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Welcome back to this installment of Seoulbeats’ Week in Review! Here are some of the happenings this week that you may have missed:

SERIOUS NEWS

The international reaction to Lee Jung-hee’s scandal has been widespread and fervent, although the case was recently revealed to be an alleged scam. The mother and her sons participated in a filming program, and they unintentionally confessed that they were fabricating lies, when they didn’t realize the cameras and mics were still left running.
The Kim Hyun-joong saga doesn’t end. More texts messages have been revealed, shedding more light on the assault and miscarriages.
E-Sens has filed an appeal against his 1.5 years sentence for marijuana usage.
SM has filed a lawsuit against advertisement companies and production companies who hired Kris, for infringing on the rights of SM and EXO.

COMEBACKS AND DEBUTS

Veteran singer Lee Ki-chan has dropped a unique and cute MV for “Beautiful Tonight”.
Miryo released a powerful and charismatic MV for her comeback “Queen”.
Beast is back with a “YeY”, and a mini-album Ordinary.
Primary drops a jammy track “Don’t Be Shy”, featuring Iron, and AOA‘s Choa.
Kye Bum-joo is back with his first full-length album Good Life, with title track “Give It 2 U”.
Yoo Seung-woo released a summer track “You’re Beautiful”, which immediately went to top music charts.
Boy group ZPZG is back with “AOAO”.

TEASERS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Talented group SG Wannabe will be making a comeback in mid-August, after 4 years, and have released a teaser to provide a walk down memory lane.
Followed Leessang‘s recent comeback, Gary will release a solo album in August, and Gil in September.
For their August promotions, Big Bang has released a teaser photo for “Let’s Not Love”, set to be released on August 5.
Wonder Girls has released a teaser for “I Feel You”, as well as album preview for Reboot.
More news coming from JYP Nation: New boy band, creatively named Day6 (previously 5Live), will be joining Twice in the list of upcoming debuts.
YG will be working extra hard leading up to September, as Psy‘s comeback is schedule in the same month as iKon‘s debut.
T-ara will be coming back with “Totally Crazy” on August 3rd, and has released a colourful group teaser.
Shinee has continued to please our eyes with teaser photos of their repackaged album Married To The Music.
Unpretty Rapstar winner Cheetah has released a series of teaser videos for her upcoming single “My Number”.
B1A4 will be making their comeback with Sweet Girl, with the members participating in the production of the album. Various teaser images of the boys have been released, showcasing a variety of concepts.
DSP Media has released a teaser video to officially introduce the members of new girl group April.
Popular webtoon Cheese In The Trap as finally landed a heroine in its drama remake. Kim Go-eun will be starring, alongside Park Hae-jin.

OTHER NEWS

Bae Yong-joon has tied the knot with Park Soo-jin, amidst much headlines and fanfare.
Congratulations to Huh Gak, who will be welcoming a second child to his family soon.
Plagiarism accusations continue to plague Hykoh, who recently experienced a sudden rise to fame after guesting on Infinity Challenge. One of their songs have been noted to be similar to a song produced by Beach Fossils. Homage, or plagiarism?
It has been announced that the MAMA ceremony will take place in Hong Kong, for the fourth consecutive year.