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Mods may allow a post if any official statements from artists/companies become available or are relevant.

Does a mother (parent) denial of dating rumors count as an "official statement"?

I'm not sure how late you can post a comeback MV, this was released 2 weeks ago, but you gotta listen to this. Also, I didn't know Rado could actually sing.

One Hundred Label CEO Cha Ga-won faces fraud charges over some 30 billion won ($23 million) in advance payments used to shore up a real estate company.

“Suno admits that audio data was obtained from YouTube for use as training data using YT-DLP.”

Please leave my yt-dlp alone

The suit is fronted by the big 3 of US music industry. They have all the resources and then some.

BTS, Psy and 2NE1 songs are among more than 60,000 tracks Universal and Sony allege Suno used without permission to train its AI music models.

Related

The NEXROC director who said he would buy ‘Half of JYP’··· filed a lawsuit against Cube, then withdrew

Someone also did some internet sleuthing on the director, Erich Lamas on /r/kpopthoughts

Stated in the article

According to Gray News, Seungri and his girlfriend, a woman in her 20s identified only as A, are expecting a baby in January.

According to the screenshots, ahead of an upcoming event, a fan said, “I’m not going to shower.” Sullyoon repeatedly responded, “Take a shower,” emphasizing her point.

ILLIT Base on Twitter

Twosome Place has chosen WONHEE again for its winter campaign, recognizing her popularity among young consumers and strong brand fit.

They stated that this is unusual for the brand, but positive consumer responses led them to extend their collaboration until the end of the year.

Alternative English article

The couple have already completed their marriage registration, the bride is in her 20s, and their son is expected to be born next year.

Is IU still doing palette?

You're right. Title formatting is hard.

Looks like it's a non-allowed achievement. Delete it is.

https://giphy.com/gifs/ozYt1aoha7ING

NEXROC announces plans to buy 25–50% of JYP shares with goal to gain management control of the company (JYP himself only owns around 21%) > JYP (the company) denies ever receiving such proposal > Turns out NEXROC never submitted an official proposal and went straight to the media, raising some suspicion> A Korean news report reveals that nexroc has no confirmed funding or loans to back up its acquisition plans.

"The restructuring of Global Label Services is part of our efforts to build a global infrastructure that strengthens music distribution, marketing, promotion and publicity for Hybe artists operating worldwide from our bases in South Korea, Japan, the United States, Latin America and India," Hybe CEO Lee Jae-sang said. "It also marks the starting point of our strategy to expand and advance our business infrastructure."

English article by Joongang

It's real and all over Korean news sites. I tried posting it with another source, but got removed. Unfortunately, Koreaboo is the only acceptable English language source available so far.

Original YTN report on the JYP acquisition rumors

JYP's official statement, reported by Sports Chosun.

Older version of the news, which the company has denied, stated that they never received any proposal.

Rumor has it that two Japanese companies are looking to acquire 25–50% of JYP's shares, which would give them management control of the company.

Rumor has it that two Japanese companies looking to acquire 25–50% of JYP shares, which would give them management control of the company.

Actor Song Kang

https://www.reddit.com/r/illit/comments/1xftn5v/

No specific reason was given by the organizer in the release.

Playing dumb like that wouldn't fly, and you knew it.