Jaejoong, a former member of SM Entertainment’s TVXQ, shared some of the disturbing encounters he has had with "sasaengs," a Korean term meaning “private life” which also refers to obsessive fans or stalkers, in his 20-year career.⁠ ⁠ Jaejoong recalled a “distressing” story about how one woman broke into his home, laid over him on the bed and kissed him while he was asleep. In another encounter, the singer said a stalker kept ringing his doorbell every night, and when confronted by the police, she said she only wanted to feel the same button that Jaejoong had touched. “Imagine being stalked for a year, it's so distressing you might want to take your own life,” he said, noting how he "suffered to death" at the time.⁠ ⁠ Similarly, other K-pop stars have also shared their run-ins with stalkers, including members of Twice who were harassed by a German fan in 2020 and a woman who followed BTS’s V into the elevator of his apartment building to give him their “marriage certificate.” The South...