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On April 26, the NewJeans fandom group Team Bunnies released an official update regarding its ongoing efforts to take legal action against malicious online activities directed at the group and its members. According to Team Bunnies, additional lawsuits and complaints were filed on April 25 based on reports and monitoring of harmful content across various online communities and social media platforms, including Instiz, Theqoo, DC Inside, and FM Korea. The malicious posts reportedly contained false information, defamation, racial discrimination, and sexual harassment. In a related development, the complaints that were filed earlier on April 11 have now progressed, with an investigator officially assigned to…
On May 26 KST, ADOR issued a warning against “unauthorized fan accounts attempting to collect the personal information of individual fans based on the pretext of a demand survey,” indirectly calling out NewJeans’s unofficial fan club, known as Team Bunnies. Earlier this week, ‘Indomie Mi Goreng’ announced an exclusive NewJeans pop-up store being held from May 1-13 in Sungsu-dong at Sungsu Station exit #3. Soon after the announcement, Team Bunnies revealed that it would be hosting a demand survey for online orders of the special pop-up store postcard set, unveiling photos of the postcard set as well as photos of the pop-up store for the first…
NewJeans and the popular instant noodle brand Indomie are having a pop-up store for the brand’s Mie Goreng instant noodles. On April 25, a NewJeans fan account with a substantial following uploaded an announcement for the new pop-up store. According to the announcement, the store will be open from May 1 to May 13 at a store located in front of Exit 3 of Seongsu Station in Seoul. The page explained, “We kindly ask for the participation of many Bunnies! At the pop-up store, you can purchase a limited set that includes 20 individual packs of Mi Goreng ramen along with 7 limited…
After separating from their previous agency, ADOR (a sublabel under the entertainment giant, Hybe Entertainment), one of K-pop’s biggest acts in the world, New Jeans (now known as NJZ), has stayed relatively quiet amidst their long-running legal dispute with their former company.From an exclusive interview from CNN on Feb. 7th, 2025, the 5-member girl group is still in the process of separating from their company following a slew of allegations from the members over the past year.During the CNN interview, the rebrand was deemed an important turning point in the group’s lives. Member Pham Ngoc Han, or by her stage…
The new JTBC drama Heavenly Ever After has created some buzz not just for having a unique story but also because of one of its supporting actresses, Choi Hee Jin, who plays a feline-like mysterious woman whose unusual good looks are drawing attention. @heee_jjinn/ instagram /JTBC The drama, which explores life in heaven with an unusual twist, features veteran actress Kim Hye Ja and actor Son Suk Ku as the lead couple.The story centers around Kim’s character, who arrives in heaven looking 80 years old, only to find her husband has chosen to appear as a 30-year-old. JTBC / NETFLIX Among…
A prominent human rights lawyer has spoken out against a recent court decision rejecting an injunction filed by NewJeans (NJZ) members seeking to suspend their exclusive contract with HYBE’s subsidiary, ADOR. Jang Seo Yeon, a lawyer from the non-profit GongGam Human Rights Law Foundation, argued in an April 23rd opinion piece titled “Why a High Level of Trust Matters in K-pop Idol Contracts” that idols should have the freedom to choose with whom they engage in artistic work. “Idols are individuals first, and it is a basic right to decide the people they work with creatively,” she wrote. Jang criticized the…
As the lights dimmed behind the stage at Inspire Arena, a brief smile crossed Bang Si Hyuk’s face. Under the soft clicks of camera shutters, the youthful energy of LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT, and KATSEYE came together in a single frame. In that moment, a fleeting sense of sisterhood seemed to bloom among the girls, each chasing their own dreams. Yet in the corner of that unity, the absence of NewJeans hung like a shadow — a quiet reminder of a fractured family. On April 22nd KST, HYBE Chairman Bang Si Hyuk posted a group photo to his Instagram with the…