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Han So Hee Posts on Her Blog Revealing Relationship with Ryu Jun Yeol, Apologizing to Hyeri for Immature Response, and His Agency Confirms Afterwards

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Welp this has indeed turned messy, at least for K-ent standards. The J-tourist alleged sighting of Ryu Jun Yeol and Han So Hee flirting in Hawaii has now indeed been confirmed as the two are dating. Han So Hee went first by posting on her personal blog a very long message to her fans (translated below). She admitted the relationship, … Continue reading →

The Ryu Jun Yeol-Han So Hee Allegedly Dating Story Gets No Comment From Either Agency and an SNS Post From Ex-girlfriend Hyeri

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So the news for the last 24-hours in South Korean entertainment has been the alleged Ryu Jun Yeol and Han So Hee are dating rumors. A Japanese tourist in Hawaii claims to have seen them by the pool in side-by-side lounge chairs flirting with each other and that it was being talked about at the hotel as top gossip. The … Continue reading →

Aespa’s Karina Pens Handwritten Apology Note to Her Fans After News of Her Dating Lee Jae Wook

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I had to double check the date after hearing this news, it is indeed the year 2024 and not 2004. Twenty years ago it would absolutely be the norm for K-pop stars to apologize to their fans for their personal lives but one would imagine in this day and age this groveling would not exist. Unfortunately for Karina of Aespa, … Continue reading →

Colleagues and Fans Pay Tribute to K-actor Lee Seon Kyun on March 2nd Which Would Have Been His 49th Birthday

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It’s only been two months since the tragic passing of K-actor Lee Seon Kyun and another milestone has arrived. This weekend on March 2nd, 2024, it would have been his 49th birthday, and a year away from the major life celebration that would be 50 years old. His many industry colleagues and fans have posted remembrances of him on his … Continue reading →

K-actor Lee Do Hyun Celebrates Success of K-movie Exhuma Breaking Records and Also Spotted on Date with Girlfriend Lim Ji Yeon

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There was a period where I wondered if Lee Do Hyun would really break out. I loved him in Hotel Del Luna and he gave off strong the next Jung Hae In vibes. He went off to pick smart roles and interesting dramas but it really was the last year in 2023 right before his military enlistment that all the … Continue reading →

Producer Yu Zheng Photoshops His Actress Protege Zhao Qing into Plastic Surgery Monster and Says Her Weight Loss to 92lbs is Still Not Enough

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I absolutely will applaud and also send money for legal fees for anyone who dumps a bucket of pig manure on producer Yu Zheng‘s head. Whenever I think he can’t possibly do any shittier things because he’s done so much already, and then he proceeds to surprise me in the worst way. This month in February he’s posted about his … Continue reading →

Dispatch Drops Dating Bombshell Between K-pop Idol Aespa’s Karina and K-actor Lee Jae Wook and Both Sides Confirm

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Oooooh this is a juicy and if true totally cute new dating couple. Dispatch released pictures and a news report that Lee Jae Wook is dating Aespa member Karina, and goodness are these two equally attractive in that tall, sleek, charismatic way. They couple reportedly fell for each other at first sight last month meeting at the Milan fashion show … Continue reading →

Married K-stars Lee Seung Gi and Lee Da In Welcome Their First Child a Baby Girl

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So it’s a rabbit tail baby for Lee Seung Gi and Lee Da In, how cute and fitting for a wee baby girl. The married couple announced today the arrival of their first child, a healthy little girl baby. The couple married last April 2023 and announced in November they were expecting a baby together. The baby’s birthday is February … Continue reading →

C-netizens and K-netizens Get into War of Words Over Actress Zhang Jia Ning Wearing a Hanbok to Film a Tourism Video for Her Hometown in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture

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So this is a big much do about nothing but does showcase how cultural tensions forever permeate the relationship between Chinese and Koreans. It’s almost lunar new year and stars along with ordinary folks are gearing up to or have already returned to their hometowns. C-actress Zhang Jia Ning was seen filming a tourism video this weekend that has K-netizens … Continue reading →

Police Anti-corruption Division Conducts Raid and Search of Dispatch and Fellow Drug Division for Leak in the Onset of the Lee Seon Kyun Investigation

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I’ll seen this movie before and it certainly feels like major ass covering. The Anti-corruption division of a major Seoul police department has done a raid and search of the offices of tabloid Dispatch as well as the drug division of another police department, the one that was in charge of the original drug use and blackmail investigation into now … Continue reading →

New K-pop Couple Alert as Hyuna and Yong Jun Hyung Self Announce Dating Relationship

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So no one can accuse K-pop star Hyuna of moving on too fast after the end of a long relationship. The songstress dated fellow K-pop-er E’Dawn (or just Dawn now) for 6 years before the couple announced their break up last year in December of 2022. Now to kick off the new year in 2024, Hyuna has debuted a new … Continue reading →

Dispatch Releases Expose that Park Min Young Received Money From Her Swindler Ex-boyfriend Despite Her Claiming She Received Zero Financial Anything From Him During Their Relationship

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Ooof, this is a rough week for K-actress Park Min Young. She was riding high with her new drama Marry My Husband getting increasingly high ratings and the judge-y K-netizens seemingly letting go of her scandal last year with her relationship with a known swindler. Now the news is turned with tabloid Dispatch releasing an expose on her that alleges … Continue reading →

Parasite Director Bong Joon Ho Leads Industry Veterans at Press Conference Demanding Formal Investigation into the Alleged Mishandling of Lee Seon Kyun’s Drug and Blackmail Case

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So I don’t think these folks are virtue signaling or trying to look good but I do think the end result will still never feel satisfactory or get justice for the wronged. South Korea top director Bong Joon Ho of Parasite and many more award winning movie fame held a press conference accompanied by other industry veterans in the acting, … Continue reading →