AOA Jimin and Mina, the bullying among idols (summary)

Mina the former member of the girl group AOA posted on her
instagram that she was bullied for 10 years by another member of the
group.

Mina’s instagram post

"I want to get lost too, but I have to take care of my mom. Ah, I'm

gonna start getting so many DMs calling me 'no brains'. You're right. I

am 'no brains' and I've never properly learned anything in my life. I had

to earn money from a young age because of my family situation.

After my dad passed away, when I cried in the waiting room there was

an unnie who dragged me to the closet, telling me to stop crying

because it was ruining the mood, and I tried to tell her that I was

scared. I tried to tell her that I was scared of my dad dying. I can't ever

forget what she said to me then. Any other bullying? Any other harsh

words? They're all fine. It was such a scar but we got in the same car

afterward so I forced myself to go to sleep, taking nerve relaxers and

sleeping pills. I needed to do a good job with my schedules but I felt

myself breaking. I even tried to take my own life because of her once.

Honestly, I'm okay even if you people never respect me as an idol or

an actress. I know I'm terrible, I'm not good at anything. But I was really

happy, and I tried really hard. I still love being in this area of work. I was

never stressed about being an idol, and in truth, I never wanted to

leave AOA; but because of one person who hated me, I gave up after

enduring her bullying for 10 years and at the end of it all, I wanted to

turn around and curse at her.

In the end, I gave up AOA. I really had fun promoting as AOA with the

other members. But some time ago, that bunnies father passed away,

and I felt so sad and strange. At least I know exactly how that feels.

When I went to the funeral she came to my crying, telling me she was

sorry. It was so unfulfilling, and my heart really broke down.

Everything emptied itself after that. I felt okay, I let go of the blame but

by then, I was already too broken. I'm scared. I'm having some time to

myself on hiatus now and I knew. I wanted to try learning a few things,

maybe try to receive treatment for my depression and anxiety. But it

turns out, even during a hiatus a lot of things happen.

I'm so tired. You know how the netizens say things online? How I don't

know who I think I am, no one knows what I'm trying to be, no one

wants to see my face or hear me talk and all that, but despite that, it

wasn't like I was born because I wanted to be born, and I have a mouth,

I have hands, but I can't control myself any more either and I need to

live for my mom.

It's fine if you don't see me fondly and it's fine if you don't pay me any

attention; can't you just leave me alone? Because I get that everything

is my fault."

After it Jimin posted on igstory saying "fiction" but her deleted the

post

Then Mina shared new post on instagram:

"I’ve only said one of out one trillion things that exist. Try saying it’s

fiction, you’ll be punished by the heavens. Don’t be like that. There are

witnesses and evidence. I’m sorry but there’s no need to hear from

both sides because I did nothing wrong. During our last days together, I

wanted to get hair implants but I was late to get to the dance practice

room because the anesthesia wasn’t wearing off. I called in advance but

as soon as I heard your voice, I knew you would throw things into chaos

so I couldn’t go to the dance practice room. And that day, I tried to

commit suicide again. That’s my biggest fault [to you]. I’ve said

everything I’ve done wrong, so should I share stories about you now?

There’s so many that it would be bothersome to write them all down.

But to say this is fiction, if you had a conscience.. Why did you delete it?

Try calling it fiction, there will be quite a lot of people who would be

dumbfounded to hear that. Oh right, even back then, you said you

couldn’t remember and you said you weren’t a bad person who would

say things like that, right? Wow, it must be nice to be able to erase your

memory like that. They say the person who says hurtful words usually

can’t remember them. Please erase my memory too. Please, please.

Then again, you probably could see my wrist and not feel any guilt,

right? You’d probably curse right at my face."

Mina shared another post on instagram revealing that AOA members

all gathered to her house, Jimin came to give her apology but tries

gaslighting on Mina for exposing her:

“First of all, I would like to apologize for being unable to control my

emotions and causing a lot of disturbance all day long. I know I've

caused trouble to a lot of people and I'm sorry...And I'm sure that there

as been a lot of media coverage on this... But I know some people

might not have wanted to know all the disturbing details. I had a lot of

people come see me at my house. I"m sorry for worrying everyone. I'm

a celebrity at the end of the day and some of the things I said and did

should not have occurred ... I'm just so sorry, some hours ago, all the

members and the managers came in front of my house and we had a

conversation. At first I was so dumbfounded to see Jimin unnie

appearing and being angry at me. I asked her whether this was the

expression of someone who came to apologize? and we continued to

argue when that unnie asked me where did the knife go and if it would

solve everything if she just killed herself there. We sat down and talked

a bit more.

She told me that she doesn't remember anything and I kept telling her

about all the things she's done to me,of course, I wasn't in the right

mindset either but this unnie kept insisting she doesn't remember. I

was telling her that this and that happened and this and that didn't

happen but even I couldn't remember everything perfectly, but I spoke

frankly to her while looking her in the eyes. Unnie said that she thought

we resolved everything at her dad's funeral home. But that place was a

funeral house, on that day, and I was going there with the intention to

give her comfort, I also contacted her peacefully on that day and that

unnie still said she didn't remember but apologized anyways. I can

understand from that unnie's perspective why she would think that, but

how can you think that something that I have endured for 11 years can

be resolved in one day? We didn't even talk about this topic at all, and

how can I even refer to something like this at that place? Of course, I

gave her my sincere condolences but the next day, I went back to

myself. I just can't bounce back to the sane self when I'm this broken;

Anyways I kept talking about it and after listening to me, unnie said

"sorry sorry" and apologized for what happened and I decided to accept

her apology and let her go. The other members made me promise to

not have those bad thoughts and to get my mind straight in the future

and we ended there. I'm sure the 2 fathers in the skies are watching us ,

so I can't lie... To be honest, at first, when I saw unnie, I didn't feel like

she felt any remorse, but I kept hearing her apologies.... I heard it

again...and again... Yeah actually I don't know what else I can write

about. To be honest, I didn't see with my eyes the sight of someone

who was really apologetic, but this can just be my own bias because I

was originally angry at unnie so I ended up seeing her that way... Unnie

could've been sincere, I can't draw a conclusion from this but for

today, this is what we settled with.. Me too, I will work hard on

receiving treatment continuously and I will not make another hell-

raising event like this again, I'm really sorry... Sorry... I will work hard to

fix myself little by little in the future and I'm really sorry to all the

people to whom I've caused trouble to today..... To be honest, I don't

think I can write this post by trying to paint unnie in a positive light, yes

I will acknowledge that. Actually I can't even think of her apologizing to

me after this and the sight of her being pissed at me when showing up

just keeps on replaying in my head, I've became just so stubbornly

twisted that I can't fix myself in an instant like that.... However, I must

work hard, I decided to do this after all.. I will not mention this again.. I

will not.. I couldn't write those posts that well, and I don't even know

what I wrote anymore anyways, I'm sorry once again"

Jimin posted apology letter on her Instagram:

"Even though I can't convey everything through this short post, I am

sorry and I apologize. I'm sorry for lacking leadership for my team, I

regret and feel guilt/responsibility. I couldn't understand Mina during

this time and I wasn't able to be caring towards her. I was crying,

begging and crying again to her yesterday. Even so, I think that this

won't easily resolve all the feelings she has towards me so I'm deeply

sorry. When I was young and in my early 20's, I thought that our team

had to only show a good sight to our staffs or other outsiders which led

me to lead our team selfishly. I wasn't a leader that was up to par. I'm

sorry for causing a controversy. Sorry for rambling in this post and more

than anything, I'm sorry for our team members who did everything for

the two of us."

Mina replied Jimin with another instagram post:

"You begged? Begged? Before I leave, I'll say everything I need to say.

Yesterday, you said that you did this so I can walk the right path right?

But is that the kind of person to bring a man to our dorm and have s*x

with him? Start by walking in the right path yourself. At least, don't lie. I

know that you don't want to apologize until the end and that you hate

me. But so what? I will never forget the glare you gave me when you

walked in. When I die, I'll return the same (to you?). All the eyes and

ears that were in my house, you guys are all the same. It must be nice

how Shin Jimin has so much luck. All of you are on unnie's side. Unnie

won and I lost. I lost in the end"

On July 4th, AOA's label FNC Entertainment announced that Jimin is

leaving the group and the industry.

"This is FNC Entertainment.

First of all, we apologize for causing concerns to many people regarding

the recent controversy surrounding our artist Jimin. Jimin has decided

to leave AOA and the entertainment industry.

We are deeply sorry and will manage our artists better in the future.

Once again, we apologize for causing concerns."

Mina instagram update:

"I received so many DMs, texts, etc. from not only relatives but so many

people who were worried about me and who sent me encouraging

messages. First of all, I'm so sorry I can't reply to all of them, but I'm

doing my best to read everything and I'm nothing but grateful.. You can

stop worrying about me... I will receive treatment little by little so that I

won't have to worry anyone in the future, and I will work hard to come

back with a more vibrant self as soon as I can. Until then, everyone take

care of yourselves and don't get sick. Don't forget to use a mask and if it

rains, the temperature will get cold and hot at the same time so be

careful not to catch a cold. Thank you so much and I'm sorry once

again.. Everyone fighting!"

CR:PANNCHOA