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Kim Min-ji, a track and field athlete who gained public attention after appearing on "Solo Hell 5," said she has decided to move after her home address was exposed without her consent.
On Thursday, Kim posted a video to her YouTube channel titled "Why did this happen to me … ? I've decided to move."
In the video, Kim said the situation had left her traumatized. "It's been a frightening and draining time," she said.
Kim said a drain became clogged less than three weeks after she moved in, and that poor communication with her landlord pushed her to look for a new place. While searching for a new home, she discovered that her current address had been exposed through a real estate app.
"My sister was browsing a real estate app and found a listing for an officetel in the same building that described it as 'the same home as Solo Hell's Kim Min-ji,'" she said. "It was essentially the same as publicly revealing my address — I got chills. I consulted with my agency and requested that the post be taken down."
She also described an incident in which a male resident appeared to try to film her, and said she noticed signs that he may have been following her to find out which floor she lived on. She cited these experiences as further reasons for her decision to move.
"If someone sees a listing with my name on it and tries to harm me, who's going to protect me?" she said. "I keep getting hit with reality. I've been traumatized. My home no longer feels like a safe space. That's why I'm trying to move to a different neighborhood."
Break-ins at female celebrities' homes spark calls for tighter broadcast safety standards
Alarm is growing in the entertainment industry after a string of incidents in which female celebrities' homes were burglarized following exposure of their residences on television programs.
Earlier cases involving broadcaster Park Na-rae, whose home was burglarized, and actor Nana, who was robbed at her residence, drew wide attention. The more recent incident involving Kim Gyu-ri has renewed scrutiny over the exposure of celebrities' home addresses.
As the disclosure of celebrities' private lives has become a central draw of major entertainment programs, calls are growing for stricter production ethics and institutional safeguards to protect participants' safety.
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