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Well, everything was explained this time. Fast and reasonably too. Did CCM get a new PR boss or something? Meanwhile, I doubt netizens will believe it, but its nice to see such a prompt reaction. Also, that Sso picture is awesome. Kinda odd to casually gossip with each other on a public place, which Kakaostory thingiemajingabob apparently is. EDIT; Fixed something.

[13.01.22] Video - T-ara's special interview for KNTV Credit: taraweironi @ YouTube

Well, the netizens already tried something similar to this with Areum, and nobody cared. It's girls gossiping about looks and clothing. I know this is more sensitive since Soyeon is the target now, but this is not really "controversial" and not even close to "bullying". Netizens won't be able to prove who she's talking about either (though I'm sure they'll desperately try to make something up). I doubt this will be a big issue, just like the pachinko thing that nobody even remembers now. (And the first thing I thought of when I saw the headline was Boram's "Stitch" doll from Lilo and Stitch lol)

[13.01.22] T-ara Soyeon's agency, "Just friends talking about friends, not celebrities" T-ara Soyeon's "Stitch" controversy is unfair. T-ara's agency Core Contents Media said to media on the 22nd, "Soyeon and her friends started to talk about tigers on clothing and then Stitch, which lead to them discussing the resemblances. The girls are all clothing brand enthusiasts who graduated together and whenever they were discussing about how often their friend wears a certain brand. The name of the character Stitch being associated with the celebrity has a less than 1% chance to be true." For the wedding part, they explained, "An acquaintance who Soyeon graduated with will have her wedding soon and that's what Soyeon was talking about with her friends. The celebrity being mentioned was speculation brought up in an online post and should not be written as fact by journalists." Soyeon's agency finished by saying, "We're sorry all these things happened and she will be more careful in the future." *** Source: http://news.sportsse...ain/1132043.htm Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

On one hand its really sad & ironically unfair that a conversation with friends could be turned into a widely reported scandal. (Netizens gossiping about Soyeon 'gossiping'? Please... and did she actually said anything mean?) And now no matter what CCM say or do not say, the buzz is already on. On the other hand.. I totally agree, Soyeon & the other members should've learn by now: DO NOT USE SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS especially with a bunch of no-life net-buzzards constantly circling around you trying to find any slight mistake.

Well, good thing is no word as "Soyeon's KAkaoTalk Story account gt hack so resulting personal convo leaked" in any line in the explanation Which is new. XD I doubt T-ara members gonna sign in Twitter or tweet anymore.. The netizens are freaking stalking them frm wherever and once they get something to twist, we'll get a headline like THIS. *sighs* And if there is really someone leaking, must be the 2 out of 3...

While I'm understandable of netizens' vocal shouts in T-ara's previous scandals and agree with them to an extent (what, with gambling, bullying and having a boss that's about as smart as a bloody doorknob), this one is extremely unwarranted for. I'm no girl and would say that the nature of the gossip isn't exactly a really nice topic but for Christ's sake, it's pretty stupid that Soyeon's the only one getting flak. What about the other two? Are they somehow magically excluded in the minds of a few vocal crazies who are so efficient in brainwashing the sheep? Probably yes. Everyone gossips about crap behind others and idols are no exception - whoever disagrees otherwise is a delusional prick that needs a good whack in the head. What I'd be more concerned with about is HOW a KakaoTalk conversation got leaked to the public and WHO actually released it. KakaoTalk and KakaoStory is basically like a smartphone version of MSN chat in function - which means, only the user has access to his/her own chats, unless some whackjob got paid to hack it, which is pretty unlikely (and with CCM's irrational claims that the girls' Twitters got hacked, no one would believe it anyway). Judging from the strict privacy nature of KakaoStory (and being a user of it myself), the only people who could have leaked this to the press are the either of the two others Soyeon was chatting to or someone around their circle. I'll suspect Sua the most - since in the pic shown, her name is clearly shown at the top left, which would indicate that the chat is seen from her KkStory account.

Honestly the other two girls should get more heat because of their comments. But of course... =_=

Kerotan: The main issue isn't so much whether or not its meanie meanie Sso being meanie to someone. Issue would mostly be y'know, netizens being netizens ^^

[13.01.17] T-ara wins the Digital Bonsang award, "Please continue to love us" Girl group T-ara won at the "27th Golden Disk Awards" in the Digital Bonsang section. T-ara was awarded the Digital Bonsang on the second day of the 27th Golden Disk Awards in Kuala Lumpur. After getting the award, T-ara said, "We're so honored to be able to get the Digital Bonsang. Thank you so much for the award. We will work harder to become a better T-ara. This is our second time in Malaysia after we had our showcase. Next time, we want to meet fans with an even better image." T-ara sang their hit songs in Malaysia on the 16th at the event including "Sexy Love", "Roly-Poly" and "Lovey-Dovey". PSY, f(x), G-Dragon, K.Will, SECRET, Big Bang, Miss A, SISTAR, 2NE1 and Huh Gak were also awarded Digital Bonsangs on this day. *** Source: http://www.t-arafan.com/zeroboard/zboard.php?id=news&page=1&sn1=&divpage=2&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=12280 Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

[ME2DAY] Update from Soyeon (12/31) Post translation can be found here. CREDIT: me2day.net/official_t-ara + craZy + tiaradiadem.com

poor SoYeon. just one-two words and you`re almost a criminal... this is not fair. and this warning just ridiculous. "be careful in future"? okay, then, prohibit her using blogs :/

yes, i noticed it too :3 ahaha maybe they choosed color by playing kaibaibo like everytime and "so this time we all be in something red"

CCM publicity stunt to show that they have a capable PR!!!

Don't really get what's th big fuss about it. Does it matter even if they're talking about celebrities? it's like who doesn't talk like that?

I'm pretty darn sure a lot of celebrities are friends with one another, or at least acquainted. I sure as hell don't recall tigers being mentioned in the conversation either. And where did CCM get this '1%' statistic from? Reading that, it's almost as if CCM's trying to imply that Soyeon has no friends that are celebrities...? XD If anything, what should be the bigger concern is exactly WHO leaked the conversation in the first place. WHO? Doesn't this get to anyone here? That's the biggest iffy issue to me about this.

Honest to goodness, I think that regardless of whether the topic was about a celeb or not, our Sso (and the other girls) should remember that netizens are seriously watching their every little move for a slip up after last year's controversy. They should try to lie low, and never give knetizens the pleasure of catching them do anything even slightly controversial.

[13.10.20] Video HD - T-ara at the 27th Golden Disk Awards http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=t80V1I2GOiQ Accepting the award for Digital Bonsang and performing "Sexy Love", "Lovey-Dovey" (Remix), "Roly-Poly" (Remix) and the Ruby special unit Credit: tokofjb @ YouTube