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Shelved K-movie The Match with Lee Byung Hun and Yoo Ah In is an Unexpected Success Sitting at #3 in the 2025 Box Office to Date

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China isn’t the only country releasing on-the-shelf projects recently, South Korea in late March released the K-movie The Match. It was supposed to be a tentpole and prestige production with two top actors in veteran Lee Byung Hun and a younger generation award winning star Yoo Ah In in an onscreen Go Match showdown between mentor and hot shot. The … Continue reading →

K-movie The Match Finally Airs After Yoo Ah In is Removed From Promos and Focus on Lee Byung Hun, and Another Long Shelved Yoo Ah In Movie Hi.5 Will Premiere This Coming June

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The scandal and saga of K-actor Yoo Ah In‘s drug use arrest and prison sentence has come to an end. He was serving a one year sentence but had appealed the ruling, and earlier this year the high court changed his sentence to two years suspended so he was released from prison after serving just 5-months. The suspended sentence means … Continue reading →

Appeals Hearing Complete for Yoo Ah In’s Drug Sentence and Final Judgment to Come in February 2025

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The nearly two year long saga of actor Yoo Ah In‘s drug arrest to trial will soon come to a close. This week the Appeals Court held a hearing on his appeal of his lower court conviction for drug use and his sentence handed out of a little over a year. The prosecutors asked for the same requested sentence of … Continue reading →

K-actor Yoo Ah In Formally Sentenced to One Year in Jail for Illegal Drug Use

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This may come as a relief for K-actor Yoo Ah In in that at least he knows what his future is for this uncertain legal issue. The Seoul district court today sentenced the disgraced actor to one year in jail for a host of illegal drug use charges that started a year and a half ago in February 2023. I … Continue reading →

Yoo Ah In’s First Trial Date Set for December Later This Month and His Netflix Drama Goodbye Earth May Air April 2024 After Mostly Editing Him Out

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To date K-actor Yoo Ah In‘s drug use scandal and now legal case is probably both the most famous K-star and the most serious level of drug use allegations. He has reportedly hired top expensive defense lawyers and hasn’t pled guilty so let’s see how his team tries to mitigate his legal trouble. The first trial date has been set … Continue reading →

Overzealous Citizen Pelts Yoo Ah In with Money After His Arrest Warrant Hearing

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It’s quite fitting that a court hearing for a famous K-star ends up with a moment straight out of a makjang drama. K-actor Yoo Ah In attended court today for the resubmission of an arrest warrant from the South Korean prosecution office. After the three hour hearing, as he was escorted out by authorities, a person ran up to him … Continue reading →

Seoul Prosecutors Re-submit Arrest Warrant to Court for Yoo Ah In Claiming Additional Investigation Unearthed Coercing Accomplice Testimony and Assistance with Fleeing Jurisdiction

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I feel like the big hammer has come down on K-actor Yoo Ah In after his drug arrest and investigation earlier this year but he hasn’t yet really felt the brunt of his criminal ways. At most he was summoned for long interrogations but an earlier request for detention was not granted by the court. This week Seoul prosecutors submitted … Continue reading →

Yoo Ah In Tests Postive for Two Additional Illegal Drugs Increasing the Total to Seven Different Substances

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I’m not sure if Yoo Ah In ever played a drug kingpin in any of his movies because he’s turned out to be one in real life. Sure he’s not accused (thus far) of dealing but his drug use allegations have increased in severity yet again. To date he was tested and found to have five different illegal or prescription … Continue reading →

Yoo Ah In Formally Detained After First Court Hearing After Prosecutors Claim He Tried to Hide Evidence and Also Help Accomplice Leave the Country

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Perhaps it’s good for Yoo Ah In that his drug use case is moving swiftly through the South Korean legal system, from investigation to questioning and now his first hearing it’s been about 3 months. Things can’t possibly get worse is what I thought but then it kinda just did. He was formally detained after the hearing after the prosecution … Continue reading →

Yoo Ah In Goes in for Second Questioning After Missing Prior Summons and the Police Threaten to Arrest Him

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I thought the Yoo Ah In drug scandal and legal investigation was just going to proceed in the backdrop but this week there was yet another public blip. The authorities revealed that Yoo Ah In was a no show in their last interview summons and if he didn’t show up they would arrest him and keep him in detention during … Continue reading →

Four Friends of Yoo Ah In Also Charged by Prosecutor for Illegal Drug Use

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Parents always say the same types of people associate together and in the case of K-actor Yoo Ah In who is facing multiple charges of illegal drug use it’s happened that his circle of friends are also implicated. This week K-ent reported that four friends within Yoo Ah In’s inner circle have each been charged with illegal drug use. The … Continue reading →

Yoo Ah In Revealed to Have 5th Drug Zolpidem in System Adding to the Severity of His Drug Use Case

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The police and prosecutorial case against K-actor Yoo Ah In added another new illegal drug use into the mix. During his drug test, it was revealed that a 5th drug zolpidem was also detected in his system. Zolpidem is a prescription level powerful sedative for insomnia, in the US it’s most popular brand name is Ambien. If he was taking … Continue reading →

Yoo Ah In Finishes 12-hour Police Questioning and Gives First Interview Outside Station Apologizing to the Public for His Transgressions

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I still remember 10 years ago when K-stars for whatever reason starting to actually run afoul of the law and there were perp walks to the police station or heading to trial and swarms of media outside. Covering those moments felt so wild and fans were so bereft at reconciling their fave maybe doing something bad to really bad on … Continue reading →