Yuchun press conference statement

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Park Yuchun’s Press Conference Statement on April 10th, 2019
(English translation by @jjnacchann is based on Korean-Japanese translation by @sunfa0869.
Subtitle editing is by @AburamiRie)

Before I came here today to this place I really asked myself many, many times, which had been difficult time for me. The reason why, however, I gathered my courage to appear here is that I have believed that it is the right thing that I speak of everything with my own words.
I had received treatment for depression. At some periods of time I received long investigations, and even though all of the allegations were cleared legally, I spent agonizing times because of social scolding, moral sense of guilt, as well as sense of shame.
Even though I tried to think if I restrained myself and reflected on myself, I could start over, I got driven by my wish to simply die, and when moments came to me that I could not forgive myself, I couldn’t sleep and came to turn to alcohol. On many days I managed to fall asleep with the help of sleeping pills prescribed by my psychiatrist for depression.
I never, never, did drugs. By watching media reports which said Hwang Hana pointed to a show biz person saying he recommended her to take drugs, I was so afraid and scared to think people may misunderstand me as that person.
I came to be filled with fears that I may be labelled as a person who did drugs even though I never, never, did. Fears came up to me that I would be forced to be such a person even if I stamped my feet and denied it.
However, I came to think that I must speak with my own words directly even by receiving investigation because I never did drugs.
First of all, early last year, I decided to break up with Hwang Hana and did so. After breakup, I was tormented by intimidation from Hwang Hana, but because she was the one who loved me and stayed with me during my hardest time in 2017, when I thought everyone in the world turned their backs against me. I had a sense of responsibility and felt sorry.
Therefore, after breakup, when she suddenly contacted me and came to my house and blamed me, I decided to listen to her and apologize to her every time and tried to comfort her.
Those were very tormenting moments, and on many such times I managed to fall sleep by taking prescribed sleeping pills. Even though I knew Hwang Hana also suffered from depression and had taken sleeping pills, I have nothing to with the pills.
She never said she had criminal record on drugs or had been taking illegal drugs. However, after breakup, she only kept saying her depression symptom got worse and giving me bitter words. By reading the articles, I was taken by surprise and felt down.
However, I never did drugs, let alone recommended to her.
I’ve been disciplining myself every day, trying very hard to go back to acting and become active again while enduring agony. Doing what I have been doing, I could never imagine me as even just thinking about doing drugs which would make all of my efforts come to nothing.
I will go to police and receive investigation sincerely.
The reason why I’m here is, if I am found guilty in this case, it’s not only that I have to quit my career as celebrity Park Yuchun and retire, but graver than that everything in my life is being unjustly denied. That’s why I’ve come here with desperate feeling.
Thank you so much.
Once again, thank you all for listening to what I had to say.

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