Yulhee sorta responds to her ex-husband, more stalking news somehow, Kep1er is now one step closer to being whole again, and thankfully a ton of donations.
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- Woman in her 20s charged with 4 crimes, including stalking a songwriter for THEBLACKLABEL
- Yulhee said the content of Choi Minhwan’s interview with Dispatch was “entirely false”
- Hwang Jung Eum settled a defamation suit filed by a woman she falsely accused of being her husband’s mistress
- Starship Entertainment issued an official apology for reposting deepfake content of IVE’s Yujin on Weibo
I dunno what’s going on with all the stalking, but it seems there’s one of these in every update lately. For this one, the suspect admitted to the accusations but without evidence claimed she was also a songwriter for the agency. Apparently this person was a famous anti of BLACKPINK‘s Jennie that would spam rumors about her on Nate Pann. Sometimes it’s nice to have your priors about a place confirmed, honestly.
Soon after Choi Minhwan’s interview went up, Yulhee’s side basically brushed it off as not worth responding to officially, but did say it was false. Hwang Jung Eum had the public’s support until she sorta shot herself in the foot with that. Other than the monumental Starship Entertainment fuckup, man is it ugly over on Weibo.
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- Yujeong (ex-LABOUM) signs with MBK Company (ex-TS Entertainment)
- Kep1er’s Xiaoting had her contract with Chinese agency TOPCLASS expire, WAKEONE and KLAP Entertainment say she will rejoin the group
- Red Velvet’s Joy re-signs with SM Entertainment
- YG Entertainment has closed their entire acting division to focus on music
- Kingdom’s Hwon has left the group
Yujeong … good luck, man. Meanwhile, the Xiaoting news is a glowing positive for Kep1er’s future. Ideally, they’d also be able to get Yeseo and Mashiro out of MADEIN. YG Entertainment‘s decision comes after they shuttered YGX in April of last year with the company apparently cutting the fat through areas that aren’t profitable. Kingdom’s Hwon had suspended his activities in September of last year, though apparently this is likely connected to yet unsubstantiated rumors that emerged in June.
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At least there’s only one of these, I suppose.
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- IU donates 500 million won across eight different charities
- Actor Im Si Wan, Lovelyz’s Jin, Park Na Rae, and DinDin (10 million won) have donated to Jeju Air tragedy support
- Actor Kim Woo Bin donated 100 million won for the support of pediatric cancer patients and the underprivileged
- BTS’s J-Hope donated 100 million won to Jeju Air tragedy support
- SHINee’s Key donated 50 million won to the children’s hospital where his mother is head of nursing
- TXT’s Heuningkai donated 50 million won to Jeju Air tragedy support
- Lee Young Ji donated 20 million won to Jeju Air tragedy support
- 2AM’s Jo Kwon donated 10 million won to Jeju Air tragedy support
- Hyun Bin & Son Ye Jin donated 300 million won to the pediatrics & OB-GYN departments at the Asan and Samsung Medical Centers
- Shin Min Ah donated 300 million won to the Hallym Burn Foundation & Seoul Asan Medical Center
- ZB1’s Gunwook donated 10 million won to Jeju Air tragedy support
- Hyeri donated 30 million won to Jeju Air tragedy support
- RIIZE donates 100 million won to Allkidstra, a music education program for underprivileged children
Kim Woo Bin‘s donations since 2014 now reportedly total over 1.1 billion won. Shin Min Ah has donated over 1 billion won to the Hallym Burn Foundation since 2009.
In utterly stupid news, ZB1‘s Gunwook apparently got criticized for donating personally, with people saying he was being attention seeking. Thus, he addressed it on a livestream.
🧸 the reason why i wanted to become an idol, beyond just the donation, was because i realized the importance of influence. i wanted to be a good influence, to influence someone's or my fans' lives and give them energy.
🧸 seeing how my donation brought…
I give up, man.
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- CNBLUE’s Jung Yong Hwa will undergo surgery for a meniscus tear in his right knee
- LUN8’s Eunseop is leaving the group after being on health hiatus and Dohyun & Ji Eunho will go on health hiatus
Eunseop was on hiatus since last October, though two other members immediately going on hiatus probably isn’t great for LUN8.
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- Winners at the 2024 Asia Artist Awards
- Winners at Day 1 of the 2025 Golden Disc Awards
- Winners at Day 2 of the 2025 Golden Disc Awards
We’ve already covered the most interesting news to come out of both of these ceremonies, specifically Suho talking about an EXO reunion in 2025 and GFRIEND reuniting in a performance (also debuted a new song).
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- Rainbow’s Noeul is getting married
- AKMU’s Chanhyuk & Fromis 9’s Saerom reportedly break off relationship that was never confirmed
I never covered Chanhyuk and Saerom being in a relationship since it was never confirmed by anything … and now that unconfirmed relationship is unconfirmedly over, I guess. Honestly, I had forget this even happened.
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Bullet Points Ending Theme Of The Day
LIMESODA debuted back in 2017 with “Z Z Z“, a tribute to being a beautiful woman who loves to sleep. Iconic.
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