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• SM Entertainment Wins Lawsuit Against Former EXO Member Tao For Return Of 'Temporary Payment'

  The company won one of its numerous lawsuits against the Chinese pop star. SM Entertainment has announced that it had won a lawsuit against EXO's former member Tao.

  01.05.16 | 11:41AM EST

• 2 Seventeen Members Criticized For Allegedly Using Racial Slurs During Separate Broadcasts

  Controversy has arisen around Seungcheol and Seungkwan after they were filmed using Korean words that sound like derogatory terms in English.

  01.04.16 | 1:09PM EST

• Big Bang's Seungri Out $1.6 Million In Alleged Real Estate Scam

  The K-pop idol filed a lawsuit against a female singer after reportedly being scammed out of 2 billion KRW.

  01.04.16 | 12:01PM EST

• 'Family Guy' Features K-Dramas, SISTAR And HyunA In Recent Episode

  The episode satirized Korean pop culture including music and television dramas. "Family Guy" was all about the Korean Wave during the first episode of 2016.

  01.04.16 | 10:04AM EST

• f(x)'s Victoria And EXO's Lay Included In Top 10 Most Searched Weibo Stars In China

  The two stars were searched a combined 160 million times in 2015. Both Victoria (Song Qian) and Lay (Zhang Yixing) are extremely popular in their home country of China, according to the top 10 rankings on Chinese social media site Weibo.

  01.02.16 | 11:07PM EST

• JYJ's Junsu Scheduled To Enlist This Year, What's The Fate Of His Relationship With Hani?

  With enlistment drawing near, the future of Junsu's relationship with Hani is uncertain. Although EXID's Hani (Ahn Hee Yeon) and JYJ's Kim Junsu only recently confirmed they are a couple, Junsu's upcoming army enlistment may put a strain on the relationship.

  01.02.16 | 11:01PM EST

• Singer Navi And Comedian Jang Dong Min Announce They Are Dating

  The program hosts were in disbelief when Jang Dong Min announced his relationship with the 30-year-old singer on live TV.

  01.02.16 | 10:57PM EST

• KARA's Hara, Gyuri And Seungyeon Undecided On Whether To Renew Contracts With DSP Media

  The three members of KARA must make their final decision by the end of January. The future of girl group KARA is uncertain. Exclusive contracts with the band's agency, DSP Media, for three out of four members - Goo Hara, Han Seungyeon, and Park Gyuri - are coming to an end in the near future.

  01.02.16 | 10:53PM EST

• Rap Monster Sits Out KBS Gayo Daechukje Performance As Injury Strikes 3rd BTS Member

  The rapper hurt himself while practicing for the show. Injuries continue to affect BTS's year-end schedule. BTS performed as a six-member act on Wednesday night at the annual KBS Gayo Daechukje, the television station's annual music festival, after leader Rap Monster (Kim Nam Joon) was injured while rehearsing.

  01.03.16 | 12:04PM EST

• K-Pop In Memoriam: Remembering Those We Lost In 2015

  2015 was a good year for Korean music, but the industry lost several talented artists. Saying goodbye to one year doesn't mean that we won't remember it.

  01.01.16 | 10:33PM EST

• 'The Red' By Red Velvet Tops Our Editor's Picks For The 5 Best K-Pop Albums Of 2015

  There was nothing in 2015 quite like the near hallucinogenic high-energy pop of Red Velvet's "The Red," our editor's pick for the best K-pop album of 2015.

  12.30.15 | 9:26PM EST

• EXO And Big Bang Conquer Physical, Digital K-Pop Album Charts For 2015

  The two male idol groups dominated Gaon Chart's music sales this year. The big K-pop winners of 2015 were definitely Big Bang and EXO, according to Korea's Gaon Chart.

  12.30.15 | 9:39AM EST