[Article] The Dark Side of South Korean Pop Music (From BBC)

[qwerty]

Pretty sad, but fame really costs in Korea. Another major issue in Korea that people should take note of is how much pressure Korean adolescents feel to be thin. Korean girls go as far to have muscle taken out of their legs to have smaller calves. It's really scary.

[Polyrhythm]

In addition to the de facto standard of having little girls get facial surgery...this really disgusts me. Gross.

[KillTime111]

interesting.. had no idea about some of the money issues... sanks for sharing~.

[bulmasman]

Sadly this isn't hugely surprising to me. It's pretty much the same with idols in Japan, they're so manufatured.

[rusuke]

Seeing these glamorous and highly-manufactured K-pop groups and idols, I never thought they were being treated like this. It's so sad.