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Korean pop singer-songwriter HyunA has found herself at the center of a new scandal after the musician became associated with the Burning Sun controversy. 

HyunA is a former girl group member in the K-pop world (having been a part of both Wonder Girls and 4Minute) and has largely been working as a solo artist since 2009. 

The 32-year-old has been in the spotlight for nearly 20 years and has dealt with the ups and downs of being in the public eye for a long time. 

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This week marks the final episode of ‘The Acolyte’ season 1. The show has sparked controversy since its premiere, receiving a wide range of reactions, from highly negative to highly positive, and some mixed.

Despite issues with pacing, acting, and dialogue, the show successfully wrapped up its storyline in a satisfying manner, while leaving enough material and plot threads for a potential second season.

In the final episode, Master Sol, Osha, Qimir, and Mae return to Brendok, where everything began. Sol is held accountable for his crimes, finally confessing to Osha that he was the one who murdered their mother, not Mae. In a surprising turn of events, Mae, who initially sought to kill Sol, decides against it, wanting him to face the consequences of his actions before the Jedi Council, the Senate, and the Republic.

However, upon learning that Sol lied to her for decades, Osha decides to kill Sol,...

This week marks the final episode of ‘The Acolyte’ season 1. The show has been controversial since its first two episodes aired with plenty of highly negative, highly positive, and some “mixed” reactions.

The show had pacing, acting, and dialogue issues, but it still managed to round up the story and close it neatly, while eventually leaving enough material and story to continue in season 2, if it comes to it.

The final episode saw Master Sol, Osha, Qimir, and Mae finally returning to where everything began, to Brendok. Sol is held accountable for his crimes, as he is finally forced to admit to Osha that he was the one to murder their mother, not Mae. In a complete switch of personality, Mae, who initially wanted to murder Sol, refused to finish him off, wanting him to face the consequences of his actions in front of the Jedi Council, the Senate, and the Republic.

HyunA is back!

The 31-year-old K-pop superstar returned with her album Attitude on Thursday (May 2).

The album is her first since signing with her new agency, At Area, last November, and comes as she celebrates 17 years in the music industry.

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The release was produced by GroovyRoom, the leading producer team and the founders of At Area. HyunA participated in every part of production, from conceptualization to music video planning.

“I’ve wanted to work with GroovyRoom for about 10 years now, and I knew they could help bring my vision to life. I’ve always wanted people to look at me and think ‘she’s great with music.’ I don’t think I’ve ever had that with my songs in the past because I believed that there were two kinds of music: the one that you watch, and the one that you listen to.

Dawn has broken all the K-pop rules. Well, almost all of them. “I want to try getting my nipples pierced,” he tells Rolling Stone over a video call, his smile embellished with a diamond-studded lip ring, “but I’m scared because I recently got a tattoo near my nipple and I went through hell.” Tattoos and piercings are the least of the rapper’s transgressions. For the past five years, in an industry where dating is often contractually forbidden, Dawn has been known as one half of South Korean entertainment...

Six years together may have been too much history to walk away from for K-pop stars HyunA and Dawn. Just two months after HyunA announced via Instagram that she and Dawn had called it quits, ending their engagement, on Nov. 30, 2022, the pair may be back together.

HyunA and Dawn have been through quite a lot over the years in order to be together. The two were first caught up in relationship rumors all the way back in 2018 after being friends and labelmates for years. Shortly after the dating rumors began to build, HyunA and Dawn confirmed their relationship without the approval of their agency, Cube Entertainment. That led to the company ending their contracts, forcing the pair to find another music label that would support their romance. Since then, HyunA and Dawn have each been focusing on their solo careers, and continue to maintain their status as one of K-pop's most adored couples.

Actors Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin are getting married. The pair, who met while playing love interests in the series "Crash Landing on You" in 2019, announced their engagement in sweet posts on social media.

Son shared a sweet photo on Instagram on Thursday holding up a miniature hanger displaying a miniature wedding dress. In her caption, translated by Korean pop culture outlet "Soompi," the 40-year-old wrote, "I have a person that I want to spend the rest of my life with. It's true. It's the person you're all thinking of . . . Just being with him gives me a sense of warmth and dependability." She continued to touch on their love story, writing, "I had thought that a man and a woman meeting, sharing their hearts, and promising each other the future was somewhat out of the range of imagination, but we naturally approached that point to get here. Thank you to...

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K-pop stars HyunA and Dawn are officially engaged! The couple announced the news on Feb. 3 via their Instagram pages, showing off their rings inside pink and blue, his and hers shell-shaped boxes. Dawn captioned his post with a simple "Marry Me," while HyunA wrote "Of course it's a yes" in Korean in hers. Instead of going for the traditional diamond, the pair opted for moonstones that look just as stunning.

HyunA and Dawn - who were previously labelmates at Cube Entertainment - went public with their relationship in 2018, which they also announced on Instagram against the approval of their agency. Shortly after, the two decided to pursue solo careers as artists after departing from their bands, Triple H and Pentagon. They've also collaborated on tracks together occasionally with songs like "Ping Pong" and "Party, Feel, Love," to name a few. They made their first...

K-Pop stars HyunA and Dawn are making 1+1=1 more than just their EP title.   On Feb. 3, both HyunA, 29, and Dawn, 27, shared a sweet up-close-and-personal clip of themselves donning matching ring sets on those fingers to their Instagram accounts. Dawn captioned his touching post of the two with the simple words, "Marry Me," while HyunA reposted the same video with a caption of her own, writing: "Of course, it's a yes."   Naturally, fans immediately began rejoicing over the couple's happy news. One person wrote, "I've waited my whole life for this post." While another commented, "Stop, Stop, Stop, I'm literally in tears." A third added,...

“Don’t wait for a special miracle,” Girls’ Generation sang on their 2007 breakout hit “Into The New World.” K-pop stans, the most zealous fans of the genre, are doing their part to help bring miraculous change right now. They deployed the power of the tweet and the force of their numbers to aggressively mobilize against white supremacists and interfere with police surveillance. K-pop fans weaponized their social media presence in support of Black Lives Matter amidst the nationwide protest which followed the killing of George Floyd. The unarmed black man died in police custody last week after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on his neck for nearly nine minutes during an arrest.

The K-pop social media bombardment saw stans take over rightwing and pro-Donald Trump hashtags to drown out racist and offensive posts and criticism of the protests. K-pop fans radicalized on May 31 in response...

Back in May 2018, the K-pop community was shocked to learn that after eight years, Park Jae-Sang — better known by his stage name Psy (often stylized in all capitals) — would be leaving Yg Entertainment. Still to this day, we do not know why Psy decided to leave, but we speculated he was leaving to start his own entertainment agency. Speculation became reality last week when Psy announced his new entertainment agency, P-Nation. In less then a week of that announcement, his agency has gained a lot of traction by signing on three big names in the industry today: […]

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It seems this year has seen many prominent K-pop idols leave their respective entertainment agencies. After nine years, Hyuna departed from Cube Entertainment. Shortly after, E’Dawn of Pentagon would follow as both he and Hyuna would choose love over their former agency’s strict rules on dating. Now another popular K-pop idol has recently left the entertainment agency that made them popular. Hallyu news reports that Zico has officially parted ways with Seven Seas. The entertainment agency would then follow up with a statement providing insight on Block B’s future as Zico was the leader of that boy band. The breaking […]

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E’Dawn, one of the members of K-pop boy group Pentagon (often stylized in all capital letters or shortened to Ptg) and K-pop co-ed group Triple H, is no longer with Cube Entertainment. The latter was first to reveal the news via a statement to the public, as reported by Korean news outlet Naver. “Cube Entertainment and E’Dawn agreed to the termination of the exclusive contract on [November] 14. We once again sincerely thank the artist and fans who have been with us until now.” Cube Entertainment’s statement on E’Dawn’s departure from them is similar to that of Hyuna who also […]

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Hyuna, the popular Hallyu soloist who is also known for being in K-pop girl groups Wonder Girls and 4minute, has officially parted ways with Cube Entertainment. The latter was first to reveal the news via a statement to the public, as reported by AllKpop. “This is Cube Entertainment. On October 15, Cube Entertainment and HyunA agreed to terminate her contract. We once again sincerely thank the artist and the fans who have been with her through now.” HyunA’s relationship with E’Dawn the reason for her departure? Right after it was revealed Hyuna and Cube Entertainment parted ways, both K-pop fans […]

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As the K-pop phenomenon — also known as the Korean Wave or hallyu — sweeps the globe at a unprecedented pace, there’s greater interest among new audiences in how exacting and meticulous the industry can be with its musicians. One illustrative case of that is the firing this week of two stars who breached a tacit rule about romantic relationships.

HyunA and E’Dawn, two K-pop stars managed by Cube Entertainment, one of the South Korean entertainment companies that oversees the entire K-pop scene, revealed last month during a promotion of...