About a decade ago, I covered a horrific story out of the Chinese entertainment industry where SNH48 member Tang Anqi was severely burned over 80% of her body. The official …
Read More »Bullet Points: Kojiharu sells for ~$115MM, HYBE tries a fresh start for girl groups, a Park Bom letter, disbandments, random Kahi sightings, more
Perhaps the most important news of the year is that After School‘s Kahi was randomly (?) at USC recently and danced with students for some reason to “Diva” and “Bang“. …
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 »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 »Jackson Wang miraculously healed Hua Chenyu’s chronic elbow pain by yanking on it like an excited child
While I would forgive you for thinking the headline is me shitposting, somehow it’s actually true that Jackson Wang cured singer Hua Chenyu‘s elbow issues by acting like an overexcited …
Read More »Nana & her mother fight off armed robber, who then countersued her for “attempted murder”, thus proving the power of shamelessness
Well, this story certainly qualifies as something wild that I missed during my hiatus, and it even comes with an even wilder recent update. Actress (and former After School member) …
Read More »KG (ex-VCHA) shares 132-page court declaration in abuse & mistreatment lawsuit against JYP Entertainment
After a bit of a quiet period in the abuse and mistreatment lawsuit of KG (ex-VCHA) against JYP Entertainment, KG recently revealed her court declaration for the case (a 132-page …
Read More »Bullet Points: Wendy & Yeri leave SME, Sunny to A20 with Lee Soo Man, Busters & SECRET NUMBER decimated, DRIPPIN enlistment red flag, donations galore, more
STAYC‘s Sieun rocking this shirt makes it at least the third time an idol has worn it. Been a while since I’ve done this feature, but there’s been a surprising …
Read More »Bullet Points: Hyeri tanks a pole, Park Bom hiatus, KeyEast gets sold, Lizzy returns, sajaegi sentences, more
It’s been over a month since the last one of these, but I didn’t forget this time! Honestly, there just wasn’t a ton going on for a while there. Also, …
Read More »Bullet Points: Yulhee responds, Starship deepfake apology, THEBLACKLABEL stalker, Xiaoting returns to Kep1er, a slew of donations & a silly controversy over one, more
Yulhee sorta responds to her ex-husband, more stalking news somehow, Kep1er is now one step closer to being whole again, and thankfully a ton of donations. ====== Woman in her …
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