Meet I kept a record of all the large events and rumors that happened in k-pop this year, the things that lots of people were talking about. I’m sorry for any gaps in the information, I was sick a lot and had a few moments when I purposefully disconnected myself with the community. If there are any that I missed, send me a link with an article about it and I’ll try to get it added in! Thanks!
1 - BigBang Seungri talks about flirting through Inkigayo sandwiches
2 - EXO Kai and BlackPink Jennie announce that they are dating
3 - Winner Jinwoo and iKON Jinhwan are possibly caught making out in a bar
4 - HyunA and E'Dawn might be engaged
25 - EXO Kai and BlackPink Jennie break-up
7 - TVXQ Yunho talks about a romance novel he wrote named “Hanbi’s Story”
10 - Monsta X Jooheon changes his stage name to Joohoney
14 - Momoland Daisy and iKON Yunhyeong announce wishes to start a romantic relationship slowly
16 - Seventeen Jun (Chinese) is confused for Korean by his own company, Pledis Entertainment
18 - All remaining BAP members choose to not renew their contract
1 - Kang Daniel attempts to terminate contract with his company, LM Entertainment
Pledis denies rumors of Pristin Kyulkyung dating a Chinese billionaire, Wang Sicong
6 - YG gets caught for tax evasion
10 - BigBang Seungri gets classified as a suspect in an investigation of Club Arena for prostitution
11 - BigBang Seungri officially retires
Monsta X I.M (jokingly) asks for a fans number at a fansign
12 - Got7 maknae Yugyeom is named the leader of subunit Jus2
19 - YouTuber PewDiePie steals a tweet about BTS for clout
22 - BTOB maknae Sungjae is named leader during Eunkwang’s military service
26 - Former Miss A member Suzy leaves JYPE to pursue her acting career at SOOP Managenent
28 - BTS fans, ARMYs, confuse member Jungkook for British author JK Rowling
29 - Sunmi says that BTS paved the way for K-pop in America
30 - Ateez’s main dancer Wooyoung guesses their own choreography incorrectly
1 - Dispatch says BTS Jimin and Red Velvet Seulgi are dating
2 - Got7’s Jackson wins a lawsuit for defamation and donates the $9000 compensation to charity
5 - BlackPink’s “Kill This Love” breaks own record in fastest gg song to hit 50 million views
6 - Holland tweets “sorry, but fucking racists and homophobia can’t be harling :)”
Stray Kids I.N tells how he was almost kidnapped by a religious cult
8 - K-netizens petition YG to remove Haruto and Choi Hyunsuk from Treasure13 because Haruto made a joke on his birthday and Hyunsuk watched a lyric video that included drugs, threesomes, and prostitutes when he was 14
18 - Harry Styles attends a BlackPink concert in L.A.
19 - A.C.E wins in The Fact Music Awards along with BTS, Super Junior, and Kang Daniel
20 - Rumors go around of BlackPink Jennie dating Harry Styles
26 - TXT’s probable fandom name is the same as Girls’ Generation Tiffany Young’s Young One
The Friendship Parka group takes a trip to Cebu
28 - Twice breaks the record held by S.E.S for most albums sold by a K-pop girl group after 17 years
29 - Twice becomes first girl group to surpass 150,000 physical album sales within the first week
30 - Talk of an I.O.I reunion begins, involving attendance of K-Con LA, a new album, and an end-of-year concert
Monsta X Joohoney deletes a video in which someone yelled a racial slur at him in Japan
1 - Former TVXQ member Park is reported to be addicted to meth and suffers hallucinations
2 - TVXQ Yunho announces solo debut
3 - EXID will have a comeback before members Hani and Jeonghwa leave the company
5 - BigHit teams up with Mnet to make a global boy group with members born from 1997 to 2008
9 - BlackPink Rosé stops performing to answer a fans question about Shiba Inus
10 - Bora and Bigstar Feeldog break up after two years
Court rules in favor of Kang Daniel and suspends his contract with LM
11 - NCT Johnny insists that he’s 6 feet tall despite not being believed
14 - Former Sechskies member Kang Sunghoon exposed for leaving hate comment on other idols’ articles and positive comments on his own
15 - Eli and Kiseop announce departure from U-Kiss, mostly disbanding the 11 year old group
17 - Monsta X guest star in an episode of Cartoon Network’s ‘We Bare Bears’
22 - Ateez let Atiny pick the title track for their next album
26 - KARA member Goo Hara is admitted to the hospital after a suicide attempt
30 - EXO D.O enlists early
3 - Former Wanna One member Kim Jaehwan is hospitalized for high fever and extreme fatigue for the second time in seven days
4 - Rumors that Pristin may be redebuting under a different company spread
5 - Pristin rumors are false
Sunmi calls herself LGBT Queen in support at a concert
12 - iKON B.I leaves the group following drug purchasing scandal
13 - Jeon Somi debuts with Birthday
14 - Yang Hyunsuk leaves YG Entertainment
17 - Temporary group UNB is rumored to be regrouping for a new song
20 - Hwang Bokyung is named new CEO of YG after Yang Minsuk stepped down
Reports that Yang Hyunsuk sent Han Seo-hee to America to cover BigBang T.O.P marijuana scandal come up
24 - BTS Jungkook wins Instagrammer Global at the MTV Millennial Awards without having an Instagram account
27 - YG doesn’t credit B.I on Eun JiWon’s song “Worthless”
28 - SHINee Taemin opens a private Instagram account
30 - I.O.I is confirmed for a comeback
1 - BigHit hires SM former creative director Min HeeJin to launch a girl group
2 - Park Yoochun is sentenced to ten months in prison with a two year probation period for purchasing and using drugs
5 - Male photographer assaults a female SM employee while at Incheon airport with Taeyeon
TheEastLight’s former producer and agency CEO receive sentences for abuse case
7 - JYP takes legal action against rumors of Got7 Mark being involved with Seungri
8 - Got7 Mark apologizes for being rumored to be involved
MONSTA X is confirmed as 1st Korean artist to guest on “Good Morning Britain”
10 - information of Yang Hyunsuk requesting call girls to entertain foreign investors arises
11 - SM releases mini fan lightstick key rings for their artists
B.A.P Himchan’s lawyer claims implied consent in sexual assault case
Kang Daniel’s contract with LM Entertainment is confirmed invalid
Due to Twice Mina’s sudden anxiety, she will not be participating in the group’s world tour
17 - Kim Samuel’s father is murdered
18 - YG stock hits record low following news of Yang Hyunsuk being arrested
21 - PSY is accused of knowing about YG’s illegal wooing of investors
25 - Samsung will launch its Galaxy A80 BlackPink edition
27 - Police begin investigation into Produce X 101 voting controversy
2 - SM is reportedly launching a supergroup with members from EXO, SHINee, and NCT
3 - Broker confirms that there is a secret team within YG that is involved in BigBang Daesung’s suspicious building sale
5 - TWICE Jihyo and Kang Daniel confirmed to be dating
Super Junior Kim Heechul and TWICE Como are reported to have been in a relationship for two years
11 - Monsta X Kihyun has to sit out of a concert because of a rib fracture
13 - Netizens try and force TWICE and RocketPunch’s Japanese members out of the respective groups
Seungri and Yang Hyunsuk arrested for gambling
16 - JYPE postpones GOT7′s Hong Kong concerts for safety
Fans realize that all the members of Victon have dimples
17 - X1 debuts at #6 on Social 50 Chart despite having no music
19 - Seventeen Hoshi goes missing during K-con
27 - TWICE Mina officially diagnosed with anxiety disorder
31 - f(x) Amber announces departure from SM
1 - LinLin and Kokoro are banned form activities with group Cherry Bullet and no explanation is provided
Police to investigate all 4 seasons of “Produce 101″ for signs of vote manipulation
3 - AMRY build forest as birthday gift for BTS RM
5 - f(x) Luna confirmed to not renew contract with SM
9 - former YG trainee Wang Jyunhao signs with OUI Entertainment
18 - Former iKON member B.I admits to some charges during 14+ hour police interrogation
21 - Red Velvet Irene’s Instagram is restored after being removed for gaining followers too quickly
26 - BTS Jungkook and Barack Obama are the only two people to have more than one tweet with 2 million likes
1 - Police conduct search and seizures at Produce 48 agencies following suspect of vote manipulation
2 - YG’s earning for the third quarter are so low with only 50 million won they’re thought to be a typo
3 - PDX101 and Idol School contestants speak out about unfair treatment amid voting misconduct allegations
7 - Monsta X I.M confesses he’s secretly been through all the members’ phones
10 - Police superintendent Yoon is arrested for connections to Burning Sun and suspected of colluding with Seungri
14 - Former f(x) member Sulli passes away
Announced that soloist Haze refused to be in SuperM
18 - An agency is accused of using 100,000 accounts to rig “Produce” voting
19 - Netizen gets jail sentence for spreading rumor about Girl’s Generation Sunny
23 - TWICE Nayeon has a stalker who is convinced he loves her and believes killing is okay if love is not reciprocated
26 - K-fans demand apology from Wonho for saying “me too” at a fan sign in March
27 - Kim Woojin leaves Stray Kids and JYPE
29 - CJ E&M expresses doubts about anticipated I.O.I reunion/comeback
31 - Wonho announces departure from Monster X amid rumors spread by Han Seo Hee
3 - BTS Jungkook is investigated after causing car accident
4 - Hollywood Life confuse Instagram model Irene Kim for BlackPink Jennie
5 - Jeon Somi announces that she will be taking the 2020 college entrance exam
6 - Produce 101 PD Ahn Joon Young admits to manipulating rankings in Produce 48 and PDX101
8 - reports of Ahn Joon Young trading sexual favors supplied by companies for trainee debut out of Produce 101 arise
10 - Rumors of Big Hit Entertainment acquiring Cube Entertainment begin to circulate
11 - X1 reportedly not being paid for activities
14 - Mnet PD admits to rigging voting in all four seasons of Produce
Mobebe’s mad at Starship Entertainment’s conflicting actions amid Wonho controversy
15 - former Pristin member Kyla safe after shooting at high school
17 - Amber Liu apologizes for openly supporting police officer in incident of race driven police brutality
18 - Wooyeop and Taeseon leave TS Entertainment after filing police report of abuse from company
24 - Goo Hara passes away
25 - SM refuses to postpone activities after the passing of Goo Hara
28 - NCT 127 perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
29 - Jung Soonyoung and Choi Jonghoon sentences to prison for sexual abuse
3 - Mnet officially apologizes for vote manipulations during Produce seasons
SBS admits to falsifying “proofs” of Seungri’s participation in illegally exploiting women
Rookie actor Cha In-ha passes away
5 - Kang Daniel diagnosed with depression
6 - officials from Starship, Woollim, and 8D Creative bribed Ahn Joon Young to rig votes in Produce
10 - EXO Xiumin is allegedly dating musical actress Choi Soon
13 - information regarding vote manipulation for I.O.I members claims two people were switched
LOONA is 1st k-pop group to reach #1 on both U.S. iTunes’s Tope Songs and Albums charts
15 - JYPE announces that Stray Kids Han has been suffering from intermittent psychological instability
17 - DC Insider responds negatively to Kang Daniel’s lawyers’ request to shut down “Produce 101 season 2″ fan community
19 - JYPE says TWICE have been put in protective custody following concerns over Nayeon’s stalker
20 - Day6 appears on first US Magazine cover for Alternative Press
25 - Many artists injured at SBS Gayo Daejeon because of dangerous stage
27 - Mamamoo publicly calls out people who leave malicious comments
29 - Super Junior Heechul admits to raising Sulli’s cat after her passing
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