Recently a piece of news came out on social media that an “X” K-pop artist was found violating the traffic rules. We have often heard that XYZ artists were caught doing things they were not supposed to do. But this time this artist became the talk of the town because of his popularity. In this article, we were going to talk about the recent drunk driving case which revolves around Suga (Min Yoon-ki) a member of the biggest boy group of the pop industry. Min Yoon-gi (born March 9, 1993), known professionally by his stage names Suga (슈가)and Agust D, is a South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer. This page will help you to learn more about Suga and his viral news. Check out the next section.
Member of BTS
Under Big Hit Entertainment, he debuted as a member of the South Korean boy band BTS in 2013. he is a brilliant artist he gave so many hits to the group BTS. Suga writes, composes, arranges, mixes, and masters his material. Over 160 registered songs are credited to him by the Korea Music Copyright Association. He plays piano and produces mainly hip-hop and R&B music. His lyrics involve themes “full of dreams and hope,” conceived with the intent of his music becoming “many people’s strength.”He cites Stony Skunk and Epik High as his inspirations to pursue hip-hop music. Particularly, he credits the former’s reggae-hip hop hybrid album Ragga Muffin (2005) and its title track for igniting his interest in the genre. About his military service On August 7, 2023, after the completion of his world tour, Big Hit announced through Weverse that Suga had applied for the termination of his postponement to begin the enlistment process and carry out his service. He began his military service on September 22, as a social worker. Learn more in the next section.
Suga posted an apology
After all of his achievements, let’s talk about what happened recently. On the 13th, Yonhap News TV released CCTV footage at the time of Suga’s drunk driving accident. The video showed Suga riding an electric scooter on the street in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, at 11:10 p.m. on the 6th. Suga hit the guard stone and fell while driving along the sidewalk at a high speed, and police rioters on patrol found Suga and asked for support at a nearby police station. In less than 10 minutes, a patrol car arrived at the scene, and a breathalyser test was conducted. The blood alcohol concentration is 0.227%, well above the 0.08% standard for revoking the licence. If the blood alcohol concentration exceeds 0.2%, it will be aggravated, and if convicted, the sentence will be heavy with imprisonment for more than two years and less than five years or a fine of 20 million won.
After this incident BTS’ Suga has issued an apology The 31-year-old shared details about the drunken incident, which involved a run-in with the police, in an apology posted on his X account on Aug. 6. In his statement, the singer said, “Hi, this is Suga. Due to a disappointing event, I come to you all with a heavy and sorry heart,” he said.“Last night after having had a few drinks at dinner, I rode an electric scooter home. By rationalising the short distance home and not realising while in an inebriated state of mind that riding an electric scooter after drinking is not allowed, I ended up violating road traffic laws.”He continued, “I rode an electric scooter home last night, after having drinks with dinner. I thought that it was a close distance, and I did not realise that you could not operate an electric scooter after drinking.
As such, I violated traffic rules.” he recalled parking the scooter outside of his home and then falling over. He said the police were nearby and gave him a breathalyser test. “My licence was revoked and I’ve been fined,” he said. “There wasn’t anyone who got hurt or properties that were damaged amid this incident, but this is an inexcusable action of mine so I bow my head and apologise to everyone.”
Support of Min Yoon-gi agency
Min Yoon-gi agency also came forward and the BIGHIT music issued a statement about the situation and offered an apology stating that SUGA took place on August 6, when he was riding the electric scooter after consuming alcohol. The statement detailed that SUGA was wearing a helmet and had travelled approximately 500 metres before he fell while parking the scooter in front of his house. Police officers, who were nearby, noticed the smell of alcohol and conducted a breathalyser test. The results showed that SUGA’s blood alcohol content was above the legal limit, leading to the revocation of his licence and a subsequent fine.
The police escorted him home after the incident, and the statement confirmed that no property damage or personal injury resulted from the fall. Though they knew that SUGA was guilty of this incident the BIGHIT Music agency expressed regret over SUGA’s actions, apologising for the disappointment caused by his behaviour. They emphasised their commitment to preventing similar incidents in the future and acknowledged the need for more stringent measures to ensure such situations do not recur.
Police have completed confirmation of Suga’s final travel distance and route, and have begun administrative disposition procedures to cancel Suga’s driver’s licence. It is also coordinating the schedule for Suga’s summons investigation. Netizens were showing mixed reactions to this incident, some were taking the side of Suga supporting him and consoling him but some of the netizens were going crazy and asking Suga to leave the group BTS. As Suga faces backlash for his recent DUI (driving under the influence) scandal, some on social media are demanding that the BTS member leave the group entirely.
Amid all this, the aforementioned report also revealed that another formal complaint (A) had been filed against him, demanding that authorities investigate Suga’s time as a social worker. It said, “Suga’s DUI is a result of his poor work attitude and the military office needs to investigate his work using CCTV. We strongly urge that a thorough investigation be conducted into Suga’s work while serving as a social service worker under the Military Service Act and that any violations found be reported to the authorities and dealt with strictly.”
