BTS have used their rising profile in the West to collab with various famous artists to varying degrees of success. The group’s latest comeback is “Boy With Luv” is another …
Read More »South Korea’s abortion ban ruled unconstitutional, supporters celebrate by singing SNSD’s “Into The New World”
South Korea’s Constitutional Court recently ruled that the criminal laws banning abortion are unconstitutional. In place for 66 years, it’s a landmark decision. South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled …
Read More »Jung Joon Young’s phone reportedly contained videos of women being raped + group chat member booked for rape
While the details of the Jung Joon Young molka group chats were already terrible enough, as evidenced by what the people involved are admitting themselves, JTBC recently shed further light …
Read More »Dreamcatcher open their own YouTube channel, which is news that Yoohyeon spoiled
Happyface Entertainment had previously announced that they would be becoming Dreamcatcher Company, so I suppose it only makes sense that Dreamcatcher would finally get their own YouTube channel for themselves. …
Read More »‘Produce 101 Japan’ aims to find an 11-member boy group, CJ E&M & Yoshimoto Kogyo make for powerful partners
CJ E&M/Mnet will be teaming up with Japanese entertainment conglomerate Yoshimoto Kogyo to bring the ‘Produce‘ brand to Japan in the form of ‘Produce 101 Japan‘ with a boy group. …
Read More »Roy Kim & Eddy Kim admit to spreading illegal pics + Choi Jong Hoon admits to taking illegal footage & is being accused of rape
Following reports of their involvement in the Jung Joon Young molka group chat, police have now revealed that Roy Kim and Eddy Kim admitted to spreading illegal pictures, while Choi …
Read More »[Update] Yoochun denies both using illegal drugs & coercing Hwang Hana into using illegal drugs, police say they haven’t contacted him
Yoochun, who is currently being sued over alleged sexual assault, called a press conference recently to refute reports that he was the celebrity that Hwang Hana mentioned as coercing her …
Read More »NGO defends IU from criticism (yes) directed at her for ~$90k donation after Gangwon fires
Many popular celebrities have dumb controversies that inevitably emerge from overexposure or whatever, but IU has to be up there on the list of celebrities with the dumbest criticism directed …
Read More »SXSW 2019: Interview with KOCCA’s VP about artist selection, purpose, and growth
Asian Junkie was invited to sit down with the Vice President and COO of Korean Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), Kim Yung Duk, at SXSW 2019. Don’t ask me how these …
Read More »CLC’s Sorn personally attacks me … or at least it feels that way
Sorn of CLC recently hopped on her YouTube channel to do a stream with fans, something she plans on happening more often until they have a comeback. But most importantly, …
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