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Agency announces Jimin's decision to leave Korean girl group AOA after Mina's bullying allegations
FNC Entertainment has announced Jimin's decision to leave the Korean girl group AOA.
According to a report on Soompi, FNC Entertainment released a statement on the matter on July 4.
Soompi reports that on July 3, former AOA member Mina had a tell-all on Instagram, alleging that Jimin bullied her for years, while she was still with the girl group.
Following her post, the report said Mina revealed Jimin visited her to apologize, adding that she accepted it, but was unsure if it was sincere.
Jimin also shared a public apology on Instagram, one day after Mina posted the allegation. Mina reportedly responded, but the post has been deleted.
Read the full statement below.
This is FNC Entertainment.
First, we would like to apologize for causing concern to many people through the events related to Jimin that have been unfolding recently.
From this moment forth, Jimin has decided to leave AOA and halt all of her activities in the entertainment industry.
Additionally, our agency accepts responsibility for this entire situation, and we will put our full focus on managing our artists [in the future]. Once again, we apologize for causing concern through these unfortunate matters.
— Jannielyn Ann Bigtas/LA, GMA News
