Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.
Lots of news for this edition because it was a bizarrely busy time in terms of company movement and disbandment.
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- NINE.i (except EDEN) are in a legal dispute with their company FirstOne Entertainment
- Oh Young Soo (Squid Game) sentenced to suspended sentence of two years after sexual assault conviction
- A police officer has been arrested for the investigation report leak in Lee Sun Gyun’s case
With regards to the Lee Sun Gyun case, authorities claim they don’t know how he got his hands on it.
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- BTOB’s Eunkwang, Minhyuk, Hyunsik, Peniel establish label BTOB COMPANY, a subsidiary of DOD
- Krystal has signed with Beasts & Natives Alike (BANA)
- LOONA’s Yves has signed with PAIX PER MIL
- CLC’s Seunghee has left Cube Entertainment
- Davichi leaves WAKEONE after 10 years
Definitely intrigued by what Krystal can do with BANA and what Yves can do with the Millic-led PAIX PER MIL. Five of the seven CLC members are now out of Cube, with only Yujin and Eunbin remaining.
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- MyDoll Entertainment has announced Yechan has left PinkFantasy
- Ganada Entertainment announce that THE7 have disbanded
- Nature Space Entertainment announce XEED will disband
PinkFantasy continues to be on “hiatus”. THE7 and XEED both debuted just over a year ago.
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- BTOB’s Changsub had to halt activities due to the condition of his throat
- PLAVE’s Yejun will cut back on activities due to vocal nodules
- DRIPPIN’s Changuk is on hiatus due to respiratory disease
All of these suck, but only one of them results in Stan Twitter going mask off.
One of your idols gets a paper cut and you act like the world is ending and the company needs to be burned to the ground, but if it happens to an idol behind an avatar it's open season. Unserious people.
— Asian Junkie (@asianjunkiecom) March 22, 2024
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At least people can be normal about some enlistments, I guess.
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Some people wondered why I had so much empathy for ZB1’s Kim Jiwoong when he was allegedly caught saying “fuck” after a fancall given that it’s his job. But that reaction was less about me wanting to defend oppar/unnir, and more about my ever-growing skepticism that fans can be at all normal in these situations.
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- SECRET’s Song Ji Eun & YouTuber Park We are getting married
- NEWS’ Koyama Keiichiro & AAA’s Uno Misako announce their marriage
Song Ji Eun and Park We announced their relationship just three months ago and are now getting married later this year. Seems pretty quick, but wishing them the best.
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See you next time.
