The open secret is that the current conservative administration has been pushing their “war on drugs” (literally calling it that), which had been the direct cause to the loss of crowd-control in Itaewon that led to the crushing deaths Halloween 2022 (the police was directed to prioritize on undercover drug stings that night in that neighborhood, to dial down visible police presence so that it would not discourage criminal activity). Reporters were already present as they were “tipped off” to be ready for some juicy drug crackdown news, instead they found themselves covering a mass-tragedy.
and “breaking news” about investigations on celebrity drug use has become a convenient way to try to drown out their own scandals.
