“Today my wife asked me ‘What are we going to do if later when he goes to school and looks on the internet Goya asks if his dad is a paedophile?'”
I had been going back and forth about whether to address this topic for days now but it was…
Over the past couple of years, Jonghyun from SHINee has gained a reputation for going beyond the normal bounds of idolhood and speaking out on (often controversial) issues that matter to him. Today, he added education policy to his list:
출산 유도를 위해 초 중 고 학제를 단축 한다라… 국정 교과서를 제작 한다라… 이런 정책 속에서 아이를 낳고 정신과 신체가 건강한 인간으로 자랄수 있게 도울 자신이 없어질 뿐이다. 아이를 낳지않으려는게 아니라 아이를 낳는게 두렵다.
— 김종현 (@realjonghyun90) October 23, 2015
They say they’re lowering school…
When the news broke that former ‘Nation’s Little Sister’ IU was dating the 11 years older popular indie singer Jang Kiha (of Jang Kiha and the Faces) earlier this week, it seemed almost inevitable that there would be some kind of backlash.
A singer for a long time sold…
A new anti-LGBT organisation recently launched its own website which it claims exist to work towards ‘ethically cleaning’ the streets of Seoul free of those nasty homosexuals. The site provides updates on the actions of LGBT campaigners around the world such as the evil ‘gay mafia’ who have taken…
In response to escalating tensions between North and South Korea, some twitter users managed to trend the hashtag #PrayForKorea earlier today. Keener observers may have already noted that tensions between the two Koreas regularly ramp up like this rarely amounting to much more than some grandstanding military exercises and, on…
It’s been a bit of a slow week for idol releases this week but thankfully artists with different colours have more than made up for it. The almighty Primary is back once more, Simon D has finally returned and two of the strangest videos this year were released this…
Countries around the world today are marking 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Here in the UK and in many other parts of the world who fought on the Allies’ side it is known as V-J Day to mark victory over Japan – as this was…
Quite a storm was caused a couple of days ago when T-ara’s fans Queens beat out One Direction fans in Billboard’s second ever Fan Army Face-off. It was a heated competition which escalated to the point where a select few on each side were hurling offensive…
It’s been a very vintage week for releases with music videos harking back to virtually every era from the 60s onwards being released by both mainstream and alternative artists. Of course the Wonder Girls have been the ones capturing all the attention with their latest 80s pop gem but…
B.A.P and TS Entertainment’s contractual disputes have finally come to an end with, as far as we can tell, all members remaining under the company. It’s after over 8 months of almost complete radio silence on the matter. As very little has actually been released about…