About a week ago, Asian Junkie covered the ongoing “controversy” that NewJeans member Minji was facing over kalguksu, which she somehow felt the need to apologize for. It seemed pathetic …
Read More »HYBE & MBC end a 4-year beef that started over BTS and that they never acknowledged existed
Seemingly out of nowhere, MBC and HYBE have agreed to end their four-year long beef that they never formally acknowledged but was an open industry secret. MBC’s Ahn Hyung Jung …
Read More »‘PD Notebook’ exposes E Entertainment for ties to Manmin Central Church cult, reports some E’LAST members could be victims
MBC‘s PD Notebook has recently done an expose on the Manmin Central Church cult, and a part of that was their involvement with E Entertainment, home to boy group E’LAST. …
Read More »Dreamcatcher take home their 1st ever win after ~5.5 years (or ~7.5 years) with “MAISON” on ‘Show Champion’
At long last, the wait is finally over: Dreamcatcher have achieved their first music show win moments ago on MBC‘s Show Champion with “MAISON” off their ‘Apocalypse: Save Us‘ album. …
Read More »‘My Teenage Girl’ finale delivers one last bit of controversy before introducing new girl group ‘CLASSy’
MBC's yet-another-idol-survival-show My Teenage Girl came to a close a few weeks ago, christening the winning seven member unit as CLASSy and immediately tying them up with an ambitious 7-year contract.
Read More »‘My Teenage Girl’ is the Frankenstein’s monster of idol survival shows, is already more watchable than ‘Girls Planet 999’ ever was
My Teenage Girl, an MBC Idol Survival show brought to you by "Produce is wholesome pornography" Han Dong Chul, finally aired its first episode last week. And though AJ seeks to protect my fragile mind from more exposure to this cursed genre of television, to his chagrin I'm back on my bullshit. Because since the first episode has generated news about Soyeon being extraordinarily catty towards some marginally-talented contestants, I had to go and watch the first episode just in case it was something that needed to be covered thoroughly.
Read More »LOONA’s Chuu gets hair pulled by staff member, ISAC issues apology
A video of LOONA‘s Chuu getting her hair pulled by a staff member at ‘Idol Star Athletic Championship‘ went viral recently. https://twitter.com/caskerbox/status/1206580013878919169 In fairness, it did seem to be lighter …
Read More »Mnet execs reportedly set to be investigated by police in connection with ‘PD101’ scandal
Apparently we weren’t the only ones noticing that Mnet was trying to distance themselves from the ongoing scandal and scapegoat Ahn Joon Young for everything, as MBC pointed that out …
Read More »‘Straight’ disputes denials, reveals further details on YG’s reported involvement in prostitution mediation
‘Straight‘ is the investigative journalism show that reported on YG allegedly entertaining investors like Jho Low with prostitutes from Madam Jung at a dinner party that PSY also attended. Jho …
Read More »Details of YG allegedly mediating prostitution revealed + former underage prostitute talks clubs & their VIPs
Earlier, a preview for MBC‘s ‘Straight‘ was revealed and connected YG to prostitution mediation, which YG Entertainment denied before the episode was released. Now the episode has aired and it …
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