01/19/11 ~ korean famous

Cute girl IU goes sporty for Lecoq Sportif!

Singer IU becomes the model of Lecoq Sportif. I like the photos of IU playing with volleyball,she looks energetic in these photos.It seems that she received much love after her popularity skyrocketed,let's hope that she will have enough rest despite busy schedule.

BoA Joins in SME-JYJ Dispute

Artists and workers under SM Entertainment (SME) are getting more and more active in the disputes between SME and JYJ, as an artist and dance instructor under the company recently sent out some controversial messages via the web regarding the conflict.

Gender Inversion in Kpop

I wouldn’t say I’m a fan of Beast, T-ara, or the song “Yayaya” (even though I find it ridiculously addictive), but I found this performance not only so cute that I have probably contracted diabetes,but an interesting look into the possible gender inversions in kpop.

Can an overweight girl group succeed in Korea?

Can a girl group with three voluptuous members find success in perfection-driven Korea?

T.O.P's Interview On Goethe Magazine

'Want to become that kind of person who ‘will devote all of his youth to his work’ This busy and supreme Korean artist has attracted attention from us as an artist now. He might not be so familiar to our readers

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Representative reveals there is no discord between the KARA members

With three of the KARA members currently filing a lawsuit against DSP Media, close representatives of the girls have alerted fans that there is no personal dispute between them, and that the girls are handling it in a mature manner.

Due to the contract terminations filed by KARA’s Seungyeon, Nicole, and Jiyoung, DSP Media will be halting all of their scheduled appearances.

KARA’s agency troubles has just added another chapter to its saga, as recent tweets by member Nicole’s mother are quickly becoming a hot topic.

Despite airing its series finale last weekend, fans have been continuing to express their love for “Secret Garden,” as demonstrated by the impressive music chart statistics for its OSTs.

Jewelry, who added two new members for their special comeback, revealed their album jacket image for “Back It Up“!

Big Bang‘s maknae is ready to once again break out of his shell as he releases his first kpop mini-album, VVIP!

After two teasers and the album being delayed; SS501‘s Park Jungmin is back with the release of the full MV for Not Alone

A recent interview with singer IU revealed that she is the ‘three octave girl’.

KARA‘s Park Gyuri has taken a temporary leave from MBC radio show Shindong-Park Gyuri’s Shim Shim Tapa.

Via tokyohive:
Korean pop group 4minute have recently announced their first release of 2011.
The song, “WHY“, will be released on March 2nd and is the theme song to TV Asahi drama, “Akutou~Juuhanzai Sousahan“.

IU revealed her thoughts as a cast member of SBS ‘Good Sunday-Heroes.’

After the four members of KARA previously announced that they filed to terminate their contracts with DSP Media, representatives of the agency have finally released an official statement on January 19th.

After making it clear that the four members would not be searching for a compromise with DSP Media, Hong Myungho of Landmark revealed that they will also not be complying with any future activities scheduled by DSP Media.