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K-CULTURE

HYBE denies link to cult, reports online commenters to police

BigHit Music reported malicious online posts made about the BTS agency — mostly those claiming the company has ties to an alleged religious cult...

Kakao’s SM Entertainment stake acquisition approved by antitrust regulator

Korea’s antitrust regulator has approved Kakao’s acquisition of a 39.86 percent stake in K-pop agency SM Entertainment, contingent upon the implementation of corrective measures. The...

Court hearing set over HYBE’s demand for ADOR shareholders meeting

The first court hearing on opening a shareholders meeting for ADOR, the subsidiary of K-pop powerhouse HYBE and the agency of girl group NewJeans,...

Netizens raise questions about actor Han So-hee’s educational background

Actor Han So-hee was recently caught up in a controversy involving her educational background. In a 40-minute episode of “Nattering With Nah,” a casual interview show...

KBS reality show cast and crew return to Korea after detainment in Bali

Cast and crew members from an upcoming KBS Joy reality show, including Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon and Apink’s Bomi, have returned to Korea after being...

Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon, Apink’s Bomi detained in Bali for unauthorized filming

Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon, Apink’s Bomi, television presenter Choi Hee and singer Lim Na-young, formerly of girl group I.O.I, have been detained in Bali, Indonesia for filming in...

HYBE to report ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin to police

  HYBE will report ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin to police on Thursday for breach of trust, the BTS agency said on the same day. "We have...

Baby Shark to go on tour, announces U.S. and Asia shows

The Pinkfong Company announced Wednesday that it will once again take its show on the road, visiting five different countries with one of its...

What we know about the HYBE-ADOR rift so far

An ongoing spat between HYBE, the powerhouse label behind BTS, and its subsidiary ADOR is snowballing into a major K-pop dispute, pushing the state...

HYBE shares tank as K-pop dispute with NewJeans’ ADOR escalates

  K-pop powerhouse HYBE’s share price slid over 3 percent on Tuesday morning, following a 7.81 percent plunge a day prior, as the company clashes...