Archive for the ‘Scandals’ Category

KBS reveals Park Si Hoo not on their ban list, but unsure if he’ll ever appear on broadcast again

KBS has not officially banned Park Si Hoo from their station. All three terrestrial stations (MBC, KBS, SBS) declared that they’d be waiting until the end of the investigations to decide if they would ban Park Si Hoo or not. KBS ultimately decided not to ban him, saying, “Park Si Hoo was not included on the most recent list of names banned from KBS broadcast. It’s because his case was dropped and the investigations have come to a close. Because of this, he’s not included on the ban list

Police arrest hacker of Core Contents Media’s website

The police has arrested the hacker who hacked Core Contents Media‘s website. While trying to navigate through the site yesterday, fans noticed random video clips being presented on the site which you can read more about here. The label revealed, “The hacker related to the hacking situation on our official company homepage has been arrested. As soon as the situation happened, we reported it to the police. The hacker was arrested and investigated on May 16 at the Gangnam Police Station’s Cyber Investigations Squad and completed a statement

Park Si Hoo’s side denies having paid ‘A’ to drop sexual assault charges

Park Si Hoo and his lawyers have denied that they paid ‘A’ to drop her charges against the actor. With rumors circulating that Park Si Hoo had ultimately paid ‘A’ 100,000,000 KRW (approximately 90,000 USD) to drop the case, lawyers from both sides of the case were interviewed. Although both sides have been keeping quiet, tvN‘s news interviewed ‘A’s lawyer Kim Soo Jung, who said, “There’s nothing I can really say. They seemed to have tried to reach an agreement before Park Si Hoo changed his lawyer, but it didn’t work out

Core Contents Media to take legal action against hackers

Core Contents Media will be taking legal action against the perpetrator(s) who hacked their homepage. While trying to navigate through the site earlier today, fans noticed random video clips being presented on the site which you can read more about here. The label announced, “We’ll be taking a strong legal action against the hacker(s) who made our homepage inaccessible. We have reported them for disruption of operations and defamation of character to the Gangnam Police Station’s Cyber Investigation Squad

Park Si Hoo not planning to ‘reveal the truth’, ‘A’ will also remain silent

Even though Park Si Hoo had stated multiple times before that he’d ‘reveal the truth’ during the investigation, it seems like he won’t be doing that anytime soon. Throughout his sexual assault case, Park Si Hoo had often commented that he had been wrongly accused and stated multiple times, “I will reveal the truth.” His acquaintances also previously said, “He’s been wrongly accused about many things. If there is something he did do wrong, he’d take responsibility, but on things he has been wrongly accused of, he feels the situation is unjust

Hyosung demanded to be edited out of ‘Infinity Challenge’ special

After Hyosung misused the word ‘democratization’, there’s being demands for her to be edited out of ‘Infinity Challenge‘ special featuring idols. Last week, the first half of the special aired, and the second half of the episode will be aired on May 18. May 18 is an important day for Koreans because it’s the anniversary of the beginning of the Gwangju Democratic Movement back in 1980. Since the day itself is one of commemoration, looking back on a democratization movement, many are pointing out that it would be improper for someone who misused the word to be on the show

Lee Jang Woo and his agency finally speak up

The silence has finally been shattered by Lee Jang Woo and his reps after netizens voiced out, wanting to hear a response from the actor, who has never spoken up until now. His reps spoke on his behalf, stating, “During the beginning stages of the drama, dating rumors with Oh Yeon Seo came out. Since he had just begun his drama, it was more of a priority for them to focus on acting rather than offer words… The two are of sunbae and hoobae relationship, and have been doing their best with their teamwork until now with the conclusion of the drama up ahead

Oh Yeon Seo’s reps say it’s true the actress and Lee Jang Woo once had fond feelings

With the report about Oh Yeon Seo and Lee Jang Woo breaking up surfacing, netizens have been completely confused as to what is going on. This has been made especially confusing as as Oh Yeon Seo’s agency reps have offered contradicting statements from the beginning of the dating rumors, by first admitting and then denying the reports completely. As reported in our recent article about their break up, one rep from the actress’s agency commented, “We are a bit shocked since a break up report has come about when the two haven’t dated… The two were swept up in a dating scandal back in January, but they weren’t a couple

Oh Yeon Seo and Lee Jang Woo have broken up?

According to Sports Seoul, the media outlet that broke the dating scandal between Oh Yeon Seo (26) and Lee Jang Woo (27), the two stars have recently broken up. Sports Seoul states that a source close to the actress revealed, “Oh Yeon Seo and Lee Jang Woo have broken up. Although they couldn’t continue as girlfriend and boyfriend, they will continue to have a good sunbae-hoobae relationship.” The close friend also revealed a possible reason for their breakup sharing, “Oh Yeon Seo admitted to the dating scandal

The Quiett to serve 5 extra days in military for violation

Hip hop artist and producer The Quiett will be serving an additional 5 days for his enlistment in the military. According to a report from where he was serving as a public service worker, his enlistment has been extended because he violated rules by working as a singer even though he had enlisted as a public service worker last year. He had released an album earlier this month, performed at shows, and had charged services for his songs. According to the 1st article of the 33rd chapter of the enlistment law, any enlistees who pursue other occupations without the permission of the head of the office will receive a warning and serve 5 additional days of service