SF9’s Youngbin says he’s “conflicted” over Rowoon’s departure from the group

MAMAMOO‘s Hwasa over her alleged “indecent” performance.Today (October 4), the Seongdong Police Station in Seoul said it would not be referring Hwasa’s case to the prosecution, per Yonhap News Agency. It comes after the MAMAMOO singer was questioned in early-September over the alleged “indecent” performance.In July, the Student Parent’s Rights Protection Union had filed a complaint against MAMAMOO’s Hwasa over an alleged “indecent performance” the singer had staged in May at the Sungkyunkwan University Festival.At the time, the union claimed that the K-pop idol made a gesture that “suggested a perverted sexual act”, saying that that incident was “enough to bring embarrassment and shame to the public who witnessed it”.Last month, Hwasa spoke about the controversy during a guest appearance on South Korean television personality Sung Si-kyung’s YouTube channel.

Nakwon: Last Paradise, an apocalypse stealth survival game from the developer of Dave The Diver, will pit the player against invincible zombies that have overrun Seoul.Nakwon is the name of the last city that humans have been able to use as a sanctuary from the infection, explained studio Mintrocket in a post to Steam.As South Korea has a highly stringent set of regulations regarding gun ownership, things like revolvers and shotguns are rare and bullets are more expensive that the guns themselves in the game. Moreover, Seoul’s dense structure makes it advantageous for humans, allowing them to hide and find new locations for looting.Interestingly, Nakwon: Last Paradise‘s zombies are unkillable and all players can do to put some distance between themselves and certain death is “disable them just for a brief moment”.Mintrocket said that Nakwon: Last Paradise is split into two experiences, scouting and simulation.

The Masked Singer is back for season 10!

The Masked Singer is back for season 10!

The Masked Singer is back for season 10!

The Masked Singer is back for season 10!

Squid Game.In a new interview with The Korea Times, Kang Ha-neul revealed that people often ask him how he feel about “appearing on such a big series” such as Squid Game. However, the actors says he would tell them that he “feel[s] the same” as usual.“Honestly, I always have the same feelings toward my work and joining Squid Game season two has not put more pressure on me,” he added.

The Glory star Song Hye-kyo has revealed that starring the the popular K-drama series has helped bring back her “joy for acting”.Song Hye-kyo recently spoke to South Korea news outlet Sports Chosun, per SBS Star, about her Grand Prize win at the second annual Blue Dragon Series Awards in July this year and her thoughts on her The Glory tole.The actress opened up about how The Glory was a genre she has “never tired before”, but that the role eventually “brought back my joy for acting”. She added: “I’ve become more interested in working on projects that are different from what I usually do”.Song Hye-kyo also spoke about how she believes her role as Moon Dong-eun in The Glory has helped “changed the minds of those who were previously unwilling to accept me in unconventional genres”, noting how she has been “offered a wider variety of projects” after the K-drama’s success.Elsewhere in the interview, the actress was also asked what she thinks the future for her The Glory character would look like after achieving revenge.

K-pop group NewJeans will be releasing a song for this year’s League Of Legends World Championship.The single, titled ‘Gods’, will be released on October 4 at 6AM BST / 2PM KST. It will also launch with an animated music video from Riot Games, and NewJeans have described the song as “a new experience for all of us”.“It was fun to try a new genre and sound,” shared the group.

The Masked Singer has seemingly been rumbled by one investigative fan. Originating in South Korea eight years ago, the internationally-sold format features a line-up of celebrities from across TV, film, sport and music under wacky costumes, singing infront of judges – and a studio audience – who must guess their identities.

Anna Marie de la Fuente “Monster,” Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan Described by Variety critic Peter Debruge as a “convoluted portrait of a pre-teen in turmoil,” Kore-eda ‘s Palme d’Or best script and Queer Palm winner stars Sakura Andō as a mother who confronts a teacher after noticing odd changes in her son’s demeanor. Written by Yuji Sakamoto, it’s scored by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto. “Peafowl,” Byun Sungbin, South Korea Myung, a transgender, is estranged from her family because of who she is.

Netflix has teased a trailer for a Squid Game spin-off that sees real life contestants take on the gruelling challenges from the hit TV series - without the fatal consequences. But fans have made a demand as the launch of the new reality show draws nearer.

K-pop singer and former GFRIEND member Yuju has spoken about reuniting the girl group in the future.Yuju recently spoke to South Korean media at the press conference for the release of her new single ‘Dalala’. During the event, the singer shared that her former GFRIEND bandmates remain close, saying that they are “just like any other close friends out there” and that she believes the group will reunite someday.“The members of GFRIEND are really supportive of one another.

TWICE member Sana has opened up about the extreme diet she was put on during her trainee days.In a new episode of South Korean streamer DEX’s YouTube cooking series DEX’s Fridge Interview, he spoke with TWICE’s Sana about her cooking and eating habits while going through the contents of her fridge.During the interview, the K-pop singer shared that she had been made to go on diets prior to her debut in the group. “When I was a trainee, I was really stressed, and there was a moment where I gained more weight,” she said, revealing that “there was a time when I survived on just eight cherry tomatoes a day”.Later, she also discussed her love for jokbal, a Korean pig trotter dish she had to “secretly” eat when she was put on a diet.

Big Hit Music trainees have opened up about the members of BTS and whether the septet have changed since their debut.In a new interview with Korea Now, the English-language YouTube channel of South Korean news outlet Yonhap News Agency, former Big Hit Music trainees Kim Ji-hoon and Hwang Ji-hwan opened up about their experiences at the K-pop agency and training alongside the now-BTS members.Kim spoke about how he sometimes watches clips of BTS on YouTube, nothing that the septet are “the same as they used to be” when they were all trainees together. He added that, even then, he thought BTS leader RM “had leadership qualities”.

Paramount+ announced on Tuesday that its new Louis Tomlinson doc All of Those Voices will premiere exclusively on the service in the U.S. and Canada on October 4th, coming to the UK, Australia, Latin America, Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and South Korea on October 5th.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Netflix and SK Broadband, one of South Korea’s largest internet service providers, said that they were ending all their lawsuits and would instead create a strategic partnership to provide better entertainment experiences to Korean customers. The legal dispute began in 2020 over whether content providers that generate large amounts of traffic should pay “network usage fees” in addition to the bills paid by the household end users, or whether that would go against the principle of net neutrality and lead to higher costs for consumers. Netflix said that it could offer a technological solution to traffic volume that it had provided to ISPs in other countries and to rival ISPs in Korea. But SK Telecom and its subsidiary SK Broadband held out and appeared to gain support for their position in the Korean parliament. “This strategic partnership with Netflix originates from the philosophy of SK Telecom and SK Broadband, where customer value is prioritized, and comes as part of our efforts to provide customers with an enhanced media service environment,” said SK Telecom’s Choi Hwanseok, VP of corporate strategy. “The partnership with SK Telecom, a leader in Korea’s telecommunication and innovative technology industries, holds special significance as it enables Netflix to enhance entertainment experiences for a broader Korean audience,” said Tony Zameczkowski, Netflix VP of APAC partnerships. “By teaming up with Netflix, SK Telecom and SK Broadband aim to help customers enjoy Netflix shows and films on mobile devices and IPTV (B tv) with easier access and payment options.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Four years ago, before COVID turned everything upside-down, a new Asian masterpiece world premiered virtually unnoticed at the Toronto Film Festival. I’m referring to “A Sun,” a multi-faceted Taiwanese family saga from director Chung Mong-Hong that seemed to shift and evolve as it unfolded, challenging what audiences though they knew about the characters.

There is so much K-pop excellence in 2023!

iKON‘s Bobby has opened up about former groupmate B.I and his feeling about the latter’s departure from the K-pop boyband in June 2019.Bobby spoke about B.I’s departure from the group in the comment section of a recent Instagram post on September 11, seemingly in response to discissions between fans about whether the group should reunite.In comments seen and archived by SBS Star and Koreaboo, the South Korean rapper said that he understands where fans are coming from, calling B.I his “brother”.“He did show some bad influence [on] our next gen[eration], but [I] can’t stop my love for him though,” Bobby added, while saying that B.I. “kno[w]s what he did was wrong and everything”.“I love him as much as you do.