Bullet Points: Idol gets rhabdo scare, Youngeun leaves Kep1er, a twin births twins, what is “K-pop”, scalping/piracy laws, more

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— Asian Junkie (@asianjunkiecom) February 4, 2026

Bleak.

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• CLOSE YOUR EYES’ Jang Yeojun was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis and will be out around a week
• Kep1er’s Youngeun has left the group following health issues

I’m surprised in both that there was a rhabdo diagnosis and that the company made it public because it’s essentially an admission that he was being overworked to the point his muscle was breaking down and polluting his kidneys. Definite red flag for the company, good lord.

Also definitely a little unnerving that whatever went on with Youngeun wasn’t able to resolve with almost a year of rest from Kep1er activities.

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• ONEUS joined B-Wave Entertainment after leaving RBW
• Ex-EVNNE member Ji Yunseo has left YH Entertainment
• Arashi’s Ohno Satoshi will be leaving STARTO ENTERTAINMENT

Ji Yunseo leaving YH Entertainment is interesting because back in December he and Yoo Seungeon were withdrawn from EVNNE with the assumption they would join a YH boy group (with the withdrawn ZB1 members of Zhang Hao, Ricky, Kim Gyu Vin, and Han Yu Jin).

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• SF9’s Taeyang will enlist on March 3
• DRIPPIN’s Changuk will enlist on February 19

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• Stray Kids’ I.N donated 100 million won to the National Cancer Center for his birthday
• ENHYPEN’s Jungwon pledged to donate 100 million won to Community Chest Of Korea
• BOYNEXTDOOR is doing a campaign with Save The Children, funded by donations from the members
• IVE’s Wonyoung donated 200 million won to Severance Hospital
• BTS’ J-Hope donated 200 million won to Seoul Asan Hospital & 100 million won to ChildFund Korea for his birthday
• BLACKPINK’s Jennie donated 100 million won to coal briquettes for the elderly
• Younha establishes scholarship for students majoring in physics and astronomy
• IVE’s Yujin donated over 100 million won to Korea Breast Cancer Foundation

Jungwon is a part of the charity’s Honor Society.

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• Nine Muses’ Keumjo is expecting her first child, a baby boy, with her husband
• Rainbow’s Woori is expecting her first child
• SNSD’s Tiffany and actor Byun Yo Han are officially married
• Crayon Pop’s ChoA gave birth to healthy twin sons

ChoA‘s twins are especially notable, not just because she is a twin herself (with Way), but because she had cervical cancer, underwent treatment to give her a shot at maintaining fertility, and now has twins. Motherhood is obviously something she really wanted, so I’m thrilled she was able to overcome all that.

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• South Korea has passed laws targeting scalping … and piracy

The piracy stuff always feels a bit like pissing into the wind, but the scalping part is definitely appealing.

Amendments to the Performance Act and National Sports Promotion Act introduce a sweeping ban on all forms of ticket scalping, regardless of whether automated programs, or “macros,” are used.

The amendments also place new legal obligations on ticket sellers and online marketplace operators, requiring them to implement technical and administrative measures to prevent illegal resale. The government said the shift reflects a recognition that ticket scalping is a systemic distribution problem, rather than the misconduct of an isolated individual.

Holy based.

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Well, it’s not just me, at least.

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— Asian Junkie (@asianjunkiecom) February 4, 2026

Discuss.