[News]Singer Kim Ji-hoon receives suspended jail term

Singing duo Duke member Kim Ji-hoon was given a suspended prison sentence on Thursday for illegal drug use in the latest case of a string of celebrity drug scandals.

The Seoul Eastern District Court handed a 10-month jail term, suspended for two years along with a fine of 130,000 won to Kim, also a former top TV personality who rose to popularity after debuting as a member of 1994 pop group Two Two.

Kim was arrested in July after being found to have swallowed several pills of ecstasy and smoked marijuana at a club in January.

This was the second time he was arrested on the same charges -- the first time was in 2005. He did not receive a jail sentence at the time either but was charged a fine of 20 million won.

Actor Ju Ji-hoon was arrested a month ahead of Kim for taking ecstasy and ketamine last year. Ju received a six-month jail term suspended for one year, along with 120 hours of community service and a 360,000 fine.


Source:www.asiae.co.kr

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[News]Wonder Girls on So You Think You Can Dance

On Wednesday, Dec. 9 (8:00-9:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed), Season Eight AMERICAN IDOL winner Kris Allen and pop sensations Wonder Girls will take the stage. Allen will perform his newest single, “Live Like You’re Dying,” and Wonder Girls will sing their hit song, “Nobody,” before America’s vote is revealed and Cat Deeley names the six dancers who will perform in the following week’s finale.

Pop sensation Wonder Girls sold over 30,000 copies of their debut single “Nobody” during the week of October 11 earning them the No. 76 position with a bullet on the Hot 100. This is the first time ever a music group from South Korea has debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Already a hit in Asia, the Wonder Girls are striking a chord with a young U.S. audience, having just completed their first U.S. concert tour with the Jonas Brothers.



Source:Fox.com's 'So You Think You Can Dance' blog

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[News]SS501 claims to be "just friends" with women in photos

Members of Korean idol group SS501 opened up about their rumored summer romance earlier this year, explaining the truth behind paparazzi shots taken of them and two women in Hong Kong on a talkshow last night.

The five members appeared together on MBC's "Golden Fishery - Radio Star" on Wednesday and addressed rumors over a photo showing two of the group's members, Kim Hyun-joong and Heo Young Saeng, meeting up with two women and catching a taxi with them in August.

Heo said the women were "just close friends who live in Hong Kong" and Kim explained, "We went to Lan Quai Fong, the trendiest area in Hong Kong, and it turned out to be a place with the most paparazzi."

The five-member boy band debuted in 2005 with single "Warning" and have been active in Korea and Japan, releasing numerous albums both as a group and also pursuing individual careers such as acting and appearing in variety shows.

The group made a comeback to the music scene last month with their second mini-album "REBIRTH" which topped various music charts.

SS501 is scheduled to make another appearance on "Radio Star" on December 9.

cr:asiae.co.kr

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[DKP NEWS] After School will make their comeback on Music Core this saturday?

After School's official website has updated the schedule of the girls,as you can see in the photo above,they will make their comeback on Music Core this saturday?

However,MBC has not released the official performers list for this week's Music Core,so their comeback is not 100% assured,of course we will keep on bringing you the latest news concerning this issue,remember to visit us regularly for the updates!

Photo credits to Afterschoolcraze.com

Kacey @ Daily K Pop News

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[NEWS] "This performance was for you, nuna" 2PM's TaecYeon to Ha Jiwon

"This performance was for you, nuna"

On the 2nd, 2PM performed at KBS's 30th Blue Dragon Movie Awards ceremony and gave a special performance. Member Taecyeon's clothes ripping ending revealed his abs and made the hearts of many women in the audience flutter. It has also been revealed that his "abs performance" was especially for actress ha Jiwon.

Taecyeon has always listed Ha Jiwon as his ideal girl. Before the Blue Dragon Awards, Taecyeon discussed his plan with Brown Eyed Girls' GaIn. She told him to "show her your heart by showing her your abs." GaIn had already been an acquaintance with Ha Jiwon after starring in the movie "The Love By My Side" with her. GaIn delivered this plan to Ha Jiwon through phone before the awards.

The original plan was for Taecyeon to leave the stage at the ending of 'Heartbeat' and to rip his clothes in front of Ha Jiwon while Ha Jiwon then lightly pokes his abs. Unfortunately, the ceremony was broadcasted live and Taecyeon had to make do with just showing her his abs from stage.

CREDITS: SPORTS CHOSUN(SOURCE) , hazyfiasco@2ONEDAY(TRANS)

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[News] MBLAQ to broaden their scope and goes to Japan!

New Boygroup MBLAQ is indeed getting their own crowd through their debut, yet, it seems the boys won’t be wasting their time only at the local market as they will show off their talent in the Sakura country this coming December 6 as the group will go on stage as the opening performer for Rain’s Fanmeeting in Tokyo.

J. Tune Camp revealed their Japan schedule via a press release saying that the boys will be heading to Japan. The Fanmeeting will took place at Tokyo International Forum a.k.a Tōkyō Kokusai Fōramu to celebrate the opening of Rain’s official Japanese website as well.

This time through the stage, MBLAQ will reveal their ‘Oh Yeah’ Japanese version for the first time, and the group will also sing other songs like ‘Good Luv’ and ‘My Dream’ from their first single album ‘Just BLAQ’  altogether.

Also revealed that Mnet Japan is set to broadcast a “2010 K-POP STAR” program and MBLAQ is selected to participate in the show. The first ever episode is scheduled to aired on January next year whilst the title will goes as “MBLAQ Conquered Japan” (tentative title), a close coverage near to documentary program where MBLAQ will spend 4 days 3 nights visit and experienced the Japanese culture and history.

Recently MBLAQ members “Lee Joon” and ‘Thunder’ were down to swine flu which create concerns among their fans (A-Plus) and this overseas activity is hoped to be their -healthy and all- ‘comeback’ stage.

S:bntnews

A treat for all A-Plus!

Credits:kbites

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[Cyworld] Leeteuk & Sungmin Cyworld Update

Leeteuk Cyworld Diary Update

2009.12.02 Wed (2009.12.03 05:08)

..This really long day..

..This strangely tiring day finally ended..

..Phew…

Credits: 박정수 Cyworld
Translated by sunny day ♪ @ sj-world.net

Sungmin Cyworld Title Update

Ppang Kku Ttong Kku Ah~~~~~~*

evanesco: *according to what I get after searching on the internet, that’s a phrase you said/shouted to someone who annoyed you or when you’re feeling annoyed by something

Credits: 이성민 Cyworld
Translated by viragis & evanesco @ sj-world.net

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[DKP SPECIAL] Noh Hong Chul copied Nichkhun's hairstyle?

Fans'eyes can be very sharp sometimes,if you try to make yourself just slightly similar to their idols,you will be spotted easily,a great way to gain fame!

2PM's Nichkhun hairstyle changed 180 degress when promoting Heartbeat,althougn i don't really prefer his new hairstyle,but many fangirls still think that he is handsome no matter what hairstlye he has,but it is a totally different case for Noh Hyung Chul.

Just look at the photo above,Hyung Chul's hairstlye is just like Nichkhun's,however the effects are different,is he destined to be a gag man,have some laughs!

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[GUESS] Can you get who this girl is?

I think it is not very fair to always post male celebrities on this Guess section,we should have some female celebrities as well.

The korean words there are the name of this female celebrity,for those who can read korean please don't leave any answer so that other will have a chance to make a smart guess.

A hint here,this girl is also a leader of a newly debuted group,please guess!

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[DKP Special] After School's Nana and Japanese Suzuki Emi look-alike?

New member of After School ,Nana resembles Japanese model Suzuki Emi?

I came across one message left by After School's fan saying that the two girls above show some similarities in terms of look,but how similar are two of them,you will be the one to tell us.

Nana used to be a model before debuting as AS' member while Suzuki Emi,according to wikipedia,In November 2007, having earned an estimated total of $31 million in the past 10 months, several medias named her one of the top ten earning models !in Japan in 2007!

Anyway,do you think both of them look-alike?Please leave your answers on the comment box below,thanks!

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[News] Wonder Girls wins "Best Asia Artist of the Year" Award, with translated thank you speech

The 2009 MTV Style Gala was held at the Shanghai Grand Stage on the December 2nd, 7pm. South Korea’s popular idol group received the“Best Asia Artist Of The Year” award that night, below is the transcript of interview at backstage.

Host: Lets welcome the Wonder Girls to our backstage interview room.

Wonder Girls: Firstly, we felt very honored, thank you everyone. We are happy & honored to be able to receive this award today.

Host: As we all know, the Wonder Girls held a concert in Shanghai, how was it?

Wonder Girls: Yesterday, the concert was a success, the unforgettable part was, when closing to the end of the concert, all of the fans stood up & sang along & dance along with us.

Question (from reporter): Have you ever thought that you would be so popular?

Wonder Girls: We had never expected to be so popular, we’re happy to have so many people liking our song “Nobody”, we’ll workeven harder from now on.

Host: Congratulations to the Wonder Girls.

{source: sina}

{translation: kazaf10}

Cr:wonderfulsworld.com

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[News] Yansu Blogs about his experience with Wonder Girls

WonderGirls’ NOBODY(2009-12-02 05:57:19)

i want nobody nobody but you!
i want nobody nobody but you~~

After watching the Wonder Girls concert yesterday. Yes! It was very beautiful! Very nice! and
I’m very happy!

is already a well known song. I like both Original and Rainstone Remix versions! I’ve got goosebumps quite a number of times during the live performance.

Haha. But it’s the 2nd live that I’ve watch. Why did i say it’s the 2nd live? It’s because 2 days ago, I hosted for their interview and fan meeting session. I’ve already watch it once. It was such an honor~~ Let us see some photos first.

They are really very beautiful, cute, have manners, and really loveable.

The most important is that they are really famous~ I’m also very happy that the audience knows me too! haha. It’s seems that my program is getting popular and the program rating is still very high.

But! the main highlight is still them! What ever it is, they are an internationally popular girl-group.

After interacting with them, here’s some evaluation for them~

Sohee, her face is always chubby!
Ye eun, her chinese is really good!
Sunmi, her expressions are very cute!
Yubin, cool does not talk much!
Sunye, I really like~~ Haha

It’s very unbelievable, five 90s or so girls to be able to show so much capability, i wonder how much effort and sweat have they put in~ South Korea’s ability to train artist are really powerful! Keke

The concert special guest is 2PM, the fans screams are really loud~ Haha Their music is very nice!
So I’d like to say that JY.Park is a really very amazing artist!!!!!!

Overall~~ Most of the time, they are well-behaved girls off stage~ BUT~ when they are on the stage, they become the highlight!

So~~
i want nobody nobody but you
i want nobody nobody but you

[Source: 闫肃 Blog]
[Translation: Crystal + iLOVEsunmi @Wonderfuls World]
Cr:Wonderfulsworld.com
Picture Cr:Wgyubin

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