion of privacy. A lot of people can access lounges without business/first tickets. What Koreans hate most is bullying and preferential treatment.

    If you do not want to be photographed - give up airport sponsorships, stop calling reporters and go privately. Inconveniencing regular people should be criticized.

    If the agency had any sense they would have apologized yesterday.

    • "If you do not want to be photographed" - Not you making excuses for saesangs and saying celebrities have no right to privacy. Celebrities pose for pictures in the public areas of the airport which he did. Just because they are sponsored doesn't mean strangers should be able to snap pictures of them in private areas like the lounge or on the plane without their consent. Celebrities are still people.

    • I can't reply to the person below so posting here.

      This is not a sasaeng situation. Regular people were flashed in a business lounge. There is a video of a child being flashed right next to BWS while he looks on. They also closed one of the airport main entrances for more than 10 mins. Not even Son Heung-min or BTS who are actually famous do this. I read that a case has been filed with National Human Rights Commission.

      Is celebrity's privacy more important than regular citizens? What's more special about them?

    • @Han

      Word. There is always an option to travel privately. The media only knows about an actors' travel schedule because it is made official. Airport photos aren't by chance.

      This is not a pretty situation. I am someone who gets to the airport not a minute earlier than I need to be and I'd be damned if anyone pulled something crap like this while I was travelling. Knetz can be unreasonable sometimes, but the anger is very valid in this instance.

• Hmmmm this brings out negative against him. Have not heard of this happening with other actors/idols, I guess they feel he’s way more above them and deserves extra protection or just wanna be extra for the sake of being extra? They should have chartered their own plane rather than pose such a hassle to ordinary citizens who want to go about their daily lives too

• the backlash is quite harsh in skorea. so many topics on tq trending regarding this and 90% of the comments are basically saying who does he think he is. and lets be honest, bws's agency has made no attempt to quell the fans turning up at the airport. they infact encourage it as there are sponsorships involved in celebrity airport fashion. If he truly wanted to avoid the crowd, he can choose to travel early mornings or late nights as many top actors/idols do. Smaller crowd, simple solution.

  nothing wrong with their choice, but since his agency's choice of route is to prioritize sponsorships over avoiding crowds, they need to learn to live with the consequences. flashing lights on unassuming lounge members inside the terminal is ridic. and no unofficial security rando of a celeb should ever have the right to ask for anyone's boarding pass lol. get outta here with that.

• His agency should just charter own plane then they can check whatever they want. Sometimes a celeb is just a celebrity. Not all people care or even know who he is. He's not that important and in a country where humility is forced down the throat of everyone whether you like it or not for appearance sake, I'm surprised his agency would allow this. I'm even more shocked the airline crew allows the private security to do what they did. So unprofessional.

  • True. It was handled in a high handed, unprofessional way. I read in Dispatch article the security even control the airport gate over 10minutes, inconveniencing other airport travellers.

• Who does he think he is? Honestly so sick of seeing his face on my social media pages, suggesting me to follow. I have to physically block those pages so it doesn’t keep popping up. How much money is his agency paying to hype up his so called popularity. We have enough, move along.

  • "Who does he think he is"? Lol. He is someone who motivates you to use his name in your nicknames, it's sweet, isn't it? If he was your fave, you would be happy about his so called popularity. Lol.

    You are a confused fan of him. There are legit criticism of his actions here but your comment just show you were waiting for your chance to spill your venom. Lol. Are you more happy now or you are still miserable? Quite funny!

    • Wake up, your idol is a nobody trying to be a somebody. LOL!!! Hahahahahahahaha, it must suck to be him and his fans right now. All I can say is you reap what you sow. Who does he think he is LOL.

    • @BWstillsucks LOOOLL! Your comment is entertaining! For him being a nobody, you are getting worked up. I hope the pay is high for how hard you are working here. LMAO! He is not my idol yet, he is probably yours, but your are confused 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Facts over feelings. Lol! He is not a BIG star, he is not a S-tier actor. He is just a rising actor lol. That is hurting your soul? Quite funny tho.

    • @BWstillsucks you sound bitter, maybe in your fantasies about him being a nobody you can find peace. In real life, his rising popularity will keep you awake at night.

  • "We have enough, move along." You seem to be obsessed with him, more than some of his delusional fans on this blog. Hahahaha. Delusional fans and detractors like you are two faces of the same coin. It's amusing. It must be suck being this dedicated to someone you are sick of.

    @BWSucks, @BWstillsucks.

  • @BWSucks Oh, poor you. You don't even have the ability to analyze the article because your venom towards him could no longer contain itself, your feelings overtake yourself. Lmao. Clearly you were waiting for a perfect opportunity to show off your hate lol. But it's only a discomfort to you because reality will make you see that you're wrong, no matter how hard you work to pretend that you are not jealous, bitter and paranoid..

    He is not and will not be a problem for your faves, so you need not be alarmed because he is just an actor on the rise, nothing more, nothing less.

• This was nothing to do with his agency. It was a security guard from a private company and the security company have now apologised for the security guard's overzealousness and said themselves it was not a request by his agency. BWS has flown in and out of the country multiple times in the last month and without anything like this happening. It was just unfortunate that this time the security got carried away.

  On the other hand, I can somewhat understand why the security can be so tough because the sasaengs are crazy stalkers and follow him around from country to country. Some tried to get pictures of his passport, some even snuck onto his hotel floor a few weeks ago and the police had to be called.

  • I don't get the logic to demand any apologies from BWS and his agency, who were just a client of the security company. As I said with my personal experience hiring a private security company, it's their jobs and professional judgement to use whatever lawful methods to meet client's needs. As a client, I didn't engage myself in the detailed process of their decision making as to how to address my concerns under my requests. The swift shift of blames from the bodyguard to BWS and his agency is beyond reasoning and may indicate some malicious motives behind those who are hyped to do a witch hunt. I'm sympathetic with BWS and his agency this time although not his fan.

• Diva behavior already? It has only been months since lovely runner aired.

  • Not necessarily BWS's bad decision making. Could be his agency's or security team's. Who knows, I would love to see how the process works when it comes to these fan meets.

    • He is there and he allows/allowed it to happen. For people saying he has no hand on it, you all are not thinking right because he can always tell them not to do so especially the flash light

  • How is he it diva behaviour for something a private security guard did? He didn't tell them to do that. Nor did his agency. Very unfair that he is being blamed because of an OTT guard.

    I am biased as I am a fan of BWS but he is very far from a diva. He is very humble and kind and actually always goes above and beyond to accommodate his fans to the point his team and managers have had to reign him in for his own safety.

    • @Sunny

      It absolutely is diva behaviour because he was right there, knew what the security company was doing and thought nothing of it.

      When they flashed that kid, he was there. And? Nothing.

      Please let's not play games.

    • @Smh: Who said he thought nothing of it? Were you in his head? Artists follow the security protocol given by their guards and his team DID ask the security guard to stop using the flashlight.

    • Sunny thank you so much for this very reasonable, very correct analogy. The write up even said the private security hired has apologized and made it clear that the way they chose to 'protect' bws wasn't the picking of his agency. They were basically hired to secure the young man and they went about it the wrong way. How this is an indication of arrogance on bws is beyond me! His agency have even issued an apology. I just have to say I love you sunny, I am officially your fan!!🤗🤗

  • Diva behaviour from his agency and security apparently. The agency could have solved this quickly by just apologizing and not letting the security company blab. Instead they chose the hard way 🤦‍♀️