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well, i think it's a good move so korean people will realize though they hate T-ara to the death but there are thousand international queen's who still love, support and appreciate T-ara

K-Netizens have so much power over their media. It also doesn't help when it's a female thats affected. On the otherhand, male idols get let off the hook for much harsher problems because "omg oppa didn't meant it, oppa didn't do it". Seriously, K-Netizens, smh.

[PICS] T-ara @ M!Countdown stage (09/13) Credit : Nate + Ehlana + tiaradiadem.com For the rest of the images:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enODk1aEtgM CR: TanVuKBSMusic Finally their comeback stage on KBS2 Music Bank The girls will be performing live on SBS Inkigayo this Sunday. So tune in to watch them here at 3.40pm KST: http://kpopstream.wix.com/streams#!justin-tv/c1vey (:

LOL. I kind of laughed out in my office when I read your comment XD

"There are no scenes for her to film. Her role was minor and originally had an enemy that helped introduce the plot, but as the end came closer her role faded out." --- just a load of bull. Soyeon's character just disappeared out of no-where, while it was last showed that she was still in Busan. She can't just disappeared for no reason. I guess SBS isn't the only network that is scared of the antis.

She is the only reason i watch that drama Now I won't watch it anymore

You will be amazed that actually still many koreans love and support them.. Otherwise they will not get 3rd rank in KPOP chart just in a week after the first comeback stage in Mcountdown.. The haters actually only small number yet they are very aggressive in the net.. But the T-ara fans in Korea always support them as you could see in their live performance

watch the 1st two epi of the drama, with this news. GTH H.Lovers , u won't hav support fm Queens. Going to stop watching.

Okay, let's go through the events focused on Soyeon and Haeundae Lovers, shall we, . . . July 31st, . . . Soyeon did not attend the press conference for the show due to other scheduled events, prior to T-ara's Japan concert, and was noted that this was her first time acting in a drama. August 1st, . . . Imperial Palace Hotel, Haeundae Lovers Press Conference, Director Song praises Soyeon and her efforts, and hopes the "misunderstanding" is resolved soon. "Production had already started" and there's no point in removing her from the show. August 6th, . . . First episode of Haeundae Lovers is aired. August 13th, . . . Soyeon is injured in a vehicle accident due to the road and weather conditions. It was later stated after receiving emergency treatment, she strained her neck, where the ligaments and muscles were stretched, or possibly torn. The next few days later, she tries to leave the hospital more than once, despite her condition. August 20th, . . . Soyeon is able to resume her duties for Haeundae Lovers. August 24th, . . . It was reaffirmed that Soyeon's role is a minor one, and has been limited since the beginning. August 29th, . . . Actress Kim Hye Eun publicly supports her fellow cast member, Soyeon, while pointing out the "misunderstanding" of the tweets. September 13th, . . . Today, . . . it was announced that Soyeon fulfilled her contract to the drama. Given the time frames, it appears reasonable that Soyeon did complete her duties successfully without any more problems. I don't see any reasons to be overreacting, let alone be surprised by what the official spokesperson said over the phone. This is Soyeon's first drama acting role after all, besides her cameos back in 2010 for SBS's Giants and KBS's Master Of Study.

I really don't think this should come off as a surprise - after all, this is a drama production here. If someone's part of a nasty scandal, there's no doubt that the staff are bound to cut off all ends. Regardless of how 'greedy' of SBS for ratings and such, keep in mind that dramas are meant for entertaining the masses of viewers. Not pissing them off. I'd even say SBS is playing safe here and had it been any other group involved in such a scandal on par with what T-ara went through, it would be no different. On the other hand, one should also note that at least Soyeon gets a lighter workload. Filming for a drama and doing performances for a song at the same time period is NOT easy and very taxing - Jiyeon can testify to that just fine. I believe the difference between what Big Bang got in through in comparison with T-ara is that how the overall situation was handled regardless of the severity of the crime and double standards - I don't know enough about YG but Daesung stopped all activities for somewhere around half a year and went the usual path a celebrity would have done (apologize ASAP, followed by volunteer work) but in the case of T-ara, the apology came rather late and CCM's laughable statements didn't help one bit except make them receive a further amount of public anger. Personally, I still think there's a certain chance that some form of bullying (or rather outcasting/ostracising) may have occurred a while back. As you mentioned in your articles, they've been put in a hellish work environment and the only crook responsible for that is none other than KKS.

I know. Male idols like BIGBANG get in drug scandals and manslaughter (!), but netizens make up a rumor that T-ara are bullies and it almost destroys them

First Jung, now Sso? I hope Hyomin's role in The Thousandth Man wasn't "minor".

Sometimes you have to take a risk and you have to use your head too, that's making you successful. These Korean television networks are too scared to lose their precious ratings percentage and that's why they cut of Soyeon's part, it's a cowardly act of greediness, I really wanted to see more of Soyeon though.

I find the explanation kind of hard to believe. I haven't seen any of the episodes so I wouldn't really know how her character is or what she's doing. *shrug* Guess it's just me holding prejudice against people and their decisions being influenced by T-ara's scandal.

incredible, Television broadcast companies in Korea are so unprofessional and coward. First Eunjung and now Soyeon, Korea is treating T-ara as assasins for rumours and even Hwayoung has asked people to stop and she forgave and accept she did wrong but Korea wants the scandal to be true so they can relief their frustrations as society over this girls, I know Korea is not the only country that makes this, but is the country in wich T-ARA is and one of the countries in wich more celebrities had commit suicide for example because of pressure from media and the public and the net bullies.

how would photos from months ago give people the impression that hwayoung was back? and speculate rumors? and even if it did somehow get peopel to thikn such a crazy thing, you make it sound like hwayoung coming back is a bad thing or impossible when KKS himself said in the future hwayoung could rejoin. and please tell me how not adding hwayoung in the book will not make antis speak up when they thrive on hwayoung being bullied and excluded. which is exactly whats going on. if anything its just making it worse. keep defending KKS and CCMs dictator behavior. thats exactly what he wants. Point is the album contains hwayoungs vocals, not having her in the album art is just stupid. she was a member during the time the tracks were made, and helped them get to the top. excluding her for any reason is not acceptable. period.

not bad....... this one was well edited.. as least SY hand is still there.... and window was touch-up

Nice!!! I love their card outfits! Boram with white hat Soyeon's huge ribbon reminds me of her ribbon in their 2009 performance of Good Person (/watch?v=0jVk3BVBiqQ) Eunjung's hair is improving but it still needs more improvement. I miss her black hair!!! Areum's hair... what happened? I said in my previous post that I'm starting to like her sleekly brushed up blonde hair, but in this performance... I looks like she once had a sleekly brushed up hair but because she danced lots of times and changed outfits, her hair got disorganized and she forgot to fix it. Or something like that. Okay the fan chants were still good and audible... but I prefer the powerful energetic and enthusiastic fan chants in Inkigayo last Sunday. That's my favorite. Today, it seems like the fans got tired and the fan chants had lower pitch than the Inkigayo fan chants. LOL Or perhaps they were asked to tone it down because it was too loud? Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. I'm just comparing. I'm still happy that there are still fans in Korea who would be willing to share their voices to do those fan chants. While I admit I was quite sad at first that they didn't win today in M! Countdown, I guess I became happy when thinking about the fact that they were in top 2!!! I mean that's quite an achievement for such a controversial comeback of a now hated girl group in Korea!!! Also, I guess KARA's win is just fine because they have been promoting longer than T-ara and they were in fact against Psy last week. So I guess it's just about time for KARA to win. I am still hoping that next week T-ara would finally win. While they would be up against other powerful groups who also have many fans... I'm a bit worried... but, well, I am still hoping for the best for T-ara. Let's vote for them again at Mnet this Friday to Monday!!! Please continue to vote for T-ara's SL in Eat Your Kimchi because F.T. Island is gaining many points so fast I'm scared that it would take over SL. Also in GomTV... please continue to vote. SL is down to #2. Looking forward to their next performances this weekend especially Music Bank!!! WooJung! T-ara Fighting!!!

CCM and KKS do it Gangnam style!!! Gangnam Police Department Cybercrime Search Team style that is.