YG Entertainment is one of Korea’s most successful agencies, and the agency’s cafeteria is no different. The company arguably has the most famous cafeteria amongst all agencies.

YG Entertainment has its own in-house cafeteria in their building at Hapjeong, western Seoul. Obviously, the cafeteria isn’t open to the public, but rumors about its delicious meals have been rampant amongst the general public.

The menu is mainly focused on Korean food and two cooks, and a nutritionist prepares the weekly menu. The cafeteria is open to the employees and artists of the agency, and they serve lunch, dinner and late-night meals until 3:00 AM.

The area is not large but can hold up to around 20 people at any given moment. Another fun fact about the cafeteria is that it is entirely free for employees and artists.

“Everything served here is free and no other Korean entertainment company has such a cafeteria as far as I know”

– YG Entertainment Employee

Sandara Park is a frequent visitor of the cafeteria and vouched for the delicious taste of the cafeteria’s food.

On a tweet made on Dara’s personal account, she posted a picture of herself at the cafeteria with the following caption:

콘서트 준비로 바빠도 밥은 잘 챙겨먹어야죠^_^ 랙잭이들도 다들 밥 잘 챙겨먹고있죠?! 점심시간에 식당은 북적북적~ 줄이 너무 길어요~ 하지만 맛있는 밥을위해서라면~ >.< pic.twitter.com/7C1neetMvI

— Sandara Park (@krungy21) February 11, 2014

Besides Dara, many other YG artists such as G-Dragon, Sean Ro, Yoo Byungjae, Se7en, PSY, and T.O.P have been spotted eating there.

PSY and G-Dragon actually ate at the cafeteria with Justin Bieber when Justin Bieber visited Korea in October 2013. Justin Bieber, along with his concert staff ate the meals and claimed to have loved the food.

BIGBANG‘s T.O.P was previously criticized for being too honest and saying that the food wasn’t that great on “Happy Together.” However, he cleared up the accusations on BIGBANG’s episode of “Radio Star.”

T.O.P said he only said that because everyone kept raving about the cafeteria so he thought it’d be funny to say it wasn’t good.

Lee Jong Suk, an actor part of YG Entertainment also was criticized for saying the food wasn’t as good as he thought it would be. He did praise the spicy, stir-fried pork, though.

Even though there were some artists that said it wasn’t that good, the majority of people praised the Korean food served at the cafeteria.

WINNER‘s Seunghoon and Jinwoo can be seen enjoying the food immensely.

G-Dragon has a lot of catching up to do because Daesung ate everything else but his soup.

Check out actual photos of the many different Korean dishes the cafeteria prepared right below!

Source: Instiz Korea Times via Koreaboo

Fashion icon G-Dragon revealed how his mother influenced his fashion style as he launched his fashion line PEACEMINUSONE in Paris.

BIGBANG leader and global fashion icon G-Dragon credited his mother for making him fashionable ever since he was a kid.

G-Dragon talked about his fashionable mother in a recent interview during the European launch of his brand fashion brand PEACEMINUSONE at Paris Fashion Week last month.

“I started out as a child actor. Back then, I didn’t have a manager or company and I couldn’t even dream of having a stylist,” Koreaboo quoted the 28-year-old Hallyu star as saying in the interview.

“My mom made and bought the clothes I would wear,” he continued. “I think that was probably when I first got into fashion? Interestingly, when I look at pictures of me when I was five or six years old, I think I look pretty stylish.”

The Korean idol who reportedly caused a tagging frenzy at last month’s Chanel’s Couture show and wore a furry Chanel trapper hat with Chanel brooches on his navy suit also shared some fashion tips for his millions of followers.

“There are times even I am a bit embarrassed by my look,” said G-Dragon. “Don’t be afraid. There is no right answer in fashion.”

According to all K-pop, some of G-Dragon’s eccentric styles that only he can pull off include the outrageous look of a half-biker and half-gypsy, sexy librarian, an outlaw chef, wandering vagrant, confused hobo, gold member and red racer.

The pop star, who opened his fashion line PEACEMINUSONE at London’s Dover Street Market two months ago, described the European fashion style as “chic,” “consistent” and “classic with its own color” while he thought the Korean fashion was more trend-conscious.

The high-end clothing line was shrouded with several controversies as netizens criticized the brand for its alleged misogynistic labels, ridiculously high prices, alleged rip-off designs and the way it’s been marketed using the English language instead of Korean.

Source: Korea Portal

New changes in Korean music charts will be affecting midnight music releases.

February 15, according to various industry insiders, the major Korean music sites — Melon, Bugs, Genie, Mnet, Soribada, Naver Music, Monkey3 — will be undergoing a reform in how their charts are managed. Namely, songs released at midnight will not enter charts until the following afternoon at 1 p.m.

Only performance of songs released between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. will immediately be reflected in real-time charts. Performance of any songs released outside of this window will show in music charts the following afternoon. This will hold true for both weekdays and weekends.

Midnight is a target release time for many artists. Because of the late hour, there are fewer users online, so when fans gather for a release, it’s comparatively easier for artists to hit No. 1 on the charts, achieve an all-kill, or even line up their songs on a single chart.

This issue surrounding midnight releases has been consistently brought up within the industry for some time. With these new changes, music sites aim to maintain fair rankings and prevent sudden waves of changes in the charts, as well as prevent alleged “sajaegi” (when companies buy their artists’ albums to chart high).

In the event that an artist takes over the top spots of a chart with a midnight release, it has an effect on the rankings the next morning, as well, causing a hindrance to fair competition. The fact that technical issues in the morning cannot be handled immediately also poses an issue to continued midnight releases.

Though the Ministry of Culture has pushed various measures in the past to maintain fairness in the music industry, such as improvements in real-time charts and removing song recommendations within charts, they haven’t always worked.

An industry source stated, “We hope that everyone will participate in this movement for a more healthy industry. However, we’ve already experienced back-and-forth with midnight releases being discontinued and then coming back. We need a more rational solution.”

The changes outlined above, if implemented quickly, will take place at the end of this month.

Source (1) via soompi

A first glimpse of BIGBANG’s T.O.P and JYJ’s Junsu in military uniform has been revealed.

February 15, a training camp posted group photos with T.O.P and Junsu on its home page, where the two look like they’re fitting right in.

The photo was taken on February 9, the day of their enlistment. T.O.P and Junsu will be training for four weeks, after which they will be carrying out their service as policemen. Their service ends in November of 2018.

Source (1) via Soompi