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Allkpop (stylized in all lowercase) is an American website which features Korean popMAGAZINE, Korean Pop, with Online Help, Goes Global,weblink Time, 26 August 2010, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100829073951weblink">weblink 29 August 2010, and gossip news. It is one of the most trafficked K-pop news sites, with over seven and half million readers per month.WEB, Mashable Awards 2010: Announcing The Winners,weblink Mashable, 7 January 2011, 22 July 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110714045320weblink">weblink 14 July 2011, live, In its list of useful websites, The Korea Herald called it the "fastest news breaker" for K-pop.NEWS, Click! Online gateways to Korea,weblink The Korea Herald, 12 March 2013, 27 October 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20181027061532weblink">weblink dead, Despite the praise, some detractors accused the website for inciting racism and xenophobia towards Koreans, and Southeast Asians, by Korean netizens itself, exacerbated by the economic differences between those two regions which is a primary cause of contention.{{Cn|date=March 2024}}The website has been revamped since 2013 by blocking the comments section to curb criticism. Prior to the 2013 revamp, the website known for its sensationalist, clickbait headlines which includes, dark humor and insults. International fans accused the website for cherrypicked comments by Korean netizens which pejoratively called by them as K-nets {{citation needed|date=August 2021}} , referring to Korean users on websites such as Nate Pann and Dcinside, etc. which known for its toxic users with overtly conservative, chauvinistic and nationalistic nature, in contrast to the liberal-dominated Hallyu fandom in the west. In 2013, international fans accused the website for leaking singer Ailee's alleged nude pictures and called for boycotts by international fans.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} References {{Reflist}} External links {{Official website}} {{K-pop}}{{Website-stub}}