Dissecting Girl Groups
Ever wonder what it takes to form a hit Korean girl group?
Except singing ability, these are the member essentials you need to turn a girl group into an IT girl group.
Kpop has had its good number of girl groups, especially in 2009, but the best of the best have a few things in [...]
Lee Byung-heon targeted for blackmail
Get ready for what will surely become another entertainment industry rollercoaster of scandalous claims: Lee Byung-heon, megastar and current lead in KBS drama IRIS, has been accused by a Korean-Canadian woman of sexual misconduct and slapped with a lawsuit. Lee refutes the claims and is fighting back.
According to Lee’s management company, [...]
Welcome back, Gong Yoo
Fans rejoice! Gong Yoo is finally out of the army.
The actor — who enlisted at the height of his popularity following 2007’s Coffee Prince — was discharged from his mandatory service on the morning of December 8. He gave a brief greeting to the press and fans who had come to the [...]
IRIS served with plagiarism suit
KBS’s hit spy drama IRIS has found itself entangled in plagiarism charges. On December 7, novelist Park Chul-joo filed a suit with Seoul Central District Court accusing the drama’s production company of ripping off his spy novel The Sun Doesn’t Rise on Mt. Fuji.
In his complaint, writer Park asserted that [...]
Jang Geun-seok buried in drama offers
(What an adorable picture. It’s like Jang Geun-seok’s softer personality with Hwang Tae-kyung’s sharper wardrobe, which is, if we must split things up between them, the better way to do it.)
In any case, it comes as no surprise that Jang Geun-seok, coming off his very popular role in the recently [...]
