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Hyosung in Hot Water Over Slip of the Tongue

Looks like T-ara N4 can breathe a sigh of relief and rest easy for a New York minute — for once, a fresh girl group scandal has managed ...

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What’s Behind a Shotgun Wedding?

If you’re all thinking that we’re going to be like most other media/news outlets and just write up a 100 word post about how Baek ...

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The Misconceptions of Gatsby: ‘Great Gatsby’ ✕ Shinee, A Damn Good Pairing

Imagine a Gatsby world with … a little bit of Shinee? Imagine the Roaring Twenties filled with bootlegged fizzies, loud weekend parties at Gatsby’s mansion ...

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Super Junior’s Mandatory Future

Followers of Korea’s entertainment news may very well have heard that mandatory service in Korea is nothing to joke about — considering that, by law, ...

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Idols, College Leave, and What It Might Mean

It should not come as a surprise to anyone following K-pop, that a score of idols, from groups that form the backbone of the industry, ...

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The Sunday Social: 5/5, Who Do You Ship?

Happy Sunday and also, Happy Cinco de Mayo day! This week, we asked you which peeps in K-pop you ship. We got some really … ...

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K-pop as a Means of Advertising

If you’ve ever paid attention to the sidebar here at Seoulbeats, odds are you’ve been fortunate enough to be graced by the presence of HyunA and ...

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Silicone and the City: Is Life In Plastic Fantastic?

It seems that one can’t throw a rock into the dense proverbial forest that is K-entertainment without hitting something — or more accurately, someone — ...

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Building a Better Hangout

Entertainment companies have jumped on the live stream bandwagon, utilizing them for concerts, interviews, comeback showcases and most recently virtual fan meets through Google+ Hangouts. ...

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Dispatch Hypes and Underwhelms: Kim Min-hee and Jo In-sung

Last week, I covered the rise of the Korean media machine. This week, the saga continues with a new celebrity couple revelation–Kim Min-hee and Jo ...

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