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Doesn't Deserve to be a Leader: AOA's Jimin Officially Leaves the Band After Controversy

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FNC Entertainment has made a statement that the leader of a popular K-pop girl group will cease her musical activities.

Popular girl band AOA (Ace of Angels) has been performing since 2012, and will move on without their leader Jimin, according to an official statement by their management agency on the 4th of July.

The decision about Jimin’s departure from the group came after a controversy sparked by former AOA member Mina, who revealed that she has been harassed by Jimin for 11 years.

On 3 July, Mina, who withdrew from the band in 2019 and started an acting career, shared several posts on SNS alleging that one of the bandmates had bullied her for years, describing her hard times without revealing the name of the bully.

Fans, however, suggested that the person in question might be AOA leader Jimin. The latter made the situation worse by publishing an Instagram story with a black screen containing the word "Fiction" on it, that she later deleted.

Mina subsequently shared photos of scars on her wrist, saying it wasn't fiction and that Jimin was the one responsible for her suicide attempts, thus confirming speculations among fans and netizens that she had been bullied by Jimin.

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After the posts, Mina’s agency Woori Actors stated that staff and friends check her regularly to ensure her emotional stability.

Mina also shared that all the band's members, including Jimin, visited her home where after arguing with Jimin, the leader apologised and also wrote an official apology on her SNS, but still decided to call a halt to her artistic career.

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짧은 글로 모든 것을 다 담을 수 없지만 미안하고 죄송합니다 다 제가 팀을 이끌기에 부족하고 잘못했습니다 후회와 죄책감이 들고 같이 지내는 동안 제가 민아에 대해 잘 이해하지 못했었고 세심하게 살피지 못했다는 생각이 들었습니다 어제도 울다가 빌다가 다시 울다가 그럼에도 그동안 민아가 쌓아온 저에 대한 감정을 쉽게 해소할 수는 없을거라는 생각이 들어 정말 죄송합니다 어렸을때 당시의 나름대로 생각에는 우리 팀이 스태프나 외부에 좋은 모습만 보여야한다는 생각으로 살았던 20대 초반이었지만 그런 생각만으로는 팀을 이끌기에 인간적으로 많이 모자랐던 리더인 것 같습니다 논란을 만들어서 죄송합니다 두서없이 글을써서 죄송합니다 그리고 무엇보다 저희 둘을 위해 노력을 많이 해줬던 우리 멤버들과 민아에게 진심으로 미안합니다.

Публикация от jimin💙 (@jiminbaby_18)

The whole situation made fans of the group and those who are in K-pop fandoms to think again about the real lives of their musical idols.

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