Tag Archives: Politics

One story of significance that I haven’t seen mentioned much in the K-pop circles is that there’s a proposed bill in South Korea right now that’s being sold to the …

While labelling this as the first controversy that RESCENE have gotten into since their viral rise is probably overselling anything negative actually happening to them, certainly this dialect situation has …

Do you remember? Man, there’s been a lot of news going on, especially in terms of agency movement and relationship stuff, but also … well, mess. Most importantly, though, Crayon …

In a story I was hoping to be inaccurate clickbait but unfortunately seems to be legit, Russian photographer Alexandra Kuzyk was sentenced to 18 months in a labor camp after …

After being investigated for what seemed like forever over allegations of fraudulent and unfair trading, it’s been reported that police are now seeking an arrest warrant for HYBE chairman Bang …

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. …

So these events will come as no surprise to anybody familiar with Super Junior‘s Siwon or his politics (1/2/3/4), but I just wanted to document his latest political shenanigans for …

Catching up on some older news that has now been updated, after a bunch of false starts and celebrations due to (quite frankly) incompetent reporting from so-called international news outlets, …

In what feels like some kind of example of the relevance and/or utility of soft power, K-pop played diplomat recently as Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korea’s President …

During the recent SMTOWN LIVE 2025 concert in Los Angeles on May 11, Super Junior member Leeteuk somehow thought that pandering to American crowds would consist of shouting out Donald …