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Okay, this actually happened a couple of days ago, and I was gonna begrudgingly cover it after my now-infamous Thanksgiving break, but then that whole literal coup attempt happened. Anyway, …

About a week ago, NewJeans unilaterally announced the termination of their contracts with ADOR, which would force the company to file lawsuit against them to confirm its validity. Predictably, ADOR …

Asian Political Junkie here with the second and hopefully last update on the martial law/coup attempt situation in South Korea. As you may have already heard, the President has revoked …

So this isn’t necessarily entertainment industry related, but it actually is because it’s everything related, as South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has declared martial law. All these vague catch-all …

After a string of girl group disbandments and/or drama during my “break”, it was nice to see things reversed this time around. During her acceptance speech for Record Of The …

Well … that was a Thanksgiving break fucked up enough to turn me from Asian Junkie to Asian Joker, amirite? No, seriously, what the fuck. Mere hours after announcing my …

In a less surprising company change/disbandment, and contributing to an amusingly (for me, personally) busy day, Pledis Entertainment revealed that Fromis 9 would be leaving the company after their contracts …

Following the lawsuit victories of the LOONA members against Blockberry Creative, members Hyunjin, Yeojin, Vivi, Go Won, and Hyeju joined with CTD E&M to form Loossemble. The group debuted in …

In what I certainly hope is coincidental timing and not done in an attempt to bury this, 143 Entertainment has announced that member Gaeun has now left the group MADEIN. …

Ah, the naivete of the American-centric mind. Surely nobody will break news of like the Big 4 merging with Samsung, Hyundai, and SK to (formally) make idols indentured servants or …