It was recently announced that Ziwoo is no longer a member of ARrC. Ziwoo | Mystic Story On January 22, a notice posted to the group’s Weverse account shared the news. According to the post, Ziwoo was leaving the group for personal reasons, and the group would continue as 6. | Weverse Hello,This is Mystic […]
32-Year-Old Man Makes $281,000 A Month Selling Things You Could Find At A Grocery Store
Sometimes a career change involves risk. Thankfully, that risk paid off for one business-savvy man in China. Unrelated photo | Lycs Architecture/Unsplash After experiencing burnout, a tech employee quit his job to start a fruit e-commerce business. The 32-year-old, surnamed Lin, didn’t strike gold though until he cashed in on a popular wellness trend on […]
Bang Si Hyuk Earns Over A Million Dollars Per Month During 2024 First Half
Bang Si Hyuk, HYBE‘s founder and chairman, reportedly earned nearly ₩10.0 billion KRW (about $ 7.41 million USD) in the first half of 2024! HYBE’s Bang Si Hyuk | @hitmanb72/Instagram Bang earned a total of ₩9.80 billion KRW (about $ 7.26 million USD) as his semi-annual compensation. On August 15, KST, HYBE published its financial report, in […]
“Queen Of Tears” Breaks Yet Another Record… Even Though It Stopped Airing A Month Ago
No 16-episode-long K-Drama had ever topped the popular Gallup Korea‘s “Favorite Broadcasting Video Program” poll for three months in a row before. That is until Queen Of Tears came along. | tvN So, Korea’s favorite TV series has broken a new record despite having aired its final episode a whole month ago. And with the […]
Second-Gen Female Idol Admits Starving For A Week And Fainting 12 Times In One Month
Solo artist HyunA, set to make her first comeback in two years, appeared on MBC’s The Manager and confessed her true feelings. A preview for the upcoming episode revealed the inside of her house for the first time. She garnered much attention for all the cute props she made herself. In the preview, she reminisces […]
“Hottest Month In K-Pop History”: All The Drama From April 2024 Alone
People talk about April showers bringing spring flowers, but what else did the month of April bring to the K-Entertainment scene? RIIZE’s Sungchan posing with spring flowers. | @riize_official/Instagram Drama. Just endless drama. Now dubbed “the hottest month of 2024,” or possibly in all of K-Pop history, April has become a time of unexpected news, […]
Korean Man Makes Over $30,000 A Month At A Job That Young People Don’t Want
Ordinary Millionaire is a Korean TV program that discovers and interviews ordinary people who have built up their wealth and are now making big money. One episode covered the story of Kim Sang Seob. He is a “scrubber” at a spa. Body scrubbing is a popular Korean skincare tradition carried out in public bathhouses and at […]
Man Gets Married And Divorced 3 Times In A Month — To The Same Woman
Marriage is undoubtedly one of the hardest and most rewarding journeys a person can embark on. In a successful marriage, individuals can have that partnership throughout the years, while marriages that unfortunately do not work out end in divorce or separation. Divorce, while a taboo topic in some places, is not that uncommon, with around […]
K-Pop Fans Show Overwhelming Support For Former Stray Kids Kim Woojin’s Comeback Next Month
SM Entertainment subsidiary Kreation Music Rights, which recently acquired Kim Woojin‘s label 10x Entertainment, announced that the soloist will be making his comeback in April. Kim Woojin | 10x Entertainment This is about eight months after he released his last solo album, The Moment: Bounce (美成年), which came out in August last year. It’s therefore his first […]
The Biggest Month For K-Pop Birthdays? Here Are 15+ Major Female Idols Born During February
January has come to a close, which means February is here, and along with it comes a month of new K-Pop idol birthdays to celebrate! There seem to be a particularly high number of major idols that were born in February, so there will be a lot to celebrate in the next month. Here are […]
The Staggering Number Of Times SISTAR Would Perform In A Month
SISTAR‘s Bora and Hyolyn recently reunited, making their first comeback in 11 years as their popular sub-unit, SISTAR19. SISTAR’s Bora (left) and Hyolyn (right) | @sistarsistar/Instagram To celebrate their comeback, the members appeared on fellow second-generation K-Pop idol Kim Jaejoong‘s talk show, JaeFriends. During their episode, they discussed what they’ve been up to since SISTAR […]
The Ridiculous Amount That K-Pop “Fansites” Spend In A Month
Right alongside the growing (and glowing) K-Pop and Korean entertainment industries is another booming business: Photography. A “fansite” photo of TWICE’s Nayeon. | @nyfor922/Twitter Now well-known worldwide as “Fansites,” these dedicated forces of photographers follow their favorite K-Pop idols, actors, TV personalities—and even pandas… The First Panda Born In South Korea Is So Famous, She Even […]
A Famous Girl Group Member Lost 13 Kg In A Month To Debut
Because KARA is a legendary second-generation girl group, adding a new member in their seventh year was a serious matter. As a result, joining the group wasn’t an easy process for Youngji. KARA’s Nicole, Jiyoung, Gyuri, Seungyeon, and Youngji. | @KARAOFFICIAL329/Twitter When appearing in Pungja‘s web series John Yeah Lovely, alongside the group’s leader Gyuri, Youngji […]
FANTASY BOYS To Officially Announce Debut Date At The End Of This Month
K-Pop idol group FANTASY BOYS, created through the MBC survival program of the same name, announced that they would reveal the official debut date on August 25. They are adjusting their official debut date between September 16, 21, and 23, considering music broadcasts and various schedules. Previously, the group successfully completed a fan concert in […]
BTS’s Military Service, Current Public Opinion, And What Will Happen This Month
BTS‘s military service has been a hot topic for years, but a final decision on the matter will be made in the near future. BTS | @bts_bighit/Twitter In South Korea, all men are required to enlist in the military by their 28th birthday, with few exceptions. For instance, athletes who have won medals in the Olympics or Asian Games are […]
These 26 K-Pop Comebacks Set For March 2022 Prove It’s Going To Be An INSANE Month
If you think 2022 has brought a busy K-Pop schedule so far, then get ready to be scrambling to keep up with all the comebacks planned for March! There have been dozens of announcements for group comebacks and debuts as well as soloist releases for this next month, many of which are some pretty major […]