When rumors suggested BTS rapper SUGA was slated for interrogation over a DUI incident, he became the target of a media frenzy. Rumors abound in K-media, even speculating that SUGA, sometimes known as AGUST D, would show up at a police station on August 22 for questioning on a drunk-driving incident involving an electric scooter. But everything was bogus news.

The agency of SUGA, HYBE Labels, quickly refuted these allegations, attesting to the absence of any intended police station visit. Early in the morning, reporters swarming to the police station in search of a sight of the worldwide star amused fans, sometimes referred to as ARMY. Reporters waited outside hoping to capture a picture of SUGA, even though they were denied permission to put up a photoline.

The media frenzy made clear how false information travels without appropriate confirmation. Police denied a formal photoline, generally intended for major offenders, although reporters still gathered illegally on police territory. SUGA never showed up ultimately, as HYBE had explained, leaving ARMY with the last laugh.

This episode has begged issues regarding the morality of the South Korean media's unrelenting search for sensational stories, frequently without fact-checking, as they hurried to cover the world's most famous boy band member without strong proof.