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hello everyone this is hemi from korea
now with a weekly katie boss today we
start with really exciting news about
black pink and its comeback
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blackpink's upcoming second full-length
album born pink hassled over 1.5 million
copies in pre-orders according to yg
entertainment pre-orders for born pink
surpassed 1.5 million units worldwide
six days after the advanced purchase
began
in comparison the k-pop girl group's
first full album the album topped 800
000 copies in pre-orders during the same
period in october 2020 meanwhile
blackpink held a live countdown on
friday an hour ahead of the release of
its new track pink venom and its music
video on the group's official youtube
channel
in the event that group member shared
stories about the filming process of the
music video answered some questions from
fans and gave some spoilers about its
new album born king
the upcoming album will be released on
september 16th marking the group's first
full group comeback in a year and 10
months
moving on we have news about bts's
j-hope and more celebrities donating to
help families affected by heavy rains
amid korea's ongoing heavy rains and
flooding bts member j hope donated 100
million won to the hope bridge korea
disaster relief association to help
victims affected by the heavy rains
according to the organization with a
donation made j-hope joined the hope
bridge honors club which appoints
members whose accumulated donations
surpass 100 million won more celebrities
have also been donating to the whole
bridge korea disaster relief association
the organization reported that kim jesus
yujesuk tsuji iu and jay park each
donated 100 million won to help the
victims of flooding return to their
normal lives as soon as possible
extraordinary attorney wu actor kang
tayo and all my girls adding also
pitched in donating 20 million one each
and actress kim gong and winners kang
soon young each donated 50 million won
lastly we have some news about
extraordinary attorney wu the series
aired its last episode leaving viewers a
touching message
extraordinary attorney rule tells the
story of not just people on the autistic
spectrum but also the socially
disadvantaged
such as children north korean defectors
women and the elderly through court
cases the series also reminds the
viewers of the hardships faced by people
on the autistic spectrum and those
around them when ouiongo asks her father
how he has managed to live with someone
like herself he replied that it was a
lonely battle in the third episode of
the series uyong was in defending an
autistic client
while she was reading articles about the
case one of the most liked comment was
the med school student is dead while the
autistic guy lives on isn't that a
national loss the drama points out that
the prejudice against disabled people is
still prevalent and urged the viewers to
look back on themselves
internet users sympathized with a drama
and responded humans are all equal this
drama delivered a proper social message
and more meanwhile as a 16 show came to
an end on august 18th the production
company behind the series is considering
bringing the drama for a second season
that was it for this week's kb buzz are
you listening to black pink's new track
pink venom also what do you think about
attorney's rules finale and celebrities
donating for those affected by the heavy
rains don't forget to like and subscribe
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see you guys in the next one bye
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