On this edition of the Newsnas we’re talking (and ranting) about a lot of news stories that have came out including remakes of dramas and movies, NFTs in kpop, and company mergers (and much more!). For a list of all the news we mentioned and their time codes, as well as some links check out our blog post:

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Specific information mentioned:

Article about the remake of Strong Woman Do Bong Soon can be found here.

If you want to read more about the Netflix Japan updates, Jessie’s article can be found here.

The Johnny Interview video clip can be found here.

Time Codes:

00:00 Intro

01:05 Play M & Cre.ker Entertainment Merger

02:50 Tencent Japanese Video Games Acquisition

07:08 Potential CJ Entertainment & SM Merger

10:47 Enlistments & Discharges

17:08 Billlie Debut

18:32 Kim Jong Kook: Running Man Spinoff, TikTok Feud

24:46 Netflix Japan Festival & Casting Announcements

33:20 Remakes, Remakes, Remakes 

52:50 Jin Wook Cast in BL

54:21 Park Yoo Chun Legal Troubles

56:24 National Theater Company of Korea Opens Online Theater

58:24 Wi Ha Joon People Magazine’s Top Sexiest Issue & Lee Jung Jae American Interview/Media International Biases

01:03:10 HYBE Entertainment News

01:05:08 NFTs

01:24:55 Winner’s Mino Casting

01:25:42 Second Season News

01:27:48 LGBTQ Rights Activist China Closes Socials

01:30:39 Mavee Virtual Girl Group

01:33:10 KinnPorche Casting

01:40:58 Kdrama Castings

01:45:15 Filipino Musical Romcom

01:46:55 Outro

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By Jessie