K-pop idols and politics: does former AOA member Kwon Mina’s Instagram criticism of President Moon Jae-in mark an end to Korea’s decades-old taboo?

• Unlike in Hollywood, where actors slamming politicians might be the norm, in Korea it has ended K-pop and K-drama stars’ careers
• But now Kwon Mina is openly worrying over Covid-19 vaccines and singer JK Kim Dong-wook mocked the Korean government over corruption and property investment