Ryu Hwa-young, who played prickly Kang Unni in the first season of the show, will only be returning in a special appearance capacity for the second season.

My wish is that she will never act in a drama again. Actually this is not enough considering all she did.

It's a long story. Read here. http://www.asianjunkie.com/2017/02/12/dispatch-wraps-up-t-ara-hwayoung-hyoyoung-scandal-kim-kwang-soo-sorta-told-the-truth/

The Dispatch is a tabloid not known for ethical journalism.   If you  believe that Hwayoung is solely responsible for that debacle  years ago,  you are as naive as the one ones who thought she was a  completely  innocent victim.  And why is a staff member's word more  authoritative than the T-ara members themselves, anyways?  Because  that's what you want to believe.

They were kids all  struggling to make it in an agency -CCM- who is best known for terrible  feuds between talent and the agency.  They simply do not manage their  people well and that is more CCM's fault than any of their artists. 

I  have no doubt mistakes were made on both sides.  I believe Hwayoung was  alienated from the other T-ara members and I'm sure Hwayoung also  earned the resentment the others felt.  The lion's share of the fault  lies more on those who created the atmosphere and did nothing to foster  health relationships in the workplace - CCM.

Hating  Hwayoung, or saying she will never be forgiven (when she hasn't cause  you harm in the first place) is a sign of the same immaturity that  doomed T-ara in the first place.  Leave the past buried where it was.   I'm frankly tired of childish netizens demanding artists stop  performing for trivial perceived infractions of a moral code those  netizens themselves don't follow.

oh shit, this is the girl in t-ara with the big scandal?? i recognise the name, but i've always remembered her as a more... unique appearance. huh,,, i never liked her in the group but she portrayed kang unni pretty well. . rip.