Ahn Joon-young, the program director who served two years in prison for rigging and manipulating the results of the survival audition program “Produce X 101,” has rejoined Mnet. Mnet is a TV channel under CJ ENM which produced the successful “Produce 101” seasons 1 and 2, “Produce 48”...
The 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) ceremony was held on Dec. 11 at the CJ ENM Contents World in Paju, Gyeonggi Province in South Korea. K-pop superstars BTS swept all the four “daesang” (grand prizes) of the night: TikTok Artist of the Year, TikTok Song of the Year, TikTok Album of the...
Defunct K-pop boy band Wanna One will not personally attend the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) slated on Dec. 11 after one staff member of Kang Daniel tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Wanna One disbanded in 2018 and a reunion of the members was planned with them appearing...
K-pop boy band Super Junior member Choi Siwon tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a case of breakthrough infection. “Choi Siwon was diagnosed with COVID-19 on the morning of Dec. 10,” said SM Entertainment, Super Junior’s agency. Super Junior's Siwon will not be able to...
The nominees in different categories for the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) have been announced on Nov. 3. This year, drastic changes have been implemented in the criteria to select the winners in various categories. BEST MALE GROUP nominees (clockwise from top left) BTS, NCT 127, NCT Dream,...
(From left) NCT’s Taeyong, Kang Daniel and BoA of 'Street Woman Fighter' (Mnet) The dance competition TV show “Street Woman Fighter” has issued an apology after being called out by Muslims over the use of a call to prayer. On Twitter, Muslims used the hashtag #Mnetapologize to demand Mnet,...
The K-pop boy band competition TV show “Kingdom: Legendary War” premiered on April 1 on Mnet after facing controversies including dispute over stage design budget and one of its hosts stepping down pending investigation for violating social distancing rules. “Kingdom” features K-pop boy...
2020 MAMA Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10 winners (clockwise from top left) BTS, ATEEZ, Treasure, TXT, TWICE, Seventeen, Mamamoo, GOT7, NCT and BLACKPINK (Photos: Twitter, MAMA) The 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) was held on Dec. 6 hosted by Korean actor and “Descendants of the Sun” star...
A Korean appeals court has named K-pop boy bands NU’EST’s Baekho and UP10TION’s Lee Jin-hyuk as among the 12 victims of vote rigging by producers of the popular Korean survival audition TV show “Produce 101.” During a hearing on Nov. 18, the Seoul High Court affirmed the sentences of...
