With the new tahun looming, netizens have gathered some of the hottest issues that occurred in 2015, not including the several breakups that was reported.

January

Unpretty Rapstar Season 1
Several trending phrases, parodies, controversial(?) female version of ‘Show Me The Money’

Phrases: “We are not a team, this is a competition” (Jessi), “Naega naega naega wow (I, I, I, wow)” (Lil Cham)

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February

Jo Jung Suk and Gummy revealed to be in a relationship - link

March

Lee Tae Im and Yewon cursing controversy - link
Infinite Challenge’s cari for a Sixth Man - link

One Scandal that arose from Infinite Challenge‘s “Sixth Man” search: Jang Dong Min voluntarily steps down from the project after past derogatory remarks he’s made came to light – link

April

Tao withdraws from EXO

Tao’s father wrote a letter to peminat-peminat after opening his own Weibo account regarding his son saying he has agreed to leave EXO (Read More). SM Entertainment states that they are discussing the situation with his father, only for Tao to be officially confirmed to be leaving the group after filing a suit against the agency four months later.

May

Yoo Seung Jun’s AfreecaTV’s broadcast
Chef Maeng Ki Yong’s “Maeng Morning” incident on ‘Take Care of My Refridgerator’

Yoo Seung Jun, aka Steve Yoo, begged for forgiveness from the people of South Korea in hopes he can return to the country someday – link

Chef Maeng Ki Yong aroused controversy after making mackerel sandwiches he dubbed as ‘Maeng Morning’ for guest rapper Jinu. Ingredients came from Jinu’s refrigerator. The chef’s dish wasn’t deemed “professional” sejak viewers, questioning the quality of his dish. – link

June

MERS – link
‘The Genius’ grand finale
‘Show Me The Money 4’
Conflict between SECRET’s Han Sunhwa and Jung Hana

SM Entertainment amazes with MERS safety measures for peminat-peminat at TVXQ konsert – link

Korean government offers all expenses paid vacation for tourists who catch MERS – link

Suspected MERS patient causes panic sejak breaking hospital isolation precautions – link

Two Korean doctors broke MERS protocol and visited the Philippines last weekend – link

MERS outbreak leaves over 2300 people quarantined and 1300 schools closed in South Korea – link

Sunhwa takes to Twitter to address certain statements made sejak Hana on a broadcast show, explaining the reason behind the real reason behind her actions and what Hana had supposedly failed to mention. – link

July

Lee Jung Hee and her sons ‘rape case’ – link

Girl’s Day’s controversial attitude

WINNER Nam Taehyun’s controversial Berlakon – link

Shin Minah and Kim Woobin revealed to be in a relationship – link

Lee Jung Hee telah diposkan on an online community board saying that her husband and family have been pushing her into prostitution along with both of their sons for 20 years, pleading for the public for help. She adds that her husband is a powerful man who has been blocking the media from covering this and more. She and her sons were found to be lying, duping the public in an SBS investigative lapor when they realized the cameras and microphone were still recording during a break. – link

Soon after making their comeback with “Ring My Bell,” Girl’s hari guested on the popular AfreecaTV tunjuk and host “Choi Koon” and were blasted sejak netizens for their rude attitude towards the host (link). A few days later, both Choi Koon and Girl’s hari returned in another broadcast to apologize to viewers (link).

August

North Korean mines injures South Korean soldiers
T-ARA controversial substitution singers in records ‘Infinite Challenge’ Muzik festival – link and the link

f(x) 4 members; Sulli officially withdraws – link

Films who reached over 10 million viewers
Jessica and Super Junior Kibum contract termination with SM Entertainment – Read about link & link

Block B P.O’s Japanese outfit during Korea’s Independence hari – link

EXO Suho’s father being in a ‘pro-Japanese faction’ clarified (not true)

September

‘Unpretty Rapstar’ Season 2
G-Friend slippery stage
CL’s interview, “Asian women are submissive, I’m changing that”

G-Friend’s slippery stage at a konsert went viral after several of the members slipped and took hard falls on the stage but continued to perform nevertheless (link).

CL sparked controversy in an interview for PAPER magazine, describing that “Girls in Asia are very obedient, shy, timid, quiet,” claiming that many want to be bolder but stay basic because it’s safer, giving herself credit for inspiring many of these girls to try newer things (link).

October

IU’s ‘CHAT-SHIRE’ album controversy – link
(Note: controversy begins)

Controversy over her alleged lolita concept and oversexualizing the 5-year old book character Zezé on her cover art and lyric track (link).

November

Reply 1988

The third in the series. Began airing in early November. Despite some of the uncertainty in the cast especially with Girl’s Day’s Hyeri, the actors have shown quality Berlakon and has received praise.

December

2015 MAMA
BTS’ Rap Monster lyric plagiarism, apologizes

A lot of controversy arose with the airing of the 2015 MAMA, including link, link regarding the artists who left prior to the end of the award show, link, link, and more.

In the same time frame, Rap Monster was called out for plagiarizing his lyrics, failing to give proper credit where it was due. However, Rap Monster, upon hearing it, quickly responded to the allegations himself, taking responsibility and contacting the proper people (link).

NETIZEN REACTIONS

Koreaboo has collected reactions from Netizens who dikomen on the original artikel from our Korean’t beli source. The below komen-komen are the most popular komen-komen at the time of this artikel being published.

- I feel like it’s been over a tahun since Tao left…can’t believe he left this year

- ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ I hope our Joonmyun’s name is completely cleared soon

- Heol Kibum left Super Junior…..and personally CL’s image changed so much after that interview. I really don’t like her anymore.

- Huh????? What is this about T-ARA…

- MERS…ㅠㅠㅠ

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