Starship new boy group IDID Park Junhwan withdraws Ahead of Debut
Park Junhwan, a selected debut member of Starship’s rookie boy group IDID, has decided to withdraw ahead of the group’s official debut. Starship stated that malicious online rumors caused him severe mental distress, despite the agency’s confirmation of his character through school records and evidence disproving the allegations. They emphasized that Junhwan, still a minor, requested to step down for his well-being. IDID will now debut as a 7-member group later this year, with Starship vowing to take legal action against defamation and impersonation online.
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Netz Reactions to Park Junhwan’s Departure from IDID
Despite Junhwan’s voluntary departure and Starship’s strong defense, many netizens remain skeptical and critical of the situation:
- @lookuatmeonly
“junhwan? innocent? he has power, can manipulate a company, lie to the public. its obvious he wouldnt admit all shits he did. we have real proofs, no one defended him. good grades ≠ good person. that apology is unprofessional. if he were innocent, starship would’ve said earlier.” - @kyu2pid
“bye the apology letter attached as ‘proof’ dusbxhsbchsb unless it is written in front of a judge to verify there is no elements of coercion or intimidation behind it, that letter does not amount to a legally valid confession to me.” - @ididydraft
“You wasted a spot to debut this fucker btw fuck you starship.” - @kandilnoraa
“the good news is that junhwan left. the bad news is that starship wanna be different so bad. the fact that they released an apology from the ‘accuser’ instead of junhwan and the way they are trying to defend him until the end is something.” - @poyongdan
“so basically they announced pjh departure not bc of the allegations but bc he suffered mentally from it??? and the letter on the right side is apology letter from the person that spread the rumors??? what.”
