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Infighting Leads to Hwa-young Leaving T-ara 42 weeks 4 days ago SEOUL, South Korea -- K-pop stars T-ara member Hwayoung has left the eight member group as of Monday according to local reports. The 19-year-old rapper's contract has been canceled according the group’s agency Core Contents Media. Rumors of infighting between Hwayoung and the group surfaced recently when the group held the concert “T-ara Jewelry Box” in Japan on July 25 and 26 according to the Korea Times. Hwayoung, who injured her leg before the shows...
2PM's Nichkhun Nabbed For DUI 43 weeks 3 days ago SEOUL, South Korea - 2PM's Nichkhun was involved in a drunk driving accident Tuesday night, after he left a party hosted by the JYP agency. The Thai-born singer barely registered above the legal limit at 0.056 (the legal limit is 0.05 in Korea) but was nonetheless booked after hitting a 55-year-old motorcyclist at 2:45 am on a back street in Gangnam, Seoul. JYP Entertainment did not comment on how the incident would affect Nichkhun's career. Entertainers in Korea who...
Singer Lee Hyo-ri Single Once Again 1 year 12 weeks ago SEOUL - K-pop singer Lee Hyo-ri has revealed that she is once again single, shocking her fans and raising expectations for single men around the country. Lee questioned during a taping of Happy Together 3 how she was doing with her boyfriend, she responded, "We broke up. But we're still seeing each other." Her boyfriend was singer-songwriter Kim Sang-soon. The couple had been dating about eight months. Known as the “The Untouchable Queen...
K-pop group Block B in trouble with Thais 1 year 12 weeks ago BANGKOK, Thailand - The K-pop group Block B has gotten in trouble with its Thai fans over a 30-minute interview which was deemed insulting to the Thais and to the country itself. According to the Korea Times, in an interview with Thai media site RYT9 on Jan. 30, Block B’s leader Zico said when asked about his opinion on the flooding that damaged the country, “I hope monetary compensation will heal their wounds because all I have is money.” When another...
Jenny Hyun and the Cyber Insanity 1 year 13 weeks ago BUSAN, South Korea - New York Knicks point guard, Jeremy Lin, has done more than just bring a stumbling franchise back to relevancy, he’s unknowingly started a war of cyber-stupidity over the past week that has been taken to a whole new (low) level. The hype surrounding the 23-year-old point guard is unprecedented for a guy who has started a total of only eight games this season. Would the media have focused their attention on the Harvard grad this much had he been in a smaller...
Lee Hyo-ri Donates Funds to Animal Shelter 1 year 13 weeks ago SEOUL, South Korea - Singer Lee Hyo-ri donated 120 million won to the Korean Animal Welfare Association. Back in December, she released a 2012 calendar with pictures of her and her dog "Soonshim" to promote animal adoption. The calendar cost 12,000 won and all proceeds went to helping animals.
Big Bang Headlines Huge Gwangan K Pop Gathering 1 year 30 weeks ago BUSAN, South Korea - Members of the Korean boy band Big Bang headline a star-studded concert this Friday night, the 28th at Gwangan-li Beach. The free concert is sure to draw thousands of screaming fans from across the country to the shores for what should be a memorable evening. Though rapped in scandal of late, three members of the group Big Bang will be performing individually. Taeyang, Seungri and T.O.P will be in attendance, though Daesung, who had been in trouble...
Girl's Generation Album a Big Hit in Japan 1 year 45 weeks ago The nine-member all-girls group Girls' Generation's new album sold over 500,000 copies to go double gold. The album, entitled "Girls Generation," is their first in Japanese, was released June 1st. The group has become the most successful girl's group to date in the country, and were also the first Korean group to top the Oricon charts. They are now planning for a six city, 14 concert tour of Japan, before returning to Seoul for a concert at Olympic Park, July 23rd and 24th....

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