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The Seoul Central District Court has released their decision on the prosecution’s pretrial detention warrant request for Seungri.

On January 10, it was revealed that the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office had filed a request for a pretrial detention warrant for Seungri on seven charges.

On January 13, head judge Song Kyung Ho dismissed the second pretrial detention warrant request after questioning the accused. He stated, “Considering the contents of the criminal charges that have been laid, well as the accused’s role, degree of involvement, and room for contention within those charges, the progress of the investigation, collection of evidence, and the accused’s behavior in cooperating with the investigation, it is difficult to recognize the necessity for [pretrial] detention.”

This is the second time that the prosecution has requested a pretrial detention warrant for Seungri. The first request, back in May 2019, was also dismissed by the court.

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Esquire February 2020 ☀️ #esquire

Esquire February 2020 ☀️ #esquire

Esquire February 2020 ☀️ #esquire

Actor Kim Min Joon revealed the story of when he met his wife and brother-in-law for the first time!

During the January 12 episode of SBS’s variety program “My Ugly Duckling,” Kim Min Joon appeared as a special guest.

When asked about his recent marriage to Dami Kwon, G-Dragon’s sister, Kim Min Joon replied, “I’m happy, and I’m at peace. I feel like I’ve become healthier.” The actor was also pleasantly surprised after being told that Dami Kwon had previously entered Business of Fashion’s “Top 500 Most Influential People in the World’s Fashion Industry” list.

He later reminisced about how he was introduced to Dami Kwon as he commented, “One of my juniors asked if I wanted to go on a blind date. I did hear that she was G-Dragon’s older sister. [The junior] told me, ‘Just try meeting her without being biased, she’s a good friend of mine,’ so I said, ‘Alright.'”

Kim Min Joon then talked about meeting his in-laws for the first time as well. He said, “I was trying to look confident, but I was honestly really nervous. My in-laws have a cat, but it greeted me while waving its tail. I thought, ‘I’m glad the pet is welcoming,’ but as soon as I touched it, I started bleeding after being scratched. So I think the atmosphere became one where [they thought] ‘We should be good to him.'”

In regard to his first meeting with G-Dragon, Kim Min Joon stated, “We met when he was out on a break [from the military]. It was a little awkward. I did feel a bit nervous. When my older sister brought home the person she wanted to marry, I was really fussy, so I thought, ‘I should’ve been nicer to my brother-in-law.’ But I learned that I had already been approved from the ‘document screening process.’ He had apparently said [to Dami Kwon], ‘I heard you’re dating a celebrity. Who is it?’ Apparently he asked around about me, but he said I was okay, so I felt relieved.”

Seo Jang Hoon then brought up G-Dragon’s recent coffee truck gift for the actor, and Kim Min Joon responded, “Our personalities are actually quite similar. We act indifferent while caring for others. Apparently he tosses two hats at [Dami Kwon] when they meet. When she asks, ‘What’s this?’ he replies, ‘One for you, and one for [Kim Min Joon] hyung.'”

Check out an episode of “My Ugly Duckling” here!

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The Korean Business Research Institute has released brand reputation rankings for individual boy group members for the month of January!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness indexes of 598 boy group members, using big data collected from December 10, 2019 to January 11, 2020.

BTS’s Jimin ranked first place for the 13th consecutive month with a brand reputation index of 9,287,381, which was a 6.17 percent decrease from the previous month. High-ranking phrases in his keyword analysis included “Golden Disc,” “Times Square,” and “ARMY,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “handsome,” “sweet,” and “donate.” Jimin’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 82.08 percent positive reactions.

BTS’s V rose to second place with a brand reputation index of 6,122,361 this month.

In third place was ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo, who came in with an index of 5,780,405 for January.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BTS’s Jimin
2. BTS’s V
3. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
4. TVXQ’s Changmin
5. SF9’s Rowoon
6. BTS’s Jin
7. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
8. BTS’s Jungkook
9. BTS’s RM
10. BTS’s Suga
11. BTS’s J-Hope
12. EXO’s Baekhyun
13. NU’EST’s Minhyun
14. SF9’s Dawon
15. CNBLUE’s Jung Yong Hwa
16. SF9’s Chani
17. GOT7’s Jinyoung
18. Super Junior’s Leeteuk
19. Super Junior’s Kyuhyun
20. EXO’s Suho
21. Block B’s Park Kyung
22. Block B’s P.O
23. EXO’s Chanyeol
24. AB6IX’s Lee Dae Hwi
25. BIGBANG’s Taeyang
26. EXO’s Kai
27. WINNER’s Song Mino
28. SEVENTEEN’s Jun
29. EXO’s Sehun
30. NU’EST’s Baekho

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