Comedian Yoo Jae-suk is collaborating with singers Lee Hyo-ri and Rain as a group for Saturday’s episode of “Hangout with Yoo,” as revealed in the preview shown in last week’s episode where they were seen dancing onstage. MBC’s “Hangout with Yoo” features the popular comedian taking on different characters and trying new fields. So far, he has attempted cooking ramen, singing trot music and fryi...

League of Legends Champions of Korea (LCK) teams T1 and Damwon Gaming (DWG), failed to qualify for the semifinals of Mid-Season Cup (MSC) on Thursday, ceding the qualifying ticket to League of Legends Pro League (LPL) teams, FunPlus Pheonix (FPX) and Top Esports (TES). The four teams played a best of 1 round robin on Thursday. The day started with a win for T1 in the opening match against FPX, ...

The Korea Communication Standards Commission’s Broadcast Advertising Sub-Commission on Tuesday decided to recommend issuing a warning to CJ Olive Networks and tvN’s show “The Ramyeonator” for exposing a specific brand of Korean ramen on the show. “The Ramyeonator” featured a popular television show host, Kang Ho-dong, eating ramen with different ingredients, trying to find the tastiest ramen com...

While the Samseong-dong area is striving to turn into Korea’s Time Square, complaints of light pollution is something that need to be considered. “Complaints about light pollution have been rising in Gangnam-gu since we allowed LED displays,” said a district official, who declined to provide further details. Meanwhile, revisions to the Light Pollution Prevention Act which was passed by the Nati...

Broadcasting jockey ChulGu’s return to Afreeca TV on Sunday night was watched by nearly 330,000 fans who had eagerly awaited his comeback following his discharge from military service on May 15. “Hello everyone, it’s been a very long time,” said ChulGu as he started streaming. “I’ve come back for the first time in a year and seven months,” he continued as he expressed being nervous turning on hi...

Jang House, another beachside pension on Jeju Island made the worldwide top 10 beachside wish list for beachside accommodation in Airbnb. The two-story pension right next to the sea is sought by many travelers wishing a luxurious stay. The pension was built with preserving the scenery in mind. “When we built this place, we had the thought of preserving the beautiful nature in mind. We wanted to...

Many megachurches were already following most of the guidelines. “We follow all the necessary measures such as hand sanitization, going through heat scanners, wearing masks, among others,” said Park Myung-chul, a representative of the Yoido Full Gospel Church. “Each seat in the main chapel has a sticker already placed on it. The chapel can normally fit 12,000, but we only accepted 2,500 people ...

Changes in roster and coaching staff are happening daily before the June 17 kick-off of the 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea Summer Split. The most exciting of the announcements made in the off season by Riot Games so far has been the Mid-Season Cup, to be held for four days starting on May 28, where the top four teams from China and Korea will compete for prize money of $600,000. Going i...

FC Seoul posted a formal apology on social media on Monday for putting mannequins, which many contend are sex dolls, in the stands for the team’s first home game of the season, which was held Sunday without spectators. “We apologize to all the fans for causing deep concern regarding the cheer-mannequins set up during the game on the 17th. Although the mannequins differed from previous ones in th...

Singer Rain is unfazed by the sudden popularity of his old music video, knowing full well the less than flattering reason behind it. “Gang,” from Rain’s mini-album “My Life” (2017), came back into the spotlight six months ago when a high school student uploaded a 27-second dance cover video of the song on YouTube. The cover video, which has over 2.2 million views, brought attention to the origin...

When a new cluster of COVID-19 infections was linked to clubs in Seoul’s Itaewon area, many initial media reports highlighted the fact that some of the establishments were “gay clubs.” Gay bashing ensued, particularly on the internet, criticizing the gay community for causing a resurgence in the spread of a virus the nation appeared to have gotten under control. The Korea Centers for Disease Con...

KBS’s “Gag Concert” is going on a break until further notice, signaling the end of comedy shows on terrestrial television networks. In the 2000s Koreans gathered in front of the TV on Sunday night to watch KBS’s “Gag Concert,” a comedy show that at one point enjoyed viewership rating of roughly 30 percent. Many people closed out the weekend with the guitar tunes that signaled the end of the epis...

The first performance, “Thoroughly Desperately,” was available for 48 hours last week on YouTube. The second performance, “Immixture,” can be viewed starting at 6 p.m. on Friday for 48 hours. The uploaded shows are recordings of previous performances. Performances to follow are “0g” and “The Longest Distance Between Two Points.” “Beyond Black,” the newest performance whose April performance was ...

Students are also hosting commencement ceremonies in Minecraft. Two Boston University seniors, Rudy Raveendran and Warren Partridge, created Quaranteen University, a virtual university in Minecraft. Any 2020 graduating student can join online in the ceremony scheduled for May 22. Raveendran got the idea from Japanese elementary school students who hosted an online graduation in Minecraft that we...

To explain the role that the school’s graduates will play in the industry, Chung pointed out some of the problems that the South Korean gaming scene may face in the future. “On the surface, the gaming market in Korea is growing every year. But the game ecosystem is unhealthy in that there are only two extremes, big gaming companies and small ones. Midsized companies need to emerge, and in order t...