Former TVXQ and JYJ member Park Yoochun has announced his plans to return to the music industry with a new album. He plans to return to K-Pop despite his past slew of scandals regarding sexual assault, negligence, and drug use. He was also suspected of detroying evidence during the drug investigation by shaving hair from his body.
Yellow Bee is engaged in a truth battle with their agency over the real reason of their disbandment. The label Addiction Entertainment reported that the group had dissolved, and their reason for that shocked the many - that one member failed to settle her issues due to the disorder of her private life.
[Trigger Warning/Content Warning: Bullying and Suicide] The ILUV members have decided to sue former member Shin Minah after she claimed she was bullied and harassed by the members since she was a trainee.
The netizen who claimed they bullied by APRIL's Naeun has come out with a handwritten letter admitting they had lied about it all. On July 24, the netizen shared a short letter on an online community forum, saying that everything they said about the idol was false and that Naeun didn't do anything.
[Trigger Warning/Content Warning: Bullying] APRIL's Naeun admits struggling psychologically but now insists on pursuing comeback. Amid the controversy over school bullying, the idol dismissed rumors and said it was groundless and expressed that she will proceed with her scheduled comeback schedule.
TIME magazine revealed the collector's edition magazine cover that features BTS in full color. While many are happy for BTS for bagging another TIME magazine cover, many ended up disappointed because of the alleged poor quality of the cover, slamming TIME for making the group look bad.
On the 22nd of July, APRIL member Lee Naeun trended online for an alleged bullying scandal. A K-netizen, who claimed to have gone in the same elementary school with the idol singer, said that Naeun bullied her for a long time.
In a past live stream, KARD's BM once spoke out about being held at gunpoint while visiting his friends and family in the United States. He recounted that while he was out with his friend one night, they decided to go to a fast food place to get some snacks. While on the way, they got stopped by the cops.
AOA's Seolhyun is currently in the center of rumors, with many claiming that the idol caused a disturbance due to smoking in her hotel room in Thailand and her bad attitude. The rumors stem all the way from September of 2016, when E-Channel's "Brave Journalist" reported that a girl group member actually swears and smokes often.
Soloist Minty is being sued by her entertainment agency, CoronaX Entertainment. On July 21, the company revealed they were suing Minty for "misappropriation." She had snuck into their practice studio without advance notice and stole one of the member's leather jackets, wearing it as she headed out.
Chinese rapper, idol, and former Rocket Girls member Yamy exposes her CEO, Xu Mingchao, for bullying her. The idol shared an audio recording of them in a meeting where he constantly insults Yamy in front of others. The audio recording was given to Yamy by other colleagues present at the meeting who had recorded him.
Yang Hyun Suk, founder and former CEO of YG Entertainment, is being taken to court. On July 21, 2020, Star News investigations revealed that Yang Hyun Suk, along with four other parties, were given orders from the court. His first trial will be held on August 14.
Apink's Oh Hayoung's label, Play M Entertainment, announced that they will take a strong legal move against those malicious commenters of their artist. The comments include sexual harassment, personal attacks, and the spreading of false statements. This was after the Oh Hayoung and other girl idols were dragged into the FC Rumor W issue.