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So Japan and Korea played in Olympic soccer today, which nobody other than Japan and Korea should care about, because it’s … uh … Olympic soccer and nobody cares about U-23 soccer. As far as the result goes, I’m personally glad for the Korean players, because it means they no longer have to worry about serving in the military. Also, ... Read More »

The Korean Communications Standards Commission (KCSC) criticized several radio broadcasters in Korea recently for incorporating English into their shows in favor of Korean words. Specifically, the KCSC criticized their use of English words such as “nice” and “activity” when a similar Korean word could have been substituted in its place. “There is a need for a concerted effort to use ... Read More »

If you hadn’t noticed by now, Asian Junkie isn’t exactly a fan of Korean journalism. IATFB takes a jab at it every chance he gets, and as if attempting to further prove his point, Korean reporters have gone and released another onslaught of useless shit, this time about an anchorwoman and her choice of style. But why? MBC anchorwoman Yang ... Read More »

In the midst of the T-ara bullying scandal/Hwayoung‘s expulsion, a run of insanely stupid reaction from fans, which was not only anticipated but expected, emerged as one of the most amusing parts that came out of all this. I wanted to write something where I got to mock netizens, but I saw this article over at The Prophet Blog and ... Read More »

Former Sharp member Lee Ji Hye gave her two cents on the T-ara issue recently and what she said shouldn’t surprise anyone. On July 30th’s airing of social broadcast Palm tv‘s ‘Lee Ji Hye’s Secret‘, Lee Ji Hye talked about the ongoing situation with T-ara for the show’s ‘Today’s search words’ segment. Lee Ji Hye shared, “Sharp broke up because ... Read More »

Perfume have been pimped, pillaged, and whored ever since defecting to Universal Music Japan. Universal made no secret of the fact that they wanted to do the ‘grobal’ thing with these girls, and who can fault them after seeing how successful Utada Hikaru‘s “Exodus” and “This Is The One” albums were and that BoA‘s English debut sold so well that ... Read More »

In the spirit of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, I thought I’d take the time to write about something that I’ve tackled before: K-pop at the Olympics. Now, of course, the thought of K-pop at the London opening ceremonies was just complete and utter idiocy (and if you don’t understand why, then please stop reading now), but our attention ... Read More »

Advertisers are jumping ship. Fans are leaving in droves. There’s a petition for T-ara to disband that’s gaining members by the hour. The T-ara scandal is a complete mess. Yesterday’s news about Hwayoung‘s departure from T-ara may not have hit the same level of mass hysteria that TVXQ‘s breakup led to, but we may be coming close to the very worst K-pop PR disaster ... Read More »

Apparently not yet satisfied with the epic mess he has created, Core Contents Media CEO Kim Kwang Soo has decided to make everything even worse with his dumbass decision making and lack of public awareness. On July 31st, he was interviewed by Star News where he revealed that he met with the parents of Hwayoung and Hyoyoung and asked reporters ... Read More »

While there are a ton of things wrong with the scandal involving T-ara, Hwayoung, and Core Contents Media, one of them is NOT Boram using telekinesis to destroy an umbrella, which is apparently what she’s being accused of by netizens. A photo of T-ara member Boram breaking fellow member Hwayoung‘s umbrella was recently revealed online. On the 29th, a photo ... Read More »

As reported earlier, T-ara‘s Hwayoung will be leaving the group, according to Core Contents Media CEO Kim Kwang Soo. Why? Surely because it’s related to the recent bullying controversy, right? Nah, nah, nah. KKS says it’s because of … uh … T-ara’s staff. T-ara‘s parent company Core Contents Media announced today that one of its members, Hwayoung, will be leaving ... Read More »

So as you all know by now, T-ara is currently mired in a bullying controversy involving one of their own members, Hwayoung. Some have decided to throw kerosene on the dumpster fire, but fans, antis, and the general public aren’t without blame for the clusterfuck either. It’s understandable that everybody is in a tizzy about the scandal (I’m certainly not ... Read More »

Okay, so apparently this drunk driving incident with 2PM‘s Nichkhun will never ever die. Just yesterday, I wrote this, primarily because I wanted it to be done: He has apologized and his activities have been suspended, so the whole thing is about done for me, honestly. What else is left to determine? None of the specifics about the situation matter, ... Read More »

Despite no new, meaningful information being revealed, the story of 2PM‘s Nichkhun‘s drunk driving scandal persists as a lead story, even if they have to roll out everybody who thinks they may have seen what happened. Previously, an eye-witness who was at the scene of the accident claimed to have seen Nichkhun step into a convenience store following the accident ... Read More »

So remember a while back when a supposed craigslist ad for white models in New York went out for BEAST‘s “Beautiful Night” music video? Well after much mocking, people argued over the validity of it, and now that the music video has been released, Asian Junkie I-Team can investigate. Through the course of our investigations, we have discovered that there ... Read More »