TVXQ set to release “History in Japan Vol. 3”

Are you upset that you were unable to see world renown boy band TVXQ perform and promote in Japan? No worries, the boys are releasing their DVD, "History in Japan Vol. 3" on March 28, 2008. And it has already been on sale in Japan since March 12, 2008.The first DVD, "History in Japan Vol. 1" was released in 2006.The disc includes the group's 10th Japanese single, "Choosey Lover," their Oricon number one hit, "Purple Line," and several other songs including special footage of the boy's and their "episodes." But, that's not all! The DVD is also packed ...

So Nyeo Shi Dae Star Photo Pictorial

Following the success of So Nyeo Shi Dai Star Photos pictorial featuring Tae Yeon, Hyo Yeon and Seo Hyun two weeks ago, they have now released part two of three today to continue on their momentumThe concept for part two of their pictorial is “super popularity school girls” and features So Nyeo Shi Dae members Soo Young, Jessica and Yuri this time.Compared to the sexy photoshoots done commonly by female artistes in Korea, So Nyeo Shi Dae photoshoots is focused on using their youthful charms as the selling point and they hope to win the affection ...

SuJu’s Donghae farts the most

Super Junior members unanimously voted Donghae as the biggest farter of the group. The dance party on the go member even ...

Eric to serve as Civilian

"Giving up his American permanent citizenship" Eric, Reason why he is not serving in the military but in civil officeEric Mun Jung Hyuk will be serving in September this year. But because of his accident in early 2006 while filming a TV drama, he finally received the judgment that he will serve as civilian officer.As the leader of a 10 year 6 men boyband, as well as an actor, Eric through a source close to him told Money Today Star in an interview that Eric had "given up his permanent residents in the States early 2000, and had chosen to serve ...

SM changes strategy for ZhuChenChen - new member of SJ

Recently, Chinese entertainment industry has been full of rumors that famous Korean boyband Super Junior will add Zhu Chen Chen- the second Chinese member who will appear this July. SM doesn’t want to make a big noise in public to avoid disorder caused by fans as the case of Henry before. However, after knowing this, fans of SJ had other actions to prevent adding more members into SJ. Now, they have collected 1 billion won to buy stock of SM.To deal with this action, SM changes strategy for new member Zhu Chen Chen. According to a newest information, ...

Lee Dong Gun brings his brother’s urn back to Korea

Lee Dong Gun returned to Korea via Incheon Airport at around 6pm yesterday evening with his brother’s urn. He wore the customary ...

Ethan Ruan and Chen Qiao En “goes to bed again”, netizens criticize

Ever since Ethan Ruan and Chen Qiao En “sleep” up the ratings in TTV/SETTV’s “Fated To Love You”, the production unit redoubled their efforts and continues to let the two of them have a bed scene on a haystack. But some netizens object and feel that if a television station keeps on promoting “bed scene”, it’s an “insult” to the matured female audience. The promotion method becomes the subject of discussion at the official website’s forum.“Fated To Love You” shot to the top of the ratings when it aired and even broke idol drama records. In the beginning, ...

Kangta: “TVXQ not given the credit…"

Kangta’s guesting in KBS Cool FM “Yoon Do Hyun’s Music Show” last March 26 was a fun and touching one.The fun part was when the staff made an on-air call with TVXQ without Kangta initially knowing who was really on the phone. U-Know was actually on the phone but changed his voice and impersonated a hardcore Kangta fan.“Who are you and where are you from?” asked Kangta.“I’m Kim Won Joong from Incheon,” U-Know said, without Kangta noticing who he was really talking to. When U-Know eventually made himself known, Kangta was overjoyed.It was also during ...

Kim Jung Eun’s digital single

SBS announced on the 29th that the theme song of the music talk show “Kim Jung Eun’s Chocoloate,” entitled “Chocolate,” will be put in the market as a digital single.“Chocolate,” which is a ballad song about a first love that is as sweet as chocolate, will be made available online on the 31st. Even the music video, which has scenes during Kim Jung Eun’s recording of the song, will also be released on the same day.“The full amount generated from the sale of the single will be donated to the less fortunate,” SBS announced.Source: Yonhaptranslations: ...

March 28: GLOBAL WARNING TOUR 2008

BIG BANG successfully finished its first concert in its “GLOBAL WARNING TOUR 2008″ in front of 3,000 fans at the Tokyo CJB ...

FT Island press conference in Malaysia

After a successful concert tour in their native South Korea, FT Island has now descended upon Malaysia to give us a taste of their music in the FT Island 1st Live in Malaysia concert.The concert will be held tomorrow (March 30) at the Sunway Lagoon Amphitheatre.The boys debuted in June 2007, but have already scooped up numerous New Artist awards back home. They won at the 2007 Asia Song Festival, 2007 Mnet Music Festival and the 2007 Golden Disk Award.While the conditions surrounding the PC with FT Island in Malaysia on March 28 was a nightmare, ...

14 artist to come to Korean Music Festival

an update on Korean music festival…The 4th set of artist was released and the 5th set will be released on the 1st of April.Artists:[] Fly To The Sky[] SG Wannabe[] Super Junior T[] Wonder Girls[] Lee Hyori[] Ock Ju Hyun[] Tae Jin Ah[] Eru[] Shin Joong Hyun[] Yun Hyung Joo[] Kim Se Hwan[] Choi Baek Ho[] Jung Hoon Hee[] Dong Bang Shin GiCREDITS TO kh ...

Lyn Tries to End Rumors with Suju Kangin

Singer Lyn who has been under heavy accusations by netizens who believe she is dating Super Junior member Kangin, has decided she wants to end the supposed "relationship".Lyn who originally wanted to ignore all of the rumors, had enough and made a public statement via her Cyworld mini homepage. Lyn stated that she is "only friends with Kangin, who she adores as a baby brother."In closing, Lyn said to Kangin in a very friendly manner, "perhaps we were too close, let's try to be a bit more careful."source: allk ...

Kim Ji Hoon streaks through Myungdong

Actor Kim Ji Hoon actually had to streak through Seoul’s busy Myungdong district for his new show, Why Did You Come To Our ...

Wu Zun enjoys the happiness of having two wives, does not forget to flirt with Xiao Zhu

Wu Zun and good friend Luo Zhi Shiang (Shiao Zhu) who worked together in “Hot Shot” <藍球火>, both held endorsement conferences on the 28th, the two both say that they aren’t scared to compare popularity. However, Wu Zun’s endorsement was a $138, 000 massage chair, while unit price forcing Xiao Zhu had a $20 (Taiwan Dollar by the way…) pack of chips. But Xiao Zhu’s endorsement includes China, Hong Kong and Taiwan three places, earning near $14, 000, 000, winning Wu Zun’s endorsement of $6 000 000 which only includes the Taiwan area.Even though ...

X Japan announces Paris show in July

The first of X Japan's three reunion concerts took place on Friday. Before the second concert on Saturday, the band held ...

Who is Betty La Fea?

It really seems all this Betty La Fea fever isn’t fanning out soon. While a number of girls’ names have already surfaced on possibly portraying the lead role of the Philippine adaptation of the popular telenovela, madaming nagsasabi si Bea Alonzo na nga daw ang number one candidate….And she doesn’t know yet!Well the production people are said to be meeting about it already and in the pre-prod process and writing the show, they already have Bea in mind and as a peg for the role. Well they better hope that Bea will really welcome the chance to do ...

Kristine Hermosa – one big pa-singit?

Hmmmm…. Some people can be so frank and mean.Well you know that One Big Love is such a big-hit, proving once again the mettle of the Toni Gonzaga and Sam Milby loveteam. And of course sprinkled with Kristine Hermosa who has her own long list of blockbuster films on her belt, talagang it was a sure-fire hit that wouldn’t have tanked.But some people are saying na even without Kristine Hermosa in the cast, the movie would still have been a big hit.First of all, Kristine was radiant in the movie. She has definitely improved her acting chops and her ...

Angela Zhang basking in romance using her illness as an excuse?

According to the Taiwanese media, Angela Zhang has been in Canada since applying for leave in February 2008 and was diagnosed ...

SNSD Tae Yeon to be Radio DJ

Highly capable entertainer Jo Jung-Rin is leaving MBC FM4U’s ‘Close Friends.’Jo Jung-Rin, who first grabbed the microphone as a DJ in April of 2004, decided to finish the Spring season and step down from the position she has held for the past four years.One official at MBC radio said: “For a variety of reasons the withdrawal of Jo Jung-Rin’s position has been decided. SNSD’s Taeyeon is in the strongest position to become the replacement.”Taeyeon has been confirmed as the new DJ and will have her first broadcast on April 8th. source: SNSD Fans ...

Pop idol Teppei Koike to play homeless teen in film

Pop idol Teppei Koike, 22, of the popular singing duo WaT, will play a homeless teen in a film based on a best-seller written by a comedian, film producer Toho says. Koike will play a 14-year-old teen who spends his summer holidays in a park after his parents separate due to bankruptcy. The book “Homeless Teen (Homeless Chugakusei)” was written by comedian Hiroshi Tamura, 28, last year, based on his true experience. Two million copies of the book have been sold so far.The film is scheduled to be released this autumn. source: japanto ...

KangTa's Favorite Hoobae, Super Junior Dong Hae sheds Tears

On 'Super Show', Super Junior member Donghae got the chance to perform the song 'My Everything'. It turns out that this ...

Shinhwa’s Andy was Originally an H.O.T. member

Ten years later, the truth that Andy Lee, a member of the group Shinhwa, was originally supposed to be an H.O.T. member was exposed.This 10-year secret was revealed on March 22nd on KBS2TV "Happy Together - Memory Challenge Song," where ex-H.O.T. member Moon Hee Jun spoke of the birth and the never revealed behind-the-scenes stories of H.O.T.H.O.T. originally started off with 10 members with an elimination process, until the members Moon Hee Jun, Kang Ta, Jang Woo Hyuk, Tony An, Lee Jae Won, AND Andy Lee remained.However, because Tony An and Andy ...

SHINHWA vs Kangta concert

Group SHINHWA & HOT member Kangta will be holding a large scale concert in Seoul on the same day.SHINHWA on 29th ~ 30th March will be holding their 10 years anniversary concert in Seoul Olympic Garden Stadium with title "SHINHWA MUST GO ON - 10th Anniversary Live". And at the same day, Kangta will be holding his large scale concert in Seoul YeonSeDae hall with title "Eternity - Forever" & fanmeeting. In the 90s HOT & SHINHWA was a pretty boy dance group which had gained popularity after their debut, surely their concert will catch lots ...

Hyeon Bin, Screen Comeback with movie "I Am Happy"

After two years, Hyeon Bin will be coming back to the screen since "A Millionaire's First Love". He wasn't involved in anything after drama "Snow Queen".On the 20th, he posted a message at his fan café titled, 'You've waited a long time', revealing his comeback. "I'm really busy these days. I've been trying to prepare a good work for our family, but it's taking longer than I thought". He revealed the reason why he hasn't been coming out a lot.He also said, "I'm going to be filming a movie from next week. It's a movie called "I Am Happy", and many ...

Seung Ri Embarrasses Big Bang

When Big Bang members were imposed with the question of who's the most embarrassing to hang out with, they all answered, Seung Ri.On KBS2 TV's Star Golden Bell which aired on the 29th, fellow Big Bang member Dae Sung even stated "Whenever Seung Ri is in a good mood, he starts acting very strange." source: Allk ...

TVXQ credit card

Members of TVXQ not only grace the pages of magazines or posters but also a credit card.The said credit card, which has ...

Isak acts in a musical

Isak (23) of the duo IsakNJiyeon will debut as an actor in the musical “The Life” on May 2 at the Hanjun Art Center in Seoul. ...

Epik High 5th album, coming soon

Epik High is set for its 5th album comeback in mid-April!This great news was posted by Tablo in an entry, which he titled “Epik News,” in his mini homepage on March 22. Tablo posted that the album is called “Pieces, Part One,” which he explained is, by far, “the most personal work” he has done. He also mentioned that for 3 months, his life just revolved around the recording room. source: http://krnloop.wordpress. ...

13 JYP trainees down to 10

10 final trainee members of JYP’s male group, who were featured in the Mnet program “Hot Blood Boys,” successfully held ...

Lee Dong Gun to debut in Japan as singer

Lee Dong Gun, who is currently facing the tragic death of his younger brother, is going to debut in Japan as a singer and ...

Super Junior leaves MCountdown

Super Junior is leaving the MC seat of Mnet “MCountdown” after 2 years and 4 months of hosting the said show. The episode ...

Eric, Lee Dong Gun, Jo Hyun Jae final act before military

With Gong Yoo, Chun Jung Myung, etc entering the military already, the next batch of stars scheduled to join them include ...

SS501 Kim Hyun Joong, leg injury

SS501’s comeback in the Korean music scene is facing a challenge because the group’s leader, Kim Hyun Joong, injured his ...

Super Junior China

Super Junior Member Han Geng has confirmed that Chou Chen Chen does not exist so obviously not an addition to the 13 member ...

Hard times for Yoon Eun-hye? Growing pains of becoming a big star

Yoon Eun-hye has fallen in a happy dilemma, for she is becoming popular after the success of "Coffee Prince".She is not doing a drama or movie right now but is so busy with commercials that she hasn't found time to recharge as an actress. It seems she's resting after her drama but truthfully, she is spending at least twenty days in a month for promotions. For this month, she has filming for Basic House and JoinUs, and a commercial for v=b in April.She is a model for many clothing brands, and although she received proposals for alcohol, tire, candy, ...

BoA will release her own jewelry line

BoA will release her own jewelry line called “Ramee by BoA”. The Asian pop princess designed 20 silver accessories, which ...

Ast1 challenges Super Junior

DSP’s new group, Ast1 (pronounced A Style) recently released their “Overthrow Super Junior” (타도 슈퍼주니어) promotional video.Ast1 ...

Gummy, on top of MCountdown

Gummy’s “I’m Sorry” ranked 1st in Mnet’s “MCountdown” on March 27, defeating Jewelry’s “One More Time.”“I’m deeply moved ...

SS501 Kim Kyu Jong, first solo stage

In next week’s Mnet “MCountdown,” on April 3, it will be SS501 member Kim Kyu Jong’s first time to have the stage all to himself for he will be performing Se7en’s “Passion” in MCountdown’s “Special Stage.”“After debuting in 2005, this will be Kim Kyu Jong’s first time to go up on stage alone. The pressure is big but this is going to be a time to show a different side of him. Among the SS501 members, Kim Kyu Jong’s the calm and reserved one but after activities in Japan, he changed and developed,” a DSP Entertainment official said. Source: Hankookitranslations: ...

Junjin, solo concert

After 10 years in the music industry, Shinhwa member Junjin is going to hold his first solo concert on April 26 at the Tokyo ...

SG Wanna Be’s new member: Lee Suk Hoon

SG Wanna Be’s new member has been decided.After Chae Dong Ha decided on leaving the group, Mnet Media auditioned for a new member and it was Lee Suk Hoon who was selected among 500 candidates.Like Kim Yong Jun, Lee Suk Hoon was also born in 1984 and he is quite known in the Indie music scene. His excellent skill and rich experience as a singer were the reasons why he was picked as SG Wanna Be’s new member.Mnet Media will officially reveal Lee Suk Hoon on April 4.Meanwhile, SG Wanna Be’s 5th album, which will be Chae Dong Ha’s last album with the ...

New information about a new Chinese member of Super Junior

Famous boyband Super Junior has admit a new Chinese member Zhu Chen Chen 20 years old. According to a reliable source, this ...

Super Junior Lee Teuk Shocks Audience

Super Junior's leader, Lee Teuk, recently revealed, on KBS 2TV Chat with Beauties (¹Ì³àµéÀÇ ¼ö´Ù), that he knows about 150 "younger sisters".From what Lee Teuk said, there are an estimated 150 little girls that he knows and meets up with every now and then, simply as an "older brother." Shocked after hearing this, when he was asked if he ever dated any of these girls, Lee responded that he dated about 4 of them.Along with this shocking truth, Lee continued on with his snappy comments. When another guest, singer KCM, sang a song for the women on ...

Kim Ki Bum does the Catwalk

Super Junior member Kim Ki Bum was recently selected as the main model for the F/W SEOUL COLLECTION fashion show. The show was held by designer Sung Kyung Jo on the 21st.Designer Sung Kyung Jo said that she chose Ki Bum as the leading model because, "Along with his handsome face, he has a keen sense of style."It has also become known that designer Jo showed up at one of Super Junior's concerts and directly invited Kim Bum to stand as the main model.Kim Ki Bum is already familiar with the catwalk due to his past experiences at other fashion shows. ...

Korean words emblazoned on Rain’s race suit in Speed Racer arouses interest

"Blurry PIC"A full-length body picture of global popstar, Rain who plays Taejo Togokhan in his Hollywood debut movie, “Speed ...

TVXQ! 4862 SCANDAL’

TVXQ is scheduled for a fan meeting entitled “TVXQ! 4862 SCANDAL” on April 17.In cooperation with music portal site “iple4862,” a total of 1,000 fans, which will be composed of people chosen through a raffle and announced winners in last year’s iple event, will be invited in this much awaited event, which will have talk, UFO reply, and gift giving sessions.Winners will be announced on April 4 in SM Entertainment’s homepage and they will be individually notified on the details regarding the event like the venue and time.Source: Newsencredit:krn ...

FT Island, Malaysia tour

After promotions in Thailand last December 17-19, 2007, FT Island is holding its first promotions in Malaysia from March 27-31. The group is leaving Korea on the 27th and will stay in Malaysia for 5 days and 4 nights.On the 28th, FT Island will be busy doing media interviews and guestings in 8TV and 98.8FM radio. The next day, a fan meeting and fan signing event will take place.The group is scheduled to hold a concert on the 30th at the Sunway Lagoon with 3,000 people and will be performing live songs from its first album, “Cheerful Sensibility.”“We’re ...

Eugene to Play Second Mother Role

Eugene becomes the mother of a child and a lucky woman who receives the love of three men--Cho Hyun-jae, Jae Hee and Shin Sung-rok--one of whom is the father of the baby.The new KBS 2TV (Wed./Thurs.) drama "Three Daddies and One Mommy" is about a married couple who receives sperm donations from three of the husband's friends. Although the conception is successful, the wife loses her husband suddenly in an accident. The story continues with the wife and the three friends.Eugene plays the role of the widowed mother, "Song Na-young," but this isn't ...

Dennis Oh will appear in drama East of Eden

Popular Korean-American actor Dennis Oh will make his appearance in MBC's special drama East of Eden. This marks his return ...

SJ and SNSD will join Kangta's final concert before serving his military duty

On March 29-30, popular singer Kangta will hold his two final concerts, namely "Eternity," before serving his military duty at Yonsei University. The guests will include several famous singers and bands, such as Shin Seung Hoon, Kim Min Jong, Super Junior, and SNSD.Kangta says that, "This is my final concert before I carry out the military duty. It is also my own concert for the past 5 years. I'm grateful to all the love and care from fans and my partners.""To be able to perform with such great singers, I believe that the concerts will leave a ...

SG Wannabe replaces Chae Dong-ha

SG Wannabe will replace Chae Dong-ha (middle) with a new member, Lee Suk-hoon on April 4th, 2008. The new member won out ...

SS501 Vs TVXQ

SS501 who has recently returned to the K-Pop scene has been creating quite a movement. These boys have returned with upgraded aesthetics and are now well-equipped to "figh" head-on with TVXQ.SS501 who had a very successful run in Japan, still trailed behind TVXQ's massive popularity. The reason they give was that TVXQ had debuted 2 years earlier than them in Japan, however SS501 has promised to give TVXQ beating some competition within the next 2 years.source: allk ...

Wonder Girls to host Music Core in T.O.P absence

All five Wonder Girls will become the MCs for this week MBC Music Core.Big Bang will be holding their Global Warning Tour ...

Shinhwa and Chicken

Korean pop group Shinhwa endorsed the fried chicken chain Kyochon a few years ago, and ended up opening a Kyochon chicken ...

The richest member in SHINHWA is Eric

Male group SHINHWA which had debuted for 10 years, among the 6 member who is the only one who earns the most? The answer is ERIC.On 26th Golden Fishery - Radio Star, MC asked LeeMinWoo: "Who earn the most among the member?" And Minwoo pointed out it's Eric without hessitation. He even explained "When he was acting in drama "Phoenix", almost half of the company's income was gain from Eric."Then who is the 2nd member? The guest asked why is not LeeMinWoo. With the name SHINHWA running some activities, composing and production needs copyright fee, ...