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Zico's agency pursues legal action against rumors of the rapper stealing Koo Ha-ra's safe

Rapper Zico’s agency KOZ Entertainment is pursuing legal action against malicious posts and comments spreading allegedly false rumors of the rapper stealing singer Koo Ha-ra’s safe.

2024.6.24

Singer Yong Jun-hyung admits to 'unknowingly' watching illegal Burning Sun video

Former member of boy band Highlight, Yong Jun-hyung, admitted to watching an illegal video sent by sex offender and former star Jung Joon-young, but only unknowingly, according to a letter Yong left on Instagram on Wednesday.

2024.6.12

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Model and actor Lee Cheol-woo once again denied allegations of involvement in singer Jung Joon-young's KakaoTalk group chat room related to the Burning Sun scandal. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Actor Lee Cheol-woo denies involvement in infamous Burning Sun group chat

Model and actor Lee Cheol-woo denied allegations of involvement in singer Jung Joon-young's KakaoTalk group chat, which was uncovered during the Burning Sun scandal.

2024.5.21

Late singer Koo Ha-ra's picture is displayed at her funeral on Nov. 25, 2019, in southern Seoul. [NEWS1]

Koo Ha-ra's tip-off, K-pop's 'dark underbelly' revealed in BBC documentary

The story of three brave women — two journalists and one K-pop idol — who exposed a horrific crime ring involving Korean celebrities, known as the Burning Sun scandal, came to light in an hourlong documentary produced by the BBC.

2024.5.20

Late singer Koo Ha-ra in July 2018 [YONHAP]

Koo Ha-ra played pivotal role in exposing the Burning Sun scandal: BBC

Late K-pop singer Koo Ha-ra was the pivotal figure in exposing criminal celebrities related to the Burning Sun scandal in 2019, namely Seungri and Jung Joon-young, a BBC documentary exposed on Sunday.

2024.5.20

A rendered image of the two triangular high-rise buildings that will be constructed on the former site of now-closed Le Meridien Hotel in Gangnam District, southern Seoul [SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT]

New skyscraper to replace Seungri's disgraced Burning Sun club

Seoul approved the redevelopment of the site of the former Burning Sun Club, which was owned by Big Bang's Seungri. It will be replaced with a 31-story skyscraper including offices, residences, and commercial spaces.

2023.12.29

Lee Seung-hyun, the former member of boy band Big Bang also known as Seungri, on Sept. 24, 2019 [YONHAP]

Big Bang's Seungri released from prison after completing sentence

Lee Seung-hyun, a former member of boy band Big Bang also known as Seungri, was released from prison Thursday morning after completing his year-and-a-half prison sentence. "Former Big Bang member Seungri was released from the ...

2023.2.9

The confiscated ketamine is enclosed in plastic bags at Incheon International Airport on Wednesday. [SEOUL CENTRAL DISTRICT PROSECUTORS' OFFICE]

Seven people arrested for smuggling ketamine into Korea

Seven people who tried to bring in large amount of ketamine, a powerful anesthetic also used for recreational purposes, were arrested by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office on Wednesday.

2023.1.18

Seungri's Instagram account removed following guilty court verdict

The Instagram account of former Big Bang member Seungri has been removed. As of Monday afternoon, his account username seungriseyo no longer appears in Instagram’s search results. The move comes after the Supreme Court on May 26 upheld an 18 ...

2022.5.30

In this file photo, Seungri, former member of Big Bang, leaves the Seoul Central District Court on Jan. 13, 2020, after a warrant hearing. [YONHAP]

Big Bang's Seungri sentenced to 3 years

A military court on Thursday found Seungri, the disgraced former member of K-pop boy band Big Bang, guilty of nine charges, including offering women for sex to potential investors, gambling overseas and embezzling money from his nightclub...

2021.8.12