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· Ryan General
High school students in Utah are facing disciplinary actions for spewing racist taunts at an opposing team during a basketball game last month. After completing its investigations, the Weber School District decided to impose sanctions on Roy High School students in the fan…
· Daniel Anderson
K-pop boy group NCT Dream has announced an extensive addendum to their tour “The Dream Show 2: In a Dream” with stops in the U.S, Europe and new dates in Asia. The tour, which began in September 2022 in Seoul, is set to include 32 performances across 22 cities this year.
· Bryan Ke
K-pop labels SM Entertainment and HYBE slammed a circulating fraudulent ad that falsely promised a K-pop Asian tour later this year with some of their talents, including NCT Dream and SEVENTEEN, as performers. Fans raised the alarm after seeing a teaser poster on Friday for a…
· Daniel Anderson
K-pop boy group NCT 127 dropped the repackage album “Ay-Yo” on Monday. The album is a re-release of the group’s fourth studio album “2 Baddies.” The re-release comes with three new songs: the lead track “Ay-Yo” and B-sides “DJ” and “Skyscraper.”
· Iris Jung
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared a dire need for policies tackling the country’s declining birth rate, calling it “now or never.” “Japan is standing on the verge of whether we can continue to function as a society,” Kishida told lawmakers at the opening of this…
· Chandler Treon
Before you read: Driver of Tesla blames company for deadly crash caught on video in China Multiple stories of Tesla vehicles experiencing major malfunctions in freezing temperatures during the holidays have gone viral.
· Daniel Anderson
Nine members of K-pop girl group LOONA — HeeJin, HaSeul, YeoJin, Kim Lip, JinSoul, Choerry, Yves, Go Won and Olivia Hye — have reportedly filed injunctions to terminate their contracts with label BlockBerry Creative. The news comes days after member Chuu was expelled from the…
· Daniel Anderson
K-pop boy group subunit NCT 127 dropped their fourth studio album “2 Baddies” on Friday. The album, which has 12 songs in total, features tracks such as “Time Lapse,” which was co-written by members Taeyong and Mark. This is NCT 127’s latest album in almost a year following…
· Daniel Anderson
NCT’s Jeno is the first K-pop star to open a runway show at New York Fashion Week. Vietnamese American luxury designer Peter Do joined forces with SM Entertainment's first initiative at the fashion event. Do’s collection focuses on the concept of time and includes personalized…
· Bryan Ke
The dugong — a marine mammal that purportedly inspired ancient mermaid tales — has been declared “functionally extinct” in China due to the degradation of its habitat caused by humans. On Wednesday, a group of researchers from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and the…
· Daniel Anderson
Jaehyun of K-pop boy group NCT released his debut solo single “Forever Only” on Thursday. The song is his first full songwriting credit. He has co-written other tracks such as NCT 127’s “Fire Truck” and NCT U’s “Dancing in the Rain.” "Forever Only" is the fourth song from “NCT…
· Ryan General
The rise of anti-Asian hate amid the spread of COVID-19 in 2020 resulted in fewer bookings for Asian American hosts on Airbnb, a Harvard study published on Aug. 3 suggested. The study, titled “Scapegoating and Discrimination in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Airbnb,” was based…
· Carl Samson
The recent discovery of an ancient panda species in Bulgaria is reinforcing previous studies that point to panda bears originating in Europe. The species, known as the Agriarctos nikolovi, was identified after scientists at the Bulgarian National Museum of Natural History…
· Jane Nam
Cheetahs were nearly driven to extinction in India when a maharaja — or Hindu prince — hunted down the last one in the country in 1952, nearly 70 years ago. A new India-Namibia effort, however, may reverse the sins of the past and have the big cats roaming in the wilds of India…
· Celine Pun
In 2019, the Chinese paddlefish was listed as extinct in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species. A recent reassessment published on Thursday verified the extinction of the species. Another freshwater river fish species, the Yangtze…
· Bryan Ke
Non-profit Pro Wildlife and French NGO Robin des Bois said in an article published in June that the consumption of frog legs, a delicacy in France and Belgium, is “driving species to extinction.” Charlotte Nithart, the president of Robin des Bois, said that not only does the…
· Rebecca Moon
A Chinese father has gone viral for wearing a skirt and teaching his daughters how to avoid a wardrobe malfunction in a Douyin video posted on May 30. The father explains how to fold the skirt while squatting down to pick something up as his two daughters giggle while following…
· Daniel Anderson
The Pokémon Company dropped the second trailer for their upcoming games “Pokémon Scarlet” and “Pokémon Violet,” set to release on Nov. 18. The trailer shows off the two new legendary Pokémon, new professors and Pokémon, a new rival and an open-world multiplayer function. The…
· Ryan General
Kaavan, once dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant,” is bringing joy to the internet with a video of him enjoying his stay at Kulen Prum Tep Wildlife Sanctuary in Cambodia. The 37-year-old rescue elephant, who languished for over 30 years while in captivity at the Marghazar Zoo…
· Daniel Anderson
A video of a paparazzo muttering, “He doesn’t understand a word I’m saying. F*ck,” while trying to get K-pop idol Johnny’s attention went viral on Twitter and TikTok. Johnny was born in Chicago and is fluent in English – a fact he previously had to point out to a reporter in…
SM is tied to idol groups, tours, fan clubs, and the long-running system behind some of K-pop's most recognizable acts.
SM is tied to idol groups, tours, fan clubs, and the long-running system behind some of K-pop's most recognizable acts.
