On August 21, a Seoul Central District Court judge ruled in favor of BIGBANG’s Seungri, who sued a reporter for writing articles that claimed he was drunk driving. According to a legal source, the judge pronounced that the reporter, Mr. Kim, would receive a fine of seven million won (approximately $6,300) for damage compensation.

The issue for the case arose two years ago, when Seungri attended a party at a club. After leaving the party to drive home, he ended up overspeeding and hitting a car in front of him. When the police arrived, they gave Seungri a breathalyzer test, and found that he was not in a drunk state.

However, a reporter who attended the party heard someone claim they saw Seungri consume alcohol, and so he posted an article on Twitter stating that BIGBANG’s Seungri was drunk driving.

In response, Seungri sued the reporter, saying the articles and Twitter posts were considered defamation and slander. At the time, he asked for 50 million won (approximately $44,800) as damage compensation.

In the end, the judge ruled in favor of Seungri, saying, “The witness’s testimony may have been dishonest or it could have been an assumption, but Mr. Kim treated it as if it were true and wrote the articles as such.”

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There were plenty of members of the YG family, as well as many more celebrities, in the crowd of VIPs celebrating BIGBANG’s tenth anniversary with the hit group at their recent concert!

On August 20, BIGBANG held their highly-anticipated “BIGBANG 0TO10” tenth anniversary concert at the Seoul World Cup Stadium, with thrilled fans filling up the 65,000 seat venue. It was a special night for everyone, with the guys performing many of their group, duo, and solo hits, and PSY also performing as a guest.

2NE1’s Sandara Park shared a group photo of some of the YG family backstage at the show, including members of iKON, WINNER, and Akdong Musician, and Lee Hi. She writes as the caption in English, “selfie with my lovely dongsaengs at Bigbang’s 0TO10 concert. One big happy family.”

이제 대가족이에요~ ???? 귀여운 동생들과 함께 셀피 ✌????️ selfie with my lovely dongsaengs at Bigbang’s 0TO10 concert. One big happy family

A photo posted by Sandara Park (@daraxxi) on Aug 20, 2016 at 7:34am PDT

She also shared a photo of herself looking out over the audience at the brightly lit stage during the show, and some footage of the concert with the caption, “Cool.” 

빅뱅 10주년 축하해 ????????????????????????❤️ congrats!!!

A photo posted by Sandara Park (@daraxxi) on Aug 20, 2016 at 8:31am PDT

멋있다

A video posted by Sandara Park (@daraxxi) on Aug 20, 2016 at 6:17am PDT

BIGBANG’s sunbaes Jinusean were also at the show, and Sean uploaded plenty of videos and pictures to Instagram, including a shot of himself and Jinu with the caption, “BIGBANG dongsaengs, you’re cool! I’m proud of you.”

지누션 at 빅뱅10주년 콘서트 빅뱅 동생들아 멋지다! 너희들이 자랑스럽다????

A photo posted by Sean Ro (@jinusean3000) on Aug 20, 2016 at 6:01am PDT

In addition, T-ara’s Hyomin was at the show, and posted a picture to her Instagram to share her excitement.

#BIGBANG10 ????????????

A photo posted by HyoⓂ️in (@hyominnn) on Aug 20, 2016 at 6:27am PDT

Singer and actress Eugene uploaded a video of the concert to her Instagram, showing the crowd listening to Taeyang perform “Eyes, Nose, Lips,” and adding the hashtag “favorite song.”

#태양 #눈코입 #favoritesong

A video posted by 유진_eugene (@eugene810303) on Aug 20, 2016 at 5:09am PDT

She also shared a video that shows herself and her husband, Ki Tae Young, as well as their daughter Rohee, enjoying the show! The family is currently starring together on the KBS reality show “The Return of Superman.”

LOVE#bigbangconcert #상암경기장에서

A video posted by 유진_eugene (@eugene810303) on Aug 20, 2016 at 3:49am PDT

Actor Lee Soo Hyuk also shared a photo of his ticket and wristband for the big night.

BIGBANG ! ????

A photo posted by @leesoohyuk on Aug 20, 2016 at 2:04am PDT

Other celebrities spotted at the show included SISTAR’s Dasom, Epik High’s Tukutz, and more.

Congratulations again to BIGBANG on ten amazing years so far!