nathaniel

thanks for translating mark~ DANG. 2005~ SHES 21 IN THAT PIC! she looks 13!! i really hope netizens find out who the man is and it turns out to be like a family member so no scandals start LOL

Girl group T-ara member, Hyomin is being bombarded with malicious comments even after confronting them with politeness. Her current state of mind was written in her diary and said, "Should I... disappear..?" On the 8th, Hyomin left a post through her Cyworld, "Should I disappear?" Netizens began speculating about what she said and the reasons behind it. This is similar to a situation before where she posted short messages without explanations, and it has raised concern amongst netizens. Hyomin has survived malicious comments back to back and fans think that is the reason for the post. On SBS 'King of Idols', Hyomin was coupled with Seungri in a water course game and said to him, "This guy's weird" and "He's too short," even though their relationship wasn't significant enough for her to say those remarks. Shortly after the broadcast, the comments she made angered some Big Bang fans. Because Big Bang is a senior group to Hyomin and T-ara, she should have spoke with more politeness. Hyomin was born in 1989, making her one year older than Seungri, but Big Bang debuted three years before T-ara. It hasn't been confirmed if Hyomin had a friendship with Seungri before appearing on TV with him. After angering fans, Hyomin said via Twitter, "We both agreed to do it for fun, but if it was uncomfortable for you to watch, I'm sorry. I hope that you don't think badly because of this," she said apologizing. But even after this, Hyomin's Cyworld is full of hate and profanity. Distinguishing between the broadcast and the real reality is when you need to have a mature perspective. *** Source: Nate Written by: Legend Press Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

T-ara's Hyomin shows off her cute side in "Beautiful Girl" teaser Hyomin from the girl group T-ara's catches the public's eye with a youthful cute look. Revealed through MNET today was the teaser for "Beautiful Girl", showing off a cute side of Hyomin. Despite it being a short teaser with only 30 seconds, Hyomin's shy and seductive appearance showed off her most feminine side along side the hip-hop electronic duo, Brave Brothers. Meanwhile, Brave Brothers' and T-ara's anticipated single, "Beautiful Girl" will be released at 12:00 on the 10th through online music sites. *** Source: Nate Written by: Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

Brave Brothers praise T-ara's Hyomin, "Beautiful Girl" Brave Brothers calls and applauds T-ara's Hyomin as a 'beautiful girl.' Brave Brothers revealed on the 7th through his Twitter, "I've thought of wanting to work with T-ara's Hyomin and this time we got to work together. Hyomin truly is a Beautiful girl!" After the posting on Twitter, netizens commented, "I want to hear the Hyomin and Brave Brothers song," "I want to work together, too," and expressed envy. Meanwhile, Hyomin and T-ara were anointed as a partner to work on the Brave Brothers fifth special project. Brave Brothers and T-ara's single "Beautiful girl" will be released through online music sites on the 10th. *** Source: Nate Written by: Eu Youngrok Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

Silk material and pastel-colored skirts with cute jackets; T-ara members show a representation of beauty in their hanboks. Their white skin makes a rather good match with the pastel colors. A week of a sweet vacation for T-ara First, being able to relax and sleep with your friends comfortable But Eunjung's still filming dramas with tight schedules Our New Year's wishes? One of our wishes is to be better daughters... To be able to provide pocket money for our parents From doing activities from morning until the late evening, the expression on their faces was tired. But after wearing hanboks, it became brighter. Last month, the popular girl group ended activities for their new mini album and now all the seven members could gather again in one place. All the members were familiar with wearing the hanboks since childhood. "The color looks better on you," "Front ribbons tied like this," they touched the ceaseless skirt (?). Then they did a deep bow and stood in front of the camera man while doing graceful poses. ● The first long vacation since their debut, "wanting to go back to being ordinary daughters" This is a special holiday for T-ara. Their last vacation was during Chuseok last year. Because of their hard work this year, they also get another vacation. "This is the first time. I never thought that these kinds of things made the most sense during the holidays. I'll go home to live with my family. First, I'll sleep and have family time, like supposed to. I'll meet with my friends and drink coffee, watch movies, go to the market and see what others are doing." (Soyeon) "In my household, I'm the eldest so I have to help with chores. My cooking? It's pretty good. Usually during the Lunar New Year, I leave at night and then leave again in the morning so all I could do was sleep, but this year I'll fulfill do my duties as eldest daughter." (Hyomin) Qri, Jiyeon, Boram and Hwayoung were also very excited to be going on vacation, but Eunjung was not able to take a vacation. Because she has a lead role in the KBS2TV drama "Dream High", she couldn't stop filming. She also has no rest, so the other members did not tell her their plans and seemed to feel sorry. "I'm filming a drama, so I don't get any days off. I'd like to go home with my family to eat rice cakes and soup. I can't go, so I feel regretful. But I love being an actor." (Eunjung) ● "Giving the gift of money to my parents" The first idea that comes to mind when the word 'gift' was mentioned was "money". When they were younger, they were the ones that got money, now it's their time to give the money. "I want to write a letter to my parents. During that time, I want to write down all the things that I want to let them know of or show them. It doesn't matter if all of it isn't positive. This way, I think I'm able to express my real feelings to them". (Boram) Hyomin had prepared some extra money from her pocket to give to her parents. "I'd really love to be able to buy my parents some new shoes," said Hyomin, "When I received presents before, I've shown little reactions, but seeing them for a little bit, is already a great present for me now. It makes me really glad. Now, I want to be able to give them something more for a present" (?). ● Japan after New Years, "We couldn't sleep" T-ara is planning greater activities this year. In April, T-ara will follow after girl groups like SNSD and Kara in Japan and start full-scale activities. They already received interests from three big companies last year, and their agency has became interested and finalized in making a dual coordination plan. However, individual members who advanced into acting has delayed their foray into Japan more than expected. "It's a dream, but with a lot of preparation I think we could be able to succeed. We received much love in South Korea, and we want to be loved in Japan. I have confidence in myself." (Jiyeon) "We could not sleep because we're so excited. Because of the activities in Japan, the members and I have to practice to becoming fluent. We have to prepare step by step without mistakes. We're intermediate level of proficiency in Japanese." (Qri) Leader Boram also hoped that after the New Year the activities in Japan will reach expectations. "We didn't know that it would get this busy (in a good way!). Around this time last year, we were working on promoting 'I Go Crazy Because of You' but after that, we got a good amount of rest. Even though it's tiring, making music is still very enjoyable for us. Now that we will be transferred to a new place for music makes it a more exciting challenge for us." Boram also revealed something else she wanted. "I want to have a guy talking to me as friends. I wish I could talk to someone through something (?). I have a lot of female friends, I wish I had a wonderful boyfriend." *** Source: Nate Written by: Lee Jeongyeon Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

T-ara will feature on a new Brave Brothers track According to Bugs, T-ara will release a new digitial single on February 10th called "T-ara: Brave Brothers Project". T-ara has never worked with the Brave Brothers before, but the Brave Brothers have worked with After School, SISTAR, U-Kiss, Jay Park, Son Dam Bi, etc. Note: the song is only a promotional track for the Brave Brothers. It's like 'Skyground, Starground' and will not have a music video or any promotions. *** Source: Bugs Credit: nathaniel @ Diadem

CNN airs the Taiwanese version of "Bo Peep Bo Peep", controversies arise The U.S News channel CNN reported on the popular Taiwanese singer Lotus Wang (42)'s new song 'Bobee', but has been controversial amongst Korean fans. CNN and MTV introduced Lotus Wang by mentioning how she has sold more than 100 million records and started a worldwide craze over YouTube with her latest song 'Bobee'. They also gave her high praises, comparing her to Beyonce. However, after it aired, it appeared on various online bulletin boards and received many complaints from Korean fans on how 'Bobee' wasn't the original, and how they did not even mention T-ara's name. In fact, Lotus Wang's 'Bobee' was a remake of T-ara's Bo Peep Bo Peep' and was reproduced with the permission of agency officials and the composer. Netizens said, "They aired a parody instead", "It's a remake, right? It's not plagiarism?", "T-ara's music videos have much more hits on YouTube. They do not even know what they are reporting," and were very bitter. *** Source: Nate Written by: Baek Eunbyul Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

Kim Kwangsoo's opinions/visions on performers Ham Eunjung-Park Jiyeon Core Contents Media, represented by CEO Kim Kwangsoo has produced a long line of dramas and movies such as "East of Eden", "Cinderella Man", "Coffee House", "Death Bell 1" and "Death Bell 2" and coming in February, the creative musical production, "Tears of Heaven". -excerpted things about CCM actors/Davichi- The most prominent idol actors are Ham Eunjung and Park Jiyeon from the 7-member girl group T-ara. After the girl group had great success, the two girls began expanding into acting, both being successful. Kim Kwangsoo said, "It was a turning point for Eunjung through 'Coffee House.' At the time of the creation, we weren't worried about the ratings but evolving (?) Eunjung. Thanks to her appearance in that drama, she could be cast in 'Dream High'." In SBS 'Coffee House', which aired last year, Eunjung proved to be a successful idol singer who could act.KBS2TV 'Dream High', which is now airing stars Eunjung and showed off a clear difference and revealed her true acting presence. "Eunjung was a child actor, so she steadily continued acting and was able to have a stable performance. Her bright personality showed, and she got a lot of offers from entertainment show agencies. She received numerous offers from 'We Got Married' producers, but she (Eunjung) continually refused." Before T-ara's debut, Jiyeon had appeared in 'Soul' and showed her potential as an actor first (before debuting in T-ara). After that, Jiyeon appeared one after another, starting in the KBS2TV drama 'God of Study' and then 'Death Bell 2' showing to be the most active member. This year, she's busy MCing for a music program and wrapped up filming for 'Jungle Fish 2'. "It was a wise choice for us to put Jiyeon in 'Soul' right away. While acting with other seniors, she grew a lot. Truthfully, Jiyeon didn't receive many acting lessons from when she was a child. Eunjung had done things a little differently. Although Jiyeon is still at a young age, to be honest, I feel she could be the next big star." When asked why Kim Kwangsoo wanted all the members to be actresses and not just singers, he explained that the "singer's life is short, especially for an idol singer. T-ara members will be able to gain popularity as singers, but when they grow older they'll be able to pursue other things and expand into things such as acting." In addition to T-ara's Eunjung and Jiyeon, Soyeon, Qri, Hyomin and Boram have all made debuts as actresses. However, it's not ending there for them. "I want to make entertainers, not only singers. T-ara and Davichi did gain a lot of popularity through singing. However, if a singer can make herself an actor, her career may be bettered. Rather than being content to being a singer, you should push yourself to be better. Through all this, I try to help them out as much as I can" he says humbly. Kim Kwangsoo is known to have a "Midas touch" by producing Jo Sungmo, SG Wannabe, SeeYa, Goh Minwoo, Kim Jong Wook, etc. Throughout his career, Kim Kwang Soo's artists have sold over 25,000,000 albums, making his company the company with the most best-selling artists. *** Source: Newsen Written by: Go Youngmin Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

Taiwanese girl group plagiarizes Brown Eyed Girls, 2NE1 and T-ara? Taiwanese pop stars are suspected in plagiarizing Korean artists. A Taiwanese female group called XOXO released their song and music video recently for 'Mocha Java.' This sparked interest because the video if similar to Brown Eyed Girls' 'Abracadabra' and 2NE1's 'Can't Nobody' and has given off the impression of plagiarism. Part of the song also was considered to be plagiarized because of it's reminiscence to Brown Eyed Girls' 'Abracadabra' and 'Sign' and 2NE1's 'Can't Nobody.' The plagiarism and choreography and overall concept was also very similar to Brown Eyed Girls. Previously, Lotus Wang, also a Taiwanese Singer made a remake of T-ara's 'Bo Peep Bo Peep.' XOXO's song is also very, very similar to T-ara's hit track and has raised many mixed opinions from fans on the situation. *** Source: Nate Written by: Im Youngjin Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

Park Gyuri-Eunjung, lonely girl group leaders being bullied? With the recent news of the 5-member girl group KARA possibly dismantling, rumors of bullying in girl groups has became a hot topic. On January 19th, four members of KARA had decided to terminate their contracts with their company DSP. Excluded from the lawsuit was the leader Park Gyuri. Netizens have assumed that Gyuri was an "outcast leader" being bullied by "natural leader" Seungyeon, but these claims have only resulted in being denied. In addition, it was also talked about how T-ara's former leader possibly could be bullied. T-ara who released a new album late last year gained a new member, Ryu Hwayoung, and also changed leaders from Eunjung -> Boram. Eunjung said in an interview with Newsen, ""We thought there really wasn't a group that are as close as we are, when these member controversies, bullying rumors started spreading around, we all just said 'Huh' and laughed about it." Eunjung continued by saying, "It was the first time we heard of leaders being changed in an idol group from Korea. The leaders rotating through different members, including me, is just intended to get each other members' good points shown to fans and develop us. That's the only reason we will switch from leader to leader, so don't be concerned. It's even possible maknae Jiyeon could be leader," she said while dismissing the rumors. Note: Excerpted/summed up most of the parts talking about KARA. *** Source: Nate Written by: Gok Youngmin Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem

In 2011, there are planned to be 10~20 films or movies looking at the lives of idol groups. The evolution of idol movies is being started. Featured one after another, they'll be shown in a variety of ways such as horrors, thrillers, dramas and comedies. Idols are not only in TV variety shows, but now dramas and movies, starting the golden age of the idols. Idols in films Scheduled for release in February, the thriller "White" is about the death surrounding a popular idol girl group and involves a mystery. The movie stars Ham Eunjung from the girl group T-ara. With the appearance of an idol in the movie, it has attracted attention. With K-pop becoming an influence in Japan and girl groups SNSD and Kara being popular in the music market, films are also heading there. An official for CJ Entertainment, the distributors of "White" said, "While in production, we had overseas and Japanese markets in mind." Other idol-themed movies include "Flying Girls" and "Happy Together". -excerpted the parts not about Eunjung/White- *** Source: Sisa Press Written by: - Translated by: nathaniel @ Diadem