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[13.01.29] T-ara's Eunjung and f(x)'s Amber to debut as MCs on MBC Show Champion





T-ara's Eunjung and f(x)'s Amber have been chosen as the new MCs of the MBC music program "Show Champion".
A "Show Champion" staff said on the 29th, "After Kim Shinyoung and Shindong, Eunjung and Amber will become the two new MCs of 'Show Champion' in the new year. They are a unique combination that will bring forth a fresh MC experience."
Eunjung and Amber recently shot the intro video and appeared close already. For their MC debut on the 30th, they are planning a special performance which they have been practicing everyday for.
Eunjung and Amber said, "We are burdened by Shindong and Kim Shinyoung's great performance as MCs before us, but we will do our best together to put on the best show possible."
MBC's "Show Champion" airs every Wednesday at 18:00 KST. The ranking for the show is decided by real-time chart rankings on Melon, netizen's opinion and popular voting.
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Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130129n10319
Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.01.08] T-ara's Soyeon to possibly restart her acting career in "Iris 2"





T-ara's Soyeon is interested in re-challenging herself in acting.
Soyeon is currently being considered to be cast in the KBS 2TV mini-series "Iris 2". Idols BEAST's Yoon Doojoon as well as MBLAQ's Lee Joon have already been cast.
An "Iris 2" official said it's not definitely decided, but said on the 7th to Sports Korea, "Soyeon is being positively considered to join the cast. Soyeon would play an agent in the drama and we are interested in casting someone with a similar image to her."
Last August, Soyeon challenged herself in acting for the first time through KBS 2TV's mini series "Haeundae Lovers". Soyeon play Lee Kwansoon in the drama, but after a bullying controversy and a traffic accident set her back, her role was virtually removed from the drama. Soyeon would re-begin her acting career in "Iris 2" if she joins.
"Iris 2" is the follow-up to 2010's Iris with Lee Byunghun and Kim Taehee. The drama will begin airing in February.
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Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130108n02520
Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[13.01.01] Hyomin, "Forever sorry to our fans... Deeply thought about how to express myself"

Hyomin, "Forever sorry to our fans... Deeply thought about how to express it"
T-ara's Hyomin has transformed into a tomboy for a dreamy winter pictorial.
With falling snowflakes surrounding her, Hyomin poses in a dreamlike setting for a pictorial in the fashion magazine InStyle January edition. In the pictorial, Hyomin displays her romantic and glamorous style with various patterns of clothing, neutral themed pants and lovely accessories.
An official from InStyle magazine praised Hyomin saying, "Hyomin did remarkably well presenting a dreamlike and alluring appearance in her photoshoot."
In an interview, Hyomin revealed her thoughts and said, "I realize and feel how valuable the position I have is now. Looking back, beside me and in front of me was always family and friends who helped me step by step progress towards growing and reaching a more mature appearance.
Hyomin also revealed how grateful she is for her fans and found a way to express her true sincerity in her feelings. The warm interview can be found in the January issue of InStyle magazine.
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Source: http://news.nate.com/view/20130102n11769
Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

They were also named as one of the Top 10 artists of 2012 and Lovey Dovey got #8 in the Top 50 Songs of 2012 category.
I always did prefer Soompi compared to a AllKpop..
Source: http://www.soompi.co...awards-results/

HELLO! Apparently from what I've gathered, Cafenne has switched hands, so there's... lesser chance that the girls will continue to go there *since EJ's mum doesnt work/own there anymore. BUT i will leave this here in case anyone's still interested. *Bbyong* And i heardddd~ that the girls will continue going there. since it's near CCM and all

Hihi all, today I will be sharing on how to go to cafenne ( Eunjung's Mom cafe)

First of all, you all should know that Cafenne is in an optimal location such that if you head down the alley on the other side of Cafenne , you will able to find the place where SM artist and Cube Ent do their makeup, and you will be able to find LookOptical (The Spectacle Shop that T-ARA used to endorse) Main Branch which is a 2 storey building.
If you continue walking down a seperate alley, within 20mins you will be able to reach CCM which the directions is indicated on a different page.


First of all, from wherever you are, head down to Apgujeong Station.
Take exit 3, (Follow the red line in the picture)and walk downwards on the main street and turn left and continue walking down until you see a Cheongdam CGV (RED coloured) on your left as indicated on the GoogleMap.
Black Cross marks Cafenne.



(Cheongdam CGV is the red-coloured Circle building)
(The white arrow is for people interested in SM and Cube Artiste)
You are the blue man, you will be walking on, until you see the traffic light at the green man (Use the traffic junction later).



Ok now back to Cheongdam CGV, if you look across the road, you will able to see a Chinese Restaurant with a big signature display board as Ho Lee Chow on the second floor of the building across Cheongdam CGV. (And i pray that this restaurant havent close down yet)




Now cross the street and walk towards Ho Lee Chow.
Walk into the alley just right besides the building of the Ho Lee Chow.
Cafenne will be located one building after Ho Lee Chow in the alley.





It is the stylish greyish/black building that's roughly three stories high in the picture.
First and second story belongs to the coffee shop, third story is a hairdressing saloon and that's where the toilet is located too.



Do note that you can also exit from Gangnam Office Station indicated in the GoogleMaps Pic, walking the green way instead, but I rather you walk from Apugjeong Station as it will be an uphill walk from Gangnam Office Station to Cafenne.

Eunjung's mom will be in the shop most of the time as I've seen.
Else she will be sipping coffee with her friends on the second floor.
The coffee shop will provide offers/discounts to T-ara fans if you purchase their latest album and brought it to the shop.

Im not sure if it's still available, but for 100k won, Eunjung will sign a mug with your name on it.
The waitress will take down your name and pass it to Eunjung's mum.
You will need to fix a date to come back and collect the mug.
Do note that, fans often drop by Eunjung's mum cafe so you may have the chance to see the Korean fans chit chatting there as well.
Sample of receipt :



Funfact, for those who are interested into where SM and Cube Ent Artiste do their makeup,
follow the white arrow in the picture indicated above and go into that alley,
You will see a Homestead Coffee and the third/fourth floor is where they do their makeup a.k.a Red Carpet.
If you walk further down that alley, it will be the Main Branch of the Look Optical Shop where T-ara used to endorse for them.

Now that I've shared such important information, it's a must to credit me/diadem/tarasg if you ever take this out. Thank you so much for reading and I hope you have a fun trip to Korea~ Note to self : Juan 8 (pal) -dong Nam-gu, Incheon

Now guys you've seen my guides on how to go to CCM
http://www.tiaradiad...cm-by-cornoppa/
And how to go to Eunjung's Mum cafe
http://www.tiaradiad...fe-aka-cafenne/
Now it's time for Music Shows,
I will describe about each one.
But before i do, you must know about the prerequisites.
You will need 5 items before getting in line as top priority.
First up is T-ara Membership card from their T-ara Cafe Daum.
Next up is their promoting album.
Third is an MP3 download receipt.
Fourth is the Ringtone.
Fifth is the Caller Ringtone.
For Foreign fans, the last two are irrelevant as they understand that you don't need a phone in Korea since you're staying temporarily.
However, the first three are a must for you to get top priority.
Signing up for the membership is easy as describe in another topic but you have to pay 10kwon iirc to be the first Queens and im not sure whether the sign up is already over.
As for the album you can get it easily through another music stores in S.korea so that's not a problem either.
Third is the MP3 download receipt. You must have this because from personal experience, they nearly didnt let me stand near front because i didn't have this. They are very anal about this.
You can get this MP3 download receipt from Daum/Soribada/Melon/Naver.
Purchase the promoting song and print out the receipt.
This will be very difficult for a foreigner as we don't have a Korean ID to sign up for the site.
I got my Hostel manager to buy the song for me, but he didn't manage to print it out.
When i was waiting in queue at SBS inkigayo, they told me to print it out, else i wouldn't get to stand in line. So i had to run to a PC bunk to get it print out. So troublesome :/
There's another thing you need to note.
This is about Pre-recorded performances and Live performances.
I will explain the difference.
Some performances are pre-recorded then PDs will broadcast it during the liveshows(To make it look like it's live).
The celebrities will continue to perform while the pre-recorded are broadcasted. Then the PD will signal to them to indicate it's time for the next performer to be prepared to be on the stage.
So sometimes, the performers will just leave nearing the end of the song.
The next performers, most probably Live, and the crew will then have ample time to prepare for the Live performance and the stage settings.
That's why we have live and pre-recorded performances and that's why you get to see the drastic change in stage settings after each performances.
And the thing about pre-recorded performances is that they will do it a couple of times to get it right.
Thus some fans are lucky that they get to see the girls perform 8/9 times.
Whereas i only had the chance to see them perform twice on the same day...
Ok moving along!
First up we have KBS Music Bank (Personal Favourite!!!)

KBS MUSIC BANK!


Ok, so first up.
If you're taking a cab,
Here's the exact location. Just show it to the cabby and he will get you there.
KBS Music Bank 뮤직뱅크
서울특별시 영등포구 여의도동 18
Seoul, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Yeouido-dong 18
Alternatively,
You can take the train and reach National Assembly Station Line 9.
From there, you can take Exit 6 or Exit 4.
The image below indicate on how to go to Music Bank.
http://imageshack.us/a/img152/5585/img0652.png
Black arrow refer to Exit 6.
Green arrow refer to Exit 4.
It's preferred if you take Exit 4 first.
From Exit 4, you will be able to pass by GS-25 (A mini mart) and Holly's Coffee where you can get some food for yourself.
Check out the row of trees/lamp posts outside the entrance of KBS for queue lists for fans.
Try to walk yourself in to the building/follow other fans.
You will find yourself here!
http://imageshack.us/a/img802/3318/img0225ul.jpg
Take a chair and relax while waiting for the show to start.
Or you can wait outside Exit 6. as Exit 6 is the one that the celebrities will come through.
Reason why i say KBS Music Bank is my favourite is because it's the only music show we can communicate with the girls.
Managers will park their vans outside while celebrities will walk in.
Thus i have the chance to do this

My opinion on the schedule is like this.
They will come around 9am to get the schedules right and etc. so this is your first chance.
Then they will leave the building for lunch so this is your second chance.
When they come back for the pre-recorded performance, this is your last chance. I will explain why later.
Remember about the prerequisites i said early?
Now after you see them for the last time, you will have to go queue because there's when the fanstaff/leader will come out and help us arrange the queue and etc.
The staffs of the music show will only speak with the fanstaff/leader. With this, you need to prepare ur items to show that you're worthy to be at top priority.
If i'm not wrong, admins of the various fansites like jingdot will take turns doing this. so yupps. do watch out for them as they will help you out in a long way.
After that you are all set and ready to go for the pre-recorded performance.
The staffs will tell the fanstaff to get ready and bring us into the waiting area of the building.
Then we will go in according to the queue no. and the priority and take the seats.
Once inside, the girls will come out and we can start cheering for them
Cheer loud for T-ara please )))
Then after the pre-recorded performances ended, we will head out so the next performer and their fans can come in.
So we can wait outside the Music Bank to see if there are any spare tickets to get to see the Live Show. But the chances are really really low. So yupps
Now after Music Bank is over. They will leave via the same entrance. But this time round the vans will be able to enter. So the guards will not allow any fans to enter. Chances of seeing the idols are relatively low as compared to the first three chances but you can still try.
And that's all there is to Music Bank
I will update on Music Core and Inkigayo later on whenever i'm free.

Gallup Korea, the biggest research company in Korea, revealed 2012 the most beloved K-Pop singer in Dec 28th. T-ara ranked top 10 for two consecutive years (No.8 in 2011, No 7 in 2012). Here's the result.
Summary of Survey
- Surveyed nationwide (except Jeju Island) only 13 to 59-year-old men and women total 4,157 people
- Survey methods: individual interviews (face-to-face investigator interview)
- Period: May 2nd - 16th, September 12th - 26th, Nov 15th ~ 30th
- Sampling Cluster Sampling: two stratified
- Sampling Error: ± 1.5% (95% confidence level)
- Authority commissioned Gallup Korea conducted its own investigation
2012's most beloved singers (rank / artist / % / title song)
1 PSY 2 SNSD 3 Big Bang 4 IU 5 Jang Yoonjung 6 Sistar 7 T-ARA 8 B2ST 9 Tae Jinah 10 Busker Busker

No matter what haters say, many K-peoples still keep supporting our girls. Keep it up t-ara!
Source : Gallup (http://www.gallup.co...&searchKeyword=)
Source : http://www.asiae.co....122813493612665

[12.09.17] Video - Fancams of T-ara @ Black Mountain Island Concert 120915 + Other















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cr : eunchanet hyomdot


I cant only find Hyomin and Eunjung ones.. if you have others which are relevant to date to share please post them below here in this thread thanks!

T-ara release handwritten announcement of apology





"We write this letter after much deliberation.The past month has felt longer than the time it took us to debut and the time we've promoted under all of your love.First, we would like to honestly apologize for making so many concerned.We admit that we were immature in not being able to resolve our differences in opinions within the group and letting it out publicly, and we are all reflecting on it together.We deeply apologize for acting without thought.If we had understood each other, shared, and acted more maturely, none of this would have happened..We think that thought every day in misery.Looking back, we've always overcome any hardships together while chasing the same dream, and it breaks our heart to think that all of those good memories are being seen in a bad light.We also think that Hwayoung must have gone through a hard time for being misunderstood as being ostracized.We were all surprised at a result none of us thought or wanted and feel upset that we can no longer be together again.We hope that Hwayoung no longer has to face any pain again.We apologize to everyone for concerning everyone with this issue and disappointing those that loved our music.This hardship was an opportunity of learning for us.We are supposed to be the strength of many, and have now learned how much responsibility we have on our shoulders, as well as how responsibly we must act.To our parents, who live for us, and our fans, who will remain by us until the end to love our music...And to everyone we disappointed, we want to work hard so that our apology will be accepted.We are genuinely sorry. We ask that you also give your everlasting support and love to Hwayoung, who must have had a harder time than us.We will always support Hwayoung no matter what.From all of T-ara.
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Translated by netizenbuzz: http://netizenbuzz.b...t.html?spref=tw
Original article: http://news.naver.co...082920410105052

Eunjung and all T-ara should be cameo in "SHUT UP NETIZENS"

Maybe they are shutting down because there is too much negativity on the site, and they don't want members fighting with each other, I don't know.
This makes me even more thankful for Diadem promising to stick through this with all of us.