Welcome to another edition of SB Week in Review. Here’s all the news you might have missed over the past week:
Headlines
- In addition to his 5-years sentence for aggravated rape, Choi Jonghoon has also been sentenced to an additional year in jail for drunk-driving back in 2016 and attempting to cover it up with bribery, as well as spreading illegal footage of a woman’s nude body.
- Park Yoochun is scheduled for a detention judgement trial as he has failed to pay damages to one of the women who accused him of sexual assault. Back in 2016, Park was accused of sexual assault by four women. Although he got off with a verdict of not guilty (due to a lack of concrete evidence), the second woman to come forward filed a criminal complaint for compensation of a 100 million won. However, Park has not paid a single time till today, even though no objection was made at the time of the ruling.
Debuts & Comebacks
- Kang Daniel dropped a colourful “2U” as part of the album Cyan. Check out our music video review here!
- Winner released “Hold“, featuring AkMu‘s Soohyun, ahead of their album drop in April.
- Exo‘s Chanyeol and producer mq got together for a poignant “I’m Fine“.
- A song written to a lover is “A Song Written Easily“, according to Oneus. See what our writer had to say about the video.
- Ong Seongwu returned with the cinematic “Gravity“.
- The members of Stray Kids were “On Track” in their latest music video.
Teasers & Announcements
- Exo’s Suho continues to tease fans for his upcoming Mar 30 release of Self-Portrait.
- H&D — consisting of Lee Hangyul and Nam Dohyun — will be dropping their pre-release track on Mar 30, ahead of their debut on Apr 21.
- Onewe returns with “Q” on Apr 2, featuring Mamamoo‘s Hwasa.
- TVXQ‘s Changmin makes his solo Korean debut with Chocolate on Apr 6.
- (G)I-dle‘s 3rd mini-album, I Trust, is due out on Apr 6.
- cignature will be sharing their debut lead single B on Apr 7.
- Cravity are gearing up for the Apr 14 debut with some pre-debut films and concept photos.
- Queendom’s second season, Road to Kingdom, will premiere on Apr 30.
Other News
- CJ ENM has temporarily shut down after an employee has tested positive for the coronavirus, who was a production director for the show Food Bless You.
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