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Min Hee Jin’s criminal allegations against 10 HYBE executives all get rejected by prosecution, which is unsurprising

Hello and welcome back to the HYBE and Min Hee Jin legal mines, where today it was revealed that Min Hee Jin’s charges against HYBE were dismissed by prosecution. She had previously made accusations of defamation, illegal surveillance, and obstruction of business against six HYBE executives and four BELIFT LAB executives, including CEO Park Ji …

Park Gunwook vaguely apologizes for rigging fansign lottery in favor of a fansite

In what has to be one of the funnier idol controversies (or at least it’s non-criminal, I think) in a while, ZEROBASEONE‘s Park Gun Wook has had to apologize recently after allegedly manipulating the results of a fansigning contest for a Polaroid giveaway. 제베원 박건욱 싸인폴라 조작 사건 실화냐?!일본팬 주려고 9번 뽑아놓고 10번이라고 당당하게 구라침.. …

SECRET are reuniting for a comeback after 12 years, will feature Hyosung, Hana, and mystery new member

The pandering to second-generation fans thankfully continues unabated, as SECRET have made a surprise return. Speculation started when the group opened up new Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube accounts, but now 17 years after debut, 12 years since their last comeback, and about eight years since their unofficial hiatus/disbandment following TS Entertainment being TS …

RESCENE’s “Love Attack” chart reversal leads to May begging fans for help with her Top 100 promise

Keeping up with the RESCENE virality updates, Woni‘s YouTube channel has obviously already introduced two of the other four members (Minami and Zena). But as her channels has surpassed RESCENE’s official channel in subscriptions, it only makes sense for the company to use that to introduce people to the whole group, which has raised anticipation …

Kim Soo Hyun claims vindication after arrest in Kim Sae Ron legal case, but that doesn’t mean we have to buy it

Catching up on current events that I’ve fallen behind on, big news emerged regarding the controversy surrounding Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae Ron’s family, as authorities recently requested an arrest warrant for Kim Se Eui of Garo Sero Institute fabricated evidence in the form of text messages and voice calls. Authorities say the YouTuber …

Jessica makes her return to Korean TV in an ‘SNL Korea’ cameo with her sister Krystal hosting

In what was a pleasant surprise, Jessica Jung made a cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live Korea during episode nine while her sister Krystal was hosting. They apparently knew what they had, as they teased it beforehand. 반짝이는 재능으로 코미디 첫 도전 ✨SNL 코리아 시즌 8 크리스탈 편내일 저녁 8시오직 쿠팡플레이에서 만나요 🙌#쿠팡플레이 #CoupangPlay#SNL코리아#크리스탈 #제시카 …

Ryu Sera (ex-Nine Muses) launches docuseries ‘This Is Sera’ about her idol career and the uncertain life afterward

Former Nine Muses member Ryu Sera is launching a documentary series about her life, called This Is Sera: The Becoming Of A Former K-Pop Idol. The description on the site for the project sounds intriguing: This is Sera: The Becoming of a Former K-Pop Idol, is a six episode documentary detailing the life, trials, and …

B-Side Spotlight: March 2026 (JENNIE, YENA, YUNA, H1-KEY, WOODZ, ODD YOUTH, LATENCY, ONEW, P1Harmony, Sorn, OWIS, more)

Hello, playlist darlings, I’m back once more with another B-side spotlight! I’m really trying my best to stay on top of these playlists this year, but of course the road to hell is laid with best intentions, as always. But, enough of that dooming, it’s time for some B-sides. Let’s go! Editor’s Note: You’ll notice …

RESCENE Woni’s YouTube channel goes viral thanks to Minami sharing gyaru secrets & delivering an amazing 6-song gyaru sampler

Back in February of this year, RESCENE member Woni teamed up with Solfa Studio for her YouTube channel, Hello I Am Woni Nice To Meet You. It’s hard to believe this was the same producer who was doing Koreans React videos during college, which even had some of the reactors commenting here at one point. …

HYBE’s new vision emphasizes ‘technology’ and a ‘lifestyle platform’, two things I definitely love companies pivoting towards

Quite a bit of mockery made its way around the Internet when people saw the “We Believe In Music” slogan on HYBE‘s building being removed, but that was a part of recent changes to the company’s mission and vision statements. They’ve since unveiled their new mission statement, which could be used for anything from a …

Russian photographer sentenced to labor camp under anti-LGBTQ “propaganda” laws for writing gay fanfic about Stray Kids

In a story I was hoping to be inaccurate clickbait but unfortunately seems to be legit, Russian photographer Alexandra Kuzyk was sentenced to 18 months in a labor camp after being convicted of producing illegal pornography. The “illegal pornography” in question was a gay fanfiction involving members of Stray Kids. Like many fanfic authors, she …

4 songwriters sue NewJeans, ADOR, HYBE alleging “How Sweet” was plagiarized from their demo, ADOR & BANA issue denial

Four songwriters (Audrey Armacost, Aidan Rodriguez, Adam Gokcebay, Michael Campanelli) have sued NewJeans, ADOR, and HYBE, alleging that they plagiarized the song “How Sweet” from a demo they sent them back in 2024. The Thursday (May 7) lawsuit, obtained and first reported by Billboard, lodges copyright infringement claims against NewJeans’ label ADOR, its parent company HYBE …

Bullet Points: Kojiharu sells for ~$115MM, HYBE tries a fresh start for girl groups, a Park Bom letter, disbandments, random Kahi sightings, more

Perhaps the most important news of the year is that After School‘s Kahi was randomly (?) at USC recently and danced with students for some reason to “Diva” and “Bang“. "Diva" AND "Bang". https://t.co/bUCtH6Hr4I pic.twitter.com/7kYVFL83dM— Asian Junkie (@asianjunkiecom) May 4, 2026 Do I really care why? No, but glad to see her still running shit …

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