Weekly Recap: 'Secret' tensions, catch Jessica if you can, and continued legal woes

It's been a busy week for the K-pop world. Catch up on the latest rumors, legal troubles, and long-awaited comebacks!

Miss Jessica? Catch her if you can in the leaked video!

Earlier this week, SONEs were besides themselves with excitement over leaked screenshots of former Girls' Generation member Jessica from the previous music video of 'Catch Me If You Can.' To add onto the nostalgic excitement, the leaked video came out shortly, giving fans one last time to see all 9 original members together.

Meanwhile, the 8 current members of Girls' Generation are scheduled to appear on 'Running Man,' so SONEs definitely have something to look forward to!

Continuing legal woes

Kim Hyun Joong

As Kim Hyun Joong and his ex-girlfriend Ms. Choi continue their legal feud, his agency came out this week with their own doubts of the alleged pregnancy of his former significant other. After his lawyers examined the sonograms, they claimed, "There is a disparity between the time recorded on the sonogram pictures and the time Ms. Choi went in for a checkup. Her name isn't even recorded on the pictures." They also cited other suspicious submitted evidence, such as a lack of pregnancy-related medical records as well as edited text messages.

The next trial between both sides is scheduled for July 22.

Clara

Originally sentenced to 9 years of jail time for fraud, CEO Cho of label Martin Kyle, Clara's former label, found his sentence reduced to 7 years.

If you find his punishment too harsh, the court explained their decision for the ruling and sentencing, saying, "He denies all accusations and does not show any remorse for his actions even though the victim's financial losses were not recovered. He even threatened the victim by saying he would reveal his secrets, so a strict punishment was unavoidable."

Yoo Seung Joon

Notorious for being barred from entering South Korea after evading his mandatory military service and for a recent video where he apologized profusely for his actions, actor Yoo Seung Joon once again recently expressed his wishes to reenter Korea. On his Weibo, he posted, "I didn't give up yet. I am still being brave. I am still praying. I am still dreaming. Thank you for giving me courage. I will stand up once again."

Drug use investigation in the idol world

According to a report by 'The Fact,' a 32-year-old staff member tested positive for cocaine usage. Prosecution is now looking into idols who may have used the drug with the staff member. One user in particular, a Hallyu star who is under the same entertainment company as the staff member, was specifically named by the staff member as someone he/she took drugs with. Authorities are still investigating this case.

Is Sulli leaving?

Rumors of Sulli's departure from F(x) abounded on the Internet, stating that she was to remain under SM Entertainment's management for an acting career. SM Entertainment was rather quick to respond, saying "There is nothing that has been decided. We will make a decision on Sulli's future group activities after careful consideration." They also added, "We are flustered that such articles have come out when nothing has been concretely decided on regarding Sulli."

A wonderful comeback!

After a long, long wait, the Wonder Girls are back! After rumors spread about the girls filming a new MV as well as their new formation of an idol band, JYP Entertainment finally responded, confirming their upcoming comeback. To make matters even more exciting, former member Sunmi will be joining members Yubin, Yenny, and Lim to form an idol band! As band members, each member will play an instrument, with Yenny on keyboards, Lim on guitar, Sunmi on bass, and Yubin on drums

It's been three whole years since we last saw the Wonder Girls together. Are you excited to see what they could do as a band?

Secret tensions between members?

What's going on between SECRET members? Previous SNS posts seemed to hint at some sort of discord between members Sunhwa and Hana. When fellow member Hyosung appeared on MBC's 'Radio Star' to discuss the situation and assure viewers that the posts were misunderstood by fans and that the two members are actually still quite close, Sunhwa tweeted a mysterious message that some took as a direct reply to Hyosung's remarks. Saying "I was falling asleep but awake now... That's not what it is," her words seem like a response to Hyosung.

SECRET'S management at TS Entertainment also responded, releasing their own statement on the situation. Saying "We saw the words that Sunhwa posted on SNS. We think she just posted them about a personal matter... Because of her words, there are rumors of discord, but they are not true. They have an Asia fanmeeting coming up and all the members will be attending without any problems," they assured fans that there are no problems between members and that things will continue smoothly as planned.

What do you think of the situation? Are there hidden tensions, or are Sunhwa's tweets about something else entirely?

Sizzling summer comebacks

SISTAR's 'Shake It'

Admit it, you shake it whenever this song pops up on your summer music playlist! After a series of mysteriously sexy teasers, SISTAR released their newest mini album and music video for "Shake It." To make matters even more exciting for them, the song quickly achieved a perfect all-kill while the video quickly garnered more than 2 million views! The girls are planning a special video to celebrate these achievements. Despite their success with this summer hit, the girls remain modest and humble, even as they placed in the top tier on Sport Chosun's girl groups column along with 2NE1 and Girls' Generation. "It's such an honor. But we're not thinking about rising up by stepping down on our sunbaes," said Dasom.

Watch the video here:

AOA's 'Heart Attack'

Meanwhile AOA gave us all heart attacks over their newest hot music video! Despite joining the wave of girl group summer comebacks, members remained confident in their success as well as honored to be promoting alongside their sunbaes. "It's an honor to be able to promote with our senior groups and we believe that there could be a lot to learn from closely watching the seniors," said Chanmi. To highlight their own strengths as AOA, she added, "However, we want to show charms that are unique to ourselves."

And it seems that Chanmi's wishes to show off AOA's unique strengths and charms were answered, as the music video easily surpassed 2 million views just a few days after its release! Congratulations to them for their success!