[News] Kim Hyun Joong - Male Star who most suitable to wear hanbok

In a survey on 'Male Star who should promote hanbok', SS501's Kim Hyun Joong is ranked No. 1.

During December, few Korean website (ommit details) conduct a survey with 300 person on 'Male Star who should promote hanbok'. Having a charming look, talented and cheerful character, other than Korea, having international popularity in Japan, china, South East Asia and other Asia countries' Kim Hyun Joong won No. 1 (46.8%), BigBang Daesung (21.1%) and 2PM Nichkhun (17.7%) winning No. 2 & 3 respectively.

In the survey on 'Male Star who most suitable to wear Hanbok', Kim Hyun Joong is also ranked No. 1. (42.2%)


Credit: news.hankooki.com + (Chinese translation) xinhm@hyunjoongchina.com + (English translation) SS501UFO.blogspot.com
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[News] Hwanhee takes a break

Hwanhee, a former member of Korean R&B duo Fly to the Sky, has taken an abrupt break from work on his debut album due to health problems.The singer made his solo debut in October with the release of the songs “Because I Missed Your Heart” and “Bring it Back.”

H Entercom, Hwanhee’s managing agency, reported on Tuesday that “Hwanhee has been having problems with his vocal cords and has been receiving treatment for the past three weeks. Doctors recommended that he take a break.”


source: joongangdaily
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[News] New Year Messages from 2NE1

MINJI

To: All the Blackjacks~♡
Is everyone well? This is everyone's cutie pie "Minggi"!!
The new year 2010 has arrived~ Now Minggi is 17↗*
I'll become even prettier~ You'll watch over me right↗
Please play together with 2NE1 in 2010 as well~ ^^
Because Minggi trusts in all the Blackjacks~ keke
Please be healthy and have a Happy New Years~!!

Director Yang
Please give me
some New Year's money ㅠㅠ
Want you!!

2NE1
Minzy
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* - in Korea the ages are all 1 more than in America


DARA

To BlackJack !!! ♡
Hellooo~! ^.^ This is SsanToki!*(Bom is beside me harassing…)ㅠ.ㅠ Aah~!
It's 2010! Kya~! A really memorable 2009 has passed… and a new year has arrived!!!
Be healthy in the New Year too! And I hope that you'll have a happy one with your family~ and friends! Also…
You'll continue to love 2NE1 more~ more than last year by a lot! too~right?!↗ I'm trusting in you guys! ^.^
Happy New Year Black Jack! Muah~!

(On the bomb)Fortune
<--Pocket of Fortune**

2010/21 - Please be a huge hit!

From Blackjack's cute SsanToki...
^.^ Bbyong!

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* - "Ssandara"'s nickname is "Ssantoki" which means mountain rabbit
** - the bomb part I don't really get. I think she's making fun of how in Korean, new years is characterized by wishing people good fortune "bok" while bomb in korean is spelled "pok-tan" v-v yea idrk.


CL

BlackJack!
Thank you so much for 2009!
Please take care of us in 2010 too~
〞Happy new years〟

From CLoo.

PARK BOM

To Black Jack~ ♡
Hii~♡ I'm Bom~ Bomtaro* kekeke (beside me Ssantoki keeps telling me to stop being so cunning >< This Ssan!!To!!Ki!! You're gonna get a scolding!!)
Now it's already a new year ♡
Spending 2009 with you guys made me really happy…♡
I'll never forget it in my life~ =) In 2010 I'll upgrade myself even more~♡
Happy new year~♡
Please have a happy new year~ ♡
Bom

From Bom~♡

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* - Bom's nickname is Bomtaro because she likes Hamtaro. OTL

Images credit to 2NE1 Network
Translated by GEE @ ygladies.com

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[News] Top 10 News of 2009

Two former presidents and a king passed away. One wrong remark during an entertainment show took the entire country by storm. Such unbelievably enormous incidents were played out in unbelievable directions during 2009. Thus, the top ten news of 2009 selected by <10 Asia> may seem like the ten most incredulous news of the year. But one could say that what these ten news stories have in common is that they carry the flow of Korea’s pop culture. Can you really believe that all these things happened within a span of one year?

News 1. Actress Jang Ja-yeon commits suicide 
On March 7, one little known actress wrote in her suicide note, “I am a weak, powerless actress. I want to be free from this pain” and killed herself. It was actress Jang Ja-yeon, who was appearing in KBS TV series “Boys Over Flowers” at the time. The suicide note, which was 12 pages long on A4-sized paper, explained that she had been physically abused by her agency, forced to drink and provide sexual services. It also listed names of high-ranking executives in the industry, including a head of media company, television drama director and owners of business companies. People started calling the note “The Jang Ja-yeon List”. The incident brought to surface how badly aspiring actresses and female celebrities in general have been violated and the ugly power of the media. But due to slow, passive investigation by the Korean authorities, the truth never came to light. Of all people who were under investigation, only two people involved in the incident -- former head of Jang’s agency and former manager who exposed Jang’s suicide notes -- were indicted and the suspects whose names were listed in the documents were all cleared of charges and let go. Was the death of Jang Ja-yeon a suicide or a homicide?

News 2. Korean media laws revised 
In March, the two political parties of Korea’s National Assembly agreed that they would put the issue of media law revision to vote in June. And the consequent, crazy uproar that took place at the National Assembly in July was almost half-expected. Amidst all the physical fighting between the two opposing party members, the material bribery and proxy votes, the Grand National Party officials passed the bill allowing for media law revision. With the new media law, businesses and daily newspaper publications can own up to 10 percent of the shares of a public network and companies can jump into the new media businesses. Of course, nobody knows for sure what kind of consequences such a decision will bring. What we do know, however, is that there is nothing reasonable about what had happened during the revision process; a large number of proxy votes got the new bill passed, a government official who had protested against the new bill led a labor strike among media employees, the ruling of Korea’s Constitutional Court which said the passing of the new bill stood viable even if it admitted people’s voting rights had been violated during the process.

News 3. Michael Jackson dies
2009 could be called “the year of loss” since we lost so many people who have influenced our lives. And the death of Michael Jackson was a big loss to everyone around the world. He was the one and only “King of Pop” who had conquered the world, but he died a lonely death amidst all the rumors. Now all we can do is show Michael Jackson’s performances to our children because we might never see such an entertainer ever again. The King may be dead but pop music lasts forever. 

News 4. Jae-beom leaves idol group 2PM 
One cannot say that Park Jae-beom was right in writing “I hate Korea” on his blog during his teen years. One may not approve of what he did and may even criticize him for it. But was it so wrong that he had to leave Korea amidst requests for suicide petitions? In just four days after the news of what he had written broke out, Jae-beom quit his group 2PM. Everything that had happened was a violent storm cooked up by a minimal number of extreme netizens and the media which was busy upping the number of visitors. There are people in this country who want to deport a boy over what he had written as a teenager. Really, how could they mess with someone’s life so carelessly?

News 5. Korean stars make Hollywood debut 
A long time ago, Sonokong and his monks headed west in search of India for more advanced Buddhism. And in the age of globalization, Korean stars also headed west to Hollywood, which is the world capital of the entertainment business. 2009 was a year when the long journey to Hollywood produced some tangible achievements. Rain -- who was under pressure to become a global star after making TIME Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” list in 2006 -- proved himself by playing the title role in action movie “Ninja Assassin”. And Lee Byung-hun, who seemed somewhat stuck in the Hallyu star label, also made himself known around the world by playing Storm Shadow, the most impressive villain in “G. I. Joe”. People criticized the Wonder Girls’ of neglecting the Korean music market when they made their U.S. debut, but they made quite an achievement -- they entered the Billboard Hot100 chart within a year of their debut.

News 6. G-Dragon accused of plagiarism 
The plagiarism controversy surrounding G-Dragon’s solo album “Heartbreaker” was one of the hottest issues in the Korean music industry this year. Netizens kept debating whether or not the song was plagiarized and such discussion led to bigger issues in the music business as a whole, such as plagiarism controversies of other Korean musicians, the criteria of plagiarism and musical copyrights. However, it was unexpected that such controversy would produce the (tentatively titled) “Plagiarism Committee”, an official government organization under the authority of Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. We might soon get to see ten or so officials making their plagiarism-related rulings over numerous Korean pop songs. 

News 7. Kim Jae-dong, Son Seok-hee resign from TV shows 
I had “doubts” when emcee Kim Jae-dong hosted the official funeral ceremonies for former Korean president Roh Moo-hyun. I also had “doubts” when I heard the rumor that Son Seok-hee would be resigning as host of MBC program “100 Minute Discussion”. But “doubt” turned into reality in Korea in 2009; whatever incident one had imagined could happen and even more came true this year. Kim and Son both stepped down from their posts as the main emcee of KBS “Star Golden Bell” and host of “100 Minute Discussion”, respectively. On the outside, the reason for their resignation was their “high salary”. In a government audit report released on October 11, politician Lee Jeong-hyun, a member of the Grand National Party, went as far as exposing the names of Korean celebrities -- including Yoo Jae-seok and Park Myung-soo -- who receive high salaries from broadcaster MBC. With Lee promoting the maximum-efficiency strategy [meaning that less pay is more efficient], his Party member Hong Joon-pyo made a seemingly sarcastic comment -- “Why don’t you give [MBC] a discount?” -- during a telephone interview with Son’s MBC radio show. In such times when one can get easily fired by expressing one’s beliefs or showing resistance against certain political parties, how will the broadcasting industry fare in the future? They even restrict people who appear on television -- what a dirty world this is!

News 8. TVXQ’s legal troubles with SM Entertainment 
Fans were probably more worried than excited when TVXQ members Xiah Junsu, Hero Jaejoong and Micky Yoochun made an appearance at the recent Mnet music awards. In the beginning -- back when the members were granted partial nullification of their contract with agency SM Entertainment -- nobody had expected that legal troubles between the group’s three members and SM would go on for as long as it has. The reason that this case is so frustrating is not because both parties simply have different perspectives but because they are fighting from completely different standpoints. The three TVXQ members had a problem with the inequality of contract clauses while SM claims that the real problem laid in their participation in a cosmetics business. Thus, they are not debating their cases to make the other party understand but are endlessly fighting and exposing secrets to reveal the truth. Nobody knows when this battle will end but the ending that everyone -- including the fans, the members and SM -- probably wants is for TVXQ to remain as a group and resume their activities in Korea. 

News 9. The “Loser” remark 
It was midnight, November 19th, 2009 when the infamous “Loser” drama began. It was only a matter of time that such incident would occur and the public would vent their anger toward the remark -- “All men shorter than 180 centimeters are losers” -- made by one college student appearing on KBS entertainment show “Chitchat of Beautiful Ladies”. In other words, it was not a random incident that was birthed by a flippant remark from a female college student but a bomb that had been ready to explode. After all, Korean society was obsessed with external beauty, public broadcasting stations had long lost their function of self-purification and the Internet had become a place for verbal violence rather than healthy discussions. It was later revealed by the show’s writers that the “loser” expression had been written in the script but by then it was too late to undo the damages. This is why this uproar, which died down as quickly as it had flared up, should not be buried in our memories as something that was merely unpleasant. What have we learned from this variety show disaster which was created by the social ills of the 21st century? 

News 10. Outbreak of H1N1 influenza virus 
Korea is a country that is very quick in picking up new trends and Korea did just that when the latest trend called the new H1N1 influenza virus came around. Thanks to their overloaded work schedules and exposure to unspecified public, celebrities practically had to be classified into a special group extra-sensitive to the virus. Many Korean stars including Lee Seung-gi, Wheesung, Kim Joon and Shinji were diagnosed with the flu virus and had to take a break from work. In case of young idol groups who live together, many of the members got infected and laid sick in bed. Many pop idols -- including Kim Hyun-joong (SS501), Taemin, Onew and Jonghyun (SHINee), Sulli and Krystal (f(x)), Jo Kwon and Jinwoon (2AM), Lee Joon and Cheon Dung (MBLAQ) -- got sick and fortunately recovered from the virus. [Actors who played] Bidam and Alcheon from MBC TV series “Queen Seon-deok” got infected one after the other and even tough guy actor Choi Min-soo suffered from the disease. This virus is truly fair in its destructiveness -- attacking the male and females, and the young and old alike. 

Senior Reporter : Kang Myoung-Seok two@10asia.co.kr
Reporter : Choi Ji-Eun five@10asia.co.kr, Wee Geun-woo eight@10asia.co.kr, Yoon Hee-Seong nine@10asia.co.kr
Editor : Lynn Kim lynn2878@asiae.co.kr, Jang Kyung-Jin three@10asia.co.kr
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[News] Eeteuk&Eunhyuk continue Teukigayo’s “Humilating Photos” segment

SUJU Leeteuk & Eunhyuk continue Teukigayo’s “Humilating Photos” segment. On Dec. 30th 8:50 PM, in Seoul SBS Broadcasting Stadium, with MCs Shin Dong Yup, Hyun Young, and Lee Soo Yeon; Leeteuk & Eunhyuk showed their special “Teukigayo” segment in Kang Shim Jang (Strong Heart), and revealed star’s humiliating photos. 

On This day, Teukigayo’s focus was Lee Hyori, Shin Bong Sun, Jang Yoon Jung, Yoo Jae Seuk, Kang Ho Dong, Kim Yong Man, Hyun Young, etc. Everyone was excited to see their photos; but when it’s revealed, they’d all get really flustered, which causes an uproar of laughter. 

Especially for Daesang winner, beautiful Lee Hyori; a specially attractive picture of her popular FINKL days were shown. Even though she was very pleased, when her humilating photo from there was shown, it scared her a lot.  Also on this day Leeteuk, Eunhyuk and Boom, who is serving military service all won Best Newcomer Award.

cr: newsen
& eunmi/은미남~☆@sj-world.net

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[News] SJ-M serves Patty Hou caringly

Recently, Super Junior-M once again appears on Taiwanese Variety Show, fighting to cook delicacies for MC Patty Hou. On the show, Hangeng and Ryeowook both leaded a team to battle, but Donghae who was in Geng’s team made an extremely large dumpling and kept adding spicy condiments to it, scaring Patty to say, “Moms, please don’t let him in the kitchen.” Ryeowook who is a good cook, has been proclaimed SJM’s “Mom”. Under Ryeowook’s leadership; Zhoumi, Siwon and Kyuhyun all had seperate jobs, to make their spicy dukbokgi (rice cake). The smell of it, led Patty to drool over it. But Ryeowook added too much water in the beginning, so the rice cakes cant dry out the soup. MC said with disbelief, “Are you sure you know how to cook?”

Because Hangeng’s Mom owns a dumpling shop in Beijing, he knows how to make dumplings from when he was young, and made them look fabulous. However Donghae and Henry, who were in the same group, kept messing around; shaping the dumplings to Buns or Batmans, and even added an unbelievably amount of spicy condiments inside.

SJ-M who’s always into the game segments, has to use some knowledge to win this. Even though Henry went to Ryeowook’s group to extinguish the fire, but when Patty Hou was gonna eat the food, Ryeowook’s team tried convincing her, and brought out the freshly cooked food and said, “Princesses should eat warm food”. Also, Siwon also helped her wipe her mouth, letting Patty smile until she cant close her mouth.

Credit: chinanews
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[NEWS]SNSD's Seohyun and Kim Taewoo's awesome fantasy performance!

Kim Taewoo and Seohyun impressed their fans by providing an awesome fantasy joint performance on the 31st at Ilsan MBC Dream center, where gagman Kim Goora and Shin Jeong Hwan, along with actress Lee Bo Young MCed the 2009 MBC Gayo Daejun.

On stage, Seohyun and Kim Taewoo surprised fans by combining perfect voicing and piano playing for Kim Taewoo's Love Rain. The performance was further enhanced due to the presence of a full orchestra. Seohyun's perfect piano performance and Kim Taewoo's explosive voicing created a fantasy atmosphere in the building.

Other people present on the show were Kara, After School, Park Hyun Bin, Tae Jin Ah, Son Dambi, Jewelry, MC Mong, Kim Taewoo, f(x), SHINee, Park Jin Young, Lee Seungi, Park Ji Young, SG Wannabe, Brown Eyed Girls, Super Junior, T-ara, 4minute, 2PM, SNSD, Davichi, Shin Moon Hee, Chae Sor-ri, etc.

Source: [LINK]
Translator: Seohyun_is_Best@soshified.com

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[NEWS] Taecyeon kneels down, and kisses Yoona?!

2PM's Taecyeon and SNSD's Yoona presented a lover performance on the 31st on MBC Gayo Daejun where Kim Goora, Shin Jeong Hwan, and Lee Bo Young MCed.

On this day, the two transformed themselves into actors, where they had to pretend to the 'top star couple' and had to argue with each other, resulting in Yoona being angry at Taecyeon. Taecyeon then tried to call Yoona many times with no avail, resulting in fellow members moving out of their respective dormitories. SNSD members then tried to console Yoona into making up with Taecyeon, resulting in her flee from her dormitory as well. On MBC's stage, Yoona was positioned at the corner of one side with an upset expression. The rest of SNSD than sang Lee Hyori's 10minute and Beyonce's Crazy Love.

At this time, Taecyeon appeared and proposed to Yoona, which made Yoona's feeling get better. They then came out together to the centre of the stage and preformed the "Kiss" where their lips almost touched.

When there is news that two people will perform a 'lovers performance', some media companies misinterpret the news and state that there is a love connection between the two individuals. Sadly the relationship between the two idols is just colleagues, and not lovers.

Source: [LINK]
Translator: Seohyun_is_Best@soshified.com

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[NEWS] T-ara will Release a Traditional Version of 'Bo Peep, Bo Peep'!

For the new year, T-ara will be releasing a Traditional version of 'Bo Peep, Bo Peep.'

November 2009, T-ara released their first studio album Absolute First Album, and they have previously performed Christmas versions of their song 'Bo Peep, Bo Peep' on Inkigayo and Music Bank. T-ara members dressed up as Christmas characters, objects, and ornaments for those performances. This time round, T-ara will be showcasing a new version of their song, and it's time for Traditional.

"There is a small event planned for the fans and the new concept will be cuter and more surprising to look out for," said T-ara's agent.

T-ara will be performing the new version of 'Bo Peep, Bo Peep' on the upcoming episodes of Music Bank, Music Core, and Inkigayo this weekend.

Translation: Elly @ Diadem
Source: Daum

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[News/Video] "We want to keep doing our best," DBSK/TVXQ/Tohoshinki shakes away break-up rumors and spoke of their new year aspiration on "CDTV

The popular Korean group Tohoshinki, who is in the midst of having break-up rumors, performed on "60th NHK Kouhaku Utagassen" on the last day of the year, and later appeared on TBS' special program "CDTV SPECIAL! New Year's Eve Premium Live 2009→2010". When being asked by MC TAKAHIRO (EXILE) what their aspiration for the new is, Jaejoong stopped a moment and only said, "We want to keep doing our best like last year."

After the three members of Tohoshinki - Junsu, Jaejoong, and Yoochun - filed a lawsuit to request for a provisional disposition to terminate the exclusive contract with their managing company, there have been rumors of them breaking up floating around. There are also rumors that the members cannot come together as normal and that their actions are being observed. However, in fact, on the rehearsal day of Kouhaku, it has been reported that the three members and Yunho, Changmin returned to their waiting room in two separate groups.

After performing "Stand by U" at Kouhaku, they chose to not answer the press corps' questions. At CDTV, they only said "Good evening, we are Tohoshinki" and sang the song which contained a message in its lyrics.

T/N: please read this news with a positive view (:
the only info that oricon confirms is that they went back to the waiting rooms in 2 groups, and they did not confirm other info/rumors.

Source: Oricon News
Translation: linhkawaii @ OneTVXQ.com
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After performing "Stand by U" at Kouhaku, they chose to not answer the press corps
-It is better for them to not answer anything from the press,Avex is protecting them, to protect them from being ask lots of questions that should not be asked in the press conference.






Video Credits: yesomax

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[Info] TOP 10 Earners in Korea for 2009

1) TVXQ
2) Rain / Bi
3) Big Bang
4) Super Junior
5) Kim Hyun Joong
6) Ko Hyun Jung
7) SNSD / Girls' Generation
8) Lee Byung Hun
9) Yoo Jae Suk
10) Kang Ho Dong

TVXQ's earnings as of 2009 is 127,340,000,000 won

Source:newsway.kr

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omg dbsk earn that much?
Its just so funny seeing this chart because almost all of the earnings go to the
company, especially SM artises- DBSK, SUPER JUNIOR AND SNSD.
But i hope all of them will earn more in 2010!

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[News] Sungmin & Yesung got double-casting for the musical "Hong Gildong

Sungmin & Yesung got double-casting for the musical "Hong Gildong", those two will play the main role "Hong Gildong".

Name : Musical "Hong Gildong"
Place : Woori Art Hall, Olympic Park
Time : from March 2nd, 2010 to April 30th, 2010

Credits: SJ-world
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I think God must have been watching over them. They are casted in another musical
again and now both of them will work together! I am looking forward to see
them taking their rehearsal pictures an putting it on their cyworld like how they did for their previous musicals! Its really good dont you people think so?
Yesung just finish his namhamsansung and sungmin for akilla. Both main roles and now
both main roles again! Congrats to them!

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