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“It Was Inappropriate,” Lee Min-sung Responds to Hwang Jae-yun’s SNS Apology
Feb 24, 2026 Woojin Nam www.starnewskorea.com The U-23 Asian Cup ended with Japan defeating China 4–0 in the final. The Korean national soccer team finished in fourth place after losing to Vietnam in the third-place match. Korea was dominant in terms of the number of players compared to Vietnam, but they struggled to score goals. It was the first time the Korean national team had lost to Vietnam at the U-23 level. After the game, Korea’s goalkeeper Hwang Jae-yun posted an apo
Woojin Nam
Feb 24
Entertainment
Cha Eun-woo Faces ₩200 Billion Tax Evasion Probe
Feb 24, 2026 Hajin Kim www.koreatimes.co.kr Seoul, South Korea — K-pop star and actor Cha Eun-woo is under investigation for alleged tax evasion worth nearly ₩200 billion (about $150 million USD). The Seoul Regional Tax Office suspects that a one-person company, founded by Cha’s mother, was used to divert his entertainment income. Authorities claim the company signed contracts with his agency, Fantagio, but provided no real services, functioning instead as a “paper company.”
Hajin Kim
Feb 24
Park Na-rae Sets Massive Mortgage as Legal Dispute
Jan 3, 2026 Hajin Kim www.chosun.com Continues the 22nd, a YouTube channel called “Entertainment President Lee Jin-ho” uploaded a video titled “Exclusive Shock: Why Did Park Na-rae Set a 5 Billion Won Mortgage? Manager’s Claim”. Recently, news reports said that Park Na-rae’s one-person company set a very large mortgage on her house. The lender is her own company, ANPARK, and the maximum amount is about 49.7 billion won. Some people thought this was to prepare money for possib
Hajin Kim
Jan 3
Lee Yi-kyung Files Defamation Lawsuit Over Rumor Spread by Anonymous Woman
Dec 1, 2025 Hajin Kim www.chosun.com Korean actor Lee Yi-kyung announced that he has sued the person who revealed a private rumor about him for defamation. He posted his statement on social media, saying that he could not share his opinion earlier due to his company’s request. Because of this revelation, he left the popular Korean TV program What Do You Do When You Play? and lost his MC position. The rumor came from a German woman, identified as A. She said, “I connected with
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KAIST Develops AI-Powered Wearable Patch for Real-Time Blood Flow Monitoring
Mar 9, 2026 Yul So www.labonline.com.au Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have developed a wireless wearable device that can measure blood flow in real time simply by attaching a small electronic patch to the skin. The system combines multilayer thermal sensing with artificial intelligence to achieve medical level accuracy without invasive procedures. The research team, led by Professor Kwon Kyungha from the Department of Electrical Enginee
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