Gordon Ramsay’s Korean Advancement When thinking about chefs turned celebrities, one can't help but thinking about Gordon Ramsay. This Scotland-born chef shot to fame in the early 00s th…
Kangnam Apologizes for Insensitive Comments A vast majority of Korean variety shows tend to have dry humor that, for many, comes off as offensive or inappropriate. When comedians or idols go too …
Are Korean Music Charts an Accurate Measure of Success? The Korean public relies heavily on sites like Melon, Genie, Soribada, Mnet, Monkey3 and Bugs for streaming music. The amount of people listening to ne…
Han Seo-hee’s Take on Feminism Han Seo-hee is a name that has been making headlines frequently ever since it was revealed that she was the trainee who smoked marijuana with Big Bang’…
Fashion and K-pop: Striking the Right Balance Image construction is one of the fundamentals of making it big in K-pop. Fashion constitutes a major chunk of this very process of the formation of the…
BET in South Korea: Blessing, Potential Mess, or Neither? BET recently announced that the network would be expanding onto the TV networks of South Korea. Of course, South Korea isn't the company's first overse…
Suicide in K-Dramas: How Have They Changed? South Korea ranks at one of the highest suicide rates in the industrialized world, and even held the number one place for 8 consecutive years up until …
Week in Review, 10/16 to 10/22 Hello everyone, and welcome back to another edition of?SB Week in Review! Here's your news: Headlines The co-CEO of restaurant chain Hanilkwan pa…
Jimin Denies Weight Loss Issues: How Body Image Impacts Male K-pop Idols As Kyla has recently chosen to take a break from promoting with Pristin amid a flood of?fat-shaming from netizens, the?appearance of K-pop idols has be…
Hi Cutie’s Debut, “Play U,” is the Real Deal for the Lolita Complex K-pop is familiar with the commonly recycled concept of portraying girl idols as young and adorable. Red Velvet has been through it with “Rookie,” IU w…