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Made in Korea: British boyband hopefuls face K-pop’s brutal training regime in new BBC reality show

Five aspiring boy-band members from the UK, a house in Seoul’s popular Itaewon district, and training at one of Korea’s leading K-pop talent agencies – this is the recipe offered up by Made in Korea: The K-Pop experience, a new BBC reality show.

The Conversation

South Korean tech giant Kakao's founder arrested in stock price manipulation case

South Korean prosecutors have arrested the founder of the country’s tech giant Kakao Corp. on suspicion of stock price rigging during his company’s takeover of a major K-pop agency last year

The Independent UK

What happens when members of extreme metal royalty like Meshuggah, Watain and Opeth form an orchestra? Meet the uniquely excellent Bright & Black

Bright & Black have made one of this year's most compelling albums. We found out how it all came together

Metal Hammer

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Green Motion hire car broke down – then we were charged £2,600

The company blamed us when the clutch went on our vehicle and it would not provide a replacement

The Guardian - UK

Every Metallica live film ranked from worst to best

Few bands put on a live show like Metallica – and here are their 10 official concert movies ranked in order of greatness

Metal Hammer

SM:TV Live was the Saturday morning dose of joy that couldn’t exist today

Wonky Donky. The ‘beautiful Corrs’. Lots of accidental swearing. As the seminal Saturday morning children’s show celebrates its 25th anniversary – and co-host Cat Deeley is rumoured to become a full-time presenter on ‘This Morning’ – Lucy Jones celebrates all that it was somehow able to get away with

The Independent UK

Lloyds bank closure made cancelling housebound husband’s standing order a real trial

Our town’s branch has shut but when I went to the nearest one 10 miles away they said they couldn’t stop the payment

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Vitus release an affordable yet powerful E-Mythique LT e-MTB

Vitus' new budget long travel e-MTB is low in price but high in power and performance

Bike Perfect

Why A Distillery Turned to AtlasIED for Sweet Tunes in Its Tasting Room

Two-way, all-weather SM82T loudspeakers provide excellent sound quality and commercial-grade durability.

AVNetwork

Fans mourn as Activision stomps COD mod project two years in the making: 'Any chance we had of feeling that arcadey style of Call of Duty again is gone'

SM² was an attempt to make the "dream Call of Duty game," until a cease & desist letter last Wednesday.

PC Gamer

GT’s new Sensor range is small on price but big on performance

Legendary MTB/BMX brand GT are on the attack again with new backers and a brace of fresh, top value trail bikes in carbon and alloy flavours

Bike Perfect

‘There were fist-fights down at CD:UK’ – 90s pop remembered by those who lived through it

Conflict between bands, conflict within bands, booze, breakdowns and awards-show agony: in these extracts from oral history Reach for the Stars, Five, Steps, Pete Waterman and more spill about the dark side of the decade

The Guardian - UK

The story behind every single Metallica album cover art

Electric chairs, toilet bowl stabbings and, erm, semen – the Four Horsemen have had quite the eclectic visual journey

Metal Hammer

Kakao offers to buy 35% of K-pop firm SM in growing battle

South Korean technology firm Kakao has launched a tender offer to buy up to 35% of K-pop agency SM Entertainment and become its largest shareholder, escalating a battle with entertainment firm Hybe for control of the company

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Inside SM Entertainment, a K-pop succession drama is brewing between uncle and nephew who rule over music empire

A family succession drama is unfolding between K-pop's two biggest players: SM Entertainment and HYBE, the home of global phenomenon BTS.

Daily Mirror

Ant and Dec reveal worst ever interview with moody A-Lister who refused to take shades off

Ant and Dec lift the lid on the celeb guest who gave their worst interview as they look back on the early days of their presenting career on TV show SM:TV Live

Asharq Al-Awsat

Korea’s Hybe Completes Purchase of 14.8% Stake in Rival SM

Hybe, the South Korean entertainment company behind K-pop sensation BTS, said Wednesday that it has completed its acquisition of a 14.8% stake in rival SM Entertainment, making it SM’s largest single shareholder. The acquisition was finalized even as SM Entertainment accused Hybe staging a hostile takeover to control the firm…

The Independent UK

Korea's Hybe completes purchase of 14.8% stake in rival SM

Hybe, the South Korean entertainment company behind K-pop sensation BTS, says it has completed its acquisition of a 14.8% stake in rival SM Entertainment, making it SM’s largest single shareholder

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The Guardian - UK

How much? ‘Worn out’ £645 Adidas Stan Smith trainers sell out at Balenciaga

Shoes look as if they have been ‘flattened by 20-ton steamroller’ and now sit on auction site at £2,500

Bangkok Post

Girl power fuels South Korean entertainment stocks

SEOUL: High expectations of new girl groups have bolstered the stock of Hybe to offset some of the concerns from the hiatus of mainstay artist BTS, while new albums of iconic South Korean girl groups Blackpink and TWICE lifted their labels JYP and YG after South Korean entertainment majors finished…

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SMU Mustangs Preview 2022: Season Prediction, Breakdown, Key Games, Players

SMU College Football Preview 2022: Team breakdown, season prediction, keys to the campaign, and what you need to know

Irish Mirror

Criminologist warns Graham Dwyer 'won’t be able to control fetishes' and 'will try to feed his urges' if freed

Forensic criminologist John O’Keefe believes Dwyer will quickly re-establish himself in the BDSM community if he is released from prison on appeal

Benzinga

SM Energy: Q1 Earnings Insights

SM Energy (NYSE:SM) reported its Q1 earnings results on Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 04:00 PM. Here's what investors need to know about the announcement. Earnings SM Energy beat estimated earnings by 17.16%, reporting an EPS of $1.98 versus an estimate of $1.69.

Benzinga

CNBC's Final Trades: SM Energy, Twilio, iShares US Oil & Gas And This Healthcare Major

On CNBC’s “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Jon Najarian said he had bought shares of SM Energy Co (NYSE: SM) at $35.50. “A lot of Texas exposure here. Proven reserves,” he added.

Benzinga

SM Energy: Q4 Earnings Insights

SM Energy (NYSE:SM) reported its Q4 earnings results on Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 04:00 PM. Here's what investors need to know about the announcement. Earnings SM Energy beat estimated earnings by 54.05%, reporting an EPS of $1.14 versus an estimate of $0.74.

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