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  Korean netizens have started a national petition to ban certain Chinese idols from being able to promote in South Korea actively. Read more to know which Chinese idols and why here. Korean netizens have created a petition to ban Chinese idols  EXO's Lay, f(x)'s Victoria, former PRISTIN and I.O.I member Kyulkyung, WJSN's Cheng Xiao, Xuanyi,  and  Meiqi,  and more. It appears the petition is aimed towards idols who debuted in China but have become more active in their home country, China. (Photo : f(x) Victoria | EXO Lay ) The petition was made on October 24 and was submitted to the Blue House as a national petition. Korean netizens are calling for sanctions on these Chinese idols for sympathizing with China's distorted views of the Korean War and its history. As of 9:55 PM KST of October 25, the petition received 11,711 signature and is said to be under review. (Photo : The Blue House) The petitioners have noted that China has made numerous propaganda materials...

  According to the data released by the Korean Brand Research Institue for individual girl group members brand reputation, BLACKPINK member's Jennie topped the list and is October's most popular female K-pop idol. Check out the rest of the list here. (Photo : Wikimedia Commons) She is followed by  Oh My Girl's Arin  at second place and fellow member  BLACKPINK's Jisoo  in third place. (Photo : Pinterest) (Photo : Wikimedia Commons) To analyze the rankings of individual girl group members, the Korean Brand Research Institue extracted 75,469,921 of data from 510 individual girl group members from September 17, 2020, to October 17, 2020. They analyzed trends such as consumer participation, media exposure, social media usage, and community reception, which helps create a behavioral analysis of the consumers' reception of the girl group member. The brand reputation rankings are an index created through data analysis to find out how consumers' online habits and its im...

  (Photo : NHK) On October 18, Sunday, TWICE appeared on NHK's "Shibuya no Auto" and performed their song "21:29" from their eighth mini-album. There, TWICE member Mina went viral with Korean netizens. Can you guess why? (Photo : NHK) It's for her hair! (Photo : NHK) That day, the girls all appeared in a show looking perfect for autumn. Mina in particular donned long hair that reaches her chest. Her hair has long, luscious curls, showing off her extremely innocent charm. The toned-down colors of her hair are also perfectly harmonious with Mina's luxurious features. (Photo : NHK) Korean netizens are saying that when they saw Mina and her new look, it appeared as if she is posing for a pictorial. Many people praised the idol for her glowing looks, with people saying she stood out the most out of all members present that day. Others praised her stylist, saying this is the best look they have ever given Mina. (Photo : NHK) (Photo : NHK) Read netizen's co...

  A Korean hip-hop label is opening up after five of their signed rappers are caught smoking marijuana. The statement is in response to a  Channel A  evening news report on October 19 KST that stated  MKIT Rain rappers  Nafla ,  Loopy ,  BLOO ,  Owen , and  Young West  had trouble with the law after being caught smoking marijuana last year. They were questioned by police last year on drug charges and, during the interrogation, admitted to the accusations. Shortly after the news report was released, MKIT Rain took to the agency's official social media accounts to write,  "All of our artists were investigated last year for smoking marijuana. At the time of the police investigation, all of the artists faithfully conducted the investigation in accordance with the necessary legal procedures, and all urine tests tested negative." However, during the interrogation process, the rappers admitted smoking marijuana in ...