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2015-01-26
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On January 25, MBC’s variety program “Real Men” aired the second special of female soldiers, staring Kim Ji Young, Lee Ji Ae, Kang Ye Won, Lee Da Hee, Ahn Young Mi, Yoon Bomi, and Amber. Today’s episode showed how the members were entering training school.
Everyone measured their height and weight, checking their health for the physical test. After finishing their eye test, the members were interviewed by the army surgeon.
When asked, “Do you have any tattoos on your body?” Amber responded that she has a tattoo on her back and arm, as she lifted her sleeve to reveal the tattoo on her arm.
“You have failed to pass the physical test because the tattoo is over 7 centimeters long. I will have to discuss the matter with the battalion commander,” the army surgeon replied after measuring the tattoo.
The members’ acceptance will be determined through the scores of both their physical test and interview.

Source: Soompi

It seems like Amber’s solo debut is nearing! The f(x) member updated her personal Instagram account with what seems like a teaser!
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Sources: Koreaboo, Amber's Instagram

Super Junior’s Siwon posted a photo to Instagram just hours ago which has ELFs confused, revealing that he may possibly be in a relationship!
The Instagram post is a simple image that reads, “sorry gorgeous, I’m taken”. While fans have been speculating that this may be a joke, and the punchline may be “I’m taken by ELFs!!” the artist has not uploaded or said anything in over 6 hours since the post.
Take a look at the photo below, what do you think, is he announcing his relationship to the world?
( + the post in question )
( EDIT: ....Siwon, you corny son of a bitch. )
Source: Koreaboo, Siwon's instagram (2)
Happy Together with GOT7's Jackson
2015-01-26 07:32 am
find out what jackson did when he saw a bully and why he decided to practice basketball
NotChicJBSubs

GOT7’s Jackson will be going on a virtual date with Girls’ Generation’s Yuri for JTBC’s new virtual dating show “Dating Alone.”
Jackson recently took part in the filming of “Dating Alone” as the second male guest following 2AM’s Jinwoon. The GOT7 member has previously mentioned that his ideal type is a girl with ‘a tan complexion and glows with health,’ which perfectly matches Yuri’s image.
( read more )shocking, isn't it?soompi

Iera, Subin, and Nayeon are no longer in the group - but we now have (L-R) Daye, Seoyul, and Sehyung with Taeha and Kowoon.

Yoo Taeha, leader
1995.10.05 / 164cm / Type A
Hobbies: watching movies, reading
Speciality: dance, singing
Word of determination: I hope as the team’s leader I can look after the new members well. Please give lots of love~

Seoyul (Seo Yuri), new member
1997.11.26 / 163cm / Type O
Hobby: singing
Speciality: dance, guitar
Word of determination: I won’t lose my intentions and I will show a clean image~!
Etc: She's also Yuna's (AOA) younger sister.

Daye, new member
1998.2.25 / 167cm / Type A
Hobbies: watching movies, voice impersonations
Specialties: art, piano
Word of determination: I will only show you a forever bright and positive image.

Sehyung, new member
1998.12.13 / 169cm / Type B
Hobbies: watching dramas, collecting cosmetics
Specialties: Chinese
Word of determination: As a member of Berry Good I will show you many different images of me, like a raspberry, strawberry, and blueberry. Thank you.

Kowoon, magnae
1998.12.28 / 167cm / Type O
Hobbies: writing lyrics, composing
Specialties: English, singing
Word of determination: I will shine brightly with a variety of colours, please await it!


BerryGood2014 and berrygoodintl 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
tbh i'm just glad they're coming back at all because they hadn't updated their twitter since early october and i thought they were done for. also i'm just gonna sit here and contemplate how my girl taeha is the oldest member by two years even though she's a 95-liner.

The prosecution on the case against Ladies’ Code’s manager has filed an appeal on the year-and-two-month sentence that was made on January 15.
According to Star News on January 26, the prosecution filed a petition for appeal on January 21, having failed to get a sentence of two years and six months, as was initially requested in the trial on January 9.
Mr. Park, who is currently being detained in Suwon, also filed for an appeal on January 16, immediately following the initial sentence. In order to mitigate the punishment, his lawyer plans to focus on reaching an agreement with the bereaved families.
Polaris Entertainment has stated, “In trying to deal with the situation with as little damage on both sides as possible, it’s hard for us [the agency] to actively intervene,” and that they would do their best in order to reach an agreement with the Ladies’ Code families.
Soompi, naver
Mini Jonghyun Video Post
2015-01-26 10:17 am
(this is what tears are made of)
(in case you don't want to watch the whole radio show above)
sources: arpheda | arpheda nieta | 남상미 | lovely onew | ohbest | PP2pinkyTOP89 [1][2] | funpurpo | 샤이니♥달콤한 | Anneaviel | realminekey | playmnet | kbskpop [1][2]
(c)(i'm sitting through a 4 hour lecture rn, i need smthg to do... also, can we talk about that really shitty soompi op-ed on jjong???)

Byun Yohan (29) is an actor who was rediscovered by TVN’s popular drama ‘Misaeng’. He made his film debut in ‘Working on Saturday’. In the movie ‘Cold Eyes’, he made his appearance as the driver in Jung Woosung’s gang, and he took the main character in independent movie ‘Tinker Ticker’. He was a promising new actor in the movie world, but it’s true that not as many people knew the name ‘Byun Yo-han’ as they do now. Through ‘Misaeng’, he became, a so-called ‘star’.
How was the vacation to Cebu with the cast and crew of ‘Misaeng’? You’ve shown a bit of it via your SNS during the vacation.
It was very fun. I uploaded it because the members told me to upload it (laugh)
Has the emotional nostalgia from ‘Misaeng’ gone away yet?
Well, I don’t think it has gone yet. Because I received so much love (from it), I don’t want it to be gone until I finish interview schedules.
How does it feel to achieve ‘daebak’ after 5 years from debut?
It’s been 5 years to act since I debuted, but I think I debuted in ‘Misaeng’, because ‘Misaeng’ is my first work to achieve the public audience viewing. Everything was new (to me). It was my first time to be in a TV drama. I used to have a kind of prejudice against TV dramas. I thought drama acting is different, and it has its own tone, so it was a bit of a burden for me. However, director Kim Wonseok was considerate of me, so i could act comfortably. About acting, I’ve learned a lot about if from Lee Sungmin (Mr.Oh in ‘Misaeng’). Even at the day when I didn’t have my scene to film, I went to the filming set and watched his acting and studied. Additionally, I could make my own tone of acting in the drama naturally by watching the other actors.
You’ve been favorably commented upon even though it was your first drama work.
Filming the drama, I merely knew that the drama was getting a lot of love from the public, but I’ve never thought I was favorably reviewed. I just wanted to show Han Suk-yool that i was completely in charge. I’m just thankful that people received it well. I had many worries about it (before acting as Han Suk-yool). I was thankful to the other actors who trusted my acting. Because they trusted me, I could act as much as I wanted without burdens.
Did you take the audition for Misaeng, or did the drama team call you first to cast you as Han Sukyool?
I received a call from the producer, Lee Jaemoon, first. The audition and the meeting was set all of sudden. I read a few short lines repeatedly in front of the director, and told him what I considered myself about what kind of person Han Suk-yool is. I told him Han Suk-yool didn’t only have comedy (but something more that just comedy). Therefore, the director told me the story of Han Suk-yool, and then he said he wanted to work with me. It was 10 days before the first fliming of ‘Misaeng’. I started to prepare the filming in a hurry. I heard from the director later that he auditioned a lot more actors to find the one who would act as Han Suk-yool before. I’m so thankful to him that he viewed me well. It’s thanks to him that Han Suk-yool’s precarious character could melt in the drama naturally.
Did the director Kim Wonseok ask you to act as Han Suk-yool in any specific way?
He asked me to not react typically. Not to act in standard but creatively, like not being refined. I’ve heard he asked the same thing of me and Kim Daemyung (Kim Dongshik). The drama has a writer, so we follow the script, but we use creativity in acting the part outside the script. Kim Dongshik from Sales Team 3 and Han Suk-yool in One International have a thing in common. We are the bridge. If we got compliments from the viewers, it’s was all thanks to the other actors who helped us. There was a big help from all around us.
How did you reinterpret Han Suk-yool from the original one?
Because I had only 10 days till the filming, I couldn’t read the original one many times. I’ve read it only a couple of times. Actually, I didn’t read it on purpose. I thought the original Han Suk-yool should not be stamped in my mind. I’ve caught some specific point of him (in the webtoon) and studied focusing on the drama script. [In the original webtoon, Han Suk-yool is a lot different from the drama. He is a more selfish, clever and purpose-oriented character. Like his character during the internship in the early part of the drama.] I had never met the writer (Jung Yoonjung) while filming the drama, but she said she felt a lot of affection for Han Suk-yool even though all the other actors were good too. I think it’s thanks to her love for this charactor that Han Suk-yool, who actually disappears in the latter part of the original Misaeng, could survive until the last episode.
How did you feel when your Han Suk-yool acting, that you prepared hard, got compliments?
Unlike movies, you get feedback right away when you film a drama. Not only compliments, I could fill the parts which needed to be filled, and show the parts that should be shown via feedback. I’ve read the reports about my acting when I first started the drama, didn’t read in the middle, and read again recently. I was too busy to read in the middle of the drama.
Because the drama has gotten a good response (from the public), the mood at the filming set must be good.
It was really good.(laugh) It was just like what Mr.Oh said (in the drama). The part when he said “you should understand it like glutinous rice cake when I say: like a bean rice cake (an idiom meaning good teamwork)”. It was just like that. Our teamwork in acting was just like that. There was a thing that we thought was the most important in filming the drama. It was that ‘as much as we get close, communicate, and converse to each other, it will come out in our acting.’ As a result, I think it was successful. I talked with Im Siwan and Kim Daemyung in Cebu, ‘as much as we got close, it smeared in the drama. Not the real person Im Siwan, Kim Daemyung and Byun Yohan, but Jang Geurae, Kim Dongshik and Han Suk-yool got close in the drama. It was a success.’ I think this (the popularity and good response) is the result we achieved from such sincere belief.
What is the most impressive scene while filming the 20 episodes?
All scenes were meaningful to me. I was too busy to care about the other things at the latter part of filming. (laugh) The presentation interview scene in episode 4 is the most memorable. It was a hard scene for every actor, even for the director. Siwan and I took care of the scene a lot. It was the early part of the drama, and it was the most impressive scene of Han Suk-yool even in the original webtoon. Therefore, I put so much effort in it. That scene had to draw a few minutes when the swindler turns into a sincere guy just as Jang Geurae said. It had to feel like he was selling medicine (a slang meaning fraud/cheating) and serving it at the same time. [the presentation scene is when Han Sukyool, who was like a fraud, wakes up and turns into a sincere guy. And because of Han Suk-yool’s character, he should have the mood of both a fraud and of one telling the truth] It was an important scene because people could understand why he looked upon ‘the site’ as an important place and why he had acted like that. For this scene, I practiced until the morning with Im Siwan. Siwan finished filming his scene at 2AM, we came to my school(KARTS) at 3AM, practiced together till 5AM, and then we went to Ilsan Kintex to film the drama. In my position, I thought Han Suk-yool could change the aura if only I did the scene well.
You didn’t have any experience in an office, how did you get the know-how about acting as an office worker?
There were so many things to do after being cast in the drama. Other actors were already going to the real company to learn what office workers do and receiving lectures as interns. [Daewoo International is the model of One International, and the cast of the drama went to the company to learn office work for the reality in the drama. But Im Siwan learned nothing because his character was a layman who didn’t know anything about the office.] I had started learning it later than the others. I went to the fabric team, learned what to do, and felt the air in the office of Daewoo International. The office workers taught me in detail. There is a real ‘business assistant’ Choi Hoonmin in the drama ‘Misaeng’ team. He was with us until the end of the drama making the whole reports and documents appear in the drama just like the real ones that are used in companies. I asked him what kind of Misaeng characters were many in real companies, and he said there are many people like Han Suk-yool, and also there are people who fight during a presentation. (laugh)
Han Sukyool was impressive as a character regarding ‘the site’ important.
I thought expressing his pride in ‘the site’ well is expressing his history well. Acting the scene where he raised his voice for the importance of ‘the site’ in episode 4 helped me to have confidence in acting as Han Suk-yool. Lee Sungmin sunbaenim once told me. When he watched the acting of Han Suk-yool until the end of it, Suk-yool is like the young days of Mr.Oh. He is all by himself, has a strong will, and cares about his colleagues behind their backs. He smiles in front of his family but suffers all by himself. He also told me that not only Han Suk-yool resembles Mr.Oh, Byun Yohan also resembles Lee Sungmin’s young days. And he added I should act as Mr.Oh if I get cast in Misaeng season 2. Haha.
Unlike comical Han Suk-yool, you are much calmer.
Comedy is inside of me. Actually, I’m an introvert. I become mischievous when I’m with my friends, family and the co-workers in my agency. Han Suk-yool is mischievous. He is more like when I was a teenager when I did aegyo to my parents more than the grown me. My parents miss when I had much aegyo so my mother was happy to watch ‘Misaeng’ because it was like seeing me when I was young.
Getting love from the viewers, the scandal with Kim Koeun was relighted.
Haha. Koeun is just a close dongsaeng. She is a junior in my school. She entered the school one year later than me. We still give advice to each other about acting. We are sorry to each other for making it a scandal. We are close to the other actors, too. Our friends who know us laugh at the scandal. Koeun and I cheer each other on to work harder and fool around. I’m even thankful about these things because it comes from the love for ‘Misaeng’. On the other hand, I have a responsibility. I’m making a promise to myself that I should not be ‘drunken’ to the popularity and should do what I used to do.
Because of the popularity of Misaeng, you must be concerned a lot about the next project.
Of course. But I don’t want to be sensitive about it. I won’t worry much about it. I want to work on a project that I can enjoy and work in pleasure.
Year 2015, You just became 30 in Korean age. How will the actor Byun Yo-han in his thirties be?
When I was in the twenties, I was intense and greedy in acting, and felt hasty to be honest. I think age is just numbers. What I think now in my mind is that I just want to live getting along well with people and loving them. I want to live accepting what I should accept and leaving out what i should leave out. I want to communicate well. I want to listen, tell and communicate more frankly from the bottom of my heart.
How would you do if Misaeng season 2 cast you?
That is, no comment for now (laugh)
Source: Star News & byun-yohan
I went to my bias' concert and behind me was another girl group in the seats. I thought it was cool to be so close to celebrities so I kept stealing glances at them and jeez did I get a view of their attitudes...
They pretended to show support at the beginning but as the concert went on, they started chatting amongst themselves and fixing their make up or playing with their phones... There was also a part where you're all supposed to stand up and even the parents of my bias group was standing but those b*tches kept chatting and looking at their mirrors..
And when they were talking about something serious, I couldn't even hear them because the girls were being so noisy.. Shows how much of their attitude issues they hide off camera.
I heard about one of the members getting hit in the head and I thought she deserved it. No way she'd get any love with an attitude like that. I understand why she got hit... such a whiny kid on the show anyway.
1. [+202, -22] I think OP is talking about AOA. I remember another instance where Hyejung was spotted saying something while Chorong was singing and her lips looked like she was mouthing "She's really bad" but opinions were divided between "She's really good" too but reading this post makes me think it was the former now.
2. [+183, -15] Typical kids full of attitude you'd find anywhere around you. Fixing their make up, throwing trash anywhere, chatting up a storm, acting all pretty and looking down on non-celebrities..
3. [+182, -15] I think AOA needs to reflect..
4. [+93, -3] My friend's an Elf so she was at the concert too and said she saw AOA so I asked her if they were pretty and she told me, "Who cares if they're pretty, they're really noisy"
5. [+79, -4] I think OP is talking about SuJu's concert. AOA took pictures with Ryeowook and Eunhyuk in their waiting room ㅋㅋㅋ Can't believe they took pictures with them while acting like that in the crowd, tsk tsk. I heard other accounts like this on other community boards.
6. [+69, -4] For those who don't get it yet, we're talking about it Super Junior and AOA
7. [+65, -5] It's not only AOA but the SM Rookiez too. They came to Super Junior's concert with their faces all covered up and then just left mid-concert ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Meanwhile AOA was spotted throwing away trash and support sticks on the floor. AOA has attitude problems but so does Rookiez considering they're at their own labelmate senior's concert.
8. [+53, -4] Other accounts like this have been going around on Instiz too
9. [+51, -4] I knew they'd get hate one day... I remember them all looking so cold and stone faced whenever the camera panned to them on Gayo Daejun or MAMA.
10. [+47, -5] For those of you claiming that these are just rumors, these accounts have been going around on almost every community site outside of Pann. AOA has a picture they took with Super Junior in their waiting room and a lot of people criticized AOA's attitude on SNS right after the concert. Fans had to clean up the trash and light sticks that AOA threw on the floor. They were noisy, played with their phones, fixed their make up, and didn't even get up when they had to. They had no manners at all and people wrote up accounts with their tickets to the concert as proof so these aren't just malicious rumors.
Source: Netizenbuzz (nate)

The Kanye West Creative Team will establish a joint-stock company, 10-Jones, in Korea.
Malik Yusef Jones, producer for Grammy Award winning artists such as Kanye West, Rihanna, and Jay-Z, will be the company’s CEO.
The company comprises of three divisions: brand, agency, and entertainment, and each division will be headed by the Kanye West Creative Team. The team’s main producer, Malik Yusef Jones, was looking into the Korean market when he received an offer from an associate in Korea to establish a company in the country.
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source: soompi
will namjoon's dreams of feeding Kanye dubboki finally be realized? will we see another Ayy Girl collab? will GD try to break into the US market? so many possibilities
Blood is the new drama from the creators of Good Doctor, starring rookie Ahn Jae-hyun (You’re All Surrounded) in his first leading role. He plays a vampire who suppresses his cravings for blood in order to treat terminally ill patients at a cancer hospital, a character described as warm and sensitive. He’s a genius, and does the job no matter how hard it is for him, because he understands the sanctity of life better than anyone.
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source: sun08kiki, dramabeans, inae yun
im still not over this ridic desperate casting, i hope it's a least fun to watch if not a good show. im worry for jaehyun's career if this is a train wreck though
p.s ahn jaehyun tag mods?
edit: i added one video
B1A4 updates post! (image heavy)
2015-01-26 08:58 pm








Shiroi Kiseki tops Oricon Daily Chart
















source: jcontentree + mwave + onnue (LOTS more photos at the source)
The lack of windows in the new building is kinda ??? but I love the interior!!!
source: leejongsukworld
he's so cute, romance fits him so well. i do hope he gets a chance to branch out more and experiment though.
he mentioned he really wants to do a more aggressive character but he knows he looks best as a romantic hero, so he rather do what he's already good at than experiment. honestly i don't think he should let the fear of failure stop him, he already did Doctor Stranger, how much worse can it get

Article: MBC journalist under controversy for unfounded criticism against Hyorin... "Really sick of her" why?
Source: The Fact via Nate
"Even me, someone who likes animals and girl groups... I'm really sick of SISTAR's Hyorin who's on 'I Live Alone' lately... They picked the wrong concept for her. I've raised a cat myself but I have a bit of hatred towards them... and seeing a woman who only praises the lord and cats all day... I'm really sick of it. There should be a limit to everything.. Limit to religion.. limit to loving animals.. I hope I don't have to see Hyorin on an MBC variety next time.."
1. [+1,285, -171] What does it matter to him whether Hyorin's obsessed with animals or religion;; I don't understand what makes anyone think it's okay to write stuff like this on SNS
2. [+1,084, -141] Really sick of trash journalists. I hope I don't have to see another trash journalist again.
3. [+991, -127] Journalists should all be tested for drugs. I swear, it's a trend lately... This guy can't even differentiate between his diary and a public platform..
4. [+94, -14] Hyorin never said she only praised her religion and cats all day... She has other priorities and always participates in volunteer work and donates animal food to charities. I bet this guy's never even volunteered at a shelter in his life.
5. [+89, -8] So he loves his dog but hates other's cats. Why'd he put up a picture of his dog in his post anyway ㅋㅋㅋㅋ What a hilarious person
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Source: Pann
1. [+196, -5] Even if he hates her, why would he write about that on Facebook where everyone can read
2. [+174, -6] Just how much of a better person does he think he is that he thinks he can judge someone's life like that. He should learn to be humble and respect differences in the way people choose to live their lives.
3. [+116, -7] Wow, Hyorin fans stayed quiet even after reading that? I wonder if they did
4. [+56, -1] SNS is so useful...... People look so normal on the outside but you look at their SNS and it shows you what a mess they are
5. [+56, -5] Maybe he tried hitting on a woman who has cats and goes to church but got rejected.. tsk tsk.
Source: Netizenbuzz nate 1



