Top Korean News Of The Week: Rosé Creates Billboard Hot 100 History With APT, BTS' Jin Shoots New Variety Show In Busan

Top Korean News Of The Week: A lot has happened in the K-pop and K-drama world over the last seven days. Missed out on it? No worries because we have got you covered! From Blackpink's Rosé scripting Billboard history with APT. to the court dismissing former ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin's injunction request, here's all the important Hallyu headlines of the past week.

Blackpink's Rosé makes Billboard history with APTBlackpink's Rosé and Bruno Mars' APT. debuted at No. 8 on this week's Billboard Hot 100. With this, Rosé has made history as the first female K-pop artist to earn a top 10 hit on the coveted chart. Additionally, she set the record for the biggest streaming debut by a K-Pop soloist in Billboard Hot 100 history, having amassed over 25 million streams.

Court rejects Min Hee-jin's injunction to be reinstated as ADOR's CEOOn October 29, the 50th Civil Agreement Division of the Seoul Central District Court dismissed Min Hee-jin's injunction request to be reappointed as ADOR's CEO. The court stated that the former CEO's appeal failed to meet the necessary legal requirements. For the unversed, Min Hee-jin submitted the injunction in September 2024, seeking a special shareholders' meeting at ADOR to discuss her reinstatement as the HYBE subsidiary's CEO and board director. RM's solo documentary gets a release dateBTS leader RM's solo documentary Right People, Wrong Place is set to hit the big screens across 93 countries, including India. The docu-film, that delves into the creation of the rapper's second solo album, will premiere globally from December 5, 2024.

<RM: Right People, Wrong Place> Main Poster
For the first time, RM—or just Kim Namjoon—steps forward, and opens the door to speak to his audience.

📅 Dec 5, in Cinemas Worldwide
🎫 1st Ticket Open: Nov 6
🔗 More info: https://t.co/msmw2ki1nD#RM #RightPeopleWrongPlace pic.twitter.com/hrRhT8ORGH

— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) October 29, 2024

G-Dragon makes comeback after 7 years BIGBANG's G-Dragon is back to the music scene after 7 long years. The legendary K-pop star dropped a pre-release single, Power, on October 31. The song was released under his new partnership with labels Galaxy Corporation and EMPIRE, after departing from YG Entertainment last year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMjhjrBIrG8

BTS' Jin shoots for new variety show in BusanBTS' Jin is set to make a guest appearance on a new variety show, titled Handsome Guys. Launched by PD Ryu Ho-jin, the upcoming program features Cha Tae-hyun, Kim Dong-hyun, Lee Yi-kyung, Shin Seung-ho and Oh Sanguk as the fixed cast. Just a couple of days ago, the singer was spotted filming for the variety show with the cast in Busan.

BTS Jin is currently filming a variety show in Busan A friend of mine works at a seafood trading company and sent me a picture saying Jin was there filming He really handsome in person and his face is really small so Im really curious Im uploading a photo so that all ARMYS pic.twitter.com/z4x3oDFe9W

— army_bts_do8es (@army_bts_do8es) October 29, 2024

HYBE's internal report gets leaked, CEO issues apology During the National Assembly's Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee audit on October 24, HYBE's COO was questioned about the label's weekly music industry report. Totaling up to 18000 pages, the document included harsh remarks about the looks and skills of artists from SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, YG Entertainment and other labels as well as unverified rumours, plans for viral marketing tactics against idols from other companies and more. ALSO READ: As the document went viral after being leaked online, HYBE's CEO Lee Jae-sang issued an apology to artists, industry officials as well as fans for the label's 'monitoring documents.' He stated that the document was just a collection of public opinions on industry trends and issues. However, the HYBE CEO acknowledged that the report's content was highly inappropriate. "We take full responsibility for the inflammatory language directed at K-pop idols, the addition of the author's personal views and evaluations, and the fact that the content was left as a document," he said, before adding, "We are deeply sorry That innocent artists and members of the company have been misunderstood and harmed by the reverse viral allegations, which are completely untrue."