Tag Archives: Kakao

An investigation into allegations of power abuse by the five biggest entertainment companies in Korea has been launched by the Korean Fair Trade Commission. According to Yonhap, investigators have been …

Given that the lawyers of EXO-CBX and SM Entertainment seem intent on fighting this out in the media, the updates seem like they are going to keep coming, and there …

PLAVE are a five-member virtual boy group under Kakao‘s VLAST, who debuted recently on March 12 with single “Wait For You“, and they were also recently on Music Core. The …

The struggle for control of SM Entertainment has had twists and turns everywhere in the saga, but the latest is perhaps one of the most surprising. Following Kakao‘s tender offer, …

Well, the SM Entertainment Internal War has taken another turn, as HYBE recently effectively failed to achieve their desired public takeover and Kakao has launched their own attempt in response. …

Back near the start of this mess, the rather hilarious news dropped that Lee Soo Man had sued the company he founded, SM Entertainment. That move was essentially to prevent …

Following HYBE acquiring Lee Soo Man‘s shares in SM Entertainment, now the internal war is basically down to who minority shareholders will sell to/side with. Lee Sung Soo‘s side has …

In light of all the turmoil surrounding SM Entertainment at the moment, with an apparent coup underway and founder Lee Soo Man suing to stop Kakao’s investment in the company, …

As a result of ‘SM 3.0’ being announced the other day, dissention within the company ranks was revealed, as artist Kim Min Jong came forward with allegations of essentially a …

Despite all the warnings, hurdles, and ill omens along the way, Kakao's curious experiment, the Virtual Idol Reality Survival show Girl's RE:VERSE, avoided a premature demise, getting it's copyright in order and premiering right after the new year. And after trying to watch a few episodes, I'm not sure it was worth it.