Phone Interview With Hankyung’s Lawyer Kim Jinwook Regarding Hankyung Filing Provisional Disposition

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Super Junior’s Chinese Member Hankyung has filed a litigation at the Seoul District Court on the 21st at 1pm about the effect of his exclusive contract.

Reporters are currently on a phone interview with Hankyung’s (who is in China) lawyer, Kim Jinwook. Lawyer Kim said, indeed he has filed a litigation about terminating the contract with SM, but to whether Hankyung will continue Super Junior’s activities, it has been undecided.

( more vagueness under the cut :'( )

Source: here
translated by ゞilσvεjr⌒★@sj-world.net

Jung Yong Hwa for High Cut!

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Full photo shoot under the cut!

( oh my sweet boy~ )

sauce on his burger? kbites

f(x) for Promise Alliance~

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SM Ent. girlgroup f(x) is selected as Korea’s Promise Alliance Goodwill Ambassador.

The ceremony took place at The Westin Chosun Hotel in Seoul, on December 21 – 6.00 pm local time.

Korea’s Promise Alliance says that "f(x) is selected as our ambassadors so they can help us deliver our organization’s goal with their popularity."

More info about Promise Alliance:

Korea’s Promise Alliance is under America’s Promise Alliance; founded on October 2008 and has a goal to protect the young people.

Our work involves raising awareness, encouraging action and engaging in advocacy to provide children the key supports we call the Five Promises: Caring adults, Safe Places, A Healthy Start, An Effective Education and Opportunities to Help Others.

( more pictures~ )

Source: Sookyeong

lol nice reason XD

DBSK - Break Out! Full Single Released!

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credit: dirah9307

Hankyung, "No rest in 2 years.. From gastritis to kidney illness"

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Hankyung, Super Junior's only Chinese member in the 13 member group, has filed a lawsuit against the effects of his exclusive contract with the defendant SM Entertainment because of their unfair activity scheduling which has caused him gastritis and kidney illness.

Through Hankyung's legal representative, the lawsuit to terminate his exclusive contract was filed on the 21st with the Seoul District Court.

According to the litigation, Hankyung has not even been given a single rest day per week after debut. It has been said, "Because of the recent continuous overseas activities etc, it has almost been 2 years since he last rested, he has been rushing schedules (all this while)." "Due to contract obligations and heavy penalties, even during bad health, he was not to skip any scheduled activities."

Hankyung's side emphasized, "Because of these kind of health problems, (he) has continuously put forward requests to rest, but has always been rejected." They added, "Except for when they started their perfomances in 2006, at other times, he had to stay in Korea." "Through their manager, Hankyung requested from SM for leave to return to China to rest but he was rejected every single time."

Hankyung's side added, Hankyung's exclusive contract terms ▶SM was definitely in a more superior position signing on unfair terms in the contract ▶The contract would span 13 years (starting from the release of their first album) ▶Incorporated excessive damages and in terms of the contract, if he voided it, he would be blocked (from other activities) ▶Allocation of rights and obligations in the contract were significantly off-balanced ▶SM had the right to request Hankyung to be in any activity ▶Profit-splitting rights and provisions were also off-balance, hence the intiation of the lawsuit against SM to terminate his exclusive contract.

On the other hand, after Hankyung intiated litigation, SM stated their stand that "for the sake of Super Junior and Hankyung, they are in talks to resolve the problem".

Source: 스타뉴스
translated by ゞilσvεjr⌒★@sj-world.net





Edit2: ( The reason why Hankyung brought in the lawsuit against SM )

Mir’s Heartfelt Story About His Father

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On December 20th, Mir (MBLAQ) shared a very heartfelt and powerful story about his father on his minihompy.

( Read more... )

SOURCE:AKP

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AWW MIR <3
PS. mods. i hope this is fine. its my first time posting.sorry D:

Han Geng's contract termination just a cover-up of SJ-M's latest scandal?

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Yesterday, news broke out that Super Junior member Han Geng submitted a formal application to court, wishing to terminate his contract with management company SM Entertainment. This left the public very puzzled and fans also did not understand why he took this action. But immediately after this, SJ-M’s ‘happy gate’ scandal was exposed, and left everyone thinking whether this whole contract termination ordeal is just to cover up SJ-M’s scandal and divert the public’s attention.

SJ-M is Super Junior’s 3rd sub-unit, designated to target the Chinese market. Under Han Geng’s lead, SJ-M have developed successfully in China, and they even have their own exclusive fan club. Recently, SJ-M attended various award ceremonies in China & Taiwan.

On the 19th of December, the 53rd Asia Pacific Film Festival was held in Kaohsiung and SJ-M were invited as special guests. The whole process seemed to go very smoothly, however a 6.8 magnitude earthquake suddenly struck Taiwan and became the fuse of the ‘happy gate’ scandal. After the awards ceremony, during an interview, SJ-M member Zhou Mi laughed saying: “When the earthquake struck just then, it was just like playing.” Moreover, Zhou Mi even used last year’s Si Chuan earthquake as comparison, saying: “Last year, when we were promoting in China, we also met an earthquake, and it was pretty happy.” And Han Geng who was beside him immediately rushed forward to clarify: “He (Zhou Mi) doesn’t mean happy.” However, it was too late, as everything was already recorded by the media.

After the scandal was exposed online, SJ-M have remained silent. When reporters contacted SJ-M’s performance representative, he said that he is currently on vacation, and is unclear about the situation, and is also inconvenient for him to disclose anything. And SJ-M’s Korean manager has yet to answer his phone.

But coincidentally, yesterday, all the major Chinese news sites published the Han Geng contract termination news at almost exactly the same time. And according to one of the new site’s entertainment editor, she revealed that the news was provided by SJ-M’s side, and that they even specified the location to where the news would be published to make it as eye-catching as possible.

Source: Ifeng Translation: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net  

edited: more acurate translations of what zhoumi said..

Interviewer: Did you feel the earthquake just now?
Hangeng: Yes, just now when we were preparing to go on stage, the lights kept swaying, but because we were already backstage, they immediately asked us to go on stage (to perform).
Zhou Mi: Actually when the earthquake struck, we were talking and laughing and were really quite happy, because last year when we were doing our activities in China, it was also during an interview like this when we experienced the big earthquake (the Si Chuan earthquake). The sensation [gestures with his hands to indicate shaking] was quite the same, and I was quite happy. [laughs]

translation from stolenxkisses @ asianfanitics.net

 

Jessica/Park Myung Soo "Naengmyun" stage again!

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Comedian Park Myung Soo and SNSD's Jessica will sing their duet song "Naengmyun" once more, closing off the year.

( For those who don't remember... )

The two will perform this as a special stage on December 29th for the "2009 MBC Entertainment Awards". This song was a hot topic in July on MBC's "Infinite Challenge", when the show had a "Olympic Duet Concert."

Park Myung Soo was initially set to perform this with all of the SNSD members but SNSD had a busy end of year schedule and was unable to.

SNSD also sang this song at their first concert, garnering applause from the fans.

Also, comedian Jung Joon Ha will perform "Young Gae Baek Suk" with After School at the awards.

( First Young Gae Baek Suk performance under cut )

source: newsen | translated by filmsession @ omona_prection

GQ Korea's Taeyang Interview: Boys Don’t Cry

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Zero pretensions. 100% Real. Like a rock, a mountain range and the sun afar. TaeYang, who is soon to release his first full album, does not stop to cry. He does not pace or hesitate either. Because his performances alone speak loud and clear. A GQ interview with TaeYang, an unusual teen idol who possesses both sincerity and instinct.

TaeYang is an unusual teen idol. He is larger than life and free only within the boundaries of what’s “real,” which is defined by himself. When he asks, “I should just do my thing, right?” that is what he sincerely feels. What kind of an idol cares about sincerity?

Would you like something to drink? A beer?
Alcohol is not really...

Do you like winter? A weather like today?
I like winter because I get to put on a lot of clothes. And most of my favorite songs go well with the season, and, I don’t know, I like the warm feeling. Calm, medium tempo songs like this. I listen to Karina (Pasian)’s Slow Motion often these days. Michael Jackson’s old songs, too.

( Read more... )

[(c) GQ Korea]
[Translated by pgeorgie]

Source: Basking In the Sun

*fangirls*
I love it how he doesn't sugarcoat his opinions like most kpop celebs.

Intimate note ss501 + Kara subbed!!!!!

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( Rest under the cut! )

Credit: iBreatheLifeMusic@youtube


FINALLY!!!! Im loving the dsp fam love ~ ^^

Tears flow for Park JungAh after knowing she is down with swine flu

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News of Park JungAh being confirmed of swine flu while doing her last promotional activities as Jewelry has got many netizens feeling sorry for the singer.

Park JungAh has been hospitalised for exhaustion and flu symptoms on 21st December. And following, she has been confirmed of swine flu at the hospital in Seoul.

It is known that Park JungAh had teared feeling sorry that she cannot be with the other members on her last promotional activities with the group.

Jewelry is currently promoting their 6th repackaged album, and members Seo In Young and Park JungAh will go solo after this.

Source: sookyeong

OMG NO T_________T

Heechul to MC SBS Gayo DaeJun too!

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Super Junior member Kim HeeChul and ‘You’re Beautiful’ cast Park ShinHye and Jung YoungHwa will be the MCs for upcoming 2009 SBS Gayo DaeJun.

SBS Gayo DaeJun will take place on 29th December in IlSan Kintex.

Meanwhile, the trio will be joined by other singers like Lee SeungGi, GDragon, 2PM TaecYeon etc for a variety of performances for the year-end event.

source: Kbites

The article up earlier only mentioned Shinhye and Yonghwa.
I think Heechul's there to guide them just in case ^^
Yonghwa, Yonghwa, Yonghwa

let's gear up for a new girl group! ...oh wait

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Troty (트로티) is a seemingly new girl group... made up of five very young girls! There's not much information on them so far (that I can find), but they seem to come from a company called Stareast Kids. And here is their Christmasy MV!

sources: daum cafe, kikikikimchi @ youtube

K Style – Kim SunAh for Bazaar, Shin MinAh for W

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K Style! Actresses Kim SunAh and Shin MinAh featured in their latest magazine photoshoots!  ‘SamSoonie’ Kim SunAh is seen in a black chic concept photoshoot for January issue of Bazaar, while Shin MinAh represents Korea for the 2010 Chanel Paris-Shanghai Collection in Shanghai recently seen in W January issue. 

( More photos here! )

Source: Sookyeong

The non-idols often get ignored :( they look stunning here~

Edit: Fixed the cut, sorry!

Kim Yuna and SS501 Kim HyunJoong are 2009 Top CF Model

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A survey called “2009 Korea’s Advertising Trend” was conducted by an Advertising&Marketing Specialist site called Ad Waple from Nov 30 to Dec 13 to choose the most popular advertising models and successfully gathered 10.000 voter along the period.

Kim Hyunjoong is no.1 for the Male CF model category with 27.1% voting, whilst 2nd place is Lee Minho with 19.9% and 3rd place is Lee SeungKi with 19.6%. In women’s section, figure skater Kim Yuna is no.1 with 34%, 2nd place is Girls Generation with 33%, and Kpop Diva Lee Hyori is no.3 with 9.3%.

In addition, many idol groups are ’selling chicken’ as they’re being a Chicken brand endorser in 2009. And a survey is also conducted for the category of ‘Best Chicken Ad Model’ with winners as follow : Girls Generation is leading with 29.5%, then followed by Super Junior with 27.3% and 3rd place is  SS501 Kim Hyunjoong for his Hotsun Chicken endorsement with 19.0% in ranking.

Source: padet80@fnnews+newsen + sookyeong
Translated by: marinastory

~Never forget~

cr: hoonfami

Meet your next girl group… the Naked Girls?

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Although we've been bombarded with girl groups this year, this definitely doesn't sound like your average rookie group.

It turns out that four of the anchorwomen who worked for the short-lived news channel, Naked News Korea, have been recruited to form a girl group called the Naked Girls. Predictably, these girls will only be suitable to the 18+ age group, since their performances are expected to be highly provocative. The Naked Girls will reportedly start a generation of a brand new genre of stages called "sexycal" - a combination word of "sexy" and "musical."

A representative stated on the 22nd,
"We have gathered Minkyung, Jaekyung, Hyeji and Taehee to form this girl group, and will officially debut under the name Naked Girls in January next year. Their performances will be composed of inappropriate songs and choreography, definitely not suitable for youth. The girls' activities will be focused more on musicals rather than national television."


So what do you guys think? Do you think these girls can last in the music industry just by turning on those male audiences? Guess we'll just have to see.

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