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Confessions of a Fangirl: Girl Crushes? Oh, I Definitely Got Those

Dear Seoulmates, As a fangirl, it seems like I’m always talking, living, breathing, eating, sleeping, and crying boy groups. It can be easy to forget ...

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SB In Review: Happy April Fool’s Day!

Happy April Fool’s day to all our readers! Unfortunately, we didn’t have any tricks up our sleeve for you this year, but please enjoy this ...

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SB Bite: Anna Kendrick Delivers an Electric Shock

Just weeks after f(x) showed up at indie music festival SXSW, they’ve surfaced again in the Western media and blogosphere, this time in a Funny ...

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The Sunday Social: 3/24, The Spring-Will-Not-Come Edition

Happy Sunday! It’s officially spring, but it just refuses to be spring-like around these parts in New York. “What a great winter we’re having this ...

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Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands: Lunafly, LEDapple and YouTube

YouTube has become essential for musicians, especially amateur ones who achieve recognition through cover songs. In K-pop, there’s recently been a string of non-commercial, promotional ...

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SB Bite: The Soldier Choi Dong-wook

YG Entertainment‘s resident superstar sunbae Choi Dong-wook, better known as Se7en, has entered into his two years of military service. On March 19th, Se7en officially enlisted ...

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Let’s Talk Ethics: The Live-Shoot System

As avid K-pop fans, we have all seen our fair share of K-drama and the disease that plagues it – the live-shoot system. Live-shoots in ...

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K-pop and Korean Political Unrest

It’s hard to be a K-pop fan and not learn at least a little about other aspects of Korean culture. Some fans begin to immerse ...

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When Scandal Statements Go South

As we all know, time doesn’t pass in K-pop-land without a scandal occurring every now and then. And in a lot of these scandals, the ...

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SB Bite: Yoo Seung-ho Enters Military Service

In a somewhat surprising move, actor Yoo Seung-ho entered the military on March 5th at a base in Chuncheon–with no fanfare, no media blitz and ...

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