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[엑스포츠뉴스 김희웅 인턴기자] The twin sisters Lee Jae-young and Lee Da-young, who were severely punished for school violence in the past, are leading the media around the world.
‘World of Bali’, which delivers news of world volleyball, reported on the 15th (Korean time), “Sisters Jae-young Lee and Da-young were designated as harassment perpetrators and were expelled from their team and national team.”
The situation was also communicated in detail. The media also announced that the twin sisters posted an apology on Instagram, but criticized public opinion increased, and the fact that their team Heungkuk Life Insurance and the Korean Volleyball Association imposed a severe punishment of indefinite suspension of their participation and the indefinite deprivation of national team qualifications.
The Hong Kong South China Morning Post also said, “The twin volleyball stars, who played a decisive role in Korean women’s volleyball’s advance to the Tokyo Olympics, were unable to play in the national team because of school violence 10 years ago.”
The media also explained the situation after the controversy over the twin sisters’ school violence. Sisters Jaeyoung Lee and Dayoung enjoyed fame by appearing in entertainment programs and advertisements for Kia Motors, but announced that the program and advertisement video were deleted.
The British Daily Mail also quickly addressed the controversy between the twin sisters. The media said, “Lee Jae-young and Lee Da-young are accused of stealing money from others and threatening them with a knife in middle school.”
He pointed out that although it is a sports powerhouse that ranks in the top 10 of Korea’s Summer and Winter Olympics, physical and verbal violence is rampant.
Introducing the recent cases of bullying scandals in the Korean athletic community, such as the late Choi Sook-hyun (three iron men) who made extreme choices after being subjected to harsh acts by colleagues, and Shim Seok-hee (Short Track), who confessed to the victims of sexual assault.
Not only the above media, but also France 24 of France reported the fall of twin volleyball stars through AFP news coverage citing Yonhap News.
Japanese sports media also delivered news with titles such as “The twin sisters of the Korean volleyball team were deprived of their representative status due to their dirty past”, “Korean popular twin volleyball players, and expelled from the national team due to school violence in junior high school”.
In addition, the men’s professional volleyball OK Savings Bank Song Myung-geun and Shim Myung-seop also announced that they had been suspended from the competition due to the disclosure of school violence, revealing the reality of Korean volleyball, which is suffering from measles due to violence.
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