Group Highlight Yoon Dujun left Brave Detective 5 four months after joining, and the program went into a five-week reorganization at the same time.
E Channel's Brave Detective 5 posted on its official account "program hiatus notice," saying, "We thank Yoon Dujun for being with us. Please give warm support to Yoon Dujun's future."
It added, "Brave Detective 5 will take a short break to return with a more complete investigation story," and left the notice, "We ask for viewers' understanding, and we will return in a new form on Fri., Aug. 21 at 9:50 p.m."
Earlier in the long-running series Brave Detective 5, Lee Yi-kyung and Kim Sunyoung left, and new members Yoon Dujun and Kwak Sun-young joined.
In March, original members Ahn Jung-hwan and Kwon Il-yong, along with new members Kwak Sun-young and Yoon Dujun, attended a press conference.
About receiving the offer to appear, Yoon Dujun said, "Why me? That thought came first," and added, "I didn't have the desire to appear on a program I regularly listen to because it felt like something out of reach. So when I received the offer, it was so surprising; I gratefully joined because my beloved hyung Jung-hwan was there."
Until now, Yoon Dujun had been active as the program's youngest member with a stable voice and delivery, but he left after four months, and the production team did not explain detailed reasons.
Along with this, the Brave Detective side chose a five-week reorganization and plans to return on Aug. 21, and member changes also seem unavoidable.
Meanwhile, Brave Detective is a program that covers detectives' case logs who fight crime to protect the public's safe daily life. It launched in 2022 and is in its fourth year, and it is enjoying great popularity not only on TV channels but also on the global platform Netflix.
[Photo] E Channel Brave Detective 5
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