Bullying is never acceptable, and it sounds like Korea has a huge problem with school bullying and that needs to be addressed. No one should go through it, and I don’t like how people underestimate the affect it can have. Victims can suffer for their whole lives because of it.
However, it makes me pretty uncomfortable to think Soojin’s whole career could be ruined because of something that happened when she was 13. I understand if it is a serious sexual or violent assault, but otherwise it seems a bit Orwellian to me that people are retrospectively punished and “cancelled” for things they did when they were children. How can people ever change if they get attacked for anything bad they ever did, often by people who are just looking to ruin someone, instead of actually caring.
Irene didn’t lose her career over berating a woman to the point of tears as a grown woman, so it would seem rather bizarre if Soojin lost hers after being mean as a child. Not saying either of them should lose their careers, despite Irene’s behaviour being disgusting, but it just seems so backwards.