50 brands including top brands like Toyota, Kao, Shiseido, Nissan and 7-11 have publicly pulled out their ads from Fuji TV following the SA case of a famous show host and a former member of a top boy band, SMAP, Masahiro Nakai.
In December, the top tabloid outlet, Shukan Bunshun, reported Masahiro Nakai's harassment on a female employee of Fuji. According to the report Masahiro Nakai led the employee to an non-consensual intercourse after a company's banquet in 2023 and he paid her 90m yen to settle the case out of court.
Following the report, Nakai apologized for public disturbance. Also, he commented the case had been resolved legally and the victim had been compensated, he saw no need to halt his activities. He emphasized that no violence was exerted.
Still, all shows he was on have been either suspended or had him edited out.
The president of Fuji TV, Minato Koichi, spoke out during the press conference that the company had been aware of the case since June 2023 but did not pursued to not aggravate the victim's mental health. He added that Fuji TV had set up a team to investigate the incident led by lawyers. Minato remarked that the banquet was a private one and Fuji TV had no involvement.
An unnamed news anchor of Fuji TV revealed that Fuji TV did hold more similar banquets to which multiple female employees and Nakai were invited to.
I was condemned as hater when I said this member lineup would flop but, alas. It doesn't help that they do not have any local showbiz giant to back up.
Yet, this season will be aired on Ch3 (thus, Mentor Yaya) and Ch3 likely will help promote the group in some forms. Perhaps, better luck.
Sherlisa is a different person to Yuna/Serisa Sherlisa wasn’t picked for H2H that girl is Yuna she’s 08 idol and she’s also called Serisa but I’m not sure if that’s her stage name or another name she goes by
Previously, a business news outlet (etoday) stated that S.M's new girl group would have members from4 nations, South Korea, China, Indonesia and Thailand.
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The actor, Xingxing, real name Wang Xing, knowned for his role as innkeeper Mu Tong in Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red-Moon Pact, and The Tale of Rose and Under the Skin 2.
The actor boarded a flight from Shanghai Pudong Airport on January 2 disappeared shortly after touching down in Thailand for a film project late last week.
The alarm was raised by Xingxing’s girlfriend, who took to social media yesterday, January 5, pleading for help, reported Shanghai-based publication Shine.
She revealed that Xingxing had flown from Pudong Airport Shanghai to Bangkok, Thailand on January 2 and became unreachable for over 60 hours by January 3.
Social media is abuzz with concern as fellow actors rally around, sharing and amplifying the desperate appeal on their social media channels. Xingxing’s vanishing act has left everyone puzzled and worried.
Before his disappearance, Xingxing had received details about a film opportunity in a casting group and had contacted a coordinator named Yan Shiliu, who claimed to be associated with the well-known GMM Grammy Company.
Lured by the promise of a role, he set off for Thailand, landing in Bangkok in the early hours of January 3.
Following instructions, he boarded a vehicle organised by this mysterious coordinator, maintaining contact with his girlfriend and even sharing his location—until he vanished near the Thai-Myanmar border around midday.
Frantic for answers, Xingxing’s girlfriend and his younger brother reported his disappearance to the Shanghai police and are seeking help from the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok and Chiang Mai. They plan to travel to Thailand today to report him missing to the local authorities.
In a revealing side note, fellow actor Deng You admitted he had received a similar work offer from Yan but chose not to pursue it after sensing something was amiss. He discovered that other actors, apart from Xingxing, had also been enticed to Thailand under Yan’s mysterious arrangements.
The case has drawn attention to the murky waters of cross-border film opportunities and people trafficking.
Only two weeks ago, Thailand engaged in discussions prompted by 14 countries seeking help to rescue their citizens trafficked into Myanmar by scam centre gangs.
Hundreds of foreigners find themselves ensnared by these online scamming and human trafficking networks, which operate just across the Moei River from Mae Sot. Thailand’s role as a gateway to these activities has drawn significant concern from global advocacy groups, labelling it a “gateway to hell.”
The point of multi label system is to have more groups, to have each label work semi-independently. So, these rumored debut is the very purpose of HYBE buying/establishing those labels. And, instead of seeing this as HYBE having many active girl groups, you should see it as Source is getting its 2nd active group, not too many at all.
A challenge is the value of K-pop market may not rise despite HYBE having more groups, the same pie to be divided into smaller pieces. The growth of Asian market must have been stalled if not mildly shrinking. The western market will be badly affected by economic regression.
HYBE having more groups likely will hit smaller labels first. All music shows have same numbers of slots while HYBE taking more and more of them. Similar cases to variety shows too, both on and off line. HYBE will leave no crumb to small labels.
Personally, I don't care about K-pop future. The fall of K-pop will be an opportunity for the music scene of my country to rise, even if to tiny extent.
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4 (Song title) - The Trouble Is > Violette Waultier
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If true, in term of mentors' popularity, this is a big upgrade from the last season. I'm pretty sure that Jeff, Violette and Ray don't dance. Hmmh.
Newjeans/Jeanz should never have "gratefulness"-based relationship with the embodiment of capitalism that is Hybe. Still, they are too in-the-bubble to understand that the idol industry, that the world is moved by this heartless capitalism. Without capitalism, there were no investment for the formation of Newjeans. The girls need to wake up and see that all is fine as long as it is in line of fair give-and-take. Newjeans is yet to recognize what it has taken from Hybe.
A pedophilic criminal took a cottage amidst a vast area of paddy fields as his hideout. This gave him superb visionary. Inspired by popular game Pubg, metro police officers disguised themselves as piles of weeds crawling 300 m through muddy fields to approach him.
Previously, a metro police officer put on wrestler costume to arrest a rapist.
The metro police used a spy to contact the culprit. The culprit was a foreigner without fixed domicile so, it was difficult to pinpoint his place of living. Via the spy, he demanded he wanted a double couple sex with 2 women and a man in wrestler suit. Capt. Theeradej volunteered as he looked most wrestler-like.
I don't think her shaman can move the government. A cult on the other hand can, but that's HYBE's thing.
the divinity can!
There is an ongoing fraud case in my country and, it may mirror the business model of HYBE.
Dr. Boon, a famous businessman and a physician has been charged of fraud. He proposed a lucrative investment, a new giant medical center. That center has never been materialized and he has fled out of the country. The damage is estimated to be over 10 billion THB (over 290m USD).
A man who used to be Dr. Boon's chief financier revealed he quit after he was sure something illegal was going on. Dr. Boon was operating various healthcare businesses and, the overall management was indeed in debt. So, there must be some kind of external income to cover the deficit to keep the businesses running. He asked around what this external income was, where it came from but, noone gave him the answer. He could tell that external income was of illegal source.
Now that Dr. Boon reportedly was charged of fraud, he got the answer. Dr. Boon proposed a fake megaproject and used investors' money to cover the loss of his business management.
Dr. Boon grew his business through acquisition. Acquisition can be tricky as some grave problems may be hidden under pretty surface. Who will sell his profitable company in a cheap price? Some businesses Dr. Boon acquired must have some hidden problems and he did not care. He just wanted the image of rapid growth to scam investors and covered the business loss with investment money.
Of course, he, a physician, alone cannot commit a fraud of such scale. Such fraud is only possible with the help from professional broker and auditor.
She's real, not AI generated nor doctored. She's Eva from Chiangmai Night Safari who recently got famous for how un-fierce she looked. A meme linking her to Wonyoung got popular.
Eva's different hair color makes her a very rare "strawberry tiger". This is the work of a recessive gene.
Thai Oil, oil refinery state enterprise of Thailand, has an ongoing mega project, its new plant in Chonburi. The contractor of this project is UJV, the consortium led by Samsung E&A Thailand, apparently an affiliate of a South Korean conglomerate. UJV won the deal bidding lowest at 100 billion THB (roughly 4 trillion won).
Of course, the project of this scale involves multiple sub-contractors and, these sub-contractors have been on strike as they have not been paid for over 6 months.
The problem stems from UJV bidding too low. The estimated cost of this project was somewhere between 140 billion to 160 billion THB. It is assumed that UJV just wanted to get the deal by all means and meant to negotiate for additional fee later. Indeed, UJV did ask for 800 m USD more using COVID as excuse and Thai Oil has granted 550 m.
The delayed opening of the plant is inevitable at this point and estimated damage is multiple billion THB. Meanwhile, the registered capital of Samsung E&A Thailand is meager 12 million THB. Other partners in UJV are Saipem and Petrofex. Saipem apparently has been out of business due to bankruptcy. Petrofex is a special purpose company, opened just to get this project. So, these 2 other partners do not seem to be reliable one bit.
A question is how came UJV was qualified for this mega project. Did not Thai Oil run background check on project bidders? Rumor has it that the deal was finalized through the certain lobbyistwho led PTT, another energy state enterprise, to disastrous oil palm investment in Indonesia.
Sub-contractors revealed to the journalist that their contracts with UJV was disadvantageous. They could only sue UJV for contract violation to a tribunal court in a Common Wealth country. They signed anyway only because this was the only big project of a state-own entity during COVID period. Almost every single construction contractors and suppliers in the eastern area of the country have taken parts in this project and, if the overdue payment is not paid, thousands employees will be laid off.
A sub-contractor notified the journalist that 97% progress had been recorded but the reality was far from that, for example, the air-conditioning system was recorded "finished" but only the machine was put in place, the pipe and the power cord had not been connected. Sub-contractor had no mean to know how much Thai Oil had paid UJV, 97% or lower.
Thai Oil informed its shareholders this was a dispute between UJV, the contractor, and sub-contractors, Thai Oil had paid its part, had paid to UJV, it was sole liability of UJV to pay sub-contractors. And, if they would be any damage to Thai Oil, Thai Oil would redeem the 12 billion THB worth bank guarantee and ask for indemnity from South Korean Samsung, who submitted guarantee letter.
Sub-contractors found filing the case in a Common Wealth country too complicated, too time-consuming thus, they decided to circumvent the contract clause. 30 sub-contractors have reported UJV and Samsung E&A Thailand of fraud, seeking indemnity through criminal case. Also, they have requested South Korean embassy to step in.
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I think the sucess, payload aside, is just what happens when a song is viral. The song is simply more viral than the members, it's to a point where I've heard it while shopping and it's reminiscent of both Cupid and Any Song. The song is an earworm. However, outside of Moka going viral for being really cute, there hasn't been much about the members.
Their first comeback will be more telling imo, as it seems that right now there's mostly casual listeners and a small fanbase from runext and their debut.
But, Cupid success is not completely natural. At least, it was heavily bloated with playlisting.
Neither the song being viral explains the astonishing physical sale.
Do you seriously believe all articles about Moka so cute and Wonhee so pretty are organic?
I don't think illit's success(?) is organic and is largely effect of HYBE's payola. You have one chart-topping group whose members nobody cares. My theory is HYBE faking up illit's success to discredit Newjeans/Min Heejin.
What happens if mhj isn't asked to resign by the board on 30th April? Can they force her out or is it going to take a court case to force her out?
On similar lines, what if NJ wants to leave hybe? Can mhj end their contract directly or will it require hybe's approval?
An article from business point read that it would not be easy to remove MHJ from Ador as all board members of Ador were on her side. MHJ could possibly terminate NJ's contract but she would face hefty fine for damaging HYBE's business doing so without approval.
I'll say the public opinion won't matter IF the court case rules in favor of MHJ. Because right now she's getting hit by every Ifans there is- due to whatever scenarios those fans can think of, and if the case ruled against her and NJs, then it will be extremely hard for NJ to come back at all. You need people to buy your albums.
Now if the case ruled in favor of her, all these drama and hate she received will all die down and you will see a change in tone from Ifans that they have always believed in her. Lmfao. How many times do we see this throughout KPOP.
But if we're just purely talking about legality to court, then evidence comes first.
So, you believe one does not need promotion platform to sell album? Even if HYBE do not directly pressure outlets, I wonder if any of them dare to contact a small label under HYBE's grudge.
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These 2 are best visuals in the whole show? Neither is my cup of tea but, I can see the one on top being well-received in Korea. Her face looks alike Kazuha and Winter were merged. The other looks alike Gowon and Haewon were meshed.
So, you are telling me this whole show only has 1 pretty girl and is not popular?
overall if you know so much about AKB then which members are currently most popular in Japan?
Yukirin (Kashiwagi Yuki) but, she's leaving the group. The runner up is Yuiyui (Oguri Yui), the girl in stripped dress and black cap at 0:37. Other outstanding ones popular wise are Yuiri (Murayama Yuiri - the girl with black jacket at 0:44) and Naru (Kurano Narumi - the short girl in stripped hat at 0:37)
Sherlisa wasn’t picked for H2H that girl is Yuna she’s 08 idol and she’s also called Serisa but I’m not sure if that’s her stage name or another name she goes by 
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