Seven members of a K-pop boy band Cravity and four of K-pop group BLANK2Y tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in one day to bring the total number of infected Korean stars to at least 95 since Jan. 19. According to agency Starship Entertainment on Feb. 12, the group members who have...
More Korean stars have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the surge continues in South Korea due to the Omicron variant. On Feb. 11, K-pop boy band ENHYPEN’s Sunoo, “Squid Game” star Heo Sung-tae, 2AM’s Jo Kwon and comedian Kim Jun-ho were announced to be positive for...
Im Seulong (Twitter) A Seoul court has imposed a fine of 7 million won (about $6,334 or P304,421) on K-pop boy band 2AM member Im Seulong who hit and killed a man in his 50s with his car last August. The Seoul Western District Court issued a summary order for the fine on Seulong on Jan. 13,...
K-pop boy band 2AM member Im Seulong will avoid imprisonment and will be fined only for a traffic accident on Aug. 1 in which he hit and killed a man in his 50s with his car. Prosecutors indicted Seulong on Nov. 3 but have decided to file a summary order or summary indictment–instead of seeking a...
Im Seulong (Instagram) The Korean police have submitted to the prosecution the case of K-pop boy band 2AM member Im Seulong who hit and killed a pedestrian last Aug. 1 with his car. Seulong was driving an SUV at a three-way intersection on Susaek-ro near the Digital Media City subway...
(Clockwise from top left) CCTV footage (top) showing the man (encircled) crossing the street and being hit by Seulong’s car; the intersection on Susaek-ro in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul where the accident happened; and Seulong (Photos: screenshots from JoongAng Ilbo video, Google Maps and Instagram) A...
Im Seulong (Twitter) K-pop artist Im Seulong, 33, of boy band 2AM is under police investigation after he hit and killed a pedestrian, who was reported to be jaywalking, in South Korea on Aug. 1. According to the police, the car accident happened at about 11:50 p.m. last Saturday on a...
