Ex-JYJ member Park Yoo-chun reportedly in contract dispute with new agency

CD Projekt Red has announced a Kickstarter campaign for a new manga spinoff to its popular RPG series The Witcher.The Witcher: Ronin will see monster hunter Geralt of Rivia reimagined in the style of Japanese mythology, swapping the Euro-centric creatures and legends he pursues in The Witcher III for an assortment of Yokai inspired by folklore and classic fables.The hardback release of the book, which will be exclusive to the Kickstarter campaign, will be written by CD Projekt Red’s Rafał Jaki,

Vivienne Chow New features by some of the most prominent filmmakers from the Asia-Pacific region including The Philippines’ Brillante Mendoza, Bangladesh’s Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and Japan’s Ogigami Naoko are among the seven titles competing for the Kim Jiseok Award at the upcoming 26th Busan International Film Festival (Oct. 6-16, 2021).Works by Royston Tan from Singapore, China’s Wang Qi, Aparna Sen from India and Ilgar Najaf from Azerbaijan have also been nominated.

BEIJING -- Chinese social media platform Weibo banned a fan club of popular South Korean K-pop band BTS from posting for 60 days, saying it had raised funds illegally, days after photographs of a customized airplane funded by the fan club were posted online.The fan club account, which had over 1.1 million followers on Weibo, was centered around BTS member Jimin.

Girls Planet 999 is one of the hottest shows in South Korea – and all over the world – at the moment!

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTwo films each from India, Iran and South Korea feature in the eleven-title New Currents competition that is at the heart of the Busan International Film Festival.The festival this year will be operated as an in-person event Oct 6-15, 2021.

Yakuza Toshihiro Nagoshi is reportedly leaving Sega after 32 years to join NetEase.According to a new Bloomberg report, NetEase is in “final negotiations” with Nagoshi for him to leave Sega and join the Chinese company.Nagoshi joined Sega in 1989 and is the developer behind other video games such as Sega Rally and Monkey Ball, but most notably the Yakuza franchise which debuted in 2005 and now spans eight main entries and multiple spin-off titles.The Japanese developer was the chief creative

Japanese Breakfast shared a dreamy new song yesterday (August 26) Calle ‘Glider’ – listen to it below.The musician, real name Michelle Zauner, has written the song for her upcoming video game soundtrack, Sable.In a statement, Zauner said film score legends Alan Menken and Joe Hisaishi were two of her biggest inspirations when creating the soundtrack.Zauner added: “I was so lucky Daniel Fineberg and Gregorios Kythreotis from Shedworks invited me onto this game so early on.“I was immediately

Minah of South Korean girl group Girl’s Day has revealed that a group reunion seems to be out of the question in the near future.During an interview with South Korean media outlet OSEN, Minah shared her thoughts on the group’s 11th debut anniversary, which happened last month, as well as the possibility of a Girl’s Day reunion in the near future.She revealed that although the members have discussed reuniting, she thinks “it’s going to be difficult as of now”.

SEVENTEEN are preparing to make their return with new music later this year.On August 23, South Korean news outlet OSEN reported that the 13-member group were in the midst of preparing a new album for release in October. This was later confirmed to TopStarNews by a source from Pledis Entertainment.“SEVENTEEN is preparing to make a comeback aimed for mid-October,” said the agency, according to a translation by Soompi.

Star Wars: Visions has been released – check it out below.Visions is an anthology series which will feature seven different stories from leading Japanese anime studios.

With the release of her forthcoming debut album Before I Die just a few weeks away, South Korean artist and producer Park Hye Jin has shared her latest single "I Need You." Serving as the official follow-up to "Whatchu Doin Later" and "Let’s Sing Let’s Dance," Park's latest finds her singing in both Korean and English over light, airy, piano-lead production.

Naomi Osaka, 23, broke down in tears on Monday (Aug. 16) while speaking to reporters at her first press conference since withdrawing from the 2021 French Open.

The new trailer for Star Wars: Visions is here!

refuted the suggestion that his question amounted to bullying. The US-based Japanese player is playing her first tournament since the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Cincinnati as she prepares for this month’s US Open.

Disney+ has announced that the “Home Alone” franchise is adding a sixth film, titled “Home Sweet Home Alone,” just in time for the holiday season. The new installment will premiere Friday, Nov.

Stray Kids‘ Bang Chan for the first time during an interview for his upcoming movie Free Guy.In light of the premiere of Free Guy in South Korean on August 11, Chan sat down with Reynolds to speak about the movie in a video for Naver TV. During the interview, the duo also discussed Stray Kids’ upcoming full-length album ‘NOEASY’, with Reynolds expressing his excitement for the release.“We finally meet! I’m so excited about this,” Reynolds said at the start of the interview.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentA sequel to the 2019 hit comedy “Fly Me to the Saitama” has been announced. Stars Nikaido Fumi and Gackt will return, as will director Takeuchi Hideki.Details about the production start date and story are sparce, though Takeuchi earlier told “Variety” that he was thinking of setting the sequel in the Kansai (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe) region.

Parasite executive producer Miky Lee and Interstellar producer Lynda Obst have teamed up to work on a new movie set in the world of K-pop.The forthcoming film is currently titled K-Pop Lost In America and is described as a “road movie”, according to Variety.