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A K-pop star was photographed kissing a woman. Fans decided he should be fired for it.

Almost a year after photos of Seunghan kissing a woman led to his suspension from the boy band RIIZE, his return was foiled by fans who expect their idols to have wholesome images.

K-pop star Seunghan was banished for almost a year from his boy band, RIIZE, amid backlash over leaked photos showing him kissing a womanwhen he was a trainee — behavior considered unacceptable by some fans who expect their idols to remain single and have wholesome images. The singer further came under fire after an anonymously posted video appeared to show him criticizing the singing and dancing skills of another boy band member and making comments about a female star that some fans considered disrespectful. I don’t think a person who speaks ill of sunbae has good manners,” RIIZE fan Yuki Shu told NBC News via a messaging app last week, using a Korean word that means people with more working experience.

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