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Leader of the popular 13-member group Super Junior, Lee Teuk, finally spoke about his clash with young figure skater, Kim Yun Ah.

This "clash" happened earlier this year in July, where Lee said that Kim rejected the friend request he made on her homepage. His statement led to the beginning of the attacks on Kim by Super Junior’s many fans. Lee admitted that he added a lie or two in the tale he told listeners, just to make it a bit more "entertaining." What he thought was entertaining, led to endless amounts of hate comments on Kim’s homepage.

Lee appeared on the MBC show "Radio Star," and spoke of this whole ordeal. He said, "This incident has taught me to be careful of what I say. I don’t mean to make excuses, but there’s more to this than what people see." He, once again, sincerely apologized to Kim Yun Ah for causing so much harm. He also told viewers about how Kim has a great personality, and because of that, they have been able to become a lot closer regardless of everything that has happened between them.

Source: allkpop

Actor Park Shi Hoo who played the successor of a major corporation in "How to Meet a Perfect Neighbor" which finished airing in September will become the ‘Najang’ Shi Hoo in the upcoming periodical action series "Iljimae."

The ‘Najang’ Shi Hoo is a low rank member of the ministry of war in the Joseon era that receives orders from higher officials, transports or punishes criminals who during investigation and torture.

The character Shi Hoo is born as the child of a mistress of a prominent family. He learns martial arts on his own to pass the government test but is discriminated against for being the child of a mistress and chooses to become a ‘Najang.’ To become the top despite his position, Shi Hoo starts chasing after Iljimae played be Lee Jun Ki. The two characters also form a love line with the female character Eun Chae.

Park Shi Hoo who is currently training in horseback riding and martial arts commented, "Shi Hoo in the series is a character that seems strong and rather cold, but holds hidden scars in his heart and is a very fascinating character. This is my first role in a periodical series and with action scenes so I am doing my best to prepare."

Source: broasia

20-year-old actress Natsuko Hoshino, who has played minor roles in television dramas such as "1 Litre of Tears" and "Jikou Keisatsu," has been suspended for a year by her management, it was announced on Wednesday.

Hoshino had written on her blog about the incident of Keiko Miura and her two granddaughters, who have been missing since last week and appear to have been the victims of a violent crime.

It seems the blog entry was written in a way that labeled a specific person as the culprit, even though the investigation is still ongoing. Upon discovering the post, Hoshino’s agency deleted it, calling the remarks inappropriate and irresponsible, and forced the actress to apologize.

credits: AsianFanatics

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Lately the crash with SUPER JUNIOR having to appear on separate programs during the same time-slot has erupted into a heated dispute. MBC announced, "If Super Junior gives an official apology, we will organize an earlier comeback."

MBC halted Super Junior member KANG-IN’s MC activities for the variety shows, "Sunday’s Dongan Club", "Nothing is Impossible", and also "Show! Music Core", and officially announced that Kang-In and the rest of Super Junior cannot appear on any variety shows hosted by MBC anymore due to those shows being aired at the same time as SBS’s "Good Sunday: Explorers of the Human Body."

MBC previously voiced their opinions on the issue, stating that "having to appear on other channels’ shows at the same time are against morality." Therefore it will be difficult for Kang-In and the rest of Super Junior to give any future appearances on any of MBC’s variety shows.

Because of this MBC stated, "For this issue I hope SM Entertainment will release an apology so Super Junior can give a fast comeback on MBC."

The CP of "Sunday’s Dongan Club", Goh Jae-hyun spoke to Newsen about the issue and was asked, "If Super Junior announces that they will give up SBS’s performances, will you accept it?" He replied, "They will do this? They already chose SBS." Newsen asked again, "If SM Entertainment officially apologized for this issue, will you accept it?" The CP replied, "If this happens, Super Junior will have an earlier comeback."

SM Entertainment replied to the issue simply, "We are still under negotiations."

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An animal rights group Wednesday criticized South Korea’s top entertainer Rain for "dressing like a caveman" and urged him to set a good example to fans by ditching fur.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Asia Pacific (PETA) said in a statement it had written to the pop star calling on him to stop living up to the name of his first album — Bad Guy — by wearing fur.

"You have said that you want to show American women ‘how sweet and loving Asian men are’. Correct us if we’re wrong, but wearing fur is anything but ’sweet’ and there is no ‘loving’ way to rip the skin off a still-twitching animal," the letter says.

"And although you have likened yourself to ‘SexyBack’ singer Justin Timberlake, you are anything but sexy for wearing the fur of tortured animals on your back."

PETA said millions of animals are killed for their fur by electrocution on farms or in the wild by drowning, trapping or beating.

Korean singer Rain has won top awards throughout Asia and he became the first Asian artist to be invited to the American MTV Video Music Awards in 2005.

credits: asianbite

[Newsen KimKyeongMin] The famous group DongBangShinKi has canceled them participate on the ‘2007 MnetKM Music Festival’ making public senses on their fans. Being the situation like that, the members of DongBangShinKi’s Fanclub ‘Cassiopeia’ have been there (the event’s place) only to see them. Cassiopeia has been thinking "I heard that DongBangShinKi was supposed to attend this MKMF awards. Even if DongBangShinKi is not here, it also supposed Anyband to been performancing". Cassiopeia have been there to see them, and the end of this is that M.net told them that they wont attend the event; it made a lot of dificulties to go on the place. SM said also "today on MKMF are invited some of our artists like Super Junior, CSJH and SNSD" so the absence of TVXQ wont cause a lot of controversy. M.net said that there was not a ‘board post’ that ensure TVXQ for attend the event, so TVXQ’s fans don’t have to make a big drama for this. Credits: Naver + soompi + dbskfanclub.multiply Trad. kandiox @ soompi

  10 most memorable happenings in YUNHO’s life

1. 2004 DBSK got into a car accident. A sedan hit DBSKs van, the driver was pronounced dead on the spot, the van was completely crushed, each member was hurt in different ways. Yunhos neck was very injured.

2. 2005, Nov 18 to 19th, he was running schedules non stop. The minute the camera shuts down, he fainted.

3. 2006, before his concert, his wrist was injured, but he removed the cast for the sake of the performance, during the performance he was bleeding, but he kept on singing. After the performance his hand was completely swollen.

4. 2006, march, barely 20 years old, fainted due to dehydration. His stomach isnt strong, members always stick little reminder notes in his pocket reminding him to eat. Whenever he was trying to care for other members, they would say you should be the one resting right now.. they flew between Korea and Japan every week.

5. For the sake of having a better pitch when he sings and a better, more mature image, he got procelin veneers on his teeth, PV needs to be changed every 10 years, he has gone through numerous discomfort and pain after his procedure. May of 2006, because he was in such pain (his teeth), he was rushed to the hospital right after his performance one night. June, he experienced eve more pain because of it, he could barely eat, his face was so swollen he had to start wearing a mask

6. 2006, July. Concert in Malaysia, knowning his fans have waited forever for him, he gave a perfect performance that fooled everyone, no one could tell that he was trying all his might to hold the pain that was caused by dislocation of his ankles. He insisted on performing for his fans, he had to be carried out after the performance. That performance caused him to be away for one month so he can rest.

7. 2006, October, around 10pm. Something horrible happened, emergency room, different hospitals, cleaning and pumping out his stomach. The suspect has turned herself in. Yunho said shes about my age, I have a sister, so I hope she will receive forgiveness. As for me. No worries. Im fine. Im sorry Ive made you guys worry

8. At an award ceremony, all the members were crying their eyes out, Yunho stayed strong, he held his tear in, he smiled, he kept thanking everyone, but backstage, he shed more tears than the rest of the members combined.

9. At another award ceremony, everyone could tell his eyes were watery and red, but once again, held in it. He bit his fingers.

10. The famous 18 continuous bow. After the MBC dance battle special, he was sick, but he held himself together for the show, backstage, he bowled to every single performer and crew members, the fans captured the total number of times he bowed. 18 times.

Korea’s most wanted k-pop stars paraded to Jamsil Olympic Stadium yesterday to attend Korea’s biggest music event, 2007 Mnet KM Music Festival (MKMF) in the pouring rain. The results were somewhat expected, but it’s also creating a fan-war online. Who do you think bagged the most number of awards?

FT Island - Best New Boy Band & Mnet Popular Artist
The Most Potential Lip boys are also the Best New Boy Band. Although seeing the talentless Super Junior mob giving FT Island talents the award did not sit so well with my stomach, at least the award was given to someone who deserved it this year. Congrats boys!

Younha - New Solo Artist
Yunha owned this award hands down when she debuted early this year. Who else has the talent and the looks to outwin Yunha? (No, it’s not a hard question)

Wondergirls - New Girl Group
The Tell Me virus spreaders won not only the MKMF girl’s dance battle or Battle of the Princesses, but also the New Girl Group Award. I guess even the top squeakers can receive an award in the industry if have father JYP mentoring every move.

Yangpa - Best Ballad Song
Thank God that fashion disaster singer Yangpa did not show up in her usual lacey shirt to the awards ceremony. Her awards acceptance speech was as boring as her outfit.

Lee Seung Ki - Best Male Singer
Hmm..how does this kid manages to win an award every year when he only had one original song?

Clazziquai - House & Electric
Love the music and love Alex’s pecs even more.

SG Wannabe - Best R&B Group
The three talents were surprised to receive this award because they believe themselves to be medium-tempo group. Just shut-up and receive the award. We all love you regardless of the genre.

Cherry Filter - Best Rock Music
No doubt that Cheery Filter is talented, but I haven’t seen anything new from them this year, so why the award? Rock Music needs better representation in the industry.

Big Bang - Best Male Group and Song of the Year
Little YGites did it again and they truly deserve their awards, but Seung Ri needs to loose the fake fur. He looks like a sad pimp wannabe who will get beat up as soon as he steps outside his house.

Super Junior - Netizen Award, Popular Mobile Song and Singer of the Year
Sigh. What can I say but to mourn at the current sad state of K-pop? Super Junior winning the Singer of the Year not only insults the handful of talented singers in the industry, but it’s an embarrassment. And the two other awards are not even real awards, so they don’t count in my book.

Epik High - Best Hip Hop Group of the Year and Album of the Year

Tablo gave the most depressing acceptance speech ever. He talked about the challenges with his management company and his own depression. Why bring the mood down at such a festive event? Anyhow, congrats!

TSZX the Grace - Best Dance Music
What the hell are they wearing? It looks like their stylist went wild with a roll of pink tape. Lee Minwoo was pissed that TSZX received the award instead of himself so decided not to show up at the event

No Shows

Seeya - Best Girl Group
No, that’s not Seeya in the picture, it’s SG Wanna be Kim Yong Jun. Seeya failed to attend the event because their stylist exhausted all different colors of their puffy wedding dress outfit and could not come up with anything new.

Ivy - Best Female Singer
Nobody expected the MIA singer Ivy to show up, but fans were still disappointed.

Shinhwa - Popular Overseas Artist

We know why M didn’t show up, but how about the rest? The longest running boy band group is playing hard to get as usual.

Answer** Super Junior bagged the most number of awards this year.

credits: popseoul
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