SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Jung Yong-hwa, a member of K-pop boy band CNBLUE, was discharged from the military Sunday after fulfilling nearly two years of mandatory service. He thanked his fans and expressed hope that he would return to his job as early as possible during a special fan event at a community [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Jung Yong-hwa, the main vocalist of the pop rock band CNBLUE, will stand trial for suspected illegal admission to a graduate school program without due process, police said Friday. Jung and five others have been referred to the prosecution on recommendation that they be charged with obstruction of business [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop singer Jung Yong-hwa of boy band CNBLUE will join the military in March, his agency said Friday, amid allegations that the star received undue favors when entering graduate school. Earlier this month, the 28-year-old singer was accused of having received preferential treatment in his admission to the applied [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Jung Yong-hwa of the idol band CNBLUE will be leaving a cable TV show after the revelation that he received preferential treatment in graduate school admission, his agency said Wednesday. “After much thought, Jung decided to voluntarily quit the program, feeling responsibility for today’s controversy and hoping the issue [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Thursday, June 30, was a shameful day for the Korean music industry. Park Yoo-chun, a K-pop singer from the group JYJ who’s under high media attention for a sexual assault scandal, and Lee Juno, a 90s pop star from Seo Taiji and Boys who was recently accused of sexual molestation, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Jung Yong-Hwa has proven his massive popularity in China, as his album has remained in the number 1 spot on China’s Gaon Weibo Weekly Chart for 11 consecutive weeks. The album also ranked first on the Weibo Monthly Chart with a 99.48 score, and on the real-time hot Weibo chart [...]