Jang Ja-yeon

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Korean spelling
Hangeul 장 자연
Hanja 張 自然
Revised
Romanization 		Jang Ja-yeon
McCune-
Reischauer 		Jang Chayon

Jang Ja-yeon (born January 25, 1980 in Jeongeup , South Korea , † March 7, 2009 in Seongnam , South Korea) was a South Korean actress .

Life

Jang Ja-yeon was born on January 25, 1980 in Jeongeup , Jeollabuk-do . In 1999, her parents were killed in a car accident. She has lived with her older sister and younger brother since then. She was a Buddhist .

Career

Jang first appeared in a 2006 television commercial. She had her big break with her role as Sunny in the K-drama series Boys Over Flowers . Jang also made the films Where is Jung Seung-Phill and Searching for the Elephant , which were only released after her death. Jang was considered a great acting talent and her films received good reviews.

death

On March 7th, 2009, she was found hanged by her sister in her home in Bundang , Seongnam . Police investigations revealed that her death was suicide and found no evidence of unauthorized interference.

Jang left a message addressed to her ex- manager Yoo Jang-ho that she could not withstand the pressure of the entertainment industry. She also described in the message that she was beaten and forced by her agent Kim Sung-hoon to have sex with program directors, CEOs and other media personalities . She was also forced to drink alcoholic beverages and complained of poor pay. The message also included a list of some of the names of program directors and other VIPs she had to sleep with. This sparked a great debate over the state of the South Korean entertainment industry. The police then investigated the list. She was known to have had some problems with her management agency. Kim Sung-hoon denied all allegations, claiming that Yoo forced Jang to write this letter in order to destroy his company. Yoo previously made the list public. Kim was in Japan at the time , whereupon the South Korean police requested her extradition. Nevertheless, the police were accused of not doing enough to solve the case, also because the request for extradition was not made until ten days after the list was published.

At the end of April 2009, the police stopped their investigation. Two people were arrested. This has been heavily criticized by many South Korean media. The Hankyoreh newspaper wrote that the police only scratched the surface and did not investigate Jang's management agency. The Hankyoreh accused the police of questioning one of the suspects, who is an influential leader of the Chosun Ilbo , too briefly and too quickly found innocent. In addition, the police did not complete the list.

On June 25, 2009, the police announced the continuation of investigations into Jang's suicide after her former manager, Kim Sung-hoon, was arrested in Japan. Kim was finally turned over to the South Korean authorities in early July.

Jang's funeral took place on March 9, 2009 at Seoul National University Hospital in the district of Bundang in Seongnam instead. Her family, friends and fellow actors were present. Jang was buried in Jeongeup, right next to her parents' grave.

In the end, only on October 1, 2010, Kim and Yoo were sentenced to one year each. Kim was convicted of embezzlement and violence against Jang, and Yoo was convicted of publishing the "Jang-Ja-yeon List." Both also received two years of probation and 160 nonprofit working hours. Everyone else on the list has been found innocent.

According to the media, the case was never properly resolved and is still an issue 22 months after Jang's death , according to the Los Angeles Times .

On March 7, 2011, South Korean Justice Minister Lee Kwi-nam announced that he was considering investigating the case again due to public pressure. The day before, the SBS television station revealed another 230 pages (50 letters), which, according to experts, come from Jang. She wrote these letters to a friend who has been in prison since 2003 between 2005 and 2009. In these diary-like letters she described what she had to go through and that her manager threatened to end her contract, as with the previously published list. if she doesn't do what he told her to. In these letters she names 31 people with whom she had to have sex. Around a dozen of them were questioned by the police in 2009 and found innocent. Also, her fellow actors would have to go through the same thing. According to the SBS report, the police were aware of the letters, but they were ignored. The competent court should also have received the letters beforehand. On March 16, the police announced that the newly emerged letters were forged and that the case would therefore not be reopened.

In 2013, the film Norigae based on the events was released.

Filmography

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Profile of Jang Ja-yeon on Nate.com (Korean). ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. epg.co.kr ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Korean) indicates December 8, 1982.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / people.nate.com  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / epg.epg.co.kr

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Kim Mi-ju: Actress from 'Boys Over Flowers' hangs herself. (No longer available online.) In: JoongAng Daily . March 9, 2009, formerly in the original ; accessed on November 23, 2012 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com  
  2. ↑ a b c d e Chung Ah-young: Boys over Flowers' Actress Jang Found Dead in Apparent Suicide. In: Korea Times . March 8, 2009, accessed February 19, 2011 .
  3. ↑ a b John M. Glionna: Cultural Exchange: In South Korea's industry entertainment, exploitation remains an issue. In: Los Angeles Times . January 9, 2011, accessed February 19, 2011 .
  4. ^ Former agent demands thorough probe into death of actress. Yonhap , March 18, 2009, accessed February 19, 2011 .
  5. ^ A b c d Justin McCurry: Storm in South Korea over Jang Ja-yeon's suicide. In: The Guardian . April 1, 2009, accessed February 19, 2011 .
  6. ↑ Kwon Mee-yoo: 'Late Actress Was Forced to Have Sex With Showbiz VIPs'. In: Korea Times . March 15, 2009, accessed February 19, 2011 .
  7. ↑ Police Probe Jang Ja-yeon Suicide. In: Chosun Ilbo . March 16, 2009, accessed February 19, 2011 .
  8. ↑ a b Police to resume probe into scandal over actress' suicide. Yonhap, June 25, 2009, accessed February 19, 2011 .
  9. ↑ Park Si-soo: Police Tracing Sex Contacts of Late Actress Jang. In: Korea Times. March 22, 2009, accessed February 20, 2011 .
  10. ↑ a b c 9 Booked Over Actress Jang Ja-yeon Suicide. In: Korea Times. April 24, 2009, accessed February 19, 2011 .
  11. ↑ Jang Ja-yeon Confidant Questioned about Explosive List. In: Chosun Ilbo. July 9, 2009, accessed February 19, 2011 .
  12. ^ Burying the Jang Ja-yeon investigation. In: The Hankyoreh. February 25, 2009, accessed February 19, 2011 .
  13. ↑ a b 10 Awards - Top 10 News of 2009. (No longer available online.) In: 10asia. December 30, 2009, archived from the original on May 23, 2010 ; accessed on February 19, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / 10.asiae.co.kr
  14. ↑ a b c Insufficient investigation of Jang Ja-yeon list. In: The Hankyoreh. April 25, 2009, accessed February 19, 2011 .
  15. ↑ South Korean talent agent sought over starlet's suicide deported. In: Japan Times . Kyodo News, July 4, 2009, accessed February 19, 2011 .
  16. ^ "Boys over Flower" actress Jang Ja-yeon Laid to Rest. In: KBS World . March 9, 2009, accessed November 23, 2012 .
  17. ↑ 故 장 자연 소속사 전 대표 · 전 매니저, 징역 1 년 구형. In: Naver. SPN, October 1, 2010, accessed February 20, 2011 (Korean).
  18. ↑ Suicide Actress 'Forced into Sex with 31 Influential Figures'. In: Chosun Ilbo. March 7, 2011, accessed March 7, 2011 .
  19. ↑ Lee Jeong-yeon: 故 장 자연 소속사 전 대표 - 매니저 '술 접대 강요' 징역 1 년 · 집유 2 년. In: Nate. November 13, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2011 (Korean).
  20. ↑ Letters by late Jang reveal extensive forced sexual services. In: The Hankyoreh . March 7, 2011, accessed March 7, 2011 .
  21. ↑ a b Park Si-soo: Police seek to get hands on Jang's letters. In: Korea Times. March 8, 2011, accessed March 8, 2011 .
  22. ^ Park Si-soo: Jang Ja-yeon scandal resurfaces. In: Korea Times. March 7, 2011, accessed March 7, 2011 .
  23. ↑ Lee Chang-sup: Actress and 'comfort woman'. In: Korea Times. March 10, 2011, accessed March 10, 2011 .
  24. ↑ Public Pressure Grows over Probe into Actress' Suicide. In: Chsoun Ilbo. March 8, 2011, accessed March 8, 2011 .
  25. ↑ Jaeyeon Woo: Police say Letters About Jang Are Fake. In: Wall Street Journal. March 16, 2011, accessed March 16, 2011 .
  26. ^ Claire Lee: Film inspired by true story lacks sensitivity for real-life victim. In: Korea Herald . April 23, 2013, accessed April 26, 2015 .
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Jang is the family name here, Ja-yeon is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Yeah yeon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 장 자연 (Hangeul); 張 子 姸 (Hanja)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Jeongeup , South Korea
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 2009
Place of death Seongnam , South Korea