#기자

[fashioniconveravonmonika]

베라본모니카 - FIA

WRC 50주년을 맞아 FIA 레드카펫에 선 베라본모니카[Vera Von Monika]

[samsongeko1]

오늘 트위터에서 본 가장 인상적인 사진^^ 하나만 추가하자~~^^ '정치인, 국민에 관심 없음' 뭐, 다 그런건 아니다... 아내 기다리는데 오지를 않네요^^ 게코(Gekko)

[heilmetropolis]

얼마나 비가 많이왔음 그래도 그와중에 얼굴 돌려주시는 센스는 멋지십니다.

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국가관리위원회, 외국 기자 재난 지역 출입 금지 조치

[애드쇼파르]  2025년 3월 28일 발생한 강진 피해 지역에 대해 미얀마 국가관리위원회가 외국 기자들의 출입을 금지하였다. 국가관리위원회 측은 전기, 식수, 숙박시설 등이 부족한 지역으로 외국 언론인이 이동하는 것은 “불편을 초래할 수 있다”는 이유를 들며 이러한 결정을 내렸다. 국가관리위원회 쪼민툰 대변인은 2025년 3월 30일 발표한 성명을 통해, 외국 기자들의 입국 및 체류가 어렵다는 점을 강조하였다.  “외국 기자들이 이곳에 와서 머물거나 이동하는 것이 불가능하다. 우리는 모두가 이러한 상황을 이해해 주길 바란다”고 밝혔다. 그러나 한 외국 기자는 이러한 조치가 납득되지 않는다는 입장을 밝혔다.  익명을 요구한 이 기자는 “국가관리위원회가 언론인의 접근을 막으려는 핑계로 이해될 수밖에…

[goldenhickeyss]

BTS'S RETURN IS EXPECTED TO RESET AND REDEFINE THE K-POP INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE

“‘Seven Superstars’ BTS, Still Unchanged… Let’s Continue

June 1, 2025. By Lee Jae-hoon, Newsis

The global supergroup BTS members will complete their military service this month and move forward together once more.

According to the K-pop industry on June 1, RM (Kim Nam-joon) and V (Kim Tae-hyung) will be discharged on the 10th, followed by Jimin and Jungkook on the 11th. Suga (Min Yoon-gi), currently serving as a social service agent, will be released from service on the 21st. Jin (Kim Seok-jin), the eldest, and J-Hope have already been discharged and are actively engaged in solo activities However, the group will not immediately return as a full unit upon completing their service.

HYBE CEO Lee Jae-sang stated at the company’s 20th general shareholders’ meeting in March:

“The company is preparing with top-tier composers, but the artists themselves need time to reflect and prepare.”

Typically, artists go through songwriting, album releases, and then tours. But as BTS members are already global top-tier artists, discussions about their vision and future are ongoing. Lee added,

“Aligning directions and maturing those plans is essential.”

For instance, Jin is set to kick off his first solo fan concert tour “RUNSEOKJIN_EP.TOUR” on June 28–29 at the Goyang Stadium Auxiliary Field.

Other members are expected to follow their own individual schedules post-discharge. The general industry expectation is that full group activities will resume in earnest later this year.

There is also speculation that surprise events might occur during J-Hope’s “HOPE ON THE STAGE FINAL” on June 13–14 or the nearby “2025 BTS FESTA” commemorating their 12th debut anniversary.

Seven Superstars Emerge During the Group’s Military Hiatus

BTS entered a group activity hiatus following the release of their anthology album Proof in June 2022. Their last group concert prior to the hiatus was Yet to Come in Busan, held in Busan in October of the same year.

The BTS members and their agency BigHit Music made a wise decision by narrowing the psychological distance with their fandom, ARMY, through staggered solo activities during this period.

Popular music critic Lim Hee-yoon, a selection committee member of the Korean Music Awards, noted, “Because the members continued to release solo albums and independent content throughout the ‘military hiatus,’ the actual sense of absence was less than the physical separation. This allowed fans to continue engaging with the BTS brand.”

Notably, each BTS member solidified their solo presence through customized productions that suited them individually—turning the already superstar group into something akin to a seven-member Avengers team.

This transformation can be verified through chart performance alone. Several BTS members successfully entered the Billboard Hot 100—the main U.S. singles chart and a global pop benchmark—as solo artists.

BTS made history in 2020 with their first English-language track Dynamite, which became the first song by a Korean artist to top the Hot 100. They followed with Life Goes On, the first Korean-language song to reach No. 1 on the chart. Other No. 1 hits included Butter, Permission to Dance, Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat, in collaboration with Jason Derulo), and My Universe (with Coldplay), totaling six No. 1 hits on the Hot 100 as a group.

As solo artists, Jimin and Jungkook also reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 with Like Crazy and Seven (featuring American rapper Latto), respectively.

Jungkook charted seven songs on the Hot 100, including Seven; J-Hope also had seven entries, including On the Street and Mona Lisa; Jimin had six, including Like Crazy; Suga, under the moniker Agust D, had four songs including Daechwita; V had six entries, including Love Me Again; Jin charted three songs, including The Astronaut; and RM appeared twice, including Wild Flower.

More important than the chart performance is that each member firmly established their identity as a solo musician during the group’s hiatus.

Jungkook has risen to the ranks of global pop stars by focusing on his "performer skills" and discovering high-quality songs rather than his own production. Jimin won praise for appealing to both fans and the general public, notably with Who, which remained on the Hot 100 for 33 weeks—the longest stay for a K-pop track.

Suga showcased his strength as a producer by building a narrative universe through his Agust D series. J-Hope demonstrated the tight synergy between his albums and performances, staying true to his street dancer roots. V boldly embraced elements of pop R&B and jazz—his musical preferences—delivering sounds rarely attempted by K-pop idols. Jin has proven that his heart for this music is not ulterior but genuine, by exploring various rock genres.

Lee Ji-young, a research professor at the Semiosis Research Center of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and author of BTS Art Revolution: BTS Meets Deleuze, commented on the members’ solo activities, stating, “The solo projects were a way for each member to fully express their individual musical desires, which they hadn’t been able to completely fulfill through group activities.”

She added, “Through that process, the members likely experienced deeper musical growth. I believe they’ve also developed a clearer understanding of what can be best expressed through solo work versus group work.” She predicted, “Future group activities, built upon this growth, will be musically and message-wise more mature than before.”

Content strategist Jo Hye-rim, also a selection committee member of the Korean Music Awards, noted, “BTS expanded their musical spectrum through each member’s solo journey and are now fully prepared to return as a complete group. Their comeback—where distinct identities converge—will mark a pivotal moment in the evolution of the BTS brand. The fandom's anticipation is not just about a return, but about the beginning of a new narrative.”

The synergy created when these individually evolved members reunite as a team is expected to be immensely powerful—difficult even to estimate.

The members’ unwavering affection for the team and for ARMY adds tremendous weight to that power. Jimin recently wrote on the global fan community platform Weverse, “What kind of story will our next album tell? What kind of journey will my 30s be? I hope to perform for a long time without getting hurt.”

Professor Lee further commented, “Given the short lifespan of most K-pop idol groups, they are often used as a stepping stone to solo careers or other entertainment industry roles. BTS, on the other hand, continues to evolve and function as musicians, potentially serving as a new model for K-pop idols.”

BTS’s return is also expected to serve as a major boost to the K-pop industry, which has faced challenges like declining album sales. Their album releases and tours alone have significant direct and indirect economic ripple effects. In 2022, the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute estimated that a single BTS concert could generate nearly 1 trillion KRW (around $750 million USD) in economic impact. Their return is likely to reignite global interest in K-pop and create a trickle-down effect throughout the industry.

Jo Hye-rim emphasized, “BTS’s return is not just the comeback of a group—it’s a reset for the entire K-pop industry. It will reignite the narrative of K-pop in the global market and is expected to have a massive economic impact across albums, tours, and content. BTS remains the strongest proof of K-pop’s global legitimacy.”

Critic Lim Hee-yoon also pointed out, “The return of a landmark artist responsible for K-pop’s largest revenue will undoubtedly have a significant quantitative and practical impact on the industry’s annual revenue. Qualitatively, their comeback is expected to reignite global attention on the K-pop genre, leading to a ‘trickle-down effect’ that benefits other K-pop artists as well.”

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250623 - Yoongi donated 5 Billion KRW to Severance Hospital to establish the Min Yoongi Treatment Center, dedicated to treat children and adolescents on the Autism spectrum and help them gain social independence.

Severance Hospital announced on the 23rd that they held a groundbreaking ceremony and will open the center in September. The Min Yoonki Treatment Center will support children/adolescents' mental health through language, psychological, and behavioral therapies and they will operate various programs that connect clinical practice and research.

The hospital explained that "Even while working as BTS, Suga, along with his dedicated charity work, held an ongoing interest in mental health, psyche-behavior difficulties, and especially adolescent depression. And he has been searching for ways to offer help through his talents and capacities in music.

Last November, Suga first met with Severance Hospital's Prof Cheon Geun-ah, a leader in pediatric psychiatry, and through several meetings he learned that patients with the Autism Spectrum Disorder need individualized treatments that match with their stage in life, rather than short-term treatments.

He agreed that long-term treatment plans of more than 10yrs are necessary to bring about positive results and as a treatment center is needed for this purpose, he decided to donate 5 billion won. This is the biggest donation that Yonsei University Health System (the healthcare network that Severance Hospital belongs to) has ever received from a celebrity.

Suga and Prof. Cheon also discussed establishing music-based social skills development for children and adolescents with ASD and incorporated musical content into social skills development programs, creating the MIND (Music, Interaction, Network, Diverity) Program.

This year from March to June, Suga dedicated his weekends to meet directly with children with ASD and help develop the program. Suga played the guitar and other instruments and helped the children match the rhythm and harmony, and interacted with them through music and thereby helped to expand their emotional expression. He also taught the children how to play musical instruments.

Suga said that "While preparing the program with Prof Cheon Geun-ah and volunteering here in the past 7months, I felt deeply how music expresses our feelings and how it is a precious avenue for our thoughts and for our communication." He added "That I could be with the children with ASD on their treatment journey, that alone, filled me with gratitude and happiness. I will continue to give my support so that many more children with ASD will be members of our society.

Prof. Cheon said "I was impressed by the unwavering sincerity that Suga displayed through his serious and intellectual approach" and that "The Min Yoongi Treatment Center and the MIND Program aims to help children with ASD, through the medium of music, to grow and become independent people and healthy members of society and also to eliminate the prejudice against patients with ASD and raise awareness.

[jimin-updates]

Jimin will be discharged around 8 am KST!

In less than 8 hours, Jimin will be free 😭😭😭😭

K-media reports that Jimin and Jungkook will greet reporters at a secondary location as the roads around their base are narrow.

Safety is a concern. Please DO NOT go to the base or the reported area when they are discharged.

A list of media links to livestreams of the press conference is below:

IT’S REALLY HAPPENING!!!!

[wake-up-and]

Vocabulary 직업

직업 - occupations

가수 - singer

간호사 - nurse

경찰 - police officer

공무원 - government employee

과학자 - scientist

교수 - professor

군인 - military personnel

기술자 - technician

기자 - reporter, newspaperman

농부 - farmer

님 - sir, ma’am (honorific form)

배우 - actor, actress

변호사 - lawyer

비서 - secretary

승무원 - flight attendant, crew

우체부 - mail carrier, postman

은행원 - bank employee

의사 - doctor

주부 - housewife

직업 - job, occupation

화가 - artist, painter

[fashioniconveravonmonika]

베라본모니카 - FIA 레드카펫🏁

WRC 50주년을 맞아 FIA 레드카펫에 선 아티스트 베라본모니카[Vera Von Monika] 🏁

[dlstmxkakwldrlarchive]

(article) After 3 months, SHINee ONEW makes a super fast comeback... Release of pre-release single'Mansae' on the 12th

[...] Mansae is the pre-release single of Onew's 4th mini album, which will be released next year in January. You can notice Onew growing as an artist who pursues his own color. The lyrics express the hope that everyone living in a busy modern society will shake off the loneliness they have on one side and sing "Manse" (hurray) together.

Onew will release Mansae through various music sites at 6 p.m. on the 12th.

[sanghuich94]

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[diamantdog]

there’s a new interview with director hwang

link to the full interview:

[gacha-incels]

this article has been MTL and edited from the original Korean into english. it's not going to be 1:1 with the original but all the basic information should be there. if you see any discrepancies please lmk and I'll edit it asap. thanks everyone for your help and patience

Seoul Police Identify 52 Suspects in 'Deepfake' Sex Crime Cases... 79% Are Teenagers

2024-09-09

The Seoul police, having formed a "Task Force for Focused Response to Deepfake Sex Crimes," announced that they have identified 52 suspects in their crackdown on illegal deepfake sexual content. They are also conducting a pre-investigation into the corporation and representative of Telegram for allegedly aiding and abetting related sex crimes.

At a regular press briefing on the 9th, Kim Bong-sik, the commissioner of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, stated, "As of September 6th, we are investigating 101 cases related to deepfake sex crimes. We have identified 52 suspects so far." Among the 52 identified suspects, 39 (79%) were teenagers and 11 (21%) were in their 20s. Commissioner Kim noted, "In cooperation with the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, we are educating students through resource officers (SPOs) to raise awareness that deepfake sex crimes are serious offenses."

Additionally, the police are conducting a pre-investigation into Telegram's corporation and representative on charges of aiding and abetting the distribution of sex crime videos (violations of the Youth Protection Act and the Sexual Violence Punishment Act). A police official commented, "We are currently reviewing the facts and legal issues regarding Telegram's involvement. We are determined to investigate and are collecting cases of criminal punishment against Telegram users and examples from abroad."

When asked whether domestic criminal procedures against Telegram would be feasible even if the company were indicted, Commissioner Kim responded, "If the charges and facts of the crime are established, an arrest warrant can be issued, and through that, an Interpol warrant is possible. We can also consider cooperating with overseas investigative authorities."

Bang Jun-ho, Reporter

whorun@hani.co.kr

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‘딥페이크 성범죄 집중대응 티에프’(TF·태스크포스)를 꾸리고 불법합성물 성범죄 집중 단속에 나선 서울 경찰이 피의자 52명을 특정했다고 밝혔다. 관련 성범죄를 방조한 혐의로 텔레그램 법인과 대표에 대한 입건 전 조사도 진행 중이다.

김봉식 서울경찰청장은 9일 정례기자간담회에서 “9월6일 기준 딥페이크 성범죄와 관련해 101건을 수사 중”이라며 “그중 피의자 52명을 특정했다”고 밝혔다. 경찰이 특정한 피의자 52명 중에선 10대가 39명(79%), 20대가 11명(21%)로 대부분을 차지했다. 김 청장은 “서울시, 서울시교육청과 공조해 학교전담경찰관(SPO)을 통해 학생들을 상대로 (딥페이크 성범죄가)중대한 범죄라는 것을 홍보하는 교육을 하고 있다”고 덧붙였다.

경찰은 이와 함께 성범죄 영상물이 유포되는 창구 노릇을 해 온 텔레그램 법인과 대표에 대해서도 성범죄를 방조한 혐의(청소년성보호법·성폭력처벌법 위반)를 적용해 입건 전 조사를 벌이고 있다. 경찰 관계자는 “현재 (텔레그램의 방조혐의에 대한) 사실관계와 법리 검토를 진행하고 있다”며 “수사에 대한 의지는 분명히 있다. 기존 텔레그램 이용자들의 형사처벌 사례와 외국 사례를 취합하고 있다”고 밝혔다.

‘입건된다 해도 현실적으로 텔레그램에 대한 국내 형사 절차가 가능하냐’는 질문에 김 청장은 “혐의내용과 범죄 사실이 특정되면 체포영장은 발부받을 수 있고, 이를 통해 인터폴 수배는 가능하다고 본다”며 “해외 수사당국과 공조방안도 검토해볼 수 있다”고 답했다.

방준호 기자 whorun@hani.co.kr

[everythingbap]

📸 굿모닝경제: 방용국, 첫 한국 콘서트 성료···"기다려준 팬들께 감사" Bang Yongguk's first Korean concert concluded... "I'm thankful for the fans who have been waiting"

A/N: posted on 250623

가수 방용국이 첫 한국 콘서트를 성공적으로 마무리했다.

방용국은 지난 21일 서울 한남동에 위치한 현대카드 언더스테이지에서 데뷔 이후 첫 한국 콘서트인 '2025 BANG YONGGUK CONCERT [MONOLOGUE](모노로그)'를 개최했다.

방용국은 'G.M.T(지.엠.티)'로 강렬한 포문을 열며 등장했다. 이후 'RACE(레이스)', 'IXLU(아이엑스엘유)', 'UFO(유에프오)', 'RIDE OR DIE'(라이드 오어 다이)'까지 4곡을 쉼 없이 달리며 공연장의 분위기를 고조시켰다.

'SCREWED UP(스크루드 업)', 'RAIN ON ME(레인 온 미)' 등으로 앞선 곡들과 반대되는 부드러운 분위기의 곡들로 반전 매력을 보이기도 했다. 이어 'I REMEMBER(아이 리멤버)'의 전주가 울려 퍼지며 후렴구에 정대현이 깜짝 등장했다. 

정대현의 퇴장 이후 지난 5월 발매된 방용국의 신곡 'MOTION(모션)' 무대가 진행됐다. 신곡 공개 이후 처음 선보이는 무대로, 팬들과 더욱 가까이 소통하며 그가 구축해 온 음악 세계를 함께 나누는 뜻깊은 시간이 됐다.

이밖에 '야해', 'BUSS IT DOWN(버스 잇 다운)', 'MOVIMIENTO(모비미엔토)', 'GREEN(그린)', 'ORANGE DRIVE(오렌지 드라이브)' 등 다채로운 무대들을 꾸며 여름밤을 아름답게 수놓았다.

공연 말미에는 팬들이 준비한 슬로건 이벤트가 펼쳐졌다. 이에 답하듯 방용국은 여러 곡의 앙코르 무대를 선보이며 팬들에게 잊을 수 없는 추억을 선사했다. 그뿐만 아니라 공연을 찾아와 준 모든 팬에게 신곡 'MOTION' 일부의 파형을 형상화한 디자인의 엽서를 제공하기도 했다.

방용국은 소속사 YY엔터테인먼트를 통해 "한국 공연을 무사히 마치게 되어 기쁘다"며 "오랜 시간 한국 공연을 기다려준 팬들에게 고맙고, 다음에도 만나 뵐 수 있길 바란다"고 소감을 전했다.

굿모닝경제 박선하 기자

[berriuccino]

Ok Ive got News...

SaH is apparently going to appear in 4D theaters. (article is in Korean. Please use a translator.)

> 북한의 유명 만화영화 '소년장수'와 '다람이와 고슴도치'의 등장인물들이 나타나 말을 걸고 여러 행동을 하는 구간도 있다.

> There is also a section where characters from famous North Korean cartoon movies 'Boy General' and 'Squirrel and Hedgehog' appear, talk to them, and do various things.

I wish SaH in 4D came to Russia but I doubt that'll happen

[jimin-updates]

Jimin is our charity angel!

The original article is here:

Jimin’s good and generous heart remains a shining example to us all. 💜