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SNSD’s SPAO photoshoot

Yein Jee — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:20:17 +0000

Korean pop group SNSD posing for SPAO [Kr], a new fashion line partly owned by the girls’ management agency SM Entertainment. Click image for larger pic…

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Ninja Assassin (2009) movie trailer

Yein Jee — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:43:01 +0000

Trailers for Ninja Assassin, starring Korean pop star Rain, his first leading role in a Hollywood film. Looks like a typical Hollywood action movie, but not bad…

Rain plays an assassin who was trained to be a killing machine since he was a kid; but ran away from the group after seeing his friend mercilessly executed by the clan. He later saved a Europol agent (Naomie Harris) who is investigating the organisation and the duo work together to bring down the clan.

Check out previous video and photos of Rain training with the stunt and martial arts team. The movie will release in American cinemas on November 25.

[video via 16neelloc@Youtube]

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Go Soo & Son Ye-jin, White Night & Cosmopolitan

Yein Jee — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:02:02 +0000

Korean stars Go Soo and Son Ye-jin posed for November issue of Cosmopolitan magazine [Kr]; the duo is starring in Into the White Night which is screening next month. The film is Go Soo’s first movie since his enlistment in 2006; the hype is further sparkled with news that Son is going nude for the love scene.

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Tablo & Kang Hye-jung’s wedding photos

Yein Jee — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:37:40 +0000

Korean pop star Tablo and actress Kang Hye-jung got married in a private ceremony at the Bailey House in Seoul on Monday (Oct 26). Wedding photos are released via respective agencies; celebrity guests’ pics further below…

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Kara wanna be your maid

Yein Jee — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:30:09 +0000

Korean online games portal HanGame [Kr] has created a cafe game featuring Korean pop group KARA; below are the girls’ commercials, dressing in maid-cafe-kinda-cosplay-costumes to endorse the game…

Order Queen Hara

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BoA ft. Verbal – Bump Bump music video and pics

Yein Jee — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:51:48 +0000

Korean pop star BoA is taking a break from her American activities to release a Japanese single, Bump Bump, featuring Verbal from M-flo. Music video, and some black & white promotional pics further below…

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f(x) in Chanel on Cosmopolitan

Yein Jee — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:12:21 +0000

Korean teenage girls group f(x) will feature on November issue of Korean Cosmopolitan magazine [Kr] as models for cosmetic brand Chanel.

From top to bottom – Luna, Amber, Sulli, Krystal and Victoria…

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Win free airline tickets to South Korea

Yein Jee — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:05:09 +0000

Korea Tourism Organisation is running series of online contests via its Korea 100 Sparkles campaign, with USD30,000 prizes to give away, and opportunities to meet some of the top Korean celebrities.

The big prizes require some creativity and work. Sharing here the easier one… watch the video below, The 5 Most Popular Tourist Destinations in Korea, and leave a comment on Youtube telling which place is your favourite and why.

Main prize is two round trip airline tickets to South Korea; contest ends on November 10. Check out the video even if you are not interested with the opportunity; pretty nice stuff…

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SuJu’s Kang-in, DUI, hit & run

Yein Jee — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:04:26 +0000

Korean pop group Super Junior’s member Kang-in, who was indicted for a bar brawl last month, is in trouble again… a bigger trouble in fact.

He was booked for fleeing the scene after causing a traffic accident under the influence of alcohol in early morning of October 16 [more on Koreatimes]

Kang-in only turned himself in six hours later, probably after consultation with his company; both the artist and company have issued public apologies (to the fans).

Apology WTF. He could have killed someone; luckily nobody was seriously hurt in the accident. DUI was bad enough, and running away instead of checking the victims? It’s a disgrace dude.

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Baek Ji-young – Don’t Forget MV – IRIS OST

Yein Jee — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:15:14 +0000

Korean drama IRIS’s OST, titled Don’t Forget, sung by Baek Ji-young. The MV only focused on the love triangle between the three main characters in the spy-action thriller, played by Lee Byung-hun, Kim Tae-hee and Jung Jun-ho…

Nice song; Baek Ji-young did well to bring out the sorrow and emotions. Would be great to have a clean (without conversation) version.

IRIS is one of the most anticipated Korean dramas of the year. The star-studded show opened strongly on October 14; its English subbed episodes are scheduled to start showing on KBS World channel (lucky me lol) on Nov 11.

Other co-stars include Kim Seung-woo, Kim So-yeon and Choi Seung-hyeon.

[video via moonml@Youtube]

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JYP Entertainnment USA & Canada Audition 2009

Yein Jee — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:37:51 +0000

Another US & Canada audition for Asian pop star wannabe. Korean agency JYPE is looking for new talents who are residing in USA and Canada and born in year 1982-2000, regardless of gender and nationality.

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Pusan International Film Festival 2009 red carpet

Yein Jee — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:34:31 +0000

Red carpet show at the opening ceremony of the 14th Pusan International Film Festival, which kicked off last Thursday (Oct 8) in Korea’s City of Busan…

Ha Ji-won

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Music Boys Live in Absolute Quality?

Yein Jee — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:54:13 +0000

Korean pop star Rain think that it’s a cool to name his new boyband as MBLAQ, which means Music Boys Live in Absolute Quality… which must be the weirdest group name I’ve ever heard.

The acronym doesn’t sound as bad, but it’s absolutely bizarre when they tried to justify what it means. Perhaps I’m too old to understand what the younger generations are thinking; the teenage fangirls might think that it’s a wonderfully cool name. (seriously?)

The boys are going to be popular as long as their performance aren’t too bad; K-pop world is dominated by pop groups in the past couple of years, and there’s room for a few more good looking guys or girls.

And having a famous boss like Rain certainly helps.

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Humming Urban Stereo – Hawaiian Couple music video

Yein Jee — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:01:36 +0000

Hawaiian Couple, a cheerful song by Korean electropop band Humming Urban Stereo, released in 2007. Pretty cute MV too…

The MV starred the main cast from Korean film My Love, i.e. Gam Woo-sung, Choi Kang-hee, Jung Il-woo, Lee Yeon-hee and Uhm Tae-woong. The song was probably used as one of the movie OST as well.

[video via laughinlover12@Youtube]

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Kim So-eun in Hanbok

Yein Jee — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:58:22 +0000

Another Choseuk Hanbok special, individual gallery for actress Kim So-eun; the girl is so cute she deserves an independent showcase lol…

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Chuseok 2009 special – Korean celebs in Hanbok

Yein Jee — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:43:12 +0000

Korean celebrities don in traditional Hanbok to greet the fans on Chuseok, Korean harvest festival. Some pretty women, a few hunks and a little kid in beautiful costumes; can’t remember everyone’s name regrettably…

FT Island

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