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TV girls’ kiss scene in S. Korea under investigation

March 18, 2015

The Korea Communications Standards Commission opens sub-committee after receiving a civil complaint

A scene from JTBC's "Sunam Girls High School Detectives" (Courtesy of YouTube)

A scene from JTBC’s “Sunam Girls High School Detectives” (Courtesy of YouTube)

A kiss between two schoolgirls that hit airwaves in the South Korean drama “Sunam Girls High School Detectives” is under investigation by the Korea Communications Standards Commission, Yonhap reported.

The commission opened a sub-committee Wednesday to discuss the JTBC series, which follows five high school students who solve mysteries around their school.

The drama showed two female students sharing an unprecedented onscreen kiss on its February 25 broadcast, and saw the students hugging on March 4.

The subcommittee said it received a civil complaint stating that the “explicit kiss scene between two female homosexuals” was unhealthy for young viewers for a program rated 15 years or older.

The subcommittee will make a judgment on whether the kiss scene or scenes of the students hugging violated broadcast regulations before passing it onto the entire committee.