tvN's ongoing drama series 'The Devil Judge' has created buzz on social media for the past few weeks - with interesting storyline, pairing with the casts' brilliant acting! 

'The Devil Judge' set in a dystopian version of present-day Korea where daily life is one of chaos and society has collapsed to the point people openly voice their distrust and hatred for their leaders. The entire nations can participates in trial through a live broadcast courtroom show lead by the head judge, Kang Yo Han (starring Jisung). His mysterious intentions brings the assumption to the public on whether he is a true hero or just a devil wearing the mask of law. 

Check out our exclusive interview with the cast - GOT7's Jinyoung, Kim Min Jung and Park Gyu Young where they talked about their characters and shared their favourite scenes of the show. 

Jin-young: The writer was a former judge, so I talked to him a lot. Other than that, I thought that the answer would lie within the script, so I read the script diligently and made the character. 

Kim Min Jung: Both of us grew, matured and became more considerate of each other. It certainly led to good teamwork.

Park Gyu-Young: The actor I worked with the most is Jinyoung. As I worked with actor Jinyoung for a long time and built up emotions, (my) feelings for protecting Gaon naturally deepened and became more sincere. Actor Jinyoung is really good at remaining focused, worries a lot and gives good energy, so I'm still thankful for his help. During the second half of the drama shooting, I was able to empathize just by looking at actor jinyoung’s eyes. There are many memorable scenes. I really appreciate it.

Kim Min Jung: I really love this scene in episode 7 where Seo Jung-hak was killed to gain power. I could feel Sunah's heartbreaking past through her lines and I filmed it while feeling the instinctive animal act to survive.

Park Gyu-Young: I remember going on a field trip to the police station during the preparation period, checking the atmosphere, meeting detectives, and asking questions and interviewing them. Yoon Soo-hyun is an ace detective who graduated from a police university. I think I asked them a lot of questions, such as learning and training at a police university, the reason they dreamt of becoming a police officer and their mindset in the field etc. From practical questions to questions close to the heart. Although appearance and actions shown are very important, it seems that the way the mind deals with the event, the object, and the situation is also largely important. Thankfully, I think I learned a lot of points from the long interview. I didn't refer to the characters of other dramas or movies because I wanted to express myself as much as I could. I think I focused mostly on the character’s story and the script.

Q: Could you tell us the reason why ‘The Devil Judge’ is a must to watch? 

Kim Min Jung: I think the rather sharp senses of "coexistence between good and evil" and "evil against evil" live in the world. (The drama) can share a pleasant and bitter message, like the present world we live in.

Rising K-POP girl group, Bling Bling draw attention from worldwide fans with their catchy hits and unique vocals since debut last year. The group composed of Korean members Cha Ju Hyun, Yubin, Narin, Choi Ji Eun and Japanese members Ayamy and Marin - where each member delivers brightness and healthy energy in their way as Bling Bling. 

Recently, the group returned with their first mini-album 'CONTRAST', which features the title track 'Oh MAMA', side track ‘Milkshake’, as well as their two previous releases ‘G.G.B’ and ‘LA LA LA’. Fresh off the release of the group's new mini-album, GOKPOP had the chance to speak with Bling Bling via a written interview about their rising popularity, the album and their journey to debut as the member of Bling Bling.

Q: Bling Bling has garnered lots of love and support from overseas fans since debut last November, how do you feel receiving such good responses?

A: We heard that many international fans are cheering for us and we saw the supporting messages through comments as well. Can't believe there are so many people cheering for us from afar, we're really grateful for that. 

Q: Tell us more about your first mini album 'CONTRAST' and 'Oh MAMA'.

A: Our first mini album 'CONTRAST' is an album that shows the contrasting sides of Bling Bling - both chic and cool, as well as our lovely charms. Our title track 'Oh MAMA' tells about a cool person who fell in love and found themselves not being able to hold back their feelings. It's a track that used exclamation 'Oh MAMA' to express their feelings in a fun way. 

Q: Any behind-the-stories you would like to share while promoting for this comeback?

A: Through this album promotion, we had the chance to meet the fans in person for the first time through fan meeting and fan signing event. We have been meeting the fans online but this time, we really had a great time meeting the fans directly. Hope we'll have more opportunity to meet the fans in person. 

Q: Tell us your journey debut as Bling Bling. 

Q: What was the first thing you wanted to do after debut?

A: We wanted to perform in front of our fans. We were sad on the fact that we couldn't perform during our debut album promotion but this time, we're happy that we get meet the fans in person through the fan meeting and fan signing event. 

Q: What's next for Bling Bling? Any exciting lineup in the 2nd half of 2021?

After this promotion, we are planning to comeback with a new album this year. We'll be back with a different concept so please look forward to it!

Q: Any message to fans in Malaysia?

Fans in Malaysia! Thank you so much for supporting us from afar. We'll keep working hard until the day we can meet. Please keep support and wait for us. Thank you. 

Check out Bling Bling's Greetings to Malaysian fans:

Check out Bling Bling's Oh MAMA MV:

tvN's ongoing mystery-thriller Korean drama 'Mouse' has everyone on the edge of their seats! The drama revolves around Jeong Ba-reum (starring Lee Seung-gi), a steadfast police officer whose life changes when he encounters a psychopathic serial killer. This drives him and his partner Go Moo-chi (starring Lee Hee-joon) to unearth the truth behind psychopathic behaviours.

In an interview, the main cast Lee Seung Gi, Lee Hee-Joon, Park Joo-Hyun and Kyung Soo-jin talked about their characters in the drama.

Talking about why they take up the role, Lee Seung Gi shared that the drama script is very well written and so he decided to do it. "It is meticulously written and very sophisticated along with the different possibilities that are plausible to the end, this made me feel that the script was very well written and so, I decided to do this drama." Lee Hee-jun agreed and added Lee Seung Gi the reason why he take up the role. "I was also very impressed by the meticulous script. Because Lee Seung-gi said that he would do it, that’s why I decided to do this drama."

Park Joo-Hyun continued, "My senior actors are actors that I have really wanted to work with for a long time, and the script was very good. I finished reading the script in a single sitting. I thought to myself, I would be thankful to be able to participate in the filming of such a great production."

Kyung Soo-Jin added, "As my fellow actors mentioned earlier, the well-written script was a factor. I had also worked with Director Choi Jun-bae in a different production, "Come and Hug Me". That was also a very detailed production. Therefore, I trusted that the well-written script would be very well executed and decided to do this drama."

When being asked about the atmosphere when filming on set, Lee Hee Jun shared that, "We became close and it was very enjoyable, but because we started filming in the very cold winter, we were even rained on in the bitter cold. There were those kinds of days." 

Lee Seung Gi then added, "Because the drama starts in fall, we were dressed in fall fashion. Winter has now passed and we have missed the period where we can dress warmly on set, because spring has come and we have to work hard while wearing thinner clothes. Among us, it was very fun. This winter was especially cold, last year was quite warm, because this winter was especially cold and we shot many scenes in the bitter cold, I feel we encouraged each other more during filming."

Final message to overseas fans...

Park Joo Hyun: I think that it’s a meeting between a very well-written script and a very meticulous director, and that meeting has produced this final product. I think it will be as exciting as we have mentioned, so I hope that you will watch it!

Kyung Soo-Jin: Don’t miss the first episode of this detailed and cool drama!

Watch 'Mouse' on tvN (Astro Ch.395 and unifi TV Ch.211) every Thursday and Friday at 9.15PM!