'Sexual Assault of Minors' Ko Young-wook: 'Plan for a Funeral Without a Viewing... Our Family Decided to Do This Long Ago' [Star Issue]

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Ko Young-wook, former member of the group Rula, spoke about his future funeral plans.

On the 15th, Ko shared an article that had been posted on social media earlier that day.

The article was titled "Farewells Without Visitors or a Viewing... The Era of 'Small Endings' Is Here," and reported that funerals without a viewing room have become increasingly common.

Last year, 25,045 funerals were held without setting up a viewing room, representing a 60% increase over the five-year period compared to 15,672 in 2021. This trend has also been referred to as "small endings."

Ko added, "Our family decided long ago to do it this way... We're ahead of the times in many ways..."

He also shared another article, saying, "I'm always ahead of the times... Haha." The article was titled "I Have No Friends... Loneliness Influencers Are Spreading in the UK."

The article reported that a trend is spreading among young people in the UK to publicly share on social media that they have no friends.

Meanwhile, Ko Young-wook was sentenced to two years and six months in prison in 2010 for sexually assaulting and forcibly molesting three minors on five occasions. He later was released from prison in 2015. He was also the first entertainer to wear an electronic ankle monitor.

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