HYBE takes legal action over bullying allegations against LE SSERAFIM’s Kim Ga-ram

Awaiting trial in Los Angeles on sex crimes, Harvey Weinstein today became a lurid literary sensation. A self-published tome about the incarcerated producer surfaced for sale on Amazon, and Weinstein’s team is considering legal action.

Lovelyz member Mijoo is reportedly set to release solo music later this year.According to reports from several South Korean media outlets, Mijoo is reportedly in the process of selecting songs for her solo debut. Industry insiders consulted by JTBC added that the songs considered for the singer’s solo debut are reportedly summer-themed and composed by different producers.Antenna, Mijoo’s management agency, has since confirmed the news.

EXCLUSIVE: has cast Alicia Hannah-Kim for Season 5 of the hit Netflix series as the formidable South Korean sensei Kim Da-Eun who factors into Terry Silver’s (Thomas Ian Griffith) plans for accelerating Cobra Kai’s expansion. Dallas Dupree Young, who joined the show last season as Kenny Payne, has been upgraded to a series regular.

EXCLUSIVE: Entering the second week of the Cannes Film Festival, Sony Pictures Television has snapped up multi-territory Latin American rights to FilmSharks’ Amor Bandido, with Raymond Murray’s CineNova Releasing taking U.S. rights.

Source Music and HYBE have announced that LE SSERAFIM‘s Kim Ga-ram will go on hiatus amid a controversy surrounding bullying allegations made against her.The 16-year-old singer first found herself embroiled in bullying allegations last month following her introduction as part of LE SSERAFIM’s line-up. Earlier this week, HYBE had announced earlier this week that it would be taking legal action against “malicious slander” made against Kim Ga-ram.Following investigations by the music labels, HYBE has since released statement today (May 20) addressing its findings regarding the controversy surrounding Kim.

Money Heist. Today (May 20), the streaming giant dropped a new visual for Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area, establishing the premise of the new series.

trailer traces the origins of the Joint Economic Area, a fictionalized mint located where present-day North and South Korea are divided. While the aim of reunification is to benefit all citizens and establish a common currency, “in reality, only the rich got richer,” the trailer’s narrator says. “Welcome to capitalism,” Tokyo (Jeon Jong-seo) grimly adds.Like the original, a group of ragtag individuals assemble under the Professor’s (Yoo Ji-tae) tutelage, where they learn the inner machinations of a history-making heist.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefA crew of thieves including Tokyo, an ex-soldier, unite under the leadership of a mastermind known as the Professor to plan an unprecedented heist – stealing money yet to exist! If that sounds familiar, it should.The twist is that Netflix hit series La Casa De Papel (Money Heist) has been given a cool Korean favor.First-look footage is now available. And the K-drama reinterpretation “Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area Part 1” premieres from June 24.The plot twist is that Korea is on the verge of unification and there is a Joint Security Area – located where today’s North and South Korea are divided – which contains a mint that becomes the focus of the action.

Although a star for nearly 30 years in South Korean films, Lee Jung-Jae recently rocketed to international fame on a whole other level as the star of the television phenomenon, The Squid Game. All of that spotlight will add to interest in Hunt, which he not only stars, produces, co-wrote (with Jo Seung-Hee), but makes his feature film directorial debut, one that just had its World Premiere in the Midnight section of the Cannes Film Festival.

Emmerdale looks set for dramatic scenes as Will Taylor took "deadly" action to find Jamie Tate on Wednesday's episode. Only recently, Gabby Thomas has been convinced that "dead" Jamie is back and is after their son, Thomas, with a series of clues heightening her paranoia.

Welcome To Wedding Hell.Starring Lee Jin-wook (Bulgasal: Immortal Souls) and Lee Yeon-hee (The Package), the forthcoming 12-episode series will follow a couple in their thirties as they navigate preparations for their wedding day.“What would it feel like, to get married?” muses Kim Na-eun (played by Yeon-hee) in the new trailer as a loving, elderly couple passes her in the street. Her friends begin asking if her boyfriend Jun-hyeong (Jin-wook) has proposed, warning that she should never be the first to breach the topic of marriage in a relationship.The trailer offers a glimpse of the couple’s sweet relationship, though Jun-hyeong appears to react uncomfortably whenever Na-eun mentions marriage.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentJapan’s Tokyo Broadcasting System network is partnering with Naver Webtoon, South Korea’s leading digital comics platform, and Tokyo-based manga production house Shine Partners to launch a new webtoon company. Called Studio TooN and based in South Korea, the joint venture will plan and make webtoons with Japanese and Korean creators for the global market. One of TBS’s aim in launching the company, its first such venture in Korea, is to produce TV dramas, anime and other content from the webtoons.  Studio TooN will begin operations in June of this year with Shine Partners president Keita Iwamoto serving as CEO.     “When webtoon works are visualized, there is a synergy effect as the number of readers increases,” said Naver Webtoon CEO Kim Junkoo.

IZ*ONE vocalist Jo Yu-ri will be releasing new music next month, as confirmed by her agency WAKEONE.The entertainment confirmed Jo’s impending comeback in a brief statement to South Korean news outlet Top Star News earlier today (May 13). WAKEONE noted that the K-pop idol will be “making a comeback with a mini-album in June”, as translated by Soompi.Jo’s forthcoming record will be her first release since making her solo debut in October 2021 with the single album ‘Glassy’.

Over recent years, people who experience periods have worked tirelessly to combat the stigma that surrounds that ‘time of the month’. Whether it’s raising awareness of what constitutes a ‘normal’ period or whether it’s renaming feminine hygiene aisles, changes are being made to how we treat, and talk about, menstruation. And now Spain has come under the spotlight after the country’s government has acknowledged the impact that severe period pain can have on people’s lives.

HYBE girl group LE SSERAFIM have set a new first-week sales record with their debut mini-album ‘Fearless’.Today (May 9), Source Music announced that the six member group – comprising Kim Chae-won, Miyawaki Sakura, Huh Yun-jin, Kazuha, Kim Ga-ram and Hong Eun-chae – sold 307,450 copies of their debut record ‘Fearless’ in its first week.LE SSERAFIM are now sixth girl group to ever surpass 300,000 album sales within a week of release, a feat previously achieved by acts such as BLACKPINK, Red Velvet and IZ*ONE. According to the agency, this also makes ‘Fearless’ the highest-selling debut release of by a South Korean girl group of all time.‘Fearless’, which arrived last week, is led by the single of the same title.