allkpop are still as bad as ever
Allkpop have published (barely anonymised) sensitive photographs of the alleged female victim of a violent crime. Just another day of responsible reporting from everyone’s favourite K-pop news website…
Allkpop have published (barely anonymised) sensitive photographs of the alleged female victim of a violent crime. Just another day of responsible reporting from everyone’s favourite K-pop news website…
One of the most listened to, renowned, and dynamic podcasts around right now just made an episode about K-pop.
In my real job, (and part of the reason Beyond Hallyu has been a little neglected lately) I am a radio journalist and, in my spare time, I am also…
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Oh allkpop when will you learn? People have witnessed you numerous times go to extraordinary lengths to publish ‘fact-filled’ articles’ that often completely skip out any, and…
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Caitlyn Jenner’s recently unveiled gender transition has been widely hailed as a great opportunity to improve the dialogue in society surrounding transgender issues. While as a very…
Yesterday, allkpop posted an article online which featured several nude photos of popular K-pop singer Ailee. The article claimed the photos were originally leaked by an anonymous website but as it linked to no sources and after several revelations were made, it appeared to us, at that time, that…
As part of their ongoing legal battle, Kim Hyun-joong’s ex-girlfriend is set to stand trial in March accused of manipulating evidence and defaming Kim Hyun-joong. Yesterday, before she was actually charged, Korean news outlet OSEN published an “exclusive” leaked report detailing the prosecutor’s evidence and…
You may remember a few months ago, we posted a survey from Master’s student Maur-Anne Griffonnet-Barge asking K-pop fans various questions about their preferences and beliefs and asked you to consider filling it out. We also said we’d be posting some of the results of…
Once again, the TC Candler annual list of the world’s most beautiful faces has been released. Once again, it features several Korean celebrities. Once again, it is pointless.
If you happen to be curious about who made the rankings, here they are in descending order:
#99 Goo Hara (KARA…
Over the years there have been hundreds of groups that have debuted; from male idol groups hoping to be the next SHINee and Big Bang to female groups filled to the brim with imitations of all your favourite (and sometimes most annoying) idols! However unfortunately for majority of these groups…
Every so often a K-pop video comes along that gets everyone talking. Yesterday Trouble Maker made themselves the latest addition to this list with the release of their new single “Now”.
With heaving drinking, smoking, sex scenes and implied interracial sexual relations, this video was clearly designed to push…