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Well at least the amount of flak KKS got from the public has managed to scrap any plans of replacing any of the current 7 members. But of all people, why add more? Hwa Young has only been with the group since 2010 and she sure as hell didn't get any popularity until at least several months ago. Most of all, the profit distribution and even lines in title tracks is going to grow even smaller. Boram and Qri, and even Ji Yeon and Eun Jung to an extent haven't had much lines with Cry Cry and Lovey Dovey. Maintaining 7 members is expensive but 9? CCM isn't as financially better off as SM, which shows little to no problem with maintaining SNSD and SuJu. Also, adding foreign members will not only create a language barrier but also in the long run, a potential case similar to Han Geng of SuJu a while back. We don't even know if any of T-ara's members are even possibly racist or simply don't bode well with foreigners. This just goes to prove that KKS is hellbent on trying to create his own SNSD-style group and dethrone SNSD itself as Korea's top national idol girl group, as well as taking on SM Entertainment itself. The man's gone delusional. It's like saying Justin Bieber will beat Hitler in terms of being a well known historical figure.

If anything, the money is better off being used to pay the employees more, including T-ara or at least on giving them a more spacious dorm - hell, even my aunt and her kids and husband live in a bigger apartment than T-ara does and their annual income is no doubt hardly anywhere close to what T-ara earns (though most of it is probably kept in KKS's pockets). The rooms in T-ara's dorm look a bit cramped to be honest. Even my room is roughly the same width as the one Hyomin and Ji Yeon share O.O But I've got to say, you've made a really major sight on the reference on the Lovey Dovey zombie version. Regarding why it took so long - imagine if they did it during T-ara's promotion of Lovey Dovey. It would have caused an even bigger uproar amongst fans - and of course, T-ara would be dragged into the mess.

The only thing is zombies don't exist in our world XD Drugs do.

I LOL'd at this news. The MV itself was too long, unnecessary and even boring to an extent.

When my dad goes to his next business trip to Korea, I'm gonna have to give him the money to buy this photobook

Hmm, I thought adding in Hwa Young was to loosen up EJ and Hyomin's workload as rappers for the group? Besides, EJ and Hyomin and Ji Yeon are the most overworked members. If adding Hwa Young was to lower the age average in the group, then it's an epic failure since FIVE of the members are in their early or mid 20s now. The only place KKS deserves to be in is some hellhole like Somalia, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Sudan etc. Regarding So Yeon's injury, I suspect the worst. If there's no news about it popping up, then one may even argue that CCM (or KKS himself) actually covered it up since they (or he) could be the ones behind So Yeon's injury. While I cannot say it's definitely true due to lack of evidence, it certainly cannot be ruled out - after all, So Yeon's the one who spoke out against KKS on TV a while back. By giving the members a break, it certainly gives KKS the perfect opportunity to have her injured without anyone knowing how it happened.

This post deserves a reward. Let's also not forget the ambulance crew, stretchers and hospital beds as well as medical staff.

Davichi is fairly well known amongst the Korean youth and to an extent, the public as well. If both those groups were somehow combined, the only thing CCM will get is major flak from the media, fans of BOTH groups and the public. Combining the two groups together is also at best, a very ridiculous move. It's like combining exterminators and rats. It's simply not feasible - sure CCM can do whatever it wants but their level of management was never impressive since years back. Because unfortunately, KKS is more concerned with T-ara dethroning SNSD as Korea's top national idol girl group, and beating SM Entertainment. He doesn't give a crap about T-ara's members. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out. If anything, the only person who needs to be replaced is KKS himself - permanently, that is.

Either the translators got it wrong or CCM just enjoys to do media 'spins'. Presumebly, it's the latter. Frankly, I can't imagine they'd have much fun on the trip (yet alone free time) - 9 days and 8 nights is awfully short for a trip to Europe, not to mention filming a music video as well as their own documentary. It's bad enough to know that KKS himself is going as well.

Erm, don't you mean in Cry Cry performances her hair was long and slightly curly but in Lovey Dovey performances it only slightly went over her shoulders?

Whoa, what? Where the hell did that come from? If they can't even bring a single penny for their so-called 'vacation' (as some people seem to think it is, which is very unfortunate), then there's no point going to have fun. It's not like they'll be earning $10k in just a few days, unless they're WORKING - which goes to say, the trip to Europe can hardly be called a vacation. If this is true, it could be KKS's ploy of making the girls own a debt to himself, hence further tightening his control over them.

If the KKS even has a brain, he's already been suffering from brain damage for years now XD Problem is, his brain is so damaged that he doesn't even realize he NEEDS to go see a doctor to get treatment

They grow up so fast...<sigh> Reminds me of my two younger cousins...it still feels like yesterday when they were just innocent babies lol Now they're turning 9 and 11, respectively. Hello Baby really brought back good old memories when I watched T-ara's eps.

Maybe I should spend my next paycheck on a new pair of Nike shoes

LOL I'll take this as a birthday present since my b-day is March 26th

How is it a 'vacation' if they're going there to work? Hm?

CCM's level of management isn't exactly what you can call sane at all. In fact, one might say they're probably among the most incompetent entertainment talent agencies in the Kpop industry. Even the Big Three are likely to crack a few jokes about them occasionally. If you checked their previous record, SG Wannabe, Lee Hyori and SeeYa were all under CCM years before T-ara even debuted - all of them left CCM after just a few years, while SeeYa's Nam Gyuri left, followed by the group's ultimate disbandment last year. Plus, look what happened to Co-Ed. CCM practically dug their graves and buried them there. Upon Nam Gyuri's departure, KKS actually made the news more bigger than necessary, going as far as slandering her in public with some of the most despicable and villainous lies. KARA's lawsuit a while back also made KKS even announce that they should be BLACKMAILED and FORBIDDEN from the entertainment industry. As long as that nutcracker is in charge, T-ara and CCM as an organization aren't going to stay happy. KKS is more concerned with beating SM and dethroning SNSD as Korea's top idol girl group, even if it means he has to change members of T-ara. He doesn't give a sh!t about the well-being of the current members.

Mate, how can you even call it a vacation if they have to WORK there as well? Do you even know the definition of vacation?

You're right that KKS isn't in charge of all of Mnet, as you say - since Park Kwang Won has that position. But still, it doesn't look like PKW has much authority over CCM's activities, yet alone detailed knowledge. For all we know, PKW can be simply just the overall CEO of Mnet or even just a figurehead for CJ Group. We haven't really seen him intervene much of CCM's actvities in public, yet alone making headlines in the news. CCM is only a branch of Mnet, much like how the US Army is just a service branch of the US armed forces. It's not like Obama has complete authority, knowledge and control over ALL of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines' activities, plans and operations. If they do, that is some serious micromanagement and undermining of the four branches' command - that would make the command system inefficient and clumsy, at best. Hitler did that just fine, leading to some serious consequences for the Wehrmacht. So long as KKS makes money, I don't think even PKW will really bother to care about T-ara at all. Out of all the money T-ara earns, a lot of it is likely to go to PKW and KKS, as well as maintaining the Mnet Channel and paying other employees (that, I can understand). I don't know much about PKW, but KKS sure as hell doesn't deserve as much as he's getting now.

Mate, you do NOT use the term Big Boss for KKS....it's an insult to the T-ara fans that have played the Metal Gear Solid series lol. Hell, KKS ain't even worth calling a boss.

It ain't a break if they're going over there to shoot a music video. The news clearly mention this. If they were to actually go on a vacation, it doesn't make any sense why KKS and a whole lot of other people would join them as well. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that KKS doesn't give a f**k about what the girls think and is more concerned with his personal grip over the them, most of the time anyway. Don't take it too much in heart - it's a publicity stunt by CCM to downplay the amount of flak spat on them by the public. In KKS's world, it's probably what he calls vacation but anyone employed by a major company can tell that it's hardly a vacation at all. If you went to Europe with your friends on vacation, would you even call it 'vacation' if your boss joined in and said you have to work there too? I certainly don't recall any other idols having their agency's CEO joining them on vacation times.

The girls have hinted how much of a despicable crackpot KKS is, agreed. Hell, KKS himself already showed to the public how much of an attention-seeking douchebag he already is. I can't say for CCM as a company, since there very likely are some staff that are opposed to KKS's idiocy. Of course, they wouldn't want to get fired and end up jobless - that I can understand. Given KKS's personal tight control over T-ara, it might as well add in that even Davichi is for the most part ignored (aside from the fact they're in singing competition programs in the weekends) by himself. The guy's a control freak, literally. I doubt that even YG's Yang Hyun Seok would follow Big Bang or 2NE1 everywhere. I don't doubt that the girls were a bit depressed to hear that KKS is joining them to Europe. It's like saying Stalin should have personally accompanied Soviet troops in the Battle of Berlin, 1945.

Rather ironic that the trip is called 'FREEDOM' when in fact they're going over to shoot a music video. 9 days and 8 nights? Hell, does the first day of those 9 days start from the very moment they step out of the plane or does it start as soon as they board the plane? Because it's a very, very long way from Korea to Europe. They might as well be travelling back in time. KKS being in charge of the whole production - LMFAO. Can't judge the MV as it is not out yet, but if it's shitty, then that gives more room to slander him.

Sorry to burst your bubble but the reason why all of them are going is because KKS himself doesn't want any members remaining in Korea while he himself is gone - because if so, it leaves them the freedom to actually spill out some more nasty stuff about CCM and that whackjob to the press. Or alternatively, if he stayed in Korea, then it's quite darn possible Hyomin or Eunjung would have done something drastic against him too. As said, he's an incredibly paranoid man who's more concerned with his control over the girls' lives.

Patheticus, patheticum. This is one of the most naive posts I've ever come across to. How are you to prove that CCM is a 'real family company'? Hm? Lee Hyori, SG Wannabe, SeeYa all were under CCM before T-ara and they all left it after working for it just a few years - in the case of SeeYa, KKS is one of the major reasons why member Nam Gyuri left, even as going to call him a devil - followed by KKS slandering her in perhaps the most villainous and despicable ways imaginable. And that particular incident was a month before T-ara's debut in 2009. If he was a 'good person', then he sure as hell wouldn't have made them work constantly for 3 years. If anything, YG is what can be called a 'real family company' - hell, Big Bang and 2NE1 aren't nearly as active as other popular idol groups, yet they're still among the most popular and well-known around AND get plenty of rest. All it takes is just producing a good song for the masses - not making 3 comebacks a year and blazing around in front of the media. If the other members were left alone in Korea, as TheProphetBlog as said, they wouldn't have to worry about KKS since he'd be in Europe - thus allowing them freedom to go up against CCM. He brought the whole group for a damn reason - and it's not because he thinks of them as his kids. It's because he wants to tighten his grip around them. If he can't even trust his own staff to keep them around, then it's obvious he's paranoid of himself. Flak against him has been going around a lot in the recent days - and this event is another stunt by him to play it down. The comments from some of these fans is more than enough to show it. At least Cube and JYP don't work their idols almost to death as CCM does to T-ara. So? He's still the CEO of T-ara itself. I don't recall T-ara being co-owned by the two agencies, as far as it goes. And no, giving money to do some shopping doesn't cut out the fact that he's a slave-owner. "father to travel with his daughters"? You're making me laugh. He's a paranoid whackjob who's more concerned with the members going up against him if he doesn't keep a close eye on them. The man's no different to Stalin or Hitler, minus the acts of violence.