Screams from BTS fans reportedly incite panic, evacuation on Seoul subway

Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023 last night (August 22) and there was a slew of announcements, new trailers and release dates. Fortunately, if you missed the live event or if you’re in need of a reminder, here are all of the games that appeared in the showcase.Below, we’ve collected every new trailer that appeared during Opening Night Live 2023.

Demi Lovato is parting ways with Braun, 42, a source claimed to Variety on Tuesday that Braun is “getting out of management — he has been for years. That’s the real story.”However, a music industry source with knowledge of the situation told The Post, “All of Scooter Braun’s clients are under contract and negotiations have been going on for several months as Scooter steps into his larger role as HYBE America CEO,” they said, referring to the South Korean entertainment corporation behind K-pop megastars BTS.The insider continued, “People are spreading rumors based on what they know, but they are off.

Korea has selected the disaster thriller Concrete Utopia starring Lee Byung-hun and Park Seo-jun as its entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 2024 Oscars.

LOONA member Chuu in her contract lawsuit against Blockberry Creative.Today (August 17), several South Korean news outlets reported that the 23-year-old idol has won her lawsuit against the K-pop agency over her exclusive contract. Chuu had initially filed for a provisional injunction to suspend her contract with Blockberry in January 2022, which was accepted by the court.The 12th Civil Division of the Seoul Northern District Court has now officially nullified her contract with the agency.

K-pop girl group tripleS’ latest sub-unit LOVElution have released a music video for ‘Girls’ Capitalism’.Today (August 17) at midnight KST, the eight-member sub-unit – of Seoyeon, Hyerin, Yubin, Kaede, Dahyun, Nien, Sohyun and Xinyu – released the visual for their first single ‘Girls’ Capitalism’. The song leads their mini-album ‘ↀ’ (‘Muhan’), which will be released later today at 6pm KST.The new music video opens with different school clubs posing for yearbook pictures, with LOVElution revealing themselves as part of the “Mad Money Club”.

SEVENTEEN singer Seungkwan is set to rejoin the group for their upcoming release following a health-related hiatus.On August 16, Pledis Entertainment shared that Seungkwan will be returning from a hiatus by September. The K-pop singer had announced a break due to unspecified health issues last month.“Seungkwan is currently concentrating on his recovery.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief South Korean police said on Wednesday that they had found evidence that the box office performance of 323 films over the past five years had been inflated. Seoul Metropolitan Police said that, as a result, they had referred 69 people from major exhibition chains and 24 film distribution companies to prosecutors.

BLACKPINK‘s ‘Born Pink’ tour will reach its finale with two concerts in Seoul come September, one of which will be streamed.On August 16, the girl group unveiled a poster announcing that they will end their ongoing ‘Born Pink’ world tour with a two-night concert in Seoul on September 16 and 17. The second show will also be streamed online via Weverse concerts.At the time of publishing, YG Entertainment has not shared ticketing or venue details.

Police in South Korea today said that 69 officials from theater chains including CGV, Lotte and Megabox, and from 24 film distributors, have been referred without detention to the prosecutor on charges of obstruction of business, local media reports. This follows an investigation that began in June into suspicious box office numbers. Police claim the accused were involved in fabricating figures to boost film rankings over the past five years.

RM has stated that boyband BTS will make their long-awaited return in 2025.Over the weekend on August 12, BTS’ RM hosted a livestream on the fan community platform Weverse where he opened up about the boyband’s plans for the future. Notably, BTS have been on an extended break since mid-2022 to “explore some solo projects”.During the livestream, RM spoke about how he recently spoke to Suga about the latter’s world tour and what he had learned from that experience.

K-pop girl group IVE are set to embark on their first world tour this October.On August 11, Starship Entertainment announced that the six-member act will kickstart their world tour, titled ‘Show What I Have’, with a two-night concert in Seoul this October.

BTS member V has shared a new solo single called ‘Rainy Days’ – listen below.The stripped-back song serves as the latest preview of the South Korean singer’s debut solo album ‘Layover’, which is due for release on September 8 via Big Hit (pre-order/pre-save here).Opening with piano and iPhone sound effects, the track leans into the worlds of alt-pop and R&B, combining vintage percussion and modern electronic drum sounds across its three minutes.“Rainy days/ I’m thinkin’ ’bout you, what to say/ Wish I knew how to find the way/ Right back to you, on rainy days like/ Rainy days,” V sings in the first verse as he longs to be reunited with a romantic partner.Later, the artist expresses lingering feelings of loneliness while “staring at [his] phone” and hoping to “go back to that moment again“.The official music video, directed by Shin Dongle, follows a gloomy V going about his day on his own in his apartment. You can watch it above.Earlier this week, V shared the single ‘Love Me Again’ from his upcoming first album.V has worked with Min Hee-jin, the CEO of NewJeans’ label ADOR, on ‘Layover’, with Min leading the project, including elements such as the music, choreography and promotion style.

Jeon Somi’s agency will remove an animated character from the music video of one of her latest songs after viewers accused it of plagiarism.The video in question comes from the visual accompaniment for the South Korean singer’s single ‘Fast Forward’ – the lead track of her new EP ‘Game Plan’. The track and music video both debuted on Monday (August 7).Following its release, some viewers have pointed out how the character in the original video resembles the artwork style of Japanese cartoonist, Rumiko Takahashi and her characters illustrated in the manga series Urusei Yatsura (1978-87).The artist is also most widely recognised for her fantasy romance series, InuYasha, which ran between 1996 and 2008.In the music video for ‘Fast Forward’, it appears as if the character is meant to resemble the 22-year-old singer, however, many highlighted how it was nearly identical to the artwork on the cover of the first volume for Urusei Yatsura – with the main changes only being to the direction the character is facing and the hairstyle (via Koreaboo).Now, Somi’s agency, THEBLACKLABEL, has issued a formal apology in light of the accusations of plagiarism, and insisted that they “deeply apologise” for the parallels between the characters.“We have reviewed the issue as soon as we were made aware of the criticisms that the animation within ‘Fast Forward’ reminds viewers of a character from another animation,” the agency said in a press release yesterday (August 9, via Korea JoongAng Daily).“We have decided to delete and change the scenes at issue.

EXCLUSIVE: In the opening scene of Netflix survival show Zombieverse, a dating couple in a bar in Seoul’s trendy Hongdae district lean in for a kiss. 

Following his debut solo tour earlier this year, Suga, the K-pop superstar rapper/singer/songwriter, has become the third member of BTS to begin South Korea’s compulsory military service.

Suga is the next member of BTS preparing to begin his mandatory military service.

BTS’ RM recently performed an upcoming solo song at his bandmate Suga’s solo concert in Seoul.Between August 4 to August 6, Suga held three encore shows for his ‘Agust D’ tour at the KSPO Dome in Seoul. During his final show on Sunday (August 6), fellow BTS member RM joined him to perform their song ‘Strange’, as well as an unreleased solo track.‘Strange’ was originally released in 2020 as part of Suga’s mixtape ‘D-2’, and the recent concert marked the first time the pair performed it live.

BTS rapper Suga has begun preparations for his military enlistment.Today (August 7), Big Hit Music released a statement announcing that the rapper had terminated his enlistment postponement and is currently beginning the enlistment process.Under South Korean law, all able-bodied male citizens are to serve for 18-21 months by the age of 28. The BTS members had previously been granted exemptions to defer their enlistments until they turned 30 after receiving an Order of Cultural Merit in 2018 by then-president Moon Jae-in.“We would like to inform our fans that Suga has initiated the military enlistment process by applying for the termination of his enlistment postponement,” Big Hit Entertainment said in its statement.

H1-KEY have announced plans to make their comeback with sophomore mini-album, ‘Seoul Dreaming’.Today (August 1), the K-pop girl group released a teaser image for their upcoming sophomore mini-album ‘Seoul Dreaming’. The project is set to be released on August 30 at 6pm KST.‘Seoul Dreaming’ will be H1-KEY’s first comeback since their breakthrough January 2023 single ‘Rose Blossom’, which peaked at Number 14 on South Korean’s Circles Chart.More information about ‘Seoul Dreaming’, including its title track, tracklist, pre-order details and more, are expected out soon.

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