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[Funky Papa]

Ooop.

All eight members of a new girl K-pop girl band, travelling for an album cover shoot in the United States, have been detained at Los Angeles airport on suspicion that they might be sex workers, their agency says.

The eight member band, Oh My Girl, were held for 15 hours on Thursday before being released, after which they flew back to South Korea.

Their agency WM Entertainment released a statement saying the LA immigration authorities had gone through the band's costumes and props.

"Then, probably because of their young age, they seem to have mistaken them as sex workers," the statement said, without elaborating.

That last quote... I don't even know how to take it.

Edit: But wait, there's more.

The eight-member act had no issue passing through immigration at the Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, but problems emerged when customs authorities started questioning the relationship between its members and the agency staff, WM Entertainment said.

One of the staff members mistakenly used the word “sister” to describe the relationship, and U.S. authorities seem to have taken the members as sex workers after examining their costumes and props, it added.

Has K-pop gone too far?

 

[Peru]

Not used to girl groups with more than five members.

 

[ponpo]

tfw no kpop gf

 

[Any Questions]

Nuts

 

[valkillmore]

I smell racism

 

[pushingrocks]

I mean in a way they kinda are.

 

[Gamerloid]

What the heck did they find in their stuff to be mistaken for prostitute?

 

[Skellig Gra]

Koreans react to being arrested for prostitution.

 

[IHaveIce]

I mean in a way they kinda are.

Explain?

 

[Shuggananas]

I mean in a way they kinda are.

ruh roh

 

[WrenchNinja]

Kpop gaf post if you are okay

Actually don't

 

[Chuckie]

Koreans react to being arrested for prostitution.

This made me spit out my coffee.

 

[Peru]

Their song is pretty decent synth pop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isUudT58Xfk

 

[Siegcram]

What the heck did they find in their stuff to be mistaken for prostitute?

LA immigration authorities had gone through the band's costumes and props.

If I had to guess.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

Koreans react to being arrested for prostitution.

lol

 

[chaobreaker]

Man, thought this article was going to reveal some seedy underbelly of the K-Pop industry but nope just pure racism.

I love this gif so much and I didn't even watch the video it's from.

 

[Nightbird]

Koreans react to being arrested for prostitution.

 

[……forgetit]

I wouldn't immediately cry racism. If you don't know anything about the group the costumes, amount of girls and the dodgy answers all raise suspicion.

 

[Fersis]

I could legit marry any one of 'em... i dont even care which one.
They're so cute (✿◠‿&#9696

 

[Gamerloid]

If I had to guess.

Stuff = costumes and props

Question is what kind of costumes/props caused them to be arrested for hours.

Idk how you didn't understand that

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

I could legit marry any one of 'em... i dont even care which one.
They're so cute (✿◠‿&#9696

That's some creepy shit bro

 

[……forgetit]

I could legit marry any one of 'em... i dont even care which one.
They're so cute (✿◠‿&#9696

This isn't weird at all.....

 

[valkillmore]

How old are they? Prostitution? They look like they're 12. I don't get any of this.

 

[Mistouze]

Kpop gaf post if you are okay

Actually don't

Please do.

 

[pushingrocks]

Explain?

Just that all pop stars provide vicarious sexual fantasies for their fanbase.

 

[Sulik2]

I don't even think this is racism just incompetance.

 

[Funky Papa]

Just that all pop stars provide vicarious sexual fantasies for their fanbase.

oh

 

[Red Liquorice]

Not used to girl groups with more than five members.

Five? What are you some Western music scrub? A band isn't a band unless it has at least 23 members, 75% of which must be 14 or under.

 

[Chariot]

America stays winning in the racism and predjustice rankings

And this thread goes into weird directions. Holy fuck, some posts.

 

[Arthr2ShdsJcksn]

I had a dream once that started just like this. It was awful being detained so long though, so I woke up.

 

[CaviarMeths]

How old are they? Prostitution? They look like they're 12. I don't get any of this.

I take it this is your first time seeing Asian people.

 

[Madao]

are they underage?

if they are, that's clearly a red flag to bail out.

 

[liquidtmd]

I wouldn't immediately cry racism. If you don't know anything about the group the costumes, amount of girls and the dodgy answers all raise suspicion.

.

I imagine a lot of the costumes don't leave a lot to the imagination

Its still a fuck up but not an incomprehensible one.

Did they not have minders to verify their credentials?

 

[Chariot]

From Wikipedia:

HyoJung (Choi Hyo Jung; Korean: 효&#51221 - July 28, 1994 (age 21)
JinE (Shin Hye Jin; Korean: 진&#51060 - January 22, 1995 (age 20)
Mimi (Kim Mi Hyun; Korean: 미&#48120 - May 1, 1995 (age 20)
YooA (Yoo Yeon Joo/Yoo Si A; Korean: 유&#50500 - September 17, 1995 (age 20)
SeungHee (Hyun Seung Hee; Korean: 승&#55148 - January 25, 1996 (age 19)
JiHo (Kim Ji Ho; Korean: 지&#54840 - April 4, 1997 (age 18)
Binnie (Bae Yu Bin; Korean: 비&#45768 - September 9, 1997 (age 18)
Arin (Choi Ye Won; Korean: 아&#47536 - June 18, 1999 (age 16)

So yeah, only one was even underage.

 

[BigDug13]

Why would they be detained any longer than it takes to pull out a phone and show one of their music videos?

 

[CaviarMeths]

are they underage?

if they are, that's clearly a red flag to bail out.

One is 16. The rest are 18-21.

 

[Barrylocke]

How old are they? Prostitution? They look like they're 12. I don't get any of this.

The power of Asian genetics, possibly exasperated by people in suits selecting girls/women that are able to fulfill the ideals of beauty brought about by those Asian genetics.

 

[Langdon Alger]

These K-pop girl groups creep me out on a hundred different levels.

 

[valkillmore]

I take it this is your first time seeing Asian people.

Not at all. But they all look very young. Do you not agree?

Edit: And one of them is 16 years old.

 

[……forgetit]

America stays winning in the racism and predjustice rankings

And this thread goes into weird directions. Holy fuck, some posts.

Young girls with sexual costumes with adults clearly not related to them giving dodgy answers. Yeah, it's not hard at all to see how this would happen without bringing racism into it. Also Korea has it's own issues with racism.

 

[Black Republican]

I could legit marry any one of 'em... i dont even care which one.
They're so cute (✿◠‿&#9696

gafs asian fetish is scary

 

[Finaika]

I could legit marry any one of 'em... i dont even care which one.
They're so cute (✿◠‿&#9696

Even the 16 year old?

 

[Grizzlyjin]

The one on the far right is the nerd, isn't she?

That's messed up though, I wonder what these costumes looked like. Modern day pop act...sex workers...there is a thin line in terms of costuming.

 

[CaviarMeths]

Not at all. But they all look very young. Do you not agree?

Going off that pic in the OP, I would have pinned all of them at 18ish. Late teens, anyway.

12 is like... prepubescent, man. My sister is 12. She's a little kid.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Groups like this legit weird me out, they look so fake.

I don't blame LAX, a group of youngish girls being chaperoned around by older men is uhm, interesting.

 

[Chariot]

8 under age girls with sexual costumes with adults clearly not related to them giving dodgy answers. Yeah, it's not hard at all to see how this would happen without bringing racism into it. Also Korea has it's own issues with racism.

You mean one under age girl with dresses. Look them up, their costumes are not even as sexual as everything Arianne Grande seems to wear on a regular basis.

 

[Chuckie]

Not at all. But they all look very young. Do you not agree?

They look young, but not '12-year-old-young'.

Although that was probably a hyperbole for comedic value

 

[Damptoe]

One of the staff members mistakenly used the word “sister” to describe the relationship, and U.S. authorities seem to have taken the members as sex workers after examining their costumes and props, it added.

lol.

Sounds like he answered with a direct translation based on Korea's use of the words for "brother" and "sister" to refer to anyone older or younger than them.

 

[Fersis]

Even the 16 year old?

I dont know who they are, this is the first time i've seen a pic of 'em.
Didnt know one of them was 16.

 

[liquidtmd]

lol.

Sounds like he answered with a direct translation based on Korea's use of the words for "brother" and "sister" to refer to anyone older or younger than them.

'But officer I dont even drink folgers'