▲This photo, provided by RBW show ONEUS posing for their group photo. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

 

SEOUL October 28 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group ONEUS’ member Raven, South Korean name Kim Young-jo, dropped out of the group due to the controversy over his personal life.

“ONEUS’ member Raven decided to leave the group because he was worried about the damage he is inflicting to the group itself and its fans.” adding “After careful consideration our agency decided to grant Raven’s wish to leave the group.” addressed, post made by the group’s agency RBW at ONEUS’ fan café on October 27.

ONEUS will continue on with its activity as 5 member boy group excluding Raven.

Raven was drawn into criticism after someone posted videos, photos and post related to his private life on to a social network service on October 14.

Moreover, his actions through subscription based message service “Bubble” are being criticized for using the service as mean to get high end designer goods by intentionally telling the fans his size.

“We have indicated some of the lies throughout the post while fact checking the post,” adding “As of those fake information, we will take this problem to the court.” addressed the group’s agency RBW.

ONEUS debuted to the scene with their first mini album “LIGHT US.”

 

 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)

 

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