and the comparison shit will always reign in Korea. here's some 2pm and SHINee

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

After the recent reveal into SHINee’s dormitory, netizens did a comparison on the difference between their dormitory and 2PM’s.

And also a netizen did a little gag comparison between the charms of both group, which some fans might find offensive.

( LOL THIS WILL BE GOOD Y/Y? )

Source of lolarity: sookyeong

SHINee's room is so clean cos they have Key duh. And that chart is just...... what?

Daesung + Seungri at "Shouting" Musical Press Conference

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Big Bang's Daesung and Seungri at a press conference promoting their new musical "Shouting" which will run from August 12-23 this summer.



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Credits: 1, 2, 승리갤, as tagged

MNet Countdown's Special, Comeback and Usual Stages

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On Mnet M!Countdown today, we have the comeback stage from 2PM with the new hit ‘I Hate You’ together with 8eight with the new song performance ‘Goodbye My Love’.

We also have Davichi, SeeYa and JiYeon with a special stage performing ‘Shoes’.

Special Stage: 2PM, 8eight, Kim Jong Wook (ft. Boram of Seeya), Seeya Davichi Jiyeon
( SPECIAL STAGE )

Usual Stage - Chaeyeon
( USUAL STAGE )

Source: Sookyeong

I'll add on as I find others.

Wonder Girls & Rain are Black Eyed Peas' Favourite Kpop Artist

[deazaskia.livejournal.com]

Black Eyed Peas' Will.I.Am. mentioning the Wonder girls during an interview with Korean TV station SBS. Some are suggesting that a collaboration between Black Eyed Peas and Wonder girls should have happened instead of their current hook up with the Jonas Brothers.

credit : minsarang and seoulbeats

source : SoheeFC @ YT

Hip Korea on Discovery II

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Now it is time for episode 2 of HIP KOREA -- SEOUL SAVVY, featuring the actor Lee Byung-hun. In many ways, HIP KOREA 2 is the prequel to the Rain episode, as this episode goes back and examines the changes Korea went through during the 1990s and into the 21st century. Rain is about where Korea is now, but Lee Byung-hun looks at how Korea got here.

It turns out that Lee Byung-hun is a pretty good conduit for that story -- he first made it big in 1992/3, around the time Korea got its first civilian president. He made JSA in 2000, at the same time as the North-South Summit between the Koreas. He starred in a couple of huge TV dramas that helped spark the boom of Korean TV dramas around Asia (aka Hallyu). And he starred in a couple of really big movies (A BITTERSWEET LIFE and THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD) that showcased how far Korean movies and society have come along.

HIP KOREA -- SEOUL SAVVY makes its debut on NHK in Japan on June 13 at 12:55am (technically June 14), in a two-hour, back-to-back showing with HIP KOREA -- SEOUL VIBES (the Rain episode ). It then encores on NHK BS (satellite) on June 19 at 8pm and June 20 at 4:30pm.

It airs in Discovery at the following times in the following locations:
Korea - Thursday, June 18 at 8pm. Encores on June 20 at 2pm, June 21 at 1am in the morning and June 23 at 12am midnight.
Singapore/HK/Malaysia - Thursday, June 18 at 7pm. Encores on June 20 at 1pm and 12am midnight and June 23 at 11pm.
Taiwan - Sunday, August 16 at 10pm. (Rain's episode will be bundled and aired at 11pm.) Encores on August 23 at 3am and 3pm.

Preview

Source:1, 2

BRB SHAKING AND CRYING ! ! !

Kim Bum for Kia’s Koup

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Kim Bum adds to his growing list of his endorsement deals with this gig pushing a new car for auto company Kia.

The young Boys Before Flowers actor is promo rep for the Forte Koup, which debuted its 2010 line at the New York International Auto Show this spring. Kim Bum is pictured here at an event unveiling the car on June 11 at the outdoor plaza of Seoul’s Coex center.

( More pictures of this qt )

Source: starnews
Via: dramabeans

guess who time, bbz.

[downpour.livejournal.com]

GUESS WHO, OMONA?

eta; new picture, because it was too easy rofl.



( i wonder who bbz )

source.

4Minute, “We looked like 2NE1 and After School? No, we’re different”

[bunglur.livejournal.com]

A photo of upcoming group ‘HyunA’s group’ 4Minute has been revealed today after their silhouette teaser yesterday.



With an average age of 18, members are HyunA, Ji Hyun, Ga Yoon (20), Ji Yoon (20), and youngest So Hyun (16). After looking at the photo, many netizens commented, “They look no different from 2NE1 and After School“.

With that, Cube Entertainment came out to say, “This photo is not for their main cut. Like their ‘Hot Issue’ teaser video, the girls follow Candy Funky concept, they can take the cute, or pure, or strong image, their style changing from time to time.”

“Their candy funky is much different After School who does vivid colours and 2NE1 with the hip hop style. Candy funky is currently very famous in Europe with the spirit of ‘Let’s go back to the 1980s’.”

The full MV for ‘Hot Issue’ directed by Hong Jong Ho who also did Seo Taiji and the Boys‘ MV will be released on 15th June.

Source

guess who~ smart bros edition

[ranwae.livejournal.com]

The baby grew up to be badassawesome, but both turned out pretty damn well, because smarts run in the family~
( Was that too easy LOL )

KBS Music Bank Performances.

[downpour.livejournal.com]

watched most of these live and all of them were really good. not really digging 2pm's junho and junsu wearing face masks, though LOL. but ryeowook had glasses on and looked super qt in suju's perf! ♥ and finally new outfits from 2ne1, too (and they changed their choreo up a bit). but i really think that the bugs on shinee's shirts have got to go.

2NE1 - Waiting Room

( 2NE1, Super Junior, SHINee, 8Eight, 2PM, Taegoon, After School K.Will, Lena Park, Lee Jung-Hyun, Hee Young (Gavy NJ), 2PM Winning & Encore )

thanks to codemonmon!~

{Eng-Sub} 090605 Magazine1 2PM's Maknae

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source

Chansung is hilarious! XDDD
LOL Jaebeom : They also say, "If you're the maknae, how old the other members must be." XD

Sunny fears no animals, long or small

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

So Nyuh Shi Dae's Sunny turned into the second sweet-violent girl following Park Yejin.

Lately, Sunny showed her fighting spirit through catching a loach with her bare hands on MBC "Sunday Sunday Night"'s "So Nyuh Shi Dae's Horror Movie Factory".

( details )

translated by Xeth @ soshified
edited by Soy @ soshified
original source

Always relevant video of Sunny catching a snake.

North seeks $500 million for land use of Kaesong

[deazaskia.livejournal.com]

Kim Young-tak, left, of the South Korean Unification Ministry, in Paju, Gyeonggi, yesterday before leading the South Korean delegation for talks with the North Korean delegation at the Kaesong Industrial Complex.

Pyongyang made pricey demands yesterday on the Kaesong Industrial Complex while ignoring Seoul’s request for the release of a detained South Korean worker.

The North’s position was made clear at the year’s second inter-Korean talks concerning Kaesong. More talks are scheduled for June 19.

North Korea insisted that the South pay $500 million to use the 330 hectares (815.4 acres) of land at the complex, according to Seoul’s Unification Ministry. South Korea paid $16 million for that very land in 2004 under an inter-Korean agreement.

Also, the North requested that the South raise the monthly wage for North Korean workers to around $300, up from the current $55. After that, the North is asking for wage increases of 10 to 20 percent a year. Under current agreements, wages cannot be raised by more than 5 percent annually.

( read more )

source : joongangdaily

Super Junior 2009 Pepsi CF Making {RAW}

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source : pr3tchie @ YT

added : the CF also features Lee Junki, Jolin Tsai, Louis Kuo, and more.

new hite cf

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( colours )

source,source,
source,source

A bit more info on Oh Kwang-rok pot case

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

Actor Oh Arrested for Smoking Marijuana

Popular actor Oh Gwang-rok, most famous for his role in "Taewangsasingi" (The Four Guardian Gods of the King)" as a wise man, was arrested Thursday for smoking marijuana, police said Friday.

According to Namdaemun Police Station, Oh is suspected of having smoked marijuana on several occasions, including once in February at his house in Seoul. He allegedly smoked with the head of an unidentified information-technology company, known as Park, investigators said.

Police said Park bought the drug from a local dealer and shared it with eight others, including animation film director Kim Mun-saeng.

Oh has appeared in numerous films including "Seven Days" and "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance."

Source

Ul Jjang Shi Dae first episode

[yumenii.livejournal.com]

The first episode of Ul Jjang Shi Dae is up on Youtube. Raw only.

Part 1

 

( Parts 2, 3, 4 and 5 here~ )

So, what is Omona's opinion of this show so far?
Personally, the girls seems kinda of... idk, boring. Except the little one, she seems really blunt and funny.
Also,am I the only one getting Heechul vibes from the last guy? I mean, he looks like a girl, seems kinda of bitchy and diva-like... he even danced to Wonder Girls! Totes a younger version of Heechul right there.

Koreans addicted to mobile phones

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Koreans spend more time talking on cell phones than anyone else in developed countries.

According to the KT Management Research Laboratory, an average Korean spent 320 minutes per month talking on a mobile phone in the fourth quarter of 2008 -- the longest calling volume among countries where consumers have to pay for outgoing calls.

The laboratory, affiliated with the nation's top telecommunications company KT, said that Korea's cheap mobile call rates and their tendency to spend time outdoors make the nation post one of the highest calling volume per person in the world.

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Source

{PICS} 2PM's Energy Song

[deazaskia.livejournal.com]

i decided to use this pic as a teaser. :3

( there are so many of 'em! ♥____♥ )

source : 1 | 2

hmmmmmm~~~~~  (´∪｀)

Complex Blog's Top 9 hottest women

[smilingsounds.livejournal.com]

The Top 9 Hottest Korean Women - as told by this blog.
(Warning, this is very image heavy.)


Who is number 1?
(Hint: It's neither of these three.)


( Drumroll please. )

Source!

So Omona, do you agree/disagree? Who is in your list for hot women?

Lee Jung-hyun is taken + reason for comeback

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

It looks like the pint-sized singer Lee Jung-hyun aka Ava is no longer on the singles market.

On the June 11th episode of KBS2 ‘Happy Together’, Lee Jung-hyun revealed that she is currently in a relationship but is not thinking of marriage, as of yet. When asked what her lover does for a living, she stated, “He runs a finance firm overseas”.

( MORE )

( reason for comeback )

Source: Taken out unnecessary tl;dr from popseoul and sookyeong

20 Women for Elle

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

Elle photographed 20 notable women for its 200th issue – subjects included models Han Hye Jin, Jang Yoon Ju, and Song Kyung Ah, 2008 Olympics weightlifting gold medallist Jang Mi-Ran, singer Lee Hyori, and actress Moon Geun Young

Apparently, this photoshoot is released in batches, so there are only 4 pictures (6 women) behind the cut. I went by the Elle site but I had to log in to snoop around the site. :(



( Bigger and under the cut )

Source: kpculture

Who wore it better: Prince Song Vs. Minho

[kyurisma.livejournal.com]

[Poll #1415036]
Source: Prince Song / Minho

Super Junior is #1!

[honeydice.livejournal.com]

Group Super Junior is #1 on Thailand Channel V Asian Chart for a record-breaking of 8 consecutive weeks.
Their 3rd album title song ‘Sorry Sorry’ is #1 through 8 weeks on the Thailand Channel V ‘Countdown Asian Chart’ from the 3rd week of April to the first week of June, setting a new record on the chart.
The chart tabulates its results from listeners requests (through internet sites and mails) and shows the popularity of Asian stars on the chart.
Also Super Junior’s 3rd album is #1 on B2S Top20Chart a week after its release in Thailand for the 1st week of June.
Meanwhile the boys are busy promoting their current hit ‘It’s You’ on various music programmes.

source

Do you think the boys will take back their #1 from last week winner SHINee for music bank? Or will SHINee start rolling? Let's wait and see :)

All eyes on So Ji-sub and Gong Hyo-jin

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

Take a look at the two celebrities that will be receiving the first ‘Rising Star Asia Award‘ at the upcoming ‘New York Asian Film Festival’s ‘Korean Film Night’ on June 24th.

Actor So Ji-sub has been nominated for the ‘Rising Star Asia Award’ for his acting in the recent film, ‘A Movie is a Movie’. As for actress Gong Hyo-jin, a number of films she starred in have been nominated but she is receiving the award for her acting in the film, ‘Miss Carrot’. Both So Ji-sub and Gong Hyo-jin did a great job in their recent works and it’s even better that they are getting recognition for it overseas as well. Who knows, maybe this will be there chance to get a bigger bite out of the “hallyu” wave that’s been spreading.

The 8th annual NYAFF will begin on June 19th and last until July 5th at the New York Manhattan IFC Center and Japan Society. Films from a number of Asian countries including China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, etc. will be shown at the NYAFF. Congratulations to So Ji-sup and Gong Hyo-jin for nabbing the first ‘Rising Star Asia Award’!

Source: popseoul

This is a very special mod post!

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

WARNING: Do not look directly into the dazzle

Greetings amazing members of omonatheydidnt,

This post is to inform you that I received a email from LiveJournal today regarding our community. It seems that we are going to be getting a spotlight from the 15th-20th of June. So expect a influx of new members and people just dropping by to check us out. I know you'll welcome them in. We hope there wont be any trolls coming in to harsh our buzz, but in the event of a troll just merely ignore them and a mod will take care of it. Let's put our best effort into showing everyone why Omona rocks & is a great resource for Korean Entertainment news/Commentary. We want to see as much entertainment news as possible here at Omona. We encourage you to start posting more or for the first time. Check out our Source post for news links.

Thank you to everyone who recommended us for spotlight. We are still a very young community. Last Sunday we celebrated our first 100 days. In such a short time we have garnered thousands of members that are passionate about the community and Korean Entertainment news. Thank you to everyone that has contributed, supported and kept the community afloat when so many crash and burn. We hope to be around for a long time.

Omona is comprised of passionate people from all around the globe that love Korean stars. Your fellow members come from places such as The U.K, The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, Mexico, Singapore, The U.S, Australia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Norway, Finland, Spain, Philippines, Peru, Malaysia, Latvia, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Romania, Iceland, Chile, Slovenia, Argentina, France, Taiwan, Barbados, Brazil, Belgium... ok ok I could go on forever. Basically we are everywhere and epik. We deserve this spotlight. So congratulations to all the mods and the members.

"You are good job!" - ss501

I declare this post an unofficial FFA of celebration!

T-ara's 'Good Person' MV

[deazaskia.livejournal.com]

source

cute. but i still can't tell which is which. :3

Song Joong Ki for Ceci

[deazaskia.livejournal.com]

( more pics IRL 8D )

source

who is this cutie? :D

New Whispering Corridors movie classified as 18+ only

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

The 9 members of SNSD might have had their horror movie opportunity terminated by MBC recently. But it's no loss for us fans because the latest chapter of the Whispering Corridors series, A Blood Pledge will be hitting movie theatres in Korea soon. What's unfortunate though is that Korean youths might not be able to watch it, after the movie was recently slapped with a 18+ rating by the Korea Media Rating Board (KMRB), becoming the first in the series to receive such a rating.

Whispering Corridors 5: A Blood Pledge is about about a group of high school chapel friends, who swear their friendship with blood and promise that they will even die together. The remaining friends are chased by death as their promise weights heavily over them after one of the students in the group, Eon Ju commits suicide by jumping to her death. The movie is going to hit movie theatres on 18th June, next week.

According to KMRB, they ruled that the scene where the group of students meet to promise to die together, might lead to a spate of copycat suicides or otherwise known as the Werther effect in Korea. The ruling comes after South Korea has been battling a rise in people committing suicides in recent years and given an even higher profile, following suicides by actress Choi Jin Shil last year and ex-president, Roh Moo Hyun.

The previous 4 chapters in the Whispering Corridors series have never been slapped with a 18+ rating before by the KMRB. The first chapter of Whispering Corridors got a 15+ rating while the 2nd and 3rd, Memento Mori and Wishing Stairs had a 12+ rating. The 4th chapter, Ghost Voice had a 15+ rating, just like the first.

With the Whispering Corridors series targeted at primarily the youth market, the enforcement of the 18+ rating would be a big blow to the box office takings. The production house, Cine 2000 has voiced it's dismay at the rating and will be filing an appeal against the decision although time is fast running out for them.

( trailer )

Source: allkpop

Previous post with posters and info. Good move y/y?

Jonghyun @ Music Bank Rehearsal

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( more )

Source

Taegoon's very important, successful, talented, and shocking acting debut

[bunglur.livejournal.com]

On the June 11 episode of MBC's TaeHee, HyeKyo, JiHyun sitcom, Taegoon made his very important, successful, talented, exceptional, important, and real acting debut.

Even though his cameo was only 60 seconds, he was able to solve a math problem while showing off his amazing acting skills and viewers were wowed at his talented and great acting abilities. Although it was his first time acting, he was able to portray a shockingly deep and complex character flawlessly while answering a math problem. Over one whole netizen commented that his performance in the drama was "simply astounding and his acting abilities blew me away."



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Source and me the translations are 100% accurate and real i did not make anything up or enhance it!

Wonder Girls want Nobody Nobody but China

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Seems like the Wonder Girls have a busy agenda. JYP Entertainment officially announced last week that the girls are going to debut in America at the end of the month. The english version of their "Tell Me" and "Nobody" singles will be avaliable on iTunes on June 27th. The girls will also be opening for the Jonas Brothers tour in 7 different cities in the US and Canada.

The Wonder Girls went back to South Korea to film a CF and are currently in China supporting JYP China .
 

( More pictures after the cut... )

( More pictures after the cut... )

Sources:
Qianlong.com (chinese)
cyworld news + google translate
ME

NichKhun pays a little visit to the ~Ice Princess~

[xcherryblossomx.livejournal.com]

sorry there is so sub yet.

( Pictures after the cut... )

Source: cyworld news

Mods: I think its time for a NichKhun tag

Guess Who? Couple Edition

[changmim.livejournal.com]

Guess which lovebirds are seen taking a (playful) stroll together!



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Some BoA on 'So You Think You Can Dance'

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Asuka Kondoh Dances to BoA's "Did Ya"

Source

Looks like this song choice paid off for BoA

This show is awesome. Who watches?