04-24-2011 15:00
http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/04/201_85757.htmlCyber mobs hunt for 'truth' about Seo-E scandal

Singer Seo Tai-ji, left, and E Ji-ah, center, kept their marriage and divorce secret for 14 years, while the actress・romance with co-star Jung Woo-sung recently became public. / Korea Times file
Crusading for facts or collective terrorism? Websites are revealing personal information not only about E, but her family and friends.
By Lee Hyo-won
As Seo Tai-ji and E Ji-ah secret marriage and now public divorce are making headlines, online communities are feverishly seeking he truth・on their relationship.
Media and netizens alike are citing the relationship, kept under wraps for 14 years, as one of the biggest scandals to date in the local entertainment scene.
E is the main target of attention as her romance with actor Jung Woo-sung recently became common knowledge. While E affair with Jung has invited jealous glances, her clandestine past with culture president・Seo is inspiring a whole new level of cyber terrorism.
After E said Thursday through her agency Key East that she had in fact married and filed a divorce suit against Seo, netizens launched a website (lee-zia.com) Friday devoted to tracing her past — and went as far as revealing profiles of her relatives.
The actress has long been dubbed an alien・for keeping her privacy well protected. Because she moved to the United States in 1993, it was difficult for even her closest aides to learn of her personal history.
But it recently became known that she was born Kim Sang-eun and changed her name to Kim Ji-ah before her professional debut in 2007. As is common among entertainers she adopted a stage name, E Ji-ah.
After news broke of her divorce, E revealed that she is 33 years old, rather than 30 as her public profile read.
She also confirmed through her publicist that she secretly married Seo in the U.S. in 1997 but the two separated in 2000 when the singer returned to the K-pop scene. She began divorce proceedings in 2006.
Netizens have tried to piece together the puzzle of E secret life on the website, titled E Ji-ah, Who Is She?・Contributors have posted purported facts and figures about her private and professional life, along with photos of her grade school days as well as stories about her relationships with family and friends.
Critics say the act can be likened to cyber lynching in the name of evealing the truth.・An ordinary college student that criticized short men on TV and singer Tablo notable academic record have previously been subject to similar netizen attention.
On Saturday E agency released a statement asking netizens to refrain from disclosing information about E acquaintances.
family members, relatives and acquaintances are completely irrelevant to the matter, and are ordinary people leading ordinary lives. They are being deeply hurt by recents events,said Key East. release refrain from reporting about those other than the people directly involved
There is also a website seojinyo.com, dubbed requesting the Truth From Seo Tai-ji.
The online community is run by a fan of the singer who says, is an individual who loves Seo Tai-ji music and adores the singer, I hope Seo will step up himself to voice the truth and handle the matter・The website continues to compile stories and reports related to the issue.
While lee-zia.com and seojinyo.com may appear to have different characteristics both feature commercial advertisements and are inviting criticism for financially exploiting and profiting from the scandal.
In the meantime Seo whereabouts is also provoking curiosity since the 39-year-old has kept silent on the matter.
His existence・has been confirmed only through a few traces, including an email he sent to a close friend on Thursday, saying am well so dont worry,according to Yonhap News, and condolence flowers delivered in his name to rocker Kim Jong-suh late father on April 9.
Seo also left a message on his official website on April 2 suggesting that he is traveling extensively: you know I showing up all over the world these days.The website www.seotaeji.com has not been accessible due to heavy traffic.
Some of his fans have noted, the general consensus is to Seo Tai-ji disadvantage since everyone is just listening to what E Ji-ah says.
Other netizens have pointed out, seo has said numerous times in interviews that he wasnt interested in marriage. Even though this is his personal life, it unfair and cowardly of him to have only E addressing the matter
Jung spends lonely birthday
The Seo-E affair has been receiving even more spotlight with the involvement of a third party, Jung, who found out about his girlfriend past a day before his 38th birthday on Friday.
just having a drink with someone (Jung Woo-sung) I came to known for 24 years. I just hope time goes by quickly,Kim Yeon-hak, Jung longtime friend and agency head, said through Twitter.
Kim went on to say, Jung) is having a difficult time, and it also hard for me to watch him. I am staying by his side not as his agency head but as a friend.
Local reports say Jung was looking forward to celebrating his birthday with E and close friends but canceled plans and instead had a drink with Kim.
Kim told the press that Jung had been unaware about E relationship with Seo.
jung Woo-sung said he cant trust anyone anymore. I cannot describe in words the shock he felt,・the agency head was quoted as telling Yonhap News on Friday.
Meanwhile, E has said she plans to contact Jung and apologize.
E and Jung co-starred in the blockbuster TV series athena: Goddess of Warand admitted they were dating in March.
网络暴民的'真理'关于SEO - E的丑闻追捕
歌手徐泰姬,左,和E姬啊,中心,保持了14年的结婚和离婚的秘密,而女演员窭浪漫与合演正友晟最近被公开。 /韩国时报文件
对事实或集体讨伐恐怖主义? 泄露个人信息的网站是不是只有E,但她的家人和朋友。
李孝韩元
正如徐泰姬和E籍啊窭冱秘密结婚,现在正公开离婚头条新闻,网上社区是狂热地寻求窭徼它们之间的关系,他的真理窭。
媒体和网民都被引用的关系,严格保密了14年,作为最大的丑闻之一,在本地娱乐界的日期。
E为关注,因为她与演员郑吴松最近成为常识浪漫的主要目标。 而E窭冱与荣格事件已邀请嫉妒的目光,她与总统窭窭彡ulture徐过去是鼓舞人心的一个秘密整个网络恐怖主义的新水平。
经过周四通过E表示她的机构主要有东,她已婚的事实,徐一提起离婚诉讼,网民推出了一个网站(李zia.com)星期五专门追查她的过去 - 而且竟然对她露出轮廓亲戚。
这位女演员一直被称为她的隐私保持良好的保护一窭彗留置权窭。 因为她1993年移居美国,这是困难的,即使她最亲密的助手,了解她的个人历史。
但是,最近人们得知她出生金相银,改变了她在2007年之前,她的名字首次亮相专业金智啊。 由于是常见的表演,她通过一个阶段的姓名,吉啊。
消息传出后打破了她离婚,电子透露,她是33岁,而不是因为她的公众形象30阅读。
她通过她的发言人也证实,她在美国秘密结婚徐于1997年,但在2000年的两地分居当歌手返回到K -流行乐坛。 她于2006年开始离婚诉讼。
网民试图拼凑网站上的电子窭冱秘密的生活难题,名为窭废姬啊,她是谁?窭贡献者已经张贴随着年级的照片,她声称的事实和有关她的私人生活和职业生活的数字,上学的时候,以及关于她与家人和朋友关系的故事。
批评人士说,该法可以比喻为网络中的窭evealing真相徨名私刑。窭一个普通的大学学生,批评电视和歌手Tablo窭冱学习成绩显着的矮个子男人曾经受到类似的网友关注。
上周六é窭冱机构发表了一份声明,要求网民不要透露关于E窭冱熟人的信息。
窭废窭冱家人,亲戚和熟人是完全不相干的事,是导致普通平凡的人。 他们被深深地伤害了recents事件,窭说,关键地区。 窭弃约的人比那些直接参与租赁避免其他报告。窭商业登记>
还有一个网站seojinyo.com名为窭彝equesting从徐泰姬真相。窭
网上社区是由一个谁的歌手说风机运行,窭广是一个个人谁爱徐泰姬窭冱音乐和崇拜的歌手,我希望徐会加强自己的声音,真理和处理此事。窭该网站将继续编译的故事和有关问题的报告。
虽然李zia.com和seojinyo.com可能会出现有不同的特点都采用商业广告,并邀请经济剥削和丑闻中获利的批评。
在此期间徐窭冱的下落,也发人深省,因为39岁的好奇心一直对此事保持沉默。
他窭彳xistence窭已被证实只是通过一些痕迹,包括他的电子邮件发送到周四收盘朋友说窭庐很舒服,所以不要担心窭冲,窭据韩联社消息,并发表在他的慰问鲜花名称摇杆04月9日金正日suh窭冱已故的父亲。
徐还留在4月2日在其官方网站的消息表明,他是旅行广泛:。窭弸欧知道我窭冦显示了世界各地的这些天窭网站www.seotaeji.com并未因访问拥挤的交通。
他的球迷有些人指出,窭弋他的普遍共识是,徐泰姬窭冱不足,因为大家都只是听什么é籍啊说。窭商业登记>
其他网友则指出,窭彝行政主任已多次在接受采访时说,他在婚姻wasn窭感兴趣冲。 虽然这是他个人的生命,它窭冱不公平和懦弱的他只é处理这一事项。窭商业登记>
郑花寂寞的生日
搜索引擎优化- E的事件已被接受与该第三者,荣格,谁发现了他过去的女朋友每天冱之前,他上周五参与了38岁生日窭更关注的焦点。
窭庐窭冦只是随便与人饮(正友松)我窭况E为24年而闻名。 我只是希望通过快速的时间去,窭金妍鹤,郑窭冱老朋友和机构负责人表示,通过Twitter的。
金正日还表示,窭荣格)是有困难的时候,它窭冱也很难让我看着他。 我住在他身边,他的机构没有头,但作为一个朋友。窭商业登记>
当地媒体报导说,郑正期待着庆祝他与E和亲密的朋友,生日,而不是取消了计划与金饮料。
金告诉记者,荣格已经对E窭冱与SEO的关系不知道出版社。
窭廱雄胡松说,他可以窭冲信任任何人了。 我无法用言语形容他感到震惊,该机构负责人窭为上周五告诉联合新闻引述。
与此同时,电子表示,她打算跟Jung和道歉。
E和荣共同主演的卖座电视剧窭广thena:战争窭女神,并承认他们在3月份约会。
hyowlee@koreatimes.co.kr