Two women arrested for allegedly breaking into boy band Cortis's dormitory

The suspects reportedly admitted to purchasing the address through social media and visiting the location, but they denied actually entering the dormitory.

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Cortis members walk through Incheon International Airport during departure for Jakarta.
Boy band Cortis members are seen at Incheon International Airport on June 19.

Two Chinese women were arrested after allegedly breaking into boy band Cortis’s dormitory, police announced on Friday.

The Yongsan Police Precinct booked the two on suspicion of trespassing.

The women reportedly entered Cortis’s dormitory in Yongsan District, central Seoul, at around 2 a.m. on Thursday.

The group’s manager discovered that a package left outside the dormitory had been opened and the front door was left ajar and promptly called the police. Officers arrived at the scene and arrested the women.

“We purchased the dormitory’s address through social media and went [to the building],” the women allegedly told police. However, they denied opening the package or entering the dormitory.

Police are investigating the exact circumstances surrounding the incident.

Cortis debuted last August as BigHit Music’s first idol group in six years.


BY KIM JI-HYE [[email protected]]

This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.