The reason why Shinhwa Dongwan wears earphones at gym

User: I'm getting personal training these days ^^ They told me my muscles are only 10% ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I should try this product when exercising because earphones are uncomfortable.

Dongwan: I use earphones because I don't like hearing music that I don't like... ㅋㅋㅋ

User: Same ㅠㅠ When I get off work and go to gym, they play trot ㅠㅠ

Dongwan: My gym keeps playing Shinhwa songs whenever I'm there... I feel like I have to dance to them!! Everybody expects it from me!!

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Pann: The reason why Kim Dongwan wears earphones at gym

1. [+35, -0] Ah ㅋㅋㅋ Kim Dongwan ㅋㅋㅋㅋ People expect him to dance ㅋㅋㅋ

2. [+18, -0] So cute ㅋㅋㅋㅋ The person who plays Shinhwa songs must be playing them because they're excited to see Kim Dongwan and want to cheer him up ㅋㅋㅋ

3. [+8, -0] Oppa, be confident!! ㅋㅋ Here's Hyesung and Dengdeng

4. [+5, -0] Where's the gym? I'll do the Shinhwa dance and oppa can exercise ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Cute

5. [+5, -0] So funny ㅋㅋㅋㅋ They're just playing Shinhwa songs because Shinhwa is there. He thinks they want him to dance ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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Wanna One's 'Light' comeback & subunit debut

Article: Wanna One, #1 on 4 charts at comeback... 'continuing the golden era'

Source: OSEN via Nate

1. [+228, -52] Light is so catchy and good.

2. [+202, -48] Congrats Wanna One, walk on a flowery path. Let's be together <3

3. [+174, -64] Zico's song is so good, it suits summer!

4. [+53, -22] Light is a good song and the subunit's songs suit the members!! I love all the songs!

5. [+52, -35] The intro of Sandglass is so dreamy...

Article: 'Wanna One Go' Kang Daniel, "We're riding on Zico hyung's work"

Source: Sports Choson via Nate

1. [+473, -62] Zico's producing is always above expectations. Kangaroo is a perfect summer song ㅋㅋ

2. [+411, -57] Kangaroo is really good~

3. [+392, -53] Kangaroo is a good song ㅋㅋ Chilele Palele

Article: 'Wanna One Go' Debut of Wanna One's subunit... Ends with making Wannables & Heize cry

Source: OSEN via Naver

1. [+1596, -34] Wanna One daebak <333

2. [+420, -11] Hit daebak, Wanna One!!!!

3. [+401, -8] Thank you Wanna One and producers for good songs!

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Pann: What do non-fans think of Wanna One's new song?

1. [+190, -21] It sounds like a typical idol song.

2. [+123, -16] I like Light

3. [+104, -15] I liked all of the songs...

4. [+64, -2] For me, Energetic is their best song

5. [+54, -4] I like Forever+1

6. [+47, -0] It sounds like an average idol song. Beautiful is their best song.

7. [+42, -10] I really liked Energetic but the songs released after are not my type. The subunit's songs show too much of the producers' colors so there's no unity between the songs. Forever+1 is just like Nell. I like the song because I like Nell but it doesn't match Wanna One. I personally like Sandglass the most.

8. [+42, -8] My favorite is Kangaroo

9. [+41, -0] There's no impact... It's just so so.

10. [+34, -1] I only listened to the title track and it sounds trendy. The group has a lot of useful vocals so their songs are good to listen with earphones.

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Ranking of Koreans' vacation cities for this summer

Article: "This summer, Osaka is a popular place for single & couple travelers, Da Nang is popular for families"

Source: Yeonhap via Naver

1. [+108, -3] Characteristic of Osaka - there are more Korean & Chinese people than Japanese people.

2. [+50, -1] On the Internet, there are many cheap travel packages to enjoy. I think it's good to use them to take a break from working hard.

3. [+24, -6] Why do politics and history matter when people just want to go to Japan ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Idiots

4. [+9, -0] Osaka is very hot in the summer

5. [+4, -0] Osaka and Da Nang aside, the lack of domestic travel resources is the biggest problem.

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Monks' brand-name running shoes

Adidas - $755

Balenciaga - $2,346

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Pann: Monks' running shoes

1. [+130, -2] Are they investing into the shoes since they don't have to worry about clothes and hair?

2. [+118, -8] I used to work at a drinking room and there were two monks ㅋㅋㅋㅋ They took off their shirts and started drinking, and they had irezumi tattoos ㅋㅋㅋㅋ They even ordered a steak side dish. I realized what fake monks were.

3. [+102, -2] He's wearing a Supreme backpack, too.

4. [+60, -0] My boyfriend's friend is a director at a cultural center. When it was a day of monks performing, he saw the parking lot was full of foreign cars.

5. [+53, -30] There isn't a priest or a monk who's poor. You know the reason.

6. [+50, -0] Those people shouldn't be free from tax, either.

7. [+40, -0] PD Diary showed how chief monks were into gambling. On the news, they were reported because they drank and had group fights...

8. [+36, -2] The thing that pisses me off the most is I go to the mountain to hike, not to visit the temple, but they still take entrance fees... Did they build the mountain themselves or what? Temples are really greedy. I wouldn't mind if it was the Forest Service collecting entrance fees for maintenance.

9. [+33, -0] I went to a temple in Seoul to direct a drawing contest and the parking lot was full of cars like Benz, BMW, and Porsche. They told me all of the cars belonged to the monks.

10. [+22, -0] I followed my grandma to the temple and I saw monks getting on an Equus car. It made me re-think about religions.

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Benedict Cumberbatch saves a delivery man from muggers

Benedict Cumberbatch was on a uber ride with his wife Sophie Hunter and he spotted 4 muggers beating up a delivery man. He stopped the ride and stopped the beating. The muggers threatened him with bottles, but they ran away after noticing Benedict and Sophie.

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Article: Benedict Cumberbatch fights against 4 muggers and saves a citizen

Source: Newsen via Nate

1. [+1534, -21] So cool, Doctor Strange oppa~!

2. [+1235, -12] Ideal citizen

3. [+1212, -12] His real life is cooler his movie

4. [+42, -1] Cumberbatch family is infamous for their exploitation of black people. Because of that, Benedict's mother told him to use a different name to promote as an actor. But he used his real last name for reflecting and starred in a movie of black slaves.

5. [+39, -1] When he was in Korea, a fan gave him a drawing of him and he cried. He's a good person.

6. [+34, -1] Even the street is Baker Street ㅋㅋㅋ

7. [+30, -3] He's a hero in real life, too

8. [+29, -0] I saw him in real life and he was no joke... He's so cool.

9. [+28, -0] That must be a new suicide method. How dare you threaten Doctor Strange...

10. [+24, -0] I think the muggers ran away because it's risky to fight a famous figure.

11. [+23, -0] As expected of our cucumber hyung <3

12. [+18, -1] I wonder how many times he went back in time to save the man?

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JYP's girl group success

So Hot - Wonder Girls

Most streamed song in 2008

Bad Girl Good Girl - Miss A

Most streamed song in 2010

Cheer Up - Twice

Most streamed song in 2016

Wonder Girls

2007 - Rookie Award

2008 - #1 annual song on digital chart (So Hot)

2008 - Daesang

Miss A

2010 - Rookie Award

2010 - #1 annual song on digital chart (Bad Girl Good Girl)

2010 - Daesang

Twice

2015 - Rookie Award

2016 - #1 annual song on digital chart (Cheer Up)

2016 - Daesang

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Instiz: Legendary results of girl groups that other companies can't beat

- Is Twice wearing stockings or is that a lighting on their legs?

- JYP is really good at producing girl groups

- Wow, Miss A won rookie award and daesang in the same year...

- I knew it was JYP when I read the title ㅋㅋ

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Actress Lim Ye Jin says she's been having no work since she joined YG

Kim Soo Mi: She's been having no work for 2 years!
Lim Ye Jin: It's because my agency treasures me so much
MC: Why did you hesitate to sign with YG at first?
Lim Ye Jin: The contract of my previous agency was like 10 pages. Because the contract was so long, I was delaying to sign with an agency. But Yang Hyun Suk was a huge fan of me and sent me a lot of love calls, so I signed with his agency.

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Pann: Lim Ye Jin says she's been having no work for 2 years since she joined YG

1. [+148, -1] It looks like the company has no system. Yang Hyun Suk is hopeless tsk tsk.

2. [+120, -1] If you're capable, the best solution is to avoid Yang Hyun Suk.

3. [+103, -1] How can the artists have no work at all? People need to dig into this, I'm curious to death. Is it that hard to make a schedule?

4. [+65, -0] Twice has so many schedules that the fans are demanding JYP to stop with the schedules but YG is letting Blackpink rot even though the group has a lot of potentials. The company isn't doing this for their health, they're just really lazy. The mysterious concept is so old, why are they still doing this?

5. [+53, -0] Lee Jong Suk left YG as soon as his contract expired.

6. [+36, -0] YG became a major company because of Bigbang. Their system is worse than small companies ㅋㅋㅋ Only their title is a major company.

7. [+32, -0] I'm starting to question if they're really a major company... What's the point of having big stocks when the artists can't even have work?

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Japanese media claims BTS' chart result is manipulated by Korean government?

Pann: Japanese articles claim BTS' chart result is manipulated by the Korean government

1. [+95, -0] They think Korea has power to control American charts as if we're the number one country... Like I said, Armys, any fan, or any artist should never use phrases like "national pick". It's dangerous and should never be used to mention celebrities. It's the best not to be associated with politics.

2. [+53, -0] Just ignore them. They claimed Kim Yuna and PSY's successes were also manipulated by the government.

3. [+35, -0] They hate it enough how K-pop and Korean idols do well in other countries, and now that we have a global artist, they have enough reasons to be jealous. The Japanese market is said to be the second biggest market but there's no Japanese artist that's as global as Korean artists. They might want to deny it but BTS also charted #1 in Japan. Is it also a manipulation? It's a foreign artist that was also #1 in their country. Americans will be baffled to hear claims of Billboard chart manipulations.

4. [+10, -0] I'm not a fan but I hope BTS does even better and become much more successful so that those Japanese kids will never be able to say anything like that again. I hope they'll see how Korean idols are much more talented than Japanese idols.

5. [+8, -0] Shouldn't we be upset together instead of calling it a troll post? It's just their jealousy.

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Average annual income of Korean celebrities in 2016

Info from 2016 by National Tax Service

In 2015, there were 38 male singers that belonged in the top 1%, and it was TVXQ, Super Junior, Bigbang, SHINee, 2PM, and EXO.

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Pann: Incomes of 1st tier idols in 2015

1. [+146, -2] Wow, I knew they were earning a lot but this is amazing. Look at their class, they're like from a different world.

2. [+140, -2] I can't believe some people think EXO isn't earning much ㅋㅋ

3. [+132, -2] I know it's a bull when someone says SM idols don't earn a lot.

4. [+56, -1] Chanyeol is wearing a $30,000 watch.

5. [+44, -3] Why would people worry about EXO's earnings... Do you know how much they earn per tour?

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Lee Hwi Jae says he ran into an idol couple in an elevator

Article: Lee Hwi Jae, "I saw an idol couple who got off on the same floor, they were panicked"

Source: Newsen via Nate

"When I used to live in Kondae (Konkuk University) area, there were a lot of idols there. I lived on the 6th floor. Sometimes, my wife and I went up to the 13th floor to visit my friend's couple. One day, I got on the elevator at night and I ran into a male idol who was a resident and a female idol who didn't live there. I said to the female idol, "So you also moved here. Congratulations." I talked with my wife after they left. The idol thanked me later. But the mistake they made is getting off on the same floor. If they weren't panicked, my wife wouldn't have noticed."

1. [+1137, -73] Again? He should be careful when he's talking about others...

2. [+1046, -79] Is he crazy? People can easily find idols who used to live in the same building as him ㅋㅋ It'll affect the couple and other idols will also be misunderstood.

3. [+855, -51] Watch out your mouth

4. [+79, -3] This is why he's unlikeable... He should know the limits. If you search up, you can find everything about his apartment and idols who lived there. We can even find the floor if we dig in more... Is he thoughtless?

5. [+68, -3] Honestly, I don't understand when celebrities talk like this. Not just him, but I get confused when celebrities gossip about other celebrities dating. A rumor makes a lot of people suffer. He should watch out his mouth and keep the story to himself.

6. [+52, -2] Everybody knows Lee Hwi Jae used to live in Kondae Star City because of his TV show and there was a very few idols that used to live in Star City at that time. He got a lot of hate for his mouth but he's still doing that... Amazing.

7. [+45, -0] Wow ㅋㅋㅋㅋ You can find the name of his apartment in Kondae and there was only a couple of boy groups that used to live there at that time ㅋㅋ That's a really expensive apartment so it was a popular boy group. The fans and a lot of people knew the group's dorm in Kondae ㅋㅋㅋㅋ It's easy to figure out but he's running his mouth again.

8. [+32, -0] EXO's dorm was across Konkuk University... And they lived in the same apartment as Lee Hwi Jae's family.

9. [+30, -0] I just searched up and the result popped up right away. SM boy group that starts with ㅇ.

10. [+28, -0] What the idol couple thought as they ran into Lee Hwi Jae: "Oh fuck... I'm screwed. Why Lee Hwi Jae of all people..."

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