One of the news items I missed while I was on hiatus late last year was six members of FANTASY BOYS filing for contract suspension, and BAE173 member Doha asking …
Read More »Bullet Points: 4Minute’s Gayoon returns as creative director, SME & WME exodus, futures of DKZ, AB6IX, and SECRET NUMBER, more
Lot of movement on the company front, lot of marriage/birth news, and a lot of quasi or full disbandments. But first, let’s start light. LIGHTSUM‘s Chowon, Hina, Juhyeon, and Yujeong …
Read More »Mark, seemingly a member of every NCT unit, shockingly leaves NCT & SM Entertainment with heartfelt letter
Well this has been a year for surprising departures so far, and the latest is NCT member Mark having left both the group and SM Entertainment, though on seemingly much …
Read More »XG producer Simon Jakops indicted for cocaine use, issues apology and resigns as XGALX CEO
XG producer Simon Jakops released a statement on Instagram moments ago in which he apologizes for his actions and resigns as CEO of XGALX. This comes after he was indicted …
Read More »[Update] 9 members from THE BOYZ (excluding New) terminate contract with ONE HUNDRED, company refuses to accept it
ONE HUNDRED has suffered and bled artists following CEO Cha Ga Won‘s fraud scandals, and now nine members of THE BOYZ (Eric, Sangyeon, Jacob, Younghoon, Hyunjae, Juyeon, Kevin, Q, Sunwoo) …
Read More »Bullet Points: Idol gets rhabdo scare, Youngeun leaves Kep1er, a twin births twins, what is “K-pop”, scalping/piracy laws, more
Hello and welcome to the norm for international K-pop “news” sites. "False but turn into an angle" truly explains so much about everything.— Asian Junkie (@asianjunkiecom) February 4, 2026 Bleak. …
Read More »Rundown: Kohjiya, Sik-K, IVE, BLACKPINK, EVERGLOW
Lunar New Year really delayed notable releases for quite a while, but we’re back … for better or worse. ====== Kohjiya (Feat. MIKADO, G-k.i.d, Tete) – “Ma Boyz” Honestly, I …
Read More »BoA set to continue on in some capacity after establishing BApal Entertainment
After the announcement that BoA‘s 25 years with SM Entertainment had come to an end back in January, what she was going to do moving forward was a question, and …
Read More »Taemin leaves embattled BPM Entertainment, revealed to have paid staff himself after company couldn’t
It was recently announced that Taemin of SHINee parted ways with embattled company Big Planet Made Entertainment today. We would like to inform you that our exclusive contract with Taemin …
Read More »ZEROBASEONE confirmed to continue as 5, YH Entertainment quartet will move on
In all the mess yesterday, I almost missed ZEROBASEONE news entirely, as it felt weirdly unceremoniously released. Anyway, the short of it is the group will continue on under WAKEONE …
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