The K-pop girl group's Dreams Come True concept photo (Image via aespa_official/Instagram)A recent aespa performance at an all-boys school in Seoul took a dark turn as harassment and lax security claims began to surface.The four-member girl group performed at Seoul's Kyungbok High School for their 101st-anniversary ceremony. While they are not the first K-pop band to perform there, this performance led to some students making s**ually explicit comments about the members.The administration issued an apology to the group, only to delete it later.aespa performed at Kyungbok High School's 101st-anniversary ceremonyThe incident came to light after a post surfaced on an online forum. It said that members of the K-pop group suffered harassment from the audience, which was presumably mostly made up of teenage boys.sai ✘@yjskateri am absolutely disgusted and pissed off who in their right minds would let aespa attend an all boys school without ENOUGH security?2i am absolutely disgusted and pissed off who in their right minds would let aespa attend an all boys school without ENOUGH security? https://t.co/fgU6HeDO5UThe post claimed that four students went up on stage during the anniversary ceremony and asked the idols for a selfie. Despite having no prior knowledge of plans to take pictures, aespa members consented.Sara ⧗ Moon Knight era@WonderfulSoneSM sent aespa to an boys school with 0 security (only 1 woman trying her best to protect them), the boys crowded them, shoved their cameras on their faces, made sexual harassment jokes with e/o & teachers, jumped on stage, made sexual captions on their posts..They deserve HELL15233SM sent aespa to an boys school with 0 security (only 1 woman trying her best to protect them), the boys crowded them, shoved their cameras on their faces, made sexual harassment jokes with e/o & teachers, jumped on stage, made sexual captions on their posts..They deserve HELL https://t.co/2YttFXdVltWhile clicking a selfie seems like an innocuous request from some fans, things took a disturbing turn. One of the four students posted the image on his Instagram account while making s**ually explicit comments about the idols and their bodies.One of them includes:"I did everything but touch them."In the same post that revealed the selfie incident, it was said the K-pop group allegedly did not have proper security at the event, leading to commotion while leaving the campus.karina pr manager@ujiminphoriaSM sent aespa to all boys school but without proper guards. They invaded their space & took indecent photo with indecent caption. You can see the girls are really uncomfortable but the sad thing is they can’t do anythingSECURE THE SAFETY OF AESPA @SMTOWNGLOBAL @aespa_official99734579SM sent aespa to all boys school but without proper guards. They invaded their space & took indecent photo with indecent caption. You can see the girls are really uncomfortable but the sad thing is they can’t do anythingSECURE THE SAFETY OF AESPA @SMTOWNGLOBAL @aespa_official https://t.co/9FeZxp0kE2Sam@winterpup0101It's not a scene from a zombie movie. It's just high school boys being despicable over meeting aespa. https://t.co/srbKXz7xYQ twitter.com/netizenbuzz/st…Netizen Buzz@netizenbuzzAespa gets harassed by male students at Lee Soo Man's alma mater bit.ly/3s75uNc84Aespa gets harassed by male students at Lee Soo Man's alma mater bit.ly/3s75uNc https://t.co/DYiU2K84GTIt's not a scene from a zombie movie. It's just high school boys being despicable over meeting aespa. https://t.co/srbKXz7xYQ twitter.com/netizenbuzz/st…Naturally, the post left aespa fans in an uproar, with many asking for an explanation and apology from the school.nicole ❄️ coachælla!@mywinterlandKMYs are so mad rn. the first event that aespa attended after the ban was lifted is an all boys school where the security isn't enough to guard them properly, the students are selling fancams, there are also people who went up the stage. the event is just so messed up.....98122645KMYs are so mad rn. the first event that aespa attended after the ban was lifted is an all boys school where the security isn't enough to guard them properly, the students are selling fancams, there are also people who went up the stage. the event is just so messed up.....$ louise@jhyngaeno cause wtf is sm doing … why tf would sm send aespa to an all boys school without proper security ?! their female manager was the only one who protected the girls from these nasty high school boys who dont have an ounce of respect for aespas privacySECURE THE SAFETY OF AESPA1093232no cause wtf is sm doing … why tf would sm send aespa to an all boys school without proper security ?! their female manager was the only one who protected the girls from these nasty high school boys who dont have an ounce of respect for aespas privacySECURE THE SAFETY OF AESPA https://t.co/0VIMFn0NMqSunshine@sunshine_080507aespa were dressed and styled so prettily today. it's a waste that they were sent to a garbage school677125aespa were dressed and styled so prettily today. it's a waste that they were sent to a garbage school https://t.co/6Fhtny9TnXً.@jnksoIoistsaespa were sent to an all boys school with no security and had their personal space continuously invaded… do you know how uncomfortable they must have felt, women in kpop really do deserve to be protected way more than they are1421367aespa were sent to an all boys school with no security and had their personal space continuously invaded… do you know how uncomfortable they must have felt, women in kpop really do deserve to be protected way more than they areSchool formally apologized, only to delete it laterIn response to the original post, Kyungbok High School's administration took to its official website to share a letter of apology to both the group and their agency, SM Entertainment.The full letter can be seen below:𝐍𝐎È@aeslevenApology letter from the school towards SM and aespa.48741754Apology letter from the school towards SM and aespa. https://t.co/ePudwzy4ZAThe apology letter claimed that the several incidents mentioned were not really true. They also claimed that many outsiders had attempted to enter the campus but were not allowed.However, the letter was taken down shortly after.Incidentally, the K-pop group is only one among several SM Entertainment groups that have performed at Kyungbok High School. The reason is that the company’s CEO, Lee Soo-man, graduated from Kyungbok High School.Before the Savage singers, the high school enjoyed performances by Girls’ Generation in 2008, Red Velvet in 2015, NCT 127 in 2016, and NCT DREAM in 2017 and 2019.