All posts tagged "trainee"

  • 2014070201000082100000343
    K-pop trainee dead in apparent suicide

    A K-pop hopeful chosen to train as a member of Kara was found dead in a flower bed in what police say is a suicide, Yonhap reported. Ahn So-jin, 23, was a trainee under DSP Media who...

    • Posted February 25, 2015
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  • A K-pop trainee performs on the stage at "2010 Cube Star Party" concert in Gwangjang-dong, eastern Seoul. Some trainees luckily sign contract with big agencies, but most star wannabes don't. (Korea Times file)
    Grim reality of K-pop trainees

    By Kim Jae-heun An aspiring K-pop singer feels he is stuck in exactly the same place he started out five years ago; the difference now is that he doesn’t have much hope of changing the fact. At...

    • Posted December 3, 2014
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