The price of being famous is the public watching your every move and having little privacy. However, sasaeng fans, a name for overly obsessed Kpop fans, are a new mutated breed. According to Yahoo, they are usually "female, starting as young as 13 to about 22, and they have made it their life's goal to make sure they are noticed by their idols, by hook or by crook." Their desperation to get noticed causes them to invade the idol's privacy with little regard to their feelings or even safety.
-cutting themselves and used their blood to write letters
-hiring special taxis to stalk their idol's van. The taxis can go up to 200 km/h, and these high speed races often results in car accidents
-installing hidden cameras in the idols' dorms
-recording Exo-m's Tao singing in the shower
*Since minors cannot go to jail in Korea, little is done to stop their crazy actions. Idols can only reprimand their "fans" on Twitter, but that has does little to diminish the burning passion of their fans. Some idols have been pushed to their breaking point and have resorted to physically and verbally striking back.
JYJ's Park Yoochun says, “I do not think they are fans. I’ve tried to understand them but it’s been eight years and it’s difficult.”
Here are some of their crazy but real actions:
-hitting Changmin with a bag of rocks
-slapping Yoonchun's face as he exited a hair salon-hitting Changmin with a bag of rocks
-cutting themselves and used their blood to write letters
-hiring special taxis to stalk their idol's van. The taxis can go up to 200 km/h, and these high speed races often results in car accidents
-installing hidden cameras in the idols' dorms
-recording Exo-m's Tao singing in the shower
-breaking into Shinhwa's dorm, using their bathrooms and stealing their laundry--nearly kidnapping Kim Yoo Jung, a child actor, by pretending to be her father
-trying to kiss TVXQ while they were sleeping
*Stalking idols takes a lot of money, so many drop out of school to work. Shockingly, some stoop to selling their body for money.-trying to kiss TVXQ while they were sleeping
*Since minors cannot go to jail in Korea, little is done to stop their crazy actions. Idols can only reprimand their "fans" on Twitter, but that has does little to diminish the burning passion of their fans. Some idols have been pushed to their breaking point and have resorted to physically and verbally striking back.
JYJ's Park Yoochun says, “I do not think they are fans. I’ve tried to understand them but it’s been eight years and it’s difficult.”
