Who is Seungri?

Seungri, born in 1990, debuted in 2006 as the youngest member of BIGBANG and later pursued solo activities. His career collapsed after Burning Sun-related allegations in 2019, leading to charges, a retirement announcement and later prison time. He was convicted of nine charges and released in February 2023. Since then, his overseas activities have repeatedly drawn criticism.

Seungri debuted in 2006 as the youngest member of BIGBANG, a YG Entertainment boy band.

He began solo activities in 2008 with Strong Baby and released his first full-length solo album, The Great Seungri, in July 2018.

Police booked him on charges of brokering prostitution on March 10, 2019, and he announced his retirement from show business the next day.

He was convicted of nine charges, including arranging prostitution, habitual gambling of about 2.2 billion won, embezzling funds from Burning Sun and sharing a nude photo in a group chatroom.

He was released from prison in February 2023, and later incidents abroad in 2024 drew renewed criticism.

Published Sep 11, 2026 1:43 pm KST

Ex-BIGBANG member faces special assault complaint

Former BIGBANG member Seungri arrives for questioning as a suspect over overseas gambling allegations at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Intelligent Crime Investigation Unit in Jungnang District, Seoul, Aug. 28, 2019. Korea Times file

Born in 1990, Seungri debuted in 2006 as the youngest member of BIGBANG, the YG Entertainment boy band behind hits including "Lies" (2007), "Haru Haru" (2012) and "Bang Bang Bang" (2016).

He began solo activities in 2008 with "Strong Baby," produced by bandmate G-Dragon, and released his first full-length solo album, "The Great Seungri," in July 2018, holding his first solo concerts in Seoul the following month.

From left, Seungri, T.O.P, Taeyang, Daesung and G-Dragon pose during a press conference marking BIGBANG's 10th anniversary at S-Factory in Seoul's Seongdong District, Aug. 4, 2016. Seungri retired from show business in 2019 amid the Burning Sun scandal. Yonhap

His image as a young entrepreneur unraveled in early 2019, when reports of an assault at Burning Sun, a nightclub in Gangnam District where he served as a director, snowballed into allegations of drug use and police collusion, followed by media reports suggesting he had tried to arrange sexual services for foreign investors.

Police booked him on charges of brokering prostitution on March 10, 2019. He announced his retirement from show business the next day, and YG terminated his exclusive contract on March 13.

Indicted in January 2020, he enlisted in the military about a month later and stood trial in a military court, which sentenced him to three years in prison in August 2021. After admitting to the charges against him on appeal, he had the sentence reduced to 18 months, a ruling the Supreme Court upheld in May 2022.

He was convicted of nine charges, including arranging prostitution for foreign investors in 2015 and 2016, habitually gambling about 2.2 billion won ($1.63 million) at Las Vegas casinos between 2013 and 2017, embezzling funds from Burning Sun and sharing a nude photo in a group chatroom.

The charges also included instigating special assault by getting a business partner to mobilize gangsters to threaten a customer he had quarreled with at a Gangnam bar in December 2015. He was released from prison in February 2023.

Former BIGBANG member Seungri arrives for an arrest warrant hearing at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, Seoul, Jan. 13, 2020. Korea Times file

His activities abroad have since drawn repeated criticism.

In January 2024, a video from an event in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, showed him promising the crowd he would bring G-Dragon there someday, prompting backlash for invoking his former group.

A BBC documentary released that May included previously unseen footage of him forcefully pulling a woman by the arm at a party, and in August, organizers in Indonesia canceled a party titled "Burning Sun Surabaya" amid an outcry over a promotional poster bearing his photo.

胜利，1990年出生，2006年以BIGBANG忙内成员身份出道，之后进行个人活动。2019年，因Burning Sun夜店事件，他的事业遭受重创，面临指控、宣布退圈，最终入狱服刑。他被判九项罪名成立，于2023年2月获释。此后，他的海外活动屡遭批评。

胜利于 2006 年以 YG Entertainment 旗下男子组合 BIGBANG 的忙内身份出道。

他于 2008 年以 Strong Baby 组合开始个人活动，并于 2018 年 7 月发行了他的第一张完整个人专辑《伟大的胜利》。

2019 年 3 月 10 日，警方以组织卖淫的罪名逮捕了他，第二天他宣布退出娱乐圈。

他被判犯有九项罪名，包括安排卖淫、惯常赌博（金额约 22 亿韩元）、挪用 Burning Sun 的资金以及在群聊中分享裸照。

他于 2023 年 2 月出狱，2024 年在国外发生的事件再次引发了批评。

发布于2026年9月11日下午1:43（韩国标准时间）

前BIGBANG成员面临特别袭击指控

2019年8月28日，前BIGBANG成员胜利因涉嫌海外赌博，前往首尔地方警察厅情报犯罪调查科接受讯问。（韩国时报资料图）

胜利出生于 1990 年，2006 年作为 YG Entertainment 旗下男子组合 BIGBANG 的忙内出道。BIGBANG 曾推出过《谎言》（2007 年）、《Haru Haru》（2012 年）和《Bang Bang Bang》（2016 年）等热门歌曲。

他于 2008 年以单曲《Strong Baby》开始个人活动，该曲由队友 G-Dragon 制作。2018 年 7 月，他发行了首张个人完整专辑《The Great Seungri》，并在次月于首尔举办了首场个人演唱会。

2016年8月4日，在首尔城东区S-Factory举行的BIGBANG出道十周年新闻发布会上，从左至右依次为：胜利、TOP、太阳、大声和G-Dragon。胜利于2019年因Burning Sun夜店丑闻宣布退出娱乐圈。（韩联社）

2019 年初，他年轻时作为企业家的形象开始崩塌。当时，有关他在江南区担任董事的夜总会 Burning Sun 发生袭击事件的报道，迅速演变成吸毒和与警方勾结的指控，随后媒体报道称他曾试图为外国投资者安排性服务。

2019年3月10日，警方以组织卖淫的罪名逮捕了他。第二天，他宣布退出娱乐圈，YG娱乐公司于3月13日终止了他的专属合约。

他于 2020 年 1 月被起诉，大约一个月后应征入伍，并在军事法庭接受审判，于 2021 年 8 月被判处三年监禁。在上诉中承认对他的指控后，他的刑期被减至 18 个月，最高法院于 2022 年 5 月维持了这一裁决。

他被判犯有九项罪名，包括 2015 年和 2016 年为外国投资者安排卖淫、2013 年至 2017 年间在拉斯维加斯赌场赌博约 22 亿韩元（163 万美元）、挪用 Burning Sun 的资金以及在群聊中分享裸照。

指控还包括唆使商业伙伴唆使黑帮分子威胁一名他在2015年12月于江南区一家酒吧发生争执的顾客，犯有教唆特别袭击罪。他于2023年2月出狱。

2020年1月13日，前BIGBANG成员胜利抵达首尔瑞草区首尔中央地方法院，出席逮捕令听证会。（韩国时报资料图）

此后，他的海外活动屡遭批评。

2024 年 1 月，一段来自柬埔寨金边活动的视频显示，他向人群承诺，总有一天他会把 G-Dragon 带到那里，这引发了强烈反弹，因为他提到了自己的前组合。

同年 5 月，BBC 发布了一部纪录片，其中包含此前从未公开过的画面，显示他在一次聚会上用力拉扯一名女子的手臂。同年 8 月，由于一张印有他照片的宣传海报引发强烈抗议，印尼的组织者取消了一场名为“泗水烈日派对”的活动。