Rising K-Pop Idol Gets Caught Up In Bullying Rumors, School Teacher Speaks Out

A rising K-Pop idol has been caught up in bullying rumors during her school days, prompting a response from her homeroom teacher. Earlier, a netizen alleged on social media that RESCENE member Woni was a school bully during middle school, but the post was soon deleted. On August 2nd, Woni’s homeroom teacher for grades 2 and 3 of middle school spoke about Woni on X (formerly Twitter). The teacher shared Woni’s graduation album, her signature, letters she wrote as a student, and also revealed supportive messages and DMs from other teachers who taught her in middle school, recalling those times. The homeroom teacher said about Woni, “While her performance evaluation is perfect with 100 points, there were many instances when she scored near-perfect on multiple pop quizzes as part of these evaluations. She was a talented student who also served as an executive of the student council.” The teacher additionally shared a photo of Woni leading a school violence prevention campaign in front of the entire student body, adding, “The students in the photo maintained close ties even after graduation, including Woni’s classmates. Most of them took a one-night, two-day trip together again in Febru...