Kang Daniel, 184 Sexual Assaults in 8 Years, “I Feel Like I’m Going to Throw Up… Are You Human?” Anger(Kkokkomu)

TV Jun 05, 2025

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Kang Daniel, Narsha, and Jung Dong-hwan will appear on SBS’s ‘Kkokkomu’ and reveal the true face of ‘Balbari Lee Joong-goo’, a sexual offender who has created the most victims among domestic serial criminals.They will also reveal the surprising behind-the-scenes story of how they were able to catch him after desperately wanting to catch him for about 8 years.

The episode of ‘The Story of That Day’ (directed by Lee Keun-byeol, Lee Dong-won, and Go Hye-rin, hereinafter referred to as ‘Kkokkomu’) that will air today(the 5th)will talk about the unprecedented and largest-scale serial sexual offender, Balbari Lee Jung-goo, who has victimized 184 people over the past 8 years under the title ‘Catch the Worst Serial Sex Offender, Balbari’.

The serial sexual assault case of Balbari that took place in the Daejeon area since 1999 was an unimaginable sexual assault crime that occurred multiple times a day for approximately 8 years, affecting a whopping 184 victims of various ages from their teens to their 40s, shocking South Korea.As the details of the infuriating case were revealed, Narsha deeply sympathized with the victims, saying, “If it happened to me, I don’t think I could do anything,” and Jung Dong-hwan was said to have been furious, saying, “I have to catch that crazy person.”

In particular, among the victims, there are cases where even their friends who were called in through threats committed crimes, leaving the victims with scars and guilt that they will never forget for the rest of their lives, to the point where all the police officers unanimously say, “We want to catch them like crazy.”

In ‘Kkokkomu’, the true face of Balbari Lee Jung-gu is revealed along with the backstory of how he was caught.He was a very ordinary-looking father with children.Kang Daniel expressed his disgust at the sight of the sexual assault that started in Daejeon and spread across the country via Cheongju, saying, “I feel like I’m going to throw up,” and was creeped out saying, “He doesn’t look like a human being.”

How did Lee Jung-goo, whom so many police officers and victims wanted to catch so badly, get caught, and whether Lee Jung-goo, who stood in court, received the proper punishment for his crimes? A sexual assault case beyond imagination will be revealed tonight at 10:20 PM on ‘Kkokkomu’.

Reporter Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com jhj@donga.com

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