• Burning Sun — A prestigious, glamorous nightclub located in Gangnam, South Korea, which opened in 2018.
• Dispatch — A well known Korean celebrity news outlets known for having exclusive, insider information.
• Cheonwon Industries — One of Burning Sun’s major shareholders.
• GHB — Often referred to as “mulberry water” in South Korea, GHB is a common narcolepsy medication that is also commonly used to commit daterape. It is tasteless and metabolizes is 6-12 hours, making it essentially traceless.
• Human trafficking — A system in which a person or persons is transferred from one place to another to perform labour for the monetary benefit of a third party.
• Jung Joonyoung — Former member of the band Drug Restaurant, Jung Joonyoung was the lead figure in the molka chat room scandal.
• Kakao/Kakaotalk — A Korean messaging platform.
• Kang Kyungyoon — The SBS reporter who broke both Seungri’s prostitution scandal and the Jung Joonyoung molka chatroom scandal. She’s also been accused of leaking Jung Joonyoung’s molka and the contact information of his molka victims, leading them to be harassed by other reporters.
• Kim Sangkyo — The Burning Sun “whistleblower”. His story was proven to be false and he was charged with sexual molestation, obstruction of business, and defamation.
• Lee Moonho — One of two Burning Sun CEOs.
• Lee Seungri — The youngest member of BigBang, real name Lee Seunghyun (이 승현), who became the face of the scandal due to loose connections between himself, other establishments, and other key figures.
• Lee Sunghyun — One of two Burning Sun CEOs.
• Madame — The head of an adult entertainment industry who employs others to engage in prostitution. A madame takes a cut from the sex workers earnings in exchange for providing the clients and the location for which to do business.
• Madame Lin — One of Burning Sun’s major shareholders.
• Molka — The Korean short form of Mollae Camera (몰래 카메라), molka refers to any image or video taken without the subject’s consent. Originally used primarily for prank cameras, molka has taken on a modern context to refer to sexual imagery due to its rampant nature in South Korea.
• Pimp — Someone who forced or coerces another person into performing sexual favours to other people, wherein the pump receives most of all of the money.
• Prostitution — A voluntary profession in which an individual provides sexual favours, usually in return for money.
• Salon Room — A common adult entertainment establishment in South Korea. While sexual favours are not always available at salon rooms, they are common.
• Sex trafficking — A form of human trafficking in which a person or persons is forced or coerced into providing sexual favours to clients for the monetary benefit of a third party (pimp).
• Superintendent Yoon — The police official who was found to be colluding with Choi Jonghoon and friends to cover up crimes in exchange for bribes.