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Managing Director of Incheon Airport Releases Statement that the Byun Woo Seok Private Security Overstepping Their Bounds is the First Time this Has Ever Happened Since it was Opened

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So I’ve seen enough celeb scandals in South Korea to know that the first defense is a good offense. And the agency for Byun Woo Seok did not do that, to date he still has not released a statement explaining his side of what happened and also apologizing regardless of right and wrong but simply that people around him inconvenienced … Continue reading →

Byun Woo Seok Returns to Korea and Mobbed at Airport After Private Security Scandal

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This summer must feel like the best of times, the worst of times for actor Byun Woo Seok. Having a meteoric rise in popularity means heightened scrutiny and also nonstop travel and events for him. So it’s not wildly unexpected to land himself in a scandal and I just hope the resolution is handled well by him and his agency … Continue reading →

The Byun Woo Seok Private Security Inconveniencing Travelers Scandal Heightens in South Korea as the Airport Releases Statement it Never Approved of Actions in Question

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One of the top hates of South Korean is when the rich/powerful/famous misuse their authority. Case in point warm nuts Korea Air heiress and her Nut Rage Incident a few years back. Last weekend’s complaint against actor Byun Woo Seok and the actions of his privately hired security at the airport inconveniencing and overstepping their bounds against travelers by checking … Continue reading →

Traveler Lodges Complaint About Byun Woo Seok’s Excessive Security Measures at Airport

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With K-actor Byun Woo Seok‘s exponential popularity rise this spring he’s been traveling nonstop this summer for fan meetings, magazine shoots, endorsement deals, and attending fashion shows. That means he’s in and out of airports a lot and this weekend a traveler went public that his private security detail at the airport was overly protective and made other travelers uncomfortable … Continue reading →

Xiao Zhan’s Popularity in Japan Cemented with First C-star to be Featured Cover of Annual Chinese Period Drama Issue

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So I know which K-stars are popular in Japan but now I also know which C-stars, and it’s none other than Xiao Zhan at the top. Japan publishes an annual Chinese Period Drama Magazine issue once a year covering the past year’s period C-dramas so Japanese fans have recommendations and know what was good/popular. This year the cover model was … Continue reading →

Armani, Tiffany, and YSL Do Not Select Tang Yan in Official Endorsement Capacity After She Doesn’t Win Best Actress at the Magnolia Awards

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Things change so quickly in the entertainment industry and for C-actress Tang Yan it was one awards ceremony. She was riding the high of C-drama Blossoms Shanghai for the past 6 months and was the front runner for the Best Actress award at the 2024 Magnolia Awards held last week at the end of June. Zhou Yun ended up winning … Continue reading →

Song Joong Ki and Wife Katey are Expecting Their Second Child

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So it’s a quick family starting and family expanding for K-actor Song Joong Ki. His agency announced that he’s expecting his second child with wife Katey, coming rather quickly from the early 2023 marriage and the arrival of their first child last summer. This is happy news for the couple and as a fan of Song Joong Ki it’s nice … Continue reading →

Zhang Jing Yi and Chen Xing Xu From the Fall in Love Promo Debacle Remains Cautionary Tale for Producers on Stars Dating During Filming and Fall Out After

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So the producers of upcoming modern romance C-drama Our Generation (Cherry Amber) are happy that netizens responded positively to last week’s leak of Zhao Jin Mai and Zhang Ling He re-teaming for the drama after their The Princess Royal go-around. What’s good is that they have chemistry onscreen, get along well in real life to make promos cute and believable, … Continue reading →

Zhao Jin Mai’s Team Marketing Her as the Next Song Zu Er Taking Advantage of Opening in Market for the Gamine Headstrong Female Lead

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There’s a reason when a star or a project succeeds it’s is either called the successor to a prior such success or future stars and projects will be compared to it. For stars especially a successful one is boxed in with an image – for actresses it’s the haughty queen, quirky hipster, cool girl, sweet girl-next-door, etc. and the same … Continue reading →

Byun Woo Seok Joins Go Yoon Jung as the New Faces of NB Bank in South Korea

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For a very specialized bank that originated for the agricultural sector, NH Bank (Nonghyub Bank) is a surprising hypebeast when it comes to selecting spokespersons. Earlier this year after Han So Hee got into a love train scandal with Ryu Jun Yeon and Hyeri, she lost a few endorsements and one of them was NB Bank. The Bank ended its endorsement deal with … Continue reading →

K-actress Seo Ye Ji Signs with Sublime Joining Song Kang Ho, Go So Young, and Hyeri in Same Agency

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A fresh start with a new agency is definitely a great step forward for K-actress Seo Ye Ji, who has signed with Sublime Artists Agency and with it new headshots released to welcome her to the agency’s stable of stars. It’s been three years since the bad publicity after her personality and behavior during her relationship with ex-boyfriend actor Kim … Continue reading →

C-actress Zhou Ye Hits #1 Search for Intentionally Ignoring CCTV-6 Reporter’s Backstage Greeting After Movie Event

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So I don’t think this will derail C-actress Zhou Ye‘s career but it’s definitely one of this situations where she could have done it differently to avoid this bad press. This week Zhou Ye attended a movie event and afterwards she was walking backstage where a lot of event organizers and media were present through the hallways. 6th Princess (CCTV-6) … Continue reading →

Producer Yu Zheng Thrilled with Wang Xing Yue’s Breakout in The Double as He Banked on Him Initially Because He Looked Like Young Wallace Huo

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So troll producer Yu Zheng is cackling all the way to the bank right now with his period revenge drama The Double being the buzziest currently airing C-drama in June. I hate to support anything that slime touched but the drama is hella addictive and well made in that low budget but money spent in all the right places way. … Continue reading →