This is totally a witch hunt if anyone thinks there is anything to dig into here. This week an anonymous netizen posted a list of Korean celebrities reportedly members of the cultish Shincheonji Church that is at the origin and center of the massive outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID19 in the country. Church members went to Wuhan in December … Continue reading →
Okay, I believe people shouldn’t get kudos for being a good person, that should be the baseline and not a “good to have”. With that said, it continues to be worth noting that married K-stars Rain and Kim Tae Hee really do put their money where their mouth is in terms of doing good. K-ent is reporting that lessees in … Continue reading →
Wow, what an odd time to get married but great for the couple to just do what they wish and in such a low key way. TW-stars Mickey Huang (Jiao Jiao) and Summer Meng tied the knot this week by officially registering their marriage at the local registrar’s office. They’ve been dating since 2014 and have a 19-year age difference … Continue reading →
Everyone and every country is taking the coronavirus Covid19 outbreak seriously, thank god, but for those who subsist on Asian entertainment it’s having increasing impact on industries. China last month already halted all C-drama filming but K-dramas went on business as usual. I don’t know how long that will last because on Saturday February 29th South Korea recorded 800 new … Continue reading →
The travel industry has been massively impacted by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus Covid19 since the beginning of January and honestly if I didn’t have any pressing need I wouldn’t travel either, why take the risk. I figure K-ent travels to and from South Korea will drop as well and it probably has so maybe the paparazzi stationed at … Continue reading →
First off, if your fave isn’t mentioned here don’t get your goat up. This is just a list of some stars being mentioned right now as making a financial contribution to the fight to contain the novel coronavirus Covid19 spread. South Korea went from one of the Asian countries with known cases to suddenly an explosion of coronavirus cases centered … Continue reading →
For once K-netizens have nothing to be salty about with these two and this new marketing endeavor. Married top stars Rain and Kim Tae Hee have done their first CF together as a married couple, four years after tying the knot and now the parents to two daughters. I think they are adorable together and this is a cute CF … Continue reading →
Ever since the spate of K-star suicides at the end of 2019, there has been a genuine reflection in the industry and with K-netizens. That why it’s no surprise that one of the largest news portals in South Korea Naver announced that it was suspending the comment function in all entertainment news articles, in addition to disabling related word searches … Continue reading →
These two might set a record for number of times there is a new dating rumor between them. And for the record this would be the third flare up of this rumor enough to make the news. Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin just finished their mega hit drama Crash Landing on You and right on cue there is a … Continue reading →
Well this certainly isn’t good, sigh yet another bad news to report. A-list top movie actor Ha Jung Woo was revealed to be the “top celebrity” that was being investigated last week in a group of 10 rich and famous people by the South Korean police for propofol abuse. Last week it was leaked that a top actor had been … Continue reading →
For C-actors and actresses, in addition to CFs and pictorials, there is also a huge market of online and console video games where famous folks being the spokesperson for the title. Online fantasy wuxia video games are HUGE in China and many many actresses and actors have become the face of those games during the launch to add real person … Continue reading →
The news cycle went fast with this one as mere 1-2 days went by before it was all reportedly cleared up. Last week rookie actor Lee Sin Young, who plays the handsome North Korean army soldier in Crash Landing on You, was accused in a SNS post by an anonymous poster of being a high school iljin (delinquent) and bully … Continue reading →
This is really sad news even of someone who didn’t yet make her impact in K-ent. Rookie actress Go Soo Jung reportedly passed away earlier this month of a fatal brain tumor, and she was only 24 years old. She has already been laid to rest and her agency confirms her passing after the news came out. She had a … Continue reading →
