Hunt for man over threats to kill Apink band members

Apink / Korea Times file

By Bahk Eun-ji

Police are hunting for a man who has been threatening K-pop girl band Apink with a bomb. The man has made the threat 12 times in four months.

Son Na-eun received a death threat on Oct.19, before she attended an event at Dongguk University from a man who claimed he had placed explosives at the school. Police rushed to the scene, but found no explosives.

Park Cho-rong received a bomb threat on Oct.20. Park was scheduled to attend the Bucheon International Animation Festival on the day, but a man claiming to be a fan warned that he had placed explosives inside the Korea Manhwa Museum, where the event was to be held.

After tracing the phone calls, police said they believed the two calls were made by a person with U.S. citizenship and living in Canada.

In June, Gangnam Police Office received a phone call from an unknown man, saying he would kill members of Apink because the band’s agency had sued him.

Police are investigating.