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AOA’s Mina is still reeling from K-pop bandmate’s bullying – the Korean music industry is ‘horrible and needs to be changed’, says observer
- Despite posting new photos on Instagram, former AOA singer Mina says she is still reeling from the consequences of being bullied by a bandmate
- Her story, and trouble getting over the ordeal, is a reminder that the music industry’s problem with bullying goes beyond allegations about stars’ school days
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By Kang Hyun-kyung
Singer-actor Kwon Min-a, 27, a former member of the eight-member girl band AOA, returned to the limelight this week.
Unveiling several dazzling portraits on Instagram, the singer – best known as Mina – let her fans know that she’s still on the entertainment scene. She disappeared from the public eye last year after her announcement that she had been bullied by her then bandmate, Jimin.
In the new photos, she’s provocative and flawlessly gorgeous – but the images don’t reflect her true self. She admitted, in a new post, that she was still reeling from the consequences of her traumatic past.
“I’ve seen psychiatrists since I was 20 or 21. It was five or six years ago when I realised I couldn’t stand that person [who traumatised her] any more. I changed my psychiatrist in March 2018 … now, medication no longer works,” she wrote.
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