Jaejoong with wings! Thanks to "tatist"

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( ..... )

cross posted at dbsg
source: DNBN + http://www.cyworld.com/tatist + dbsknights

Pro wedding pictures for Shinae

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Like most brides in Korea, Shinae has also gotten the magazine-style photoshoot that is done before the big wedding day. This is the average bride’s chance to shine and play dress-up. Basically what goes down is you dress up in multiple wedding dresses and fulfil your Cinderella fantasies with professional pictures.




Popseoul

This wasn't posted right?

Daaamn that dress.

Arirang's Jun Ji-Hyun Interview

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Source

Younha Gets Smoked On Stage

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

Younha performing at SungKyunKwan University on May 21st 2009 when an unfortunate event takes a place:

Source

The smoke must have come from dry ice or something as she didn't seem to get hurt much.

some more scans from the Romeo album

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

This post is for burmecia who has finally succumbed.



( More of this rave-inspired thing )

Source: here from keyai

Everything is all bright and contrasty and high looking. Must be what pedo heaven feels like.

Park Chan-wook : "I Got Heartfelt Ovation in Cannes."

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

Director Park Chan-wook poses with the Jury Prize he received Sunday at the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival for his work "Thirst", during a press conference in Seoul, Sunday.

Director Park Chan-wook, who won the Jury Prize at the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival for "Thirst" Sunday, said he had secretly anticipated a win, he told reporters in Seoul Thursday.

"The audience's response was so heated. I wouldn't be able to win if the jury didn't like it, but it was the first time I ever received such a heartfelt ovation, so I began to hope for the chance," he said. This is his second Jury Prize ― which he shared with Andrea Arnold's "Fish Tank” ― from the prestigious French event after "Oldboy" in 2004.

"Thirst" is a bloody thriller about a priest who turns into a vampire and agonizes over his newfound desire for blood and sex. The film received critical acclaim, but the response among regular moviegoers is often split.

( Read more... )

Source

Panelists Discuss Ways to Open New Era for Hallyu

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Participants listen during a forum on hallyu, or Korean wave, which was organized by the Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange in collaboration with the Federation of Korean Industries at the Koreana Hotel in Seoul, Tuesday. The forum was attended by entertainment industry professionals, business leaders, government officials and college students.

Younghoon David Kim, chairman of energy, environment and culture-based business Daesung Group, had a nice surprise in China two years ago when he was on a business trip.

An executive from China Film Group Corporation, the largest and most influential state-run film enterprise in China, expressed deep enthusiasm about forging a partnership with Kim's business which invested part of its capital in producing cultural products.

"I was told that Korean soap operas were very popular there. Due to the guidelines set by the government, Chinese people were allowed to watch made-in-Korea dramas only after 10 p.m. Despite the inconvenience, families gathered together in front of television late at night to watch Korean dramas," said the businessman.

Before the business trip, Kim confessed he thought the Chinese madness to hallyu was waning.

"To link the enthusiasm to business opportunities, I think we need to stop using the term hallyu that embraces some defensive meaning on made-in-Korea cultural products in China," he said.

( Read more... )

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Super Junior in Hope TV

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Source

Kyuhyun demonstrates just why he gets so many lines.

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[Kyuhyun's Cyworld Video Entry 2009.05.28 17:49]
In the '나의 동영상' folder..

2007

Taking advantage of this short rest period, I went on my computer to search after going home

The past (?) video I found..

From my memory, that was from August 2007?

From what I remember, it was not long after I got discharged from the hospital..

Under Preacher-nim's request, I was asked to go to the high-class 수련 (Suryeon) group where I made my testimony

and sang songs of praise such as '주님의 높고 위대하심을 (Higher Greatness of the Lord)'

As I wasn't fully recovered, I didn't sing well

But among all the songs that I have sung before,

This is the truth about the gospel which the Lord likes the most….^-^

Credit: ilovejr @ sj-world

Oh, Kyuhyun. Please never stop singing.

ETN brings the lulz - Male Artists as Girls (TOP 5)

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Did you faves make the top five?

Source: YoDubu1 @ Youtube

OMFG NO NO NO NO NO: lee chun hee and park yejin confirmed to leave FO

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The miracle didn't quite happen as SBS made the much dreaded announcement that Park Ye Jin and Lee Chun Hee will indeed be leaving Family Outing. Replacing them will be Park Shi Yeon and Park Hae Jin, with discussions for their participation at the latter stages. SBS expressed, "Park Hae Jin and Park Shi Yeon are No.1 on our list, but it's not confirmed as yet." Just a matter of time, I guess. Park Hae Jin will be joining the filming of Family Outing in mid-June after concluding his Famous Princesses drama promotions in China. Park Shi Yeon will do likewise after finishing her drama filming of Story of a Man/The Slingshot in early June.

Park Ye Jin and Lee Chun Hee 1 year contract with SBS for Family Outing will be ending soon and they chose not to renew it so that they could focus 100% on their acting careers. Their popularity had soared tremendously over the past year thanks to their weekly Family Outing appearances and have led to their schedules being jam-packed with lots of work. They had no choice but to give up on Family Outing in the end and will be filming their farewell episode on 1st - 2nd June next week (showing on 21st, 28th June). SBS said, "The other family members can't bear to see them go either but they will continue to support them in whatever they do in future."

Source: allkpop

NOOOOOOOOO. Where will I get to see fail Chunderella now? :( :( :( Dynamics and everything will be different too. *BAW*

Yesung becomes new MC for KBS N's variety show

[queenbratinella.livejournal.com]

"Good-looking Guys' Carriage"* changes title to "Day and night Handsome Guys' Carriage"* for its season 2 starting in the beginning of June.

"Day and night Handsome Guys' Carriage" new MCs are Shin Junghwan, Go yunwook, Lee sungjin and Super Junior Yehsung.

(The first season was MCed by Jung changwoo, Brian, Jo HyunMin and Julian Kang.)

The rest of the article is about other new programs of the channel including a SNSD child-care program where they will show more their mature lady image*

The change is expected for the second week of June.




Source: CBS news (nocutnews)
Credit: Translation by Alice @ sj-world


Excited as f*ck for Yesung bb. ♥ Hopefully there will be lots of LOLZ here, since he was really fun co-hosting with the rest of SJH in Idol Army last year:

2NE1 News

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12 Days Into Debut Single 'FIRE' Makes 200 Million Won
'In just 12 days 200 million* won!'

Girl group 2NE1 has renacted their sibling group Big Bang's "hundred million apotheosis (?) '

2NE1 had released their single (Fire) on the 6th and just after 12 days have made sales records of over a hundred million won. Their senior group, Big Bang, who are in the same label as them have recently made over 1 billion won in sales with 3 CM songs and so is being compared to that. In the singing industry it can be as far as to coin them as "the million won siblings". In one music portal site the party stated "Until the 17th 2NE1's sales were calculated to be over 2 million won. When they had finally appeared on their first ever music program on the 17th the sales had went up overwhelmingly."

( Read more... )

*200,000,000 KRW is about 159,700 USD or 113,900 EUR

2NE1, “cheers ‘Let’s play!’ before going onto stage”

The debut single of YG’s new girl group ‘FIRE’ is gathering popularity.

2NE1, the girl group with the label of “Female Big Bang” which is produced by the representative of YG Entertainment Yang Hyun Suk, seems like is having great pressure recently.

( Read more... )

"Made demo and threatened YG!"
2ne1 relay interview - CL
Jjajjang skills "18 years old leader" speaks four languages... even composes
"We will show you our true colors"

It seems like we are seeing a runaway train as it's literally scary how only 6 days after the debut, the top rookie in the women’s groups, 2ne1, is grabbing all the charts.

No one knew the curiosity for the girls their debut song <Fire> would arouse. CL, Park Bom, Park Sandra, and Gong Minji are causing higher interest than ever. Topics in the center line will introduce them one by one.

The 18 year old, the 2ne1 rapper CL does not act her age, but gives the feeling of maturity. Although there are unnies, she is put in the role of the leader. The YG yang hyunsuk told the audience: “you have to watch them closely.”, but it was not a special order.

( Read more... )

Sources: 1, 2, 3

stand by u - drama version mv

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source

I can never remember if it's okay to post Japanese stuff, when the artists are still Korean. In any case, if this gets through - I ♥ this song and the video is... well, very Doushite. 8D

DaeSung Being Cute and Speaking (or More Likely Reading Aloud) Japanese

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Source

Maybe some Japanese OMNTD member could tell us what he is saying.

Mnet Scandal Episode 1 with Good Quality English Subs

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Watch it before Mnet starts cracking down youtube.

( Rest of the videos )

Source

So cute!

Seol Kyung Gu & Song Yoon Ah's wedding guest list

[deazaskia.livejournal.com]

I love love love Jung Hye Young’s simple black dress. Though what’s up with the color? Black? To a wedding? O_O what’s wrong with these K-celebs! They wore pretty dresses for the Awards show, but very simple not-for-special-occasions dresses to attend a wedding! >_> snap!

Below are some pictures from Seol Kyung Gu & Song Yoon Ah’s wedding.
The same date as Shinae’s wedding, but their guests who came were like 5 times more than Shinae’s (I still can’t find Alex’s picture at the wedding, nor Solbi’s, Kim Ah Joong’s… and probably never will)

Aite. Let’s start with the couples first:
Above, we have Sean and beloved preggy wife, actress Jung Hye Young.

( are these celebs dressed appropriately for a wedding party? )

source

the last one was pretty shocking eh? *3*

Operation 9095: Changmin

[merlinspants.livejournal.com]

We've had Yunho and Jaejoong

Now it's time for....


~CHANGMIN~

1, 2 (More .gifs at the 2nd source)
Special thanks to wasurenaide at dbsg for the rip.



So what do you think bbs?

2NE1 ‘Fire’ up #1 on illegal download site for 3rd consecutive week

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2NE1’s debut song ‘Fire’ has been up #1 on illegal download site for the 3rd consecutive week.

MusicSave, which investigates into music and media content downloads online, said, “On popular illegal download sites P2P, Webhard, together with several online cafes, 2NE1’s ‘Fire’ stands 22.7% of the illegal music downloads, the song is up #1 for the download chart for 3 weeks through.”

2NE1 is the first artiste after So Nyeo Shi Dae to top illegal download charts for such long run. Already being up on the chart for 3 week consecutively has already shown their popularity. They are also one of the top searched keywords on portal sites.

Until now, they only performed once which is also their debut stage on SBS Inkigayo on 17th May.

Source

Spotted : TOP at school

[deazaskia.livejournal.com]

A student of Dangguk University, Big Bang’s T.O.P was spotted walking around campus in this unidentified photo.

( another pic )

source

he wears that to school? fierce! *___*

[090526] ETN Ranking - Male Artists as Girls (Flower Boys - 6 members)

[malousuening.livejournal.com]

10th place
+ Eunhyuk + Sungmin + Kangin
 
2nd place
+ Heechul + Shindong + Eeteuk

source:

Sup3rJunior

LOL~

Horror flick Chaw sells to 15 countries

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The horror movie Chaw [차우] always struck me as a B-list premise — killer pig runs wild! chaos and carnage ensue! — but the thing that kept me from writing it off was Uhm Tae-woong (Devil) and Jung Yumi (Que Sera Sera). Both are great actors who pick their projects carefully, and neither seems the type to go for a throwaway slasher flick.

And maybe it’s better than it sounds, because it has managed to sell to 15 countries, in advance of its theatrical release later this summer.

Chaw attracted notice amongst the European film market back in February at the Berlin Film Festival based on promotional trailers and has now sold to Germany, Austria, India, and Singapore, among others.

Perhaps hoping to follow in the footsteps of The Host, Chaw features a killer monster on the loose — a wild boar with a taste for human flesh. Uhm Tae-woong and Jung Yumi are among the five hunters brought in to stop its rampage.

The film releases in July.

( Some movie stills )

source

Omona is in need of some Uhm Taewoong, so here you go. There are more movie stills at the source if you're interested. I agree that the premise of the movie sounds lackluster but since UTW is in it, well, can't be that terrible. Too bad it didn't get picked up in the US.

SHINee for comeback stage next week

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It is known that SHINee member Onew who injured himself just before the boys’ comeback has been to the doctor’s for treatment and is covering well.

SM Entertainment said on the 29th, “Onew has almost fully recovered from his injuries. It is planned for the boys to have their comeback as early as next week.”

Onew had fell from a flight of stairs at the boys’ dormitary on 19th May after their practice and injured his front teeth. The boys were preparing for their comeback with their 2nd minialbum ‘Romeo’. And the album is already doing very well on album sales charts like Hanteo charts since the the album release.

Also, the title song ‘Juliette’ has been receiving much interests from music fans since its reveal even though the boys have not performed the song on broadcast programmes yet.

Source


 

T.O.P. and Hyori Look Good with Smoky Make-Up

[paperlet.livejournal.com]

Big Bang TOP and Lee Hyori have been voted #1 for the male and female artistes who go well with smoky makeup.

Hair makeup specialty Lee Jin Hee’s Makeup Secret did both online and offline poll from 11th to 20th May on 918 Koreans on ‘Male and female stars who go well with smoky makeup’.

For male stars:

1. Big Bang TOP (46% – 420 votes)
2. Big Bang GDragon (18% – 162 votes)
3. Jung Il Woo (16% – 147 votes)

For female stars:

1. Lee Hyori (38% – 351 votes)
2. Brown Eyed Girls GaIn (20% – 180 votes)
3. Kim Yuna (18% – 162 votes)

The group also did one with pink makeup – ’stars who go well with pink makeup’

1. Go Ara (25% – 234 votes)
2. KARA Goo Hara (19% – 171 votes)
3. So Nyeo Shi Dae YoonA (16% – 150 votes)
4. Park Shin Hye (12% – 114 votes)

Source 1 & 2

Does T.O.P. really wear make-up 24/7? Or is he just like the guy from Lost? Permanent eyeliner. LOL

Sohee vs Andre Kim

[miximel.livejournal.com]

We have topics on ‘Same Clothes Different Feel’, here’s one funny one on ‘Same Pose Different Feel’. And we have WonderGirls Ahn So Hee and designer Andre Kim.

In the photos we have the whole paparazzi peering into the car of the celebrity going on.

So Hee from WonderGirls So Hot album cover

( more lulz under the cut )

Here’s what netizens say:

* “SoHee’s photo – Hollywood movie style. Andre Kim’s photo – horror movie style”
* “Hahaha. The only thing that came out of me when I look at Andre Kim is laughter”
* “I can so remember him saying, ‘I work busily without conscious for the last preparation’… ><”
* “It’s like he’s being poisoned or something”
* “The only thing I wish to say is SoHee is cute”

lmao @ the netizen comments. ngl, I am only slightly more frightened by Andre Kim.

SOURCE

Won Bin interviews about Mother, acting, and future goals

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

With Cannes over and the thriller movie Mother releasing this week, there’s been a lot of stuff in the news involving the film’s three main players: Won Bin, Kim Hye-ja, and director Bong Jun-ho.

Aside from Won Bin’s status as one of the hotties of the first wave of Hallyu (initiated by his 2000 tearjerker drama series Autumn Fairy Tale with Song Hye-gyo, Song Seung-heon), this role has been highly anticipated because he’s had such a long break from acting. In stark contrast to most heartthrobs who try to capitalize on fame as much as possible (cramming schedules with movies, dramas, CFs, and magazine shoots), then hurry to burst back on the scene after army duty by trying to hit the ground running, Won Bin has had a relatively sparse career, stayed out of the limelight, and resurfaced only sporadically in recent years as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador.

( INTERVIEW )

MEANWHILE



Thriller film Mother has claimed the top spot for Korean movie openings this year, drawing in more than 220,000 attendees in its first day (May 28).

This breaks the April 30 opening of Park Chan-wook’s vampire-horror film Thirst, which recently won a jury prize at Cannes, which drew in 178,000 people on opening day. It also beat out Hollywood blockbuster Terminator 4, which came in second in its second week.

Mother has generally received praise from audiences, particularly for director Bong Jun-ho, who’s made a name for himself with films like The Host and Memories of Murder. Kim Hye-ja plays the determined mother out to rescue Won Bin, the mentally slow son accused of murder.

Via dramabeans here and here

Ugh, I keep hearing how good Thirst and this are. I want to watch it already!

Also, this man is so underrated in this comm: Vogue photoshoot & him in Paris.

(Just for LOLZ) What North Korean government thinks about current kdramas and kmovies?

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

Lee Myung Bak Group Accused of Producing and Showing "Anti-Communist" Films and TV Dramas
Pyongyang, May 19 (KCNA) -- "Anti-communist" movies and TV dramas are now being massively produced and shown in south Korea to defile the dignified system in the DPRK and incite antipathy and confrontation between the north and the south. And even foreign films seriously misrepresenting the reality of the DPRK are openly shown there.

A spokesman for the Literature and Art Sub-committee of the North Side Committee for Implementing the June 15 Joint Declaration in a statement issued Tuesday said:

This is an indication that the vicious and dastardly moves of the group of traitors to completely stamp out the idea of "By our nation itself" which has dynamically advanced the June 15 era in the sphere of literature and art of south Korea and benumb the south Koreans' thoughts have reached an extreme phase.

( Read more... )

Source: NK's official news service KCNA or the ultimate LOL generator as I tend to call it

Female SHINee?!

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SM Entertainment said that they will not release group pictures of the girls so that the people will be surprised for the concept. They have revealed S4U’s concept, but they thought so that it will be a disaster. Mr. Park, the manager said ” We will erase or delete any information about the S4U girls. Currently, the girls are recording their debut album that will be released on late July or early August. “

On the interview, the group leader, Lee Nara, also known as Lara said “We went on a very different training system compared to SNSD and The Grace’s since our trainors are from U.S. We worked hard as trainees for more than 3 years as a group and we will work even harder as a singer. We will also work in variuos fields in entertainment industry as this is the unique capability of SM talents, being all-rounders. Please support our group.”

Sun Anna, one of the 2 follow-up members stated her happiness in joining the group. “I was so surprised when Manager Park summoned me and Seng Yeon. We were suprised that we will be debuting. Though we were not able to train with Lara, DaEun and DoYeon for long, we have been together for years already. Please support our group.”

Yoo Seung Yeon, the other new member said that she will be the female version of Minho or Key. She is not yet sure of her pair but she said it is between Key and Minho. She also mentioned about The Grace’s Lina for being mentor while she was still a trainee. She hopes to see her fans soon.

( the girls' profiles )

Sources: 1 & 2

IDK about this group. and Key is basically a girl so SHINee doesn't need a female counterpart ):

Tae Goon goes to Japan

[ansohi.livejournal.com]

After successfully holding a fan meeting in Thailand this March, rookie singer Tae Goon plans to take on Japan.



Immediately after his debut in January this year, Tae Goon's management began receiving "love calls" from major Japanese labels. After negotiations have finished, Tae Goon looks forward to holding a fan meeting and concert in Japan this July.

In a telephone interview with his company on the 25th, they revealed that "Tae Goon has been receiving offers from many countries across Asia, and has been signed with Pony Canyon Japan, who also manages SS501's activities in Japan. This July in Tokyo he will hold a meeting with his Japanese fans along with a mini concert."

Tae Goon rose to popularity with his debut song "Call Me" in Thailand earlier this year. Just 4 months later he will begin with several activities in Japan, something that rookies usually do not see.

His management also has him taking language classes to learn English, Japanese, and Chinese.

His official Japanese fanclub (www.taegoon.jp) is currently taking registrations.


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Kara vs Wonder Girls

[moriganmadison.livejournal.com]

They used to be good…kinda.

Looking at two flourishing girl groups, Kara is about to have their first ever mini-concert on their reality program “Kara’s MetaFriends,” and the Wondergirls are about to have their first official fan meeting and concert in America. Both only debuted in early 2007 and have gained a lot of popularity with catchy pop songs: Kara had “Pretty Girl” and “Honey,” while the Wondergirls had their retro trilogy. Yet, even with all their success, they get a lot of flack for being girly groups with questionably talented members. Surprisingly, they weren’t always that way.

Under DSP Entertainment, Kara used to be just a four member group consisting of Park Gyu-ri, Han Seung-yeon, Nicole Jung, and Kim Sung-hee. Debuting with an image of independent, fierce young women, they were touted as being “Fin.K.L 2” for coming from the same company and their shining potential. Kim Sung-hee really carried the group with her strong vocals, but her participation in Kara was contingent upon her grades. Unfortunately in early 2008, she failed her college entrance exams, so her dad forced her to quit Kara. She was replaced by Kang Ji-young and Gu Ha-ra, and they downgraded their image from being strong females to being bubbly and innocent.

Under JYP Entertainment, Wondergirls consisted of Sun-ye, Ye-eun, Sun-mi, So-hee, and rapper Hyun-ah. They debuted with the song “Irony” from their mini-album “The Wonder Begins” as foxy school girls who won’t take crap from guys, and it did modestly well. Hyun-ah was plagued with chronic gastroenteritis, so her parents pulled her out of the group in the summer of 2007 and the Wondergirls continued performing “Irony” without her. Just before they were about to perform the comeback stage with “Tell Me,” Good Entertainment sent JYPE their trainee Yoo-bin as Hyun-ah’s replacement.

Looking at past performances of the old Kara and Wondergirls roster, all the girls showed more vocal prowess than they do now, especially Wondergirl’s So-hee and Sun-mi. The songs that both groups do now focus on image and catchiness, rather than promoting the actual capabilities of their members.

( Compare for yourself )

Source:popseoul

This is probably old news for a lot of members, but I figured it couldn't hurt to post. With all the 2ne1 hype, I remember several members were discussing Kara's old image. I don't really follow either group, but it was interesting to see the difference.

BoA to perform at MTV VMA Japa, big Bang in attendance + "After 2PM"

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Most of you already know that Big Bang will be in attendance for the MTV Japan Video Music Awards on May 30th, but did you know that BoA will be in attendance and performing? It's been reported that BoA will perform "I Did it for Love" together with Sean Garrett on stage!

I don't know much about Sean Garrett, but he seems to be one of those producers that likes being in the spotlight. We haven't heard much about BoA since her deal with CAA, so I'm even more excited to see the performance. In the mean time you can watch her music video:

Source: allkpop

( Love seeing 2PM/One Day with After School? Then you'll love this picture... )

Surprisingly, Taek looks prettier than i expected. We all expected Nichkhun to look pretty, right?

MOD POST.

[twomin.livejournal.com]

Just a couple of notices for members:



1. SUGGEST OMONA FOR THE LJ COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT.

Community spotlight is a great way for all LJ users to be exposed to the happenings on Livejournal. Since OMNTD is relatively new, we would love for our community to be selected for an upcoming LJ spotlight. To make this happen, we need as many members as possible to suggest us as a contender.

You can do this by clicking on ‘home’, and scrolling down until you come to the ‘In Spotlight This Week’ section. At the bottom of this section, you will see the sentence: ‘Your favorite community here. Suggest a Spotlight’. Part of this sentence is a clickable link, which takes you to an area where you can fill out some details about OMNTD.

The screencap at the top of this post shows you what the community spotlight looks like, for this week.

( read moar bbs. )

That's it everyone! Questions/suggestions welcome in this post!

So There Was a Almost Debuted Group Named "4 Seasons" Under SM Entertainment

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credit withtvxq for chinese translations.

source

Korean TV Networks Fight P2P Pirates

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

Television networks are upping their offensive against peer-to-peer pirates, threatening legal action should file-sharing sites fail to remove illegal videos from their networks.

The Internet units of the country's three national television channels ― KBS, MBC and SBS ― jointly issued a warning to 79 peer-to-peer and "Web hard" online storage services they accuse of being the most severe copyright violators.

The letter, dispatched through Seoul-based law firm, Yoon Yang Kim Shin & Yu, which represents the television stations, predicts a "large scale" of lawsuits against Internet companies that fail to introduce effective measures to prevent users from sharing illegal copies of television shows.

The 79 Internet companies named by the television networks include SK Communications, the operator of Nate (www.nate.com), the country's third-most popular search site, and Cyworld (www.cyworld.com), an immensely popular social networking service.

Nate and Cyworld are popular destinations for online videos, both for copyrighted and user-generated content, and the massive traffic generated by the Web sites has television stations taking a closer watch on copyright infringement.

( Read more... )

Source

I wonder how this might affect out tv clip and drama supply. :-(

Popular Culture Reflects Social Changes

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

Kim Yeon-soo, a culture critic, has picked out five keywords commonly permeating our lives to explain and define current popular trends in her new book, "Reasonable Bias for Popular Culture."

The craze for plastic surgery, suicides of celebrities, and singers and actors doing "comedy" gigs on entertainment programs seem to be separate areas of the local showbiz industry. But they are closely interconnected through the same mechanisms in this fast-changing information and technology era.

Kim Yeon-soo, a culture critic, has picked out five keywords commonly permeating our lives to explain and define current popular trends.

In a new book, "Reasonable Bias for Popular Culture," she chose the five ― deconstruction, interaction, multi, image and reality ― which are prevalent in popular culture these days.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction and examines the problems and possibilities of study in this fast changing field.

( Read more... )

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