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The K-pop industry is currently abuzz with rumors swirling around the relationship between two rising idols, Lee Jae-wook and Karina. Lee Jae-Wook, known for his talents in acting and modeling, and Karina, a versatile artist excelling in singing, rapping, and dancing, have recently drawn attention amid speculation regarding their romantic involvement. These rumors allegedly surfaced following a Dispatch report, suggesting that the duo formed a connection after crossing paths at the Prada fashion show in Milan on…

Last year, the Korean actor Lee Sun Gyun tragically passed away in a distressing incident. Known for his award-winning role in Parasite, he reportedly took his own life amidst a challenging drug trial, leaving a significant void in the industry. At the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards held on February 24th in Los Angeles, USA, a moment was dedicated to remembering actors who passed away in the previous year. Lee Sun Gyun(10 asia DB) Remembering Lee Sun Gyun: U.S. SAG Awards pays tributeAlso read: Emma Stone's…

To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. We’ll publish several pieces throughout the year as the AI boom continues, highlighting key work that often goes unrecognized. Read more profiles here. As an AI expert at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI), an international…

Denzel Washington and Spike Lee are reuniting for their fifth film together. The actor and the veteran filmmaker, who last collaborated on `Inside Man` (2006), are now partnering on `High and Low.` The crime thriller is an English language reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 film of the same name. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Kurosawa’s classic was based on Ed McBain’s novel, King’s Ransom, which chronicles the ruin of a businessman following a ransom payment to kidnappers. Lee and…

Spike Lee and Denzel Washington are teaming up for the fifth time, reimagining Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime drama High and Low.The pair, whose previous projects include Malcolm X and He Got Game, will start filming a reinterpretation in March. Based on the novel King’s Ransom by Ed McBain, the original film stars Toshiro Mifune as a wealthy man in ruin after paying the ransom for a kidnapping.The story also served as the inspiration for Steven Soderbergh’s 2023 miniseries Full Circle. In 2008, it was reported that Martin…

Earlier this week, a court in South Korea announced its verdict in the long-pending case related to the merger of Samsung Group's affiliate companies. It was alleged that Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong was involved in market irregularities and illegally boosting the share price of Cheil Industries, one of Samsung Group's affiliate companies. However, Lee was cleared of those charges. Now, the prosecution has appealed against Lee's acquittal. Prosecutors, in this case, appealed against the acquittal of Lee…

Prior to his death in 2021 aged 85, the seminal Jamaican reggae producer/dub innovator Lee “Scratch” Perry had assembled a starry cast for what is now the last of two posthumous albums. “I like it blasting mi fuckin’ ears,” announces Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder, presumably his requirements to get in the zone to deliver his trademark wordplay on Green Banana. Tricky and current protege Marta bring another British flavour to the electronic dub Future of My Music, while the latter’s airy vocals make I Am a Dubby the…

Samsung Electronics executive chairman Jay Y. Lee has been declared not guilty on the charge of stock price manipulation and accounting fraud related to the merger of Samsung affiliates in 2015, a South Korean Court ruled on Monday. In the November hearing, prosecutors had called for Lee to be in jail for five years and a fine of 500 million KRW ($375,000) over charges of violating the Capital Markets Act — accounting fraud and stock manipulation connected to an $8 billion merger of Samsung…

Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong, also known as JY Lee, was acquitted of stock manipulation and accounting fraud by a South Korean court on Monday over a controversial merger of two company affiliates back in 2015.The Seoul Central District Court ruled that prosecutors failed to prove that the merger of two of Samsung's affiliates, Samsung C&T and Cheil Industries, back in 2015, was unlawful.Prosecutors had claimed that the merger caused damage to shareholders and was done primarily to increase…

Samsung Electronics head Jay Lee was declared not guilty of accounting fraud and stock manipulation in a 2015 merger. The ruling could grant Lee more flexibility in steering South Korea's largest conglomerate In a major…