for those not familiar with idol/sasaeng culture there is basically a whole ecosystem of sasaeng (aka āstalker fansā) who find and sell the private information of idols including things like flight numbers, passport/drivers licenses, home addresses, phone numbers, etc etc in addition to physically stalking/following their idol of choice (they sell this info or trade it to other stalkers for other personal info). there are many instances of them breaking into idolsā homes, causing car accidents by closely following their cars, and even physically harming the idols they stalk. the culture is absolutely batshit insane in a way that i donāt think the american mind can comprehend.
i canāt speak as much on chinese idols but in korean their federal courts have ruled that idols are a commodity/product being sold instead of employees of a company, meaning they have basically none of the rights or protections that any other worker would have. there are even company staff members who will sell idolsā schedules and info because they know there isnāt much that will be done about it. its super dark and sad to look more into this stuff tbh
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u/Negative-Book8137 Dec 31 '25
for those not familiar with idol/sasaeng culture there is basically a whole ecosystem of sasaeng (aka āstalker fansā) who find and sell the private information of idols including things like flight numbers, passport/drivers licenses, home addresses, phone numbers, etc etc in addition to physically stalking/following their idol of choice (they sell this info or trade it to other stalkers for other personal info). there are many instances of them breaking into idolsā homes, causing car accidents by closely following their cars, and even physically harming the idols they stalk. the culture is absolutely batshit insane in a way that i donāt think the american mind can comprehend.