👉What does Weekly Dolpin bring to you this week?

💚Editor Young-Cheol:  Delve into the characteristics of ‘secondary roles’ that cause the Sub-lead's fever

💗Editor Lily: 🎬The meeting between Korean movies and 🎤K-POP!

💜Editor Jin-Joung: Shouldn't true idols be in relationships?

💙Editor Ki-Young: "Fan sign Items" are the new big thing these days!

🔥 Hot Article! 🔥: Why K-Pop should clean up the Jamboree's disaster.

If the male lead is brusque, the female sub-lead is sweet! Sub-leads keep viewers in a happy dilemma with their contrasting charms. Choi Young-do of The Heirs was a brusque but genuine man who couldn't help himself from love, in contrast to the straight-laced Kim Tan. Kim Woo-bin made Korea "suffer through Young-do" with his mean but charming character! "I like you too much," "Don't be like that. I'm nervous" and many other gems were created. The male sub-lead, who adds tension to the main couple's relationship, should be just as charming as the main character.

💚 Rule 3 <A sunflower that only looks at the female lead>.

When it comes to sub-leads that stick with you, you can't go wrong with a "heartbreaker", and “Hotel Del Luna”'s sub-lead Cheong-myeong (Lee Do-hyun) is a prime example. He was once in love with Man-wol (IU). They met as bandits and bodyguards and had a happy time together, but their relationship ended when Cheong-myeong betrayed Man-wol. Angered by his betrayal, Man-wol killed him, but he had a reason. Cheong-myeong decided to betray Man-wol to save her life. "You live as a traitor so that Man-wol can live," Cheong-myeong decided to remain a traitor. After that, Cheong-myeong dies, but instead of going to the afterlife, he turns into a firefly and stays at Man-wol's side for a thousand years. His love is so strong that even death can't separate them... What could be more poignant?

These are just a few of the characters and their characteristics that have made Korea fall in love with the sub-leads. We can't wait to see what other sub-leads will give viewers the "Sub-lead's Fever" in the future!

🎬The meeting between Korean movies and 🎤K-POP!

Smugglers' is the first of this summer's Korean tentpole movies. Smugglers' has accumulated over 3.53 million viewers and is expected to break even. It's been a long time since we've seen a movie that didn't break even and failed at the box office! Smugglers' was directed by Ryu Seung Wan and captivated audiences with its wild action and hilarious dialogue. The movie was highly anticipated because of its stellar cast, including Kim Hye-soo, Yeom Jung-ah, and Jo In-sung. 

Smugglers is set in the 1970s, so we had a retro premiere event to match, with a dress code of "retro attire" for the audience. Dress code events are more familiar to the K-pop industry than the movie industry, as fans often dress to match at fan meetings and concerts!

Not only that, but the actress Go Min-Sae who plays Ok-bun the tea shop owner in the movie, has been meeting with audiences at coffee shops, creating pop-up zones with a tea shop concept so that more people can experience the movie, and even creating an official website with information about the movie and gaming events, a method that was popular in the 2000s. 

Of course, some people are concerned that this kind of marketing could hinder the development of Korean cinema by emphasizing marketing over the quality of the movie. Only actors with large fan bases who can make the event a success are cast, and new actors may lose their place in the industry. There are many other issues that have been raised.

However, the Korean film industry has been in a downturn for a long time. This year, the total number of people visiting theaters on a daily basis has decreased by about 100,000 compared to last year. Compared to 2019, the year before the pandemic and the theater price hike, the number of people visiting theaters has decreased by about 400,000. As the number of people has decreased, the competition between movies has become more intense. In such a situation, it was inevitable that aggressive marketing would be used to promote the movie. Of course, you always have to be careful not to put the marketing before the movie!

Seventeen member Joshua is in the news for living a passionate romance with his regular girlfriend.

For the past seven days, "Joshua's girlfriend" and "idol relationship" have been at the top of Twitter's live trends. 

The posts contained evidence that Joshua was involved in a so-called "lovestagram" with a woman, A, who was a person not related to the industry. 

According to the post, Joshua and A set up a couple profile picture on their Instagram profiles, uploaded photos of them wearing various couple items, and posted dating photos to their personal social media accounts. 

There was also evidence that when Joshua went on tour overseas, his girlfriend followed him. 

When fans saw the evidence, they expressed bitterness, saying, "We are sorry we didn't know you better.

Fans aren't outraged because Joshua is in a relationship.

Fans were angry about “Joshua's attitude”.

Fans were upset that he neglected to upload to Weavers, a paid communication app for fans, and that last year was the last time he did a personal live broadcast, But the biggest outrage was that his only personal social media was being used to post his girlfriend's Lovestagram.

Others have gotten into trouble for posting about their girlfriends. 

Unlike in the past, idol relationships are no longer taboo.

Rather, the trend is that it's private and should be protected. 

But Joshua didn't even bother to hide the fact that he was in a relationship, he was open about it and deceived his fans. 

It's not a sin for an idol to be in a relationship, but it's disrespectful to their fans. 

Without fans, there would be no idols. 

Idols are not obligated to not be in a relationship, 

but I hope they realize that they have an obligation to communicate with their fans and "try" to keep their relationship from being discovered.

Fans are outraged that K-pop is being blamed for the Jamboree debacle. The Jamboree, a large-scale international event that brings together scouts from all over the world, was held in Buan, South Korea on August 1. With 152 countries participating and over 40,000 people in attendance, it was the largest event in history. However, the event became controversial due to a lack of preparation, including a lack of heat measures, hygiene, and health issues, and a typhoon that forced all participants to leave the campsite. The government's trump card in the midst of the embarrassment was a K-POP concert.

In response to the news of the K-Pop concert, National Assembly member Sung Il-jong wrote on social media, "I hope the Ministry of National Defense will support BTS's participation in the Jamboree K-Pop concert on the 11th." Since two of the seven members of BTS are in the military, the Defense Ministry should step in and allow them to perform on stage. Fans reacted strongly to the idea of BTS being used as a guilt-release card. Fans strongly reacted to the idea of BTS being mentioned as a card to make up for the disastrous jamboree, calling it a "manipulation of public power" and saying, "It's like a mockery or an insult to put them on an unprepared stage." In response to the controversy, Sung clarified, "I'm not suggesting that we should just pull them out, but that we should consider all the ways we can compensate for the damage to our national image."

In the past, during a press conference for the album's release, Sung Shi-Kyung pointed out that "K-pop is naturally born and naturally loved," and that "sometimes it's uncomfortable to see people treat something that was done well by their own agency as if it was organized by Korea”. K-pop is not a national business, and the Jamboree is a world scouting competition, not a world K-pop competition. The government's complacency to blame a K-pop concert for a failed event is overly coercive and violent. It's time to realize that the government's attempts to spoon-feed from K-pop's success are actually devaluing it.