Posts by kekebee

    This is really confusing because in my country health premiums are paid through your employer and I would've assumed hybe provided health insurance to their employees and artists ..... also surprising that a celeb would be the one to deal with this directly anyway, you'd think they'd have managers of accountants to keep track of payments like this.

    In South Korea, it's the same too, except for people who are freelancers or own their own businesses. If you're on monthly salary and hired by your employer as a regular permanent employee with a fixed income, then yes, your taxes and insurance will be deducted before you get your monthly salary. In BTS case, HYBE is technically not their "employer." BTS are not on a $2000 or $3000 monthly salary basis but they're freelancers who are paid per gig and HYBE is like their partner. So people who are freelancers or work part-time jobs or run their own businesses have to report their taxes and pay insurance by themselves.

    recently shinhwa appeared on a tv show and it made me emotional

    so i will drop some of my favorite songs from them


    SHINHWA 신화 'Perfect Man' MV
    Original Release in 2002, Remastered in 2022.Listen and download on your favorite platform: https://smarturl.it/SHINHWA_PerfectMan📺 Remastered MV release ▶ ...
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    SHINHWA TWENTY FANPARTY : Wild Eyes STAGE CLIP
    SHINHWA TWENTY FANPARTY'Wild Eyes' STAGE CLIPSHINHWA COMPANYwww.shinhwacompany.co.kr
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    Shinhwa - Your wedding, 신화 - 너의 결혼식, Music Camp 20030208
    Did you enjoy this video? Plz click "like"! For more awesome videos, subscribe our channels!! Daily update available!☞ Watch more clips of SHINHWA!!http://ww...
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    신화 SHINHWA Hey, Come On! 콘서트 교차편집
    Edited by Orangebox이민우 생일 축하해♥2012 3월 14주년 THE RETURN/ 2013 3월 15주년 THE CLASSIC/ 2013 8월 THE CLASSIC FINALE/ 2015년 3월 17주년 WE/ 2015 8월 WE ENCORE/ 2016년 12월 U...
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    well this chart goes by pure album sales and even on korea's gaonchart, year 2021 retail album chart has bts and svt as the top 2 sellers so it makes sense

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    국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!
    대한민국 유료 음악 회원 2,000만명의 선택으로 만들어지는 국내 최초 공인 음악차트 '가온차트'
    gaonchart.co.kr

    Of course but even if she had no family in the ROK, SM Ent could sponsor her visa with no problems just like they do for her groupmate NingNing and others

    Yes of course but I'm just talking in the case that she might not have been successful in her SM Ent audition or in debuting as a Kpop idol. She would have gone with JPN nationality since she has friends, family, and all of her education there but it wouldn't have been a difficult decision for her knowing that she can always travel back and forth and spend time in Korea all she wants if she wishes.

    It's interesting that she choose JPN nationality, considering she decided on pursuing a career in Korea as an idol, that could earn her a lot of hate from nationalistic Koreans, if she was male that would get her out of having to enlist in the military but of course females don't have to enlist. Funnily enough I saw some time ago that she has trouble reading Japanese comments sent to her, while Yoshi of the OP who is a SKorean national, seems to be able to read japanese with no problems

    She spent all of her life in Japan (before she joined aespa) and she trained only a few months before debuting as a kpop idol, so she might have chosen japanese nationality since she has family there and wouldn't have known that she would actually become a kpop idol. And as long as she has her mom or her maternal grandparents who are ROK citizens, getting a family visa to stay and work and do whatever in korea is easy for her even if she is a foreigner.

    An interesting fact about these ethnical Koreans commonly referred to as Zainichi(在日 literally means residing in Japan in both JP and chinese) Koreans is that they are divided in two categories those who own their allegiance to North Korea and those who hold it to the South, there is even North Korean schools in Japanese soil where they have portraits of NK leader and profess to follow their ideology something which I believe is still illegal in South Korea and would get you arrested.


    But in recent decades more and more of these people are choosing to naturalize as Japanese and many can't speak Korean at all

    I see now that she confirmed being born in Seoul in the same Youtube series from the OP. Interesting so she moved to Japan sometime after being born, do you know if her father is a naturalized former Zainichi or ethnical Japanese?

    It seems she is confirmed to have inherited both nationalities from each side of her parents but choose to keep her Japanese nationality


    No but as far as knets know, Giselle has a korean(Republic of Korea) mom and just a regular japanese dad. Nothing about Zainichi gyopo. Zainichi Gyopo usually means Korean people who moved to Japan during/before colonial era or during Korean War and hence they can choose between ROK or DPRK citizenship or claim ancestry visa from either korea.

    Required to choose implies he has both, Japan follows Ius sanguini principle so unless atleast one of his parents is a national or he naturalizes he has no choice

    How do you know she is Half both? The only confirmation I know is that one of her aunts is a Korean journalist and is even supposedly dating Lee Sooman


    I also suspect more supposedly foreigners are hiding their heritage, for example one of the NCT Chinese members is speculated to be a Joseonjok(Chinese of Korean ethnicity)


    You are right about Japan and Korea's rule about giving citizenship. He is not a dual citizen. His family has been living in Japan for 4 generations but I guess his parents (and grandparents) are all korean. He has Korean nationality only and just special residency visa in Japan.

    Aespa Giselle already revealed that she is half-half. She was born in Seoul to a Korean mother but her father is Japanese, so unlike Yoshi (who was born in Japan but wasn't given citizenship there) she had dual citizenship when she was little but she chose Japanese citizenship when she came of age, so now she is just a foreigner in Korea.

    I think both are doing amazing

    Aespa won daesang like within a year of their debut or something? Only a very few girl groups had done that before like miss A or Twice I think they have the potential to be as big as blackpink (I live in south korea so I don't know for overseas) Enhypen is rising so fast too They are like already surpassing other boygroups the boyz ateez stray kids txt altho they debuted only very recently (i know they had a survival show but the show flopped)