In brief
- South Korean actor Hwang Jung-eum admitted in court to embezzling $3.1M (₩4.34B) from her agency to invest in crypto.
- SBS Plus channel removed her segments from the final episode of Because I’m Single following backlash.
- Advertisers like Daesang Wellife Nucare have pulled her campaign content after the scandal broke.
South Korean actor Hwang Jung-eum has been edited out of the final episode of SBS Plus’s reality show ‘Because I’m Single,’ following her courtroom admission that she embezzled $3.1 million (₩4.34 billion) from her own company to invest in crypto.
“Hwang Jung-eum’s VCR segments will not appear in today’s final episode, which airs at 8:30 p.m.,” the production team said Tuesday as per local…
Nov 09 2025
