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What do you think about the old controversy involving Jennie’s “Like JENNIE” and the Indian song “Rani”?
I recently came across the old controversy where people pointed out that Jennie’s “Like JENNIE” sounded somewhat similar to the…
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I actually think that SaWaDiKa is a good comeback track.
A lot of people seem to be divisive about it or are indifferent about the song in regards to the…
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Trying to bury the actions of certain fans due to a stupid stereotype is quite damaging.
Disclaimer: This post is only calling out the actions of toxic fans and people that tries to bury the actions…
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Am I the only one that notices that certain elements of hip-hop are use as defenses when it comes to male idols in K-pop?
This post was inspired by a recent post I had heard on a K-pop sub Reddit calling Lisa a “narcissist”…
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My Summer Korean Office Lunch
In July, my company sent me to Korea for a business trip. While there, I was included in the employee…
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Seoul Reviews Possible Deployment to Strait of Hormuz
Cheong Wa Dae said on the 4th that the government is reviewing various options related to military readiness on the…
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How S. Korea’s youngest minister nominee became lightning rod
Yong Hye-in, the leader of the minor Basic Income Party, was tapped to head the Gender Equality minister, but at…
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Am I the only fan dissatisfied with how BIGBANG’s songs turned out to be in their recent Goyang concert?
I knew back in Coachella that this is gonna happen to their songs with T.O.P. and #that member gone. Their…
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Military Service Flowchart for Overseas Koreans, Dual Nationals, K-Diaspora/Adoptees and Gyopo
30M Korean born and raised abroad, completed my military service from 2020 to 2022. I frequently see posts on this…
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The lost future of ‘Reply 1994’
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I spent this week in a Korean hospital having surgery on a hand injury I picked up playing football. Thankfully,…
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I don’t think that YG will give BLACKPINK their trademark and rights to their group’s name.
After the events of the group’s controversial 10th anniversary celebration, fans and non-fans had begun to speculate the reason why…
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Unpopular opinion: Lemon Tang is probably the (vocally) hardest song of H2H
It’s kind of a stretch to say Lemon Tang is the ULTIMATE hardest song of H2H since they’ve just debuted.…
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Juicy J and Ty Dolla Sign coming out at Lollapalooza
It feels like performing with Western artists at festivals is only going to become more common from now on. The…
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What would it have been like if TikTok challenges had existed back in 2015–2016 ?
In another universe we would have got Jennie x Irene tiktok, Jimin x Kai x Taemin tiktok, RM x Jackson,…
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Any thoughts on Akrapovič by Hamo? Lyrics and Translation
Not sure how many people on here are interested, but I’ve been listening to it on loop. It captures the…
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“Even prison will not save you”: unmarried young Korean women feared sexual enslavement in Imperial Japan’s wartime labor conscription, but officials said evaders would be imprisoned and then conscripted anyway (September 1944)
By early 1944, months before Japan formally promulgated the Women’s Labor Volunteer Corps Ordinance in August 1944, reports from colonial…
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Will GIRLSET ever be famous and explode like Katseye?
Really want this another global gg (who debuted first before Katseye) to at least have enough popularity and engagement like…
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How can fans come to terms when a member leaves a group, especially if it was the member’s own choice?
I’ve been having some thought into this and it’s very fitting in the situation surrounding the discussions around Enhypen. So…
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What should I do about this GO situation?
I love my GOM to bits, but I genuinely think this is my last straw. For her most recent batch,…
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the yeonjun “섹시/sexy” controversy is so dumb
ok so for context theres a variety show where txt raises a baby and theres this one clip here where…
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Am I a fake fan for not participating in music show voting?
As a student, I don’t have much time for voting and keeping up to date with all their appearances and…
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Former members of groups in books about Kpop?
So I’m currently working on a book about Kpop, and I find myself in a bit of a conundrum. Kpop…
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i don’t understand why people who claim to dislike kpop engage with this sub and others like it so frequently
something i’ve noticed since i joined this sub and other kpop-adjacent ones is that there’s a lot of users with…
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In Korea, even true statements can sometimes lead to criminal defamation charges
One topic that may surprise foreigners(especially Americans) in Korea is our defamation law. Korean law may impose criminal penalties for…
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Newer Generation don’t know Ulzzang(얼짱) anymore
I have a 14yr old niece who is deeply influenced by kpop and kdrama. She loves korean foods, cultures, skincare…
