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Former AOA Member Mina Deletes SNS Account After Posting Apology for Alarming Public with Her Self Harm Pictures and Promising to Get Treatment and Heal

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 13, 2020 by ockoalaAugust 12, 2020
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I hope this the final time I need to write about Mina (Kwon Min Ah) and her recent mental health struggles. The former AOA member has been revealing through SNS the bullying she endured from fellow group member Jimin which led to her leaving the group and also engaging in self-harm from the trauma. Last weekend she was hospitalized after … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged AOA, Mina

AOA’s Mina Alleges Decade Long Bullying From Group Leader Jimin Leading to Depression and Attempted Suicides

A Koala's Playground Posted on July 3, 2020 by ockoalaJuly 3, 2020
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Speaking out is just as hard as the courage it takes to endure and survive bullying so this is really such a difficult story to hear come to light. Popular girl’s group AOA is all over K-news this weekend after former member Mina (Kwon Min Ah) went public via multiple lengthy SNS posts alleging a decade’s long bullying she suffered … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged AOA, Jimin, Kwon Min Ah

Asia Artist Awards 2018 Delivers True Popularity Contest Winners and Typical K-fashion Styles

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 29, 2018 by ockoalaNovember 28, 2018
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The Asia Artist Awards are the true purveyors of a popularity contest and if it wasn’t for actors and actresses getting random awards along with the idol and pop stars I’d probably not cover it. This year the highlight was the four very very famous idol-actresses above showing up at the same event – IU in white, Suzy in grey-moss, … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged AOA, Asia Artist Awards, BTS, IU, Jang Ki Yong, Jasper Liu, Jinyoung, Jung Hae In, L, Lee Byung Hun, Lee Seung Gi, Lee Sung Kyung, Minho, Park Hae Jin, Seolhyun, Sung Hoon, Suzy, Twice, Yoona

K-idols Seolhyun of AOA and Block B’s Zico Caught Dating by Dispatch Sleuths

A Koala's Playground Posted on August 10, 2016 by ockoalaAugust 10, 2016
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I figured it was too quiet in K-stars dating news, and too much grody scandals that need something cute to wash away the stench. Idol stalker tabloid publication Dispatch is shaking up the dog days of summer with the unexpected photographic proof that two popular idols have found young romance with each other. AOA‘s Seolhyun and rapper Zico of Block … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous, Music | Tagged AOA, Block B, Dating, Seolhyun, Zico

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