[K-enter] 'KickFlip', JYP Entertainment's first boy group to debut in 7 yearssecond inauguration day

It's time for our daily dose of K-entertainment news with Walter Lee.

Now, Walter you talked about them on a recent episode and we did say we would report on them again very soon, we are talking about JYP's new boy group 'KickFlip'.

Yes! KickFlip, held a showcase on Monday afternoon to commemorate the release of their debut mini-album 'Flip it, Kick it!' and finally made their official debut.

'KickFlip' is a team led by leader Gyehun and are made up of four other Korean members, Donghwa , Juwang , Minje , Donghyun and two Japanese members, Amaru and Keiju .

Their debut mini-album, Flip it, Kick it!, features six tracks, including the title song "Mama Said," as well as "Umm Great" "Warriors," and "Like a Monster."

Notably, KickFlip’s first album, 'Flip it, Kick it!', surpassed 300,000 pre-orders as of January 15th. By 10pm on Monday, it ranked first on real-time album charts Hanteo Chart and Circle Chart.

Good luck to 'KickFlip' on their new endeavours. Sticking with boybands but this time a generous donation by one, to a great cause.

According to the social welfare foundation 'Walking with Us' on Tuesday, boy band RIIZE donated 100 million Korean won, that's just short of 70 thousand U.S. dollars, in the name of their fan club, BRIIZE, to support cultural and artistic programs for children and teenagers.

Previously, RIIZE had also donated proceeds from the sales of their "RIMEticon event" where they invited fans to freely use photos and videos previously uploaded on RIIZE’s official social media accounts to create their own “RIMEticon,” a combination of RIIZE and emoticons, which was launched to commemorate the release of their first mini-album 'RIIZING'.

With this donation, RIIZE has contributed over 120 million Korean won, just over 80 thousand U.S. dollars, in total to support the 'All-Kidstra' program and cultural arts education for underprivileged youths, continuing to encourage children and adolescents in pursuing their dreams and aspirations.

A truly heartfelt story and hopefully a donation that goes a long way. Now on Monday with Professor Soh, our movie expert, we briefly talked about this movie but you have some updates on it.

On Monday afternoon, a press screening and media conference for the film from a spin off of the 2015 film 'The Priests', 'Dark Nuns' was held with director Kwon Hyuk-jae , along with actors including the star Song Hye-kyo .

'Dark Nuns' tells the story of individuals who undertake a forbidden ritual to save a boy possessed by a powerful evil spirit. It is the second installment following the 2015 film The Priests, which captivated 5.4 million viewers.

Song Hye-kyo plays the role of Sister Yunia .

Song revealed that she challenged herself with her first on-screen smoking scenes in this project. She explained, "The first scene is a big close-up of a smoking moment. I didn’t want to fake it. While filming the movie, I practiced acting a lot, but I also practiced smoking quite a bit."

The Priests 2: Dark Nuns will be released on January 24 just in time for the holidays.