• Air travel’s latest nuisance: K-pop fans.

Frenzied K-pop fans, pictured above, have found a new way to get a little closer to their favorite stars: They book first class seats, board planes to get a selfie or an autograph and then disembark and cancel their tickets just before the gates close.

But these fans have angered passengers and airline officials alike, because their departures activate regulations that mean all passengers have to leave the plane and undergo another security check.

Korean Air announced increased financial penalties in an effort to tamp down on the new and unusual chaos.

→ North Korea fears K-pop: A state-run newspaper cited circulation of the wildly popular music genre as one of the disruptive influences of smartphones that have started to trickle into the hermetically sealed country.