Angels of Empire to hold a year-end charity concert!

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ZE: A throws a year-end party and charity concert, NA: NUM 2011, at the AX-KOREA in downtown Seoul on December 26.

ZE: A has kept carrying out volunteer activities for children at an orphanage before making its debut. The 2011 NA: NUM concert was specially designed to provide fans with the chances of experiencing the heartwarming joy and pleasant that we can feel when participating in voluntary activities.

Good People, an international development NGO, was deeply touched by what ZE: A intended and set out to help the concert fully equipped with a variety of voluntary programs in which fans freely join with ZE: A’s members.

In addition, Korean leading private companies including Biggrae, Waffle Bant and Play Monsters proposed to sponsor their products, the sales profit of which will be donated back to Good People. In this way, the simple idea of ZE: A’s concert has gradually gathered all levels of society to become a huge-scale charity event.

Suitable for the theme of the charity concert, they designated its dress code to be red-and-white, and are planning to set up a “wish tree” to which participants hang a wish note before entering the concert hall. Outside the hall, a donation booth will be installed along with surprise events held for fans to add the festive atmosphere.

ZE: A’s agency says, “All the members of ZE: A pleasantly join forces to prepare the concert in a sense of meaningfully closing this year. Staring from this year, we’ll be determined to keep throwing such a meaningful event every year.”

starnews+minongzi@korea.com+empirechildren

it's nice to know that even tho they don't earn as much, they still think about the less fortunate ^^

Brazilian Press Compares 4minute to Lady Gaga and Rihanna after “United Cube Concert in Brazil”

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Following the “United Cube” concert in Brazil on December 13, Brazilian press had nothing but positive reviews for the Cube Entertainment artists that held the first K-Pop concert in the Latin American region.

Brazil’s daily paper, “Estado,” gave front page coverage of the event, going as far to compare 4minute to Lady Gaga and Rihanna. It reported, “K-Pop is already enjoying global popularity through YouTube. The Asian cultural boom that first started in Japan has now shifted to Korea, and through this concert, K-Pop’s proliferation in Latin America will only grow.”

The largest network TV in Brazil, Globo TV, also produced a special segment for this concert through a show called “Fantastico.” Some online communities such as “K-Pop Station” and “Saran Gingayo” are also reported to have covered the event in Portuguese.

At the press conference held prior to the concert, more than 100 press members gathered to check out the first K-Pop concert in the region. The organizer of the event said the press conference lasted over an hour and a half.

“We’re excited to be the first to advance to the massive Latin American market, but also feel pressure at the same time. We’ll do our best to set a good example for other K-Pop artists that may follow us in the future,” Cube Entertainment said in a statement.

BEAST’s Yoon Doo Joon said, “To see so many Brazilian fans, in addition to the huge number of UK fans in London, we’re truly surprised and impressed by the size of our global fanbase. I also feel a lot of pride and responsibility to see so many fans support us in Korean.”

Meanwhile, some of the top Cube Entertainment artists, including 4minute, BEAST, and G.NA, performed at the “United Cube Concert in Brazil” on December 13. For two and a half hours, they gave live performances of their hit songs in front of more than 3,500 fans. The concert was part of Cube Entertainment’s global tour concert, which included visits to London and Tokyo in the past.

Sources | SOOMPI & NATE

CHI-CHI to debut in Japan as a 5 member group!

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On December 13th, Japanese record label Tokuma Japan announced that they will be debuting CHI-CHI in April 2012.

Their debut single is scheduled to hit shelves on April 25th, but prior to that, the girls will perform at Shibuya’s Tower Records store on January 26th. They’ll also be participating in other special events, such as a handshake session that allows them to personally greet their fans.

Additionally, Tokuma Japan said that they’ll be hosting a ‘Shibuya CHI-CHI Festival‘ every month up to their debut.

CHI-CHI debuted in Korea as a seven member girl group back in March, but two members recently announced their departure. The group is now comprised of five members: Su-i, Aji, Semi, Boreum, and Shine.

naver+akp

fyi: nara, ju-i, and peach left. so they added a new member named Shine

Because music videos need trailers now too: GD & TOP ft. Bom 'Oh Yeah'

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Source: YGEntertainment


So, GD & TOP get more women/sexytimes when overseas. YGEX, Feel free to re-make MVs for the other singles with this running theme.

Another video from SNSD's Japan Tour DVD (the one ft. Key)

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jkhkykmk@Youtube

Personally loved this interlude movie too :)

Beast OT3 with babies!!

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( +4 )

source: @mybeastyboys, tvreport, @4portrait

mods I can't find the original source for 0106&0105

111213 Trax Mentioned Yunho on Strong Heart

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A Pink News Season 2 (Ep. 2)

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Part 1

( More under the cut )

Source: pinkpandasubs@YT 1, 2, 3 

Man, the girls sure do love their food.

Donghae and Siwon looking dashing at the "Skip Beat" premiere!

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( Pic-spam and video-spam of pretty people! )

Source: nagootv (videos), sj-world (photos @ limfei), sj-world (photos @ ayoshiari), sj-world (photo @ limfei)
Mods: Photos are under a paid Photobucket account.

Huge post of Donghae/Siwon/Ivy♥/Bianca♥ goodies :)

OT6 Forever + Korea's Best Dance Choreography

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( dinner, hugs & classic choreography )

Source: @liveworks + Minwoo's FB
Translation: orisic@shinhwa.biz + happyheart7@shin.biz + absolutshinhwa
Video: sumi0216 @viddler

STOP THE PRESS PRINCE OF ASIA TAKES OVER YOUTUBE

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source:
http://www.youtube.com/user/PrinceJKS

TSENT releases more BTS pictures of Bang & ZELO's "Never Give Up" MV

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( More under the cut )

Source: TSENT official Facebook page & Bang & ZELO's official fancafe 

Him Chan, when are you going to debut? And sh*t, I think ZELO is slightly taller than Bang!

AKB48’s Maeda Atsuko attends 2PM’s arena tour

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On December 14th, AKB48’s ace Maeda Atsuko was in attendance of the 7pm show for 2PM’s arena tour “ARENA TOUR 2011 ‘REPUBLIC OF 2PM’”.

Maeda has previously attended other concerts by Korean artists, such as Big Bang, but this time she seemed to have gotten a bit more out of it. Maeda praised the boy group, “After work finished, I went to 2PM’s concert with the staff :-) Their singing and dancing was so powerful that it gave me a ton of energy just from watching!! THAT is an amazing thing!!”

In addition to enjoying the show, Maeda feels she was also able to learn from 2PM as artists, “When I go to other artists’ lives I always get a new kind of motivation. I learned some things and had a fun time as well!… I feel refreshed from today, so tomorrow I can work harder!”

Lastly, Maeda was also able to meet the members of 2PM and get a copy of their album signed. She explains that she bought it the other day and that she was happy that they signed a copy just for her. “It has good songs on it… Lately, I’ve been putting this album on heavy rotation in the car and today I’m going to go to sleep while listening to it!”

TOKYOHIVE

She should have taken Rena with her, everyone knows how much a fan Nichkhun is of her legs.

Super Junior’s Heechul & Hwanhee are stationed at the same location

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Super Junior‘s Heechul and singer Hwanhee are currently serving their military duties at the same location.

Kim Heechul began his four weeks of basic training at the Nonsan training center back on September 1st, and has been serving as a public service worker at the Sungdong District Office since September 30th. Singer Hwanhee who has a problematic shoulder began his own basic training on October 27th, and has also been serving his military duties at the Sundong District Office since the end of November.

The two are reportedly building a strong friendship as two celebrities having met under different circumstances, and a source close to Heechul remarked, “They work in the same building, and they are only a single floor apart from each other. Whenever they have some free time, they meet to talk about various subjects. They have a lot more time now to talk, as opposed to briefly running into each other backstage here and there, and are definitely taking advantage of the situation.”

Kim Heechul goes back and forth between the Super Junior dormitory and the Sungdong District Office, and is faithfully serving his duties as a Korean citizen. Hwanhee is also serving his country with pride, but also pays close attention to the progress of his boy group, MyName.

original source; newsen
translation source; allkpop

2011 MBC Gayo Daejun Festival’ unveils its artist line-up

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As the final music event of the year, the 2011 MBC Gayo Daejun Festival (or ‘MBC Korean Music Festival’) has unveiled a spectacular artist line-up fit to send off 2011 with a bang!

The festival is scheduled to take place on Saturday, December 31st at 10PM KST. Starting on the 13th, MBC began to unveil their list of artists through the event’s Twitter and Facebook.

The lineup (so far) includes:

( List under the cut )

Source: AKP

Is your favourite on the list? Mine are! ^^ 

Sad there's no ZE:A, A Pink, Big Bang, 2NE1, The TRAX, The Grace: Dana & Sunday and Huh Gak though... :(

Pictures of Taemin and Sunny’s studio recording for ‘Koala Kid’ released

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On December 13th, staff from the animated film ’Koala Kid‘ shared some behind-the-scenes photos of main voice actors, Taemin and Sunny!

( Pictures under the cut )

Source: AKP & Sports Chosun via Naver

After School's new 'S-line Dance' for their 3rd JPN single 'Rambling Girls'!

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Preview for After School's 3rd single 'Rambling Girls' music video!

Source: kko151

A Pink are going to have a mature/sekshi concept... Someday.

[gardenintheair.livejournal.com]

In a market where only the most powerful of performances catches the eye, A Pink decided to blaze their own path by going the exact opposite route, opting instead to charm with their aegyo-filled performances of "I Don't Know", and more recently, "My My".

But that doesn't mean that they’ll stick to that concept forever. In a recent interview, the girls revealed, "We rehearse to 4minute's songs and enjoy dancing to them. We'd love to show something sexy and strong some day. It's not that we can't, it's just that we're hiding it. There's a time and place for everything, and for now, we want to be innocent."

Commenting on the topic of winning the Rookie Award at the 2011 MAMA, the group said, "We were so excited! We're still lacking in so much, but we're so grateful that we were able to win such an award. We'll take the award as a message for us to work harder."

When asked what their goals for 2012 were, A Pink replied, "We want to win the Artist of the Year award. You have to dream big."

Concluding with a message for their fans, they stated, "Please give much, much, much, much love to our title track, My My!♡"

Naver, translation: allkpop

We bring the shounens out, so catch your dream, catch your wish

[gardenintheair.livejournal.com]

taeeaholic

I don't care I love this song so much no matter in what language it is.

Show some love for Wonder Generation

[gardenintheair.livejournal.com]

taenacity

has any other artist done this Life Star Theater show besides Soshi and WG btw?

another day, another U-Kiss post

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Oricon Special Interview Photoshoot

( IMAGE HEAVY BUT WHO CARES, ITS U-KISS )

source: oricon.co.jp + ROCKETBOXX.NET
ukisskorea @ twitter
I KNOW i post way to much on omona lately (especially u-kiss), but but.. i cant stop TT_TT

Release Date For Shin Hyesung's New Album "Embrace" Announced

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On December 27, singer, Shin Hye Sung will be releasing a new special album titled "Embrace". This will be a collaboration with Indie musicians.

At his encore concert held back in September, Shin Hye sung gave clues about the modern rock color of his new upcoming album by singing songs "Longing" and "Think about it" from his 4th album. Both songs were written by Mate member Lim Hein Il.

All of the songs for his special album were written by Lim Heon Il. The album will also showcase other indie concepts like an Indie band Walrus bassist yang So On, Dear Cloud's pianist Kim Jung Ah and, Singer and Songwriter Park Ah Sel.

( Click to read more! :D )

Source: Kuki News via Naver
Credit: Rubylovefaith@Shinhwa Nation

chocolat the first mini album jkdsjfhkdsf omg I like it english version! ♪┏(・o･)┛♪

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Source: TheOumae35

Slant Magazine's The 25 Best Singles of 2011

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by Slant Staff on December 13, 2011

All of the writers who contributed to this list declined my invitation to write an introduction for the piece. I chalk it up to, perhaps, the lack of an obvious angle. There are admittedly few trends or takeaways to be discovered in our list—at least at first glance. A fetish for the past might have been a good thematic point of reference: Adele and Lana Del Rey peddled a brand of vintage that seemed surprisingly fresh; the pop divas (Lady Gaga, Robyn, Beth Ditto, Beyoncé, Patrick Wolf) all lovingly and non-ironically paid homage to the decade in which most of them were born; even the '90s got a nod thanks to EMA's "California." And notably, a holdover from last year, officially released as a single in January, emerged as our favorite with points to spare. But aside from our top pick, there was a surprising lack of consensus in the rankings. Adele's ubiquitous "Rolling in the Deep" got the broadest support from the Slant staff, but few were enthusiastic enough about it to propel it above two provocative but highly respected rappers' big singles. This was the year everyone seemed to agree that Gaga chose the wrong singles from her album, and yet they all made at least one appearance across our individual lists. So maybe that's the best angle to take when looking at the figurative and literal hits of 2011. From hip-hop to K-pop, the year's best singles were an eclectic bunch. Even the King of Pop made an appearance. Sal Cinquemani

( so which kpop song beat beyonce? )

Omitted the non-relevant parts.

Source: Slant Magazine

Snoop Dogg and Interscope Rookie Rapper Lil Play to Feature in SNSD's Maxi-Single

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SNSD's American debut is setting to make new heights, as it has just been revealed that world renowned rap artist Snoop Dogg has made a featuring in their U.S. maxi-single release, "The Boys!" As we reported earlier, SNSD will be housed under Interscope Records for their American debut, the same record label that is home to artists like Lady Gaga, Eminem, and the Black Eyed Peas. The full maxi-single is scheduled for release all over the world through iTunes on December 20, and a Korean release the following day on the 21st. 

The girls will be bringing out a top quality album that will surely be one to contend with, as Snoop Dogg has also been enlisted for help. Not only that, but Interscope's rookie rapper, Lil Play, will also be featured in the "The Boys" remix version. 

This isn't all, as the girls are set for another special album release, that will contain "The Boys," through Universal Music on January 17 in the States and Europe. The special album will also contain SNSD's songs in Korean for fans who have a hard time purchasing their Korean songs overseas. 

I just cant' picture them with Snoop but why not?

Source: soompi

This is a Kim Twins Birthday Post.

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 December 15th is Kim Junsu and his twin brother Kim Junho's 25th birthday! 

( Tweets & Pics under the cut. )

Sources: JYJ3: 1 & 2 , JUNO's Twitter, Tumblr: 1, 2 & 3 , Kikwang's Twitter: 1 & 2, B2STLY TWEETS.

SHINee's Onew works late on his birthday, doesn't get a party, sends his thanks to fans etc

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[온유] 안녕하세요 온유입니다~ 오늘 스케쥴이 있어서 여러분과 함께 할 수 없었지만 각자의 자리에서 제 생일을 축하해 주신 여러분께 감사드려요^^ 스케쥴하면서 하루를 보냈지만 더욱더 행복한 기분이에요.. 감사합니다! ]
[ONEW] Hello. This is Onew~ because of today’s schedule, we couldn’t celebrate my birthday together, but thank you for all the birthday wishes^^ Even if we have a schedule today, I feel really happy... Thank you!

Sources SHINee's Me2Day; ForeverShiningSHINee@Tumblr.

Korean embassy in China hit by metal ball

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BEIJING/SEOUL (Yonhap) -- The South Korean Embassy in Beijing was hit by a metal ball believed to have been fired from an air gun, officials said Wednesday, as diplomatic tensions grow over the killing of a Korean Coast Guard officer by a Chinese fisherman. 

An investigation by Chinese police has been under way since one of the embassy's bullet-proof windows was cracked on Tuesday afternoon by the ballbearing-shaped "iron bead" that was suspected to be fired from an air gun, officials said. No one was hurt. 

( sigh )

And all hell breaks loose... 

Source: Korea times

2AM - Never Let You Go MV (JPN ver. of 'Won't Let You Go Even If I Die' )

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Romanized and colour coded lyrics.

Source: jungjinwoon