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Ask Asian Junkie: Is K-Pop In Japan Set Up For Failure Or Expansion?

IATFB January 28, 2012 30

Discussions about K-pop in the Japanese market are never dull, primarily because International fans are a passionate bunch with many having their loyalties already cemented. It’s been interesting for me to observe, because while

Versus: allkpop & Soompi’s Divergent Approaches To Their Forums

IATFB January 19, 2012 14

If you’ve been following along on Soompi‘s Twitter recently, you’d be hard pressed not to notice their drastic change in approach to the social media medium. They had previously used it similarly to how

Versus: allkpop’s Confusing & Inefficient Site Design Provides Poor User Experience + Recommendations

Fobio January 10, 2012 31

A few months back, allkpop changed their site’s design to what you see today. While the previous one was generally standard and effective, allkpop obviously wanted a drastic change in an attempt to reinvigorate

Critical Eye: Soompi’s Delusional Perception Of Asian Junkie Is Part Of The Problem

IATFB January 7, 2012 47

In case it wasn’t already obvious, Asian Junkie is a hobby for a collection of friends who enjoy Asian pop music. We felt that in the effort to mainstream J-pop and K-pop overseas, certain

Bias Tracker: New.F.O’s Record Amount Of Features On allkpop

IATFB January 2, 2012 6

Given what I’ve already explained in the past regarding New.F.O in relation to allkpop and Soompi, this basically amounts to a Captain Obvious post, but it’s something that I think deserves to be documented

Bias Tracker: Soompi And The Japanese Anti-Hallyu Wave Movement

IATFB December 29, 2011 6

Soompi recently named the top seven most shocking scandals of the year, and as if to speak to how boring Asian entertainment news can be in comparison to other regions, it mainly consisted of

Bias Tracker: allkpop Switches Reviewer & Review Style For The Worse

IATFB December 17, 2011 4

Starting in November, allkpop switched their reviewer from Rowdyruff to rex_music, and with the personnel change came a shift in review style. While rex_music himself isn’t a problem as a reviewer, the stylistic change

Critical Eye: Soompi’s Netizen Overreaction Editorial Generally On Point

IATFB December 14, 2011 4

Thus far, I’ve been critical of editorials written by mainstream Asian pop media sites, but I have to give credit when it’s due as well, and Soompi‘s “Overreact Much? Netizens Too Critical of Stars’

Critical Eye: Soompi’s Editorial On “Sick Of K-pop Cult” Article A Hypocritical Mess

IATFB December 10, 2011 8

When I initially stumbled upon Adeline Chia’s article about K-pop, contritely titled “Sick Of K-pop Cult”, I knew a response was coming from somebody in the K-pop community. Although I took issue with certain

Bias Tracker: allkpop, Soompi, Billboard, and K-pop Masters

IATFB November 26, 2011 21

By any reasonable measure, Billboard‘s K-pop Masters concert is a significant event for the Hallyu Wave. As it’s being held on American soil, one would expect the two media giants of the Hallyu Wave

Bias Tracker: Soompi’s silence on New.F.O shows their true colors

IATFB November 20, 2011 28

International and Korean netizens both paint allkpop as the big evil corporation of the English language K-pop media world, at least in terms of allkpop’s media ethics and the level of hatred from netizens.

Bias Tracker: New.F.O already receiving nauseating amount of special treatment from allkpop

IATFB November 18, 2011 32

You know that media machine called allkpop that fandoms already resent due to accusations of inaccuracy, bias, and lack of professionalism? Well, apparently all of that speculation is only getting started, as allkpop hadn’t

Critical Eye: allkpop’s announcement of their “world changing” girl group New.F.O fails

IATFB November 16, 2011 17

Back in the middle of October, I informed you guys that allkpop was releasing a new girl group. Just yesterday, I revealed the announcement was imminent and gave you details about the upcoming girl

Critical Eye: Soompi’s “K-pop = Japonisme” Editorial

IATFB November 11, 2011 8

On November 6th, Soompi wrote an editorial that revolves around comparing the K-pop movement and Japonisme. For over 30 years, Western countries were captivated by Japanese art, particularly the ones based on “ukiyo-e,” or

Critical Eye: Soompi’s “Attention Grabbing Actresses” Editorial

IATFB November 7, 2011 16

On November 6th, Soompi wrote an editorial highlighting what the author believes to be a trend among Korean actresses – flashing skin to draw attention. What is a good way for rookie or unknown

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