Super Junior-M Xing Wen 30 minutes Interview @ Global Chinese Golden Charts News + text translation

[proleptical.livejournal.com]

No Donghae because he was sick. :(

In a nutshell: they are very thankful over the fact that their Taiwan fanmeeting tickets sold in out in an hour, Kyuhyun would like for SJ-M to open for A-Mei, they are still making fun of Zhou Mi because the boy over has powder foundation in his murse not matter what, Han Geng is still saying Henry doesn't like to shower, and Henry is being awesomely revengeful by revealing that Han Geng drools when he sleeps all the time, even in the car.

( More detailed text traslation here! )

Credit: fampar @ youtube (video) & ★stilapixie @ sj-world.net (translation)

I love all the recent SJ-M interviews because Zhou Mi and Henry have begun to speak out more! Henry seems way more confident (his Mandarin has improved a lot in such short amount of time) and I love how he's continuously picking on Han Geng, lmao. He's becoming a Kyuhyun pt. 2! And Zhou Mi slaps are the best thing ever, ok?

Good luck in Taiwan, boys!

Teaser for 2PM's "My Color" Corby MV Revealed!

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2PM's MV for the Corby "My Color" song TEASER is out! It's really blurry though because it's still processing, but luckily for us, it's just a teaser! You've already seen the colorful shots of each individual boy, let's check out the teaser!

HOORAYY! This means the actual MV is NEAR! Yessssssss

Source: hypnoticASIA.com
Video Credit: UrAsianSource

Wheesung, Bum-Soo, and Bobby Kim on Music Travel LaLaLa

[janri.livejournal.com]

After some persuasion by jyurian21 and viewing his post here I decided I should share some more Wheesung love.

Wheesung, Bobby Kim, and Kim Bum Soo were featured on MBC's Music Travel LaLaLa on December 2nd. Covering The Beatles' Hey Jude, Buga Kingz, and Vibe.
( videos here )

Wheesung bias. I has it.

Video Credit: sj2move and CodeMonmonSeason5

The Top 10 Searched Terms on Google Korea Are..

[radiospy.livejournal.com]

2009 has sure been an eventful year - and to celebrate such a year, Google Zeitgeist has released the list of their Top 10 Most Searched terms in several different categories for several countries. Among those countries was South Korea. In the Entertainment / Celebrity Category, the girls of Girls' Generation / SNSD came out on top.

( Read more.. )

akp

BEAST to perform Mystery on Inkigayo!

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Ever since their debut, BEAST has been performing their title-song Bad Girl from their first mini-album Beast Is The B2ST.

Well, it looks like they are now going to change things up as they will be performing their follow-up track, Mystery, on this week's Inkigayo! I am expecting a new atmosphere from BEAST as Mystery has quite a different feel.

Will they rock the stage well with Mystery? Stay tuned to allkpop this Sunday to find out!

akp
KikiBigBangVIP@YT

Super Junior’s “Super Show 2″ Live Album Will Be Released On December 10th!

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The release of Super Junior ‘SUPER SHOW 2’ live album has been announced for the 10th!

The concert took place from July 17th to 19th in Seoul and will contain 2CDs with Super Junior songs but also the performances of Super Junior-K.R.Y, Super Junior-T, Super Junior-M. The solos as well as the parody of Girls’ Generation ‘Gee’ are included as well as many other surprises!
In total the double Cd will contain 39 songs!

It’s also now available on yesasiafor US$16.99 [~€11.29]!yesasia release date is December 14th!

[T/N] : This is the live album NOT the DVD!
Credits: original source
Translation by Alice @sj-world.net

Source: icepluscoffee@wp

8eight to hold a year-end concert

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3-members group 8eight hasn’t been gone a long way to hold its first Christmas concert, but they surely have a reason to celebrate.



8eight to go after an “eve performance” concert

8eight, the three-member group is planning to hold their year-end concert by the end of the month. Eight three-member mixed group, the ‘eye performance’ concept is ready for the end of the concert.

According to their concert “Maximum Level” on December 13 (next weekend), at the Art Hall CGV theater. They’ve set a special performance from their last debut song, which have been receiving tons of supports and praises since last October.

They’ll be planning a special concert with party atmosphere on stage including some special performances.
According to one of their members Lee Hyun, they’re aiming to show a special on-stage concert like never before. With 8eight original songs, and impressive performances to wow the concertgoers.

8eight is also planning to held an eve concert in Daegu on New Year’s eve.

Source: JAZZHOLIC

2009 was such a good year for them

Winner's List & Outfits for the 30th Blue Dragon Film Awards Part II: More mens this time round

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Considering the recent slump in the Korean movie industry, it was a pretty good year for films, with several big hits breaking box office records, like Haeundae and Take Off, both of which amassed a number of nominations. It was also a good year for the smaller, indie movie, with awards being given to actors of Breathless, and both Kim Myung-min and Ha Ji-won pulling in top acting honors for their performances in My Love By My Side (aka Closer to Haeven).

( WINNERS )

BIG PICTURES, MANY PICTURES
( on to the fashion parade!!!!!!!!!! )

Source: edaily, osen, osen
Via: dramabeans for putting the effort to make such a huge post omg ♥

Catch up with Part I featuring the likes of Ha Ji Won, Kim Ha Neul, Lee Si Young, Park Bo Young and many more here.

Korean films are good! Discuss the ones that have been nominated and won! ^^ More popular ones that have had critical acclaim or broke Korean box offices are Haeundae, Mother, Thirst, Good Morning President, Speedy Scandal, Take Off and Breathless

In South Korea, abortion foes gain ground

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Reporting from Seoul - For nearly two decades, obstetrician Shim Sang-duk aborted as many babies as he delivered -- on average, one a day, month after month.

"Over time, I became emotionless," the physician said. "I came to see the results of my work as just a chunk of blood. During the operation, I felt the same as though I was treating scars or curing diseases."

Shim, 42, eventually came to despise himself, despite the money he earned from the procedures. So, two months ago, he founded an activist group of physicians who refuse to perform abortions and advocate prosecution for doctors who continue to do so.

The group's stand has brought a tidal wave of criticism from the Korean Assn. of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which represents more than 4,000 physicians in this country where abortions, although technically illegal, are so prevalent it has been tagged as "the Abortion Republic."

Unlike in America, where doctors have been threatened and even killed for performing abortions, Shim says he's received death threats for deciding to stop performing them.

( the rest of the tl;dr )

source: Chicago Tribune

SHINee's Taemin Version of the Nana's B CF Revealed!

[krazeeangel04.livejournal.com]

Yesterday we showed you Minho's version of the Nana's B CF, featuring the lovely Sulli from f(x).
Today, Taemin's version of the CF was revealed. Since Taemin is such a cute little sweetheart,
his version is very dreamy and calm. I'm looking forward to Key and Onew's versions, they're
bound to be silly to some extent. Be sure to see Minho's post for behind the scenes and interview
clips as well! On to the CF!

30s version:

15s version:

Awww, Taeminie is so adorable and sweet. Who can say no to that face?!

Credit: HypnoticASIA
Video Credit: Randy19974; WeAreShining02

Ivy, “Kim HeeChul was mean to change his contact numbers without notice”

[wrongbyright.livejournal.com]

Coming back with her 3rd album ‘I Be…’, singer Ivy talks about the scandal that she had with Super Junior Kim HeeChul 2 years back.

Ivy was on MBC FM ‘ShinDong and Kim ShinYeong’s ShimShimTaPa’ on 2nd December when she said, “After the scandal, I wanted us to remain as good friends, when I was caught in another scandal, he just suddenly stop contact with me. I tried to call him, but it was some girl who picked up the call.”

It was later known that Kim HeeChul has changed his contact number without notice. And Ivy talks about HeeChul changing his contacts without notice, “Really mean. And recently I met him at a broadcast centre, and I told him ‘Heechul, you wait and see’” sending him a joking warning messge.

s:TVReport
source: sookyeong

North Korean won Currency is "Reevaluated"

[wrongbyright.livejournal.com]

Economic activity inside North Korea has reportedly ground to a halt following a government announcement that it is devaluing its currency at a rate of 100:1.

There were reports of public outrage and confusion after the announcement of the measure, which requires North Koreans to swap existing won notes for new ones at an exchange rate of one to 100 — effectively knocking two zeroes off their value. Because of a cap of 100,000 won per family (£475 at the official exchange rate), anyone with significant holdings of cash will have their savings wiped out.

The move is seen as an effort to quash small businesses and private enterprises which have proliferated in the unofficial economy. As many as 30,000 vendors are believed to operate in a market outside the capital, Pyongyang, and many of them had accumulated substantial cash reserves. This move effectively confiscates that cash.
Analysts do not foresee any direct economic repercussions outside the country, but it does serve as a reminder that many other world currencies are, like the North Korean won, “fiat money”.

Links at the Times Online, Wall Street Journal, and Economist. Photo credit.
source: neatorama

I'm not sure if this is suitable for the comm?

SJ & SNSD will attend "2009 Melon Music Awards"

[dreamsbytheedge.livejournal.com]

Super Junior and SNSD have been confirmed to attend "2009 Melon music award". In this award, 10 artist/group will be chosen as "2009 Top 10" and also, there will be awards like "2009 Artist", "2009 Album", "2009 Song" and "2009 New artist".

"Melon Music Award" is a music award which was created by music site Melon and sponsored by Loen Entertainment, Cable ComedyTV, Dramax, YStar, CUMedia.

The award ceremony will be held at 7PM on December 16th at Olympic Hall, Seoul Olympic Park.



Original article is here
Translated by evanesco@sj-world.net
MAY TAKE OUT WITH FULL CREDITS

Seriously, who misses Suju? I know I do. :( and I want more Sushi interactions too, jfc.

Ninja Assassin exchanges extreme actions for incredibly boring scenes.

[bulgocrazyi.livejournal.com]

The biggest pop star of Asia knows in a confusing manner to persuade people of his role as a ruthless killer.

It's surprising that a movie so bloody and violent as Ninja Assassin can be so boring. After a quick explosion of extreme action the movie slows down a little bit to expand the plot in a slow pace. Uncountable shots of Raizo (played by the South Korean pop star Rain) who's training in his apartment are switched with scenes of cop Mika (Naomie Harris), who is investigating a couple of murders. The audience in the mean time is waiting desperately for the return of bloody scenes. Luckily Ninja Assassin knows how to deliver those passages in a perfect manner, with impressive graphic shots and lost limbs that are flying across the screen and fountains of blood that spray from dying bodies.

Still this doesn't always make up for the long scenes with boring material.

As the star of the movie Rain is a curious choice. His mostly wordless Raizo is impressively deadly with his body, but during quiet moments with his fellow actress Harris is Rain often too sweet, to much fun. This often is so bad that it's hard to compare this character with the deadly assassin from other scenes. A bit confusing, but Rain's acting performances during the movie are definitely not to blame.

The biggest pop star from Asia shows that he has a bright future in Hollywood ahead of him.

Credit: bulgocrazyi@lj for translating
source: metro
Picture credit: eunkyung
take out with proper credit :)

I decided to fully translate the article eunkyung scanned from the Dutch news paper Metro. Finally i can put my Dutch language to some good use D: I am sorry if there are some errors I tried my hardest to not translate it too literally and make it an awkward read >_>;

4minute 'Jingle Jingle' MV released!

[radiospy.livejournal.com]

wintersunuds

SNSD to perform on Music Core this Saturday!

[vingtsecondes.livejournal.com]

The 9 genies are making my wish come true!

Just when I started feeling the withdrawal symptoms from a lack of SNSD, Music Core comes to the rescue!

For the Jeju Island (Beautiful island off the coast of South Korea) Special, SNSD will be performing "Tell me Your Wish (Genie)" and "Gee."

Also making comeback stages on Music Core will be JYP with "No Love No More"and T-ara with "Bo Peep Bo Peep."

I know I'm looking forward to it. Nine beautiful girls performing on a beautiful island, who wouldn't?

Stay tuned to allkpop for full coverage of this week's Music Core Jeju Island Special!

Source: akp



first post, sorry if i made a mistake ><

Another SJ-M Interview; possible Super Junior-M TV Series in the works?

[proleptical.livejournal.com]

Kyuhyun: (sings Geng's "Zhi Shao Hai You Ni" line, PERFECTLY imitating Geng's tendency to sharp all his notes and fail spectacularly at breathing, dead, Kyuhyun is such a brat)
Zhou Mi: [cracking up]
Geng: That was a little too much, wasn't it?
Zhou Mi: But the spirit was there, the spirit!

(Upcoming Events)
Geng: Well, everything's still in the planning stages, it's not confirmed that we will be acting in a TV series, but --
Henry: Shhh shh shh.
Geng: Yeah. But the company is looking at scripts that are suited to the seven of us, so that we might film a TV drama. We don't know if but really hope that one will be specifically written for all seven of us.

Geng: We hope that someday we might be able to go to Singapore and meet with all of you--
Zhou Mi: After we finish recording the first thing we'll do is tell our manager that we wanted to go to Singapore. Wait for us!

( talk about language barriers and possible misunderstandings that might arise because of them... )

Credit: evaporate @ livejournal (translation) & pr13ansj @ youtube (video)

SJ-M TV SERIES?!



Por favor. Also, Kyuhyun, never change, k?

SHINee & MBLAQ on 'Super Junior Miracle' Preview

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credit: dirah9304

KBS Music Bank 120409

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( ++++++++++++++++++++++++ )

credit: CodeMonmonSeason5, chriscorpius2, iamkimsora2

New Stuff from Fluxus: ByeBye Sea

[wassereis.livejournal.com]

Annyeong Bada (or translated by Fluxus to 'ByeBye Sea')is a band that is in the Indie Scene for 2 years already but has not released any album yet. Now they are going to release their first Mini Album 'Boy's Univers' under Fluxus. The songs and lyrics are written and composed by leader and vocal Namu and are produced by the three guys from W. The five songs contain a story about our generation's growth ache.

The Mini Album will be released December 7th.

( Love is like a mobile phone )

source: Violet Sweets
video: Indie2Go | youtube

saw them once at the Born To Rock Festival; I liked their stuff~

Younha, singer/songwriter/composer, to release "Part B" of 3rd album in December!

[rikayla.livejournal.com]

In April, Younha released Part A of her third album, Peace Love & Ice Cream, and now she's closing the year with the second chapter, Part B: Growing Up. The album title is fitting for the popular singer who just turned 21 this year, but is already celebrating her fifth anniversary as a singer. Younha's latest release confirms not only her talents as a singer, but also her great potential as a songwriter.

Younha wrote and composed three of the album's seven songs, and collaborated with composer You Hee Yeol (Toy) as well as ballad king Kim Bum Soo and diva Hwayobi. Younha teams up with You Hee Yeol to create "Go at Ease" (Track 4), and duets with Kim Bum Soo for "Things I Understand After Breakup" (Track 5). Hwayobi penned the emotional lyrics about the pain of parting for Younha's winter piano ballad "Broke Up Today" (Track 2). Growing Up also includes the feel-good rock pop piece "Like" (Track 3), the modern rock number Say Something, and the New Age-style "22nd Street" (Track 7).

( Tracklist under the cut! )

Source: YesAsia

Can't believe this hasn't been posted yet. o___O

Will edit with translations of the song titles if anybody has them. :)

( And for those who don't know who Younha is... )

How to become a Ninja Assasin

[carrotsandroses.livejournal.com]

Rain, the star of 'Ninja Assassin', talks about how he trained for the film.

Source: Wired

SS501 and 2NE1 not attending Melon Music Awards

[carrotsandroses.livejournal.com]

Popular idol groups, SS501 and 2NE1 withdrew from attending the Melon Music Awards.

DSP Entertainment, SS501's production company, has said in an phone interview with The Daily that the group's Asian Tour schedule would not allow them to attend. Fellow DSP group, Kara, is also "unlikely to attend" and has not confirmed yet.

YG Entertainment, 2NE1's production company, has also revealed through telephone interview with The Daily, that "2NE1 cannot attend. Big Bang has also not confirmed their attendance."

Prior to these announcements, SM Entertainment groups, SNSD and Super Junior has revealed the possibility of their attendance in the Melon Music Awards. SS501, 2NE1, Kara, and Big Bang are those who have the possibility of not attending. Melon Music Awards is an annual activity, which recognizes active artists and released songs. This year, it will be held on December 16th at 7PM at the Olympic Park Stadium.

Source: HypnoticAsia

XING 5th Generation Members Names Revealed + Pics

[jaybomb.livejournal.com]

Oh yay names. Two familiar ones and three new ones~ Intro vid and debut perf here.

But now: pictures! And finally names to put to faces. ( pedobait basically )

source: xingstar-thailand (1, 2)

So my speculations were correct. I've been watching out for Jinwan and Donggeun since they joined XE as trainees but they were listed as actor/models so I has no idea they'd end up in XING. I should warn you that Jinwan is 14 (and 180 cm) and Donggeun is 17 (178 cm). Other ages are unknown atm~

lol great now we have a Jihwan and a Jinwan. And they look alike.

4minute Ji Yoon is a Hyuna Anti-fan?

[nicky-nacker.livejournal.com]

Netizens have been left confused, speculating if the user posting rude comments and posts spreading rumors on the Wonder Girls' fan-cafe back when Hyuna had decided to withdrawal and dropped out of the Wonder Girls are really posts made by the real 4minute Ji Yoon.

Netizens have gone back in time and dug up several posts by the member with the name of, "ㄱr수도l는날v," who has posted harmful comments towards Hyuna in the past after she had dropped out of the Wonder Girls. What leads the netizens to believe this is Ji Yoon, is that the name used by that specific member, is the exact same name JiYoon used in 4minute's online chatting session with 4nia back in August.

( drama n screencaps dis way )

source : OMGKPOP

“We Got Married” virtual couple Uee & Park Jae Jeong commemorate their 100th day

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

After School member Uee and her fake husband on MBC show, “We Got Married” celebrate their 100th day with wedding pictures. She even wore a pretty wedding dress.

As a traditional way to celebrate the couple 100th day of first meeting, “We Got Married” always have this wedding pictures taken to commemorate their journey as husband and wife.

According to the staff on scene, when they first saw Uee in her wedding dress, they were all in admiration of her beauty. A young bride wearing a wedding dress, it is indeed her very first time of wearing a white wedding dress.

The photographer even suggested for Park Jae Jeong to over her a kiss on her forehead. And for the very first time, they’d have to act like a happy married couple. The kiss on the forehead was indeed a surprise gesture of physical contact between the couple.

Uee and Park Jae Jeong’s 100th day special episode will be airing this Sunday, December 5 on MBC “We Got Married”.

( GO here to see their wedding picture!!! )

Source: jazzholic

"And for the very first time, they’d have to act like a happy married couple." LOL WHAT? Does this mean they haven't been ~acting~ like a happy married couple? idgi

2PM POST!!!

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( HANAMI PHOTOS )

( PARIS BAGUETTE PHOTOS )

( JAY & CS IN I'VE GOT AN UNCLE (SUB) )

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