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Kahi sends a message to disappointed fans about her delayed solo album release

 

It was recently reported that After School’s leader Kahi will unfortunately be delaying her solo album until next year.
On November 9th, Kahi wrote on her Twitter, “I had to push the album release date, but it was only to better prepare myself, so please don’t be too disappointed and continue to wait for me. There is always a perfect time for everything!”
The original plan was for Kahi to release her first solo album this month, however, her agency, Pledis Entertainment, later announced, “We have not yet found a good enough song for the title track. Everything for the album except the title track has been completed, but we decided to delay the release to work on the quality.”
Meanwhile, After School’s sub-unit, Orange Caramel, will soon make their comeback this month.
Source: TV Daily
Photo: Kahi’s Twitter

Lee Min Jung with mono-lid tape at Young Pyoung Yang Awards

 

The 30th Young Pyoung Yang Awards were recently held on November 8th, and it saw various Korean celebrities in attendance, including the beautiful actress, Lee Min Jung.
Lee Min Jung, who won the female new actress award, looked graceful with her bright red, elegant dress, and soft, natural-looking waves in her hair, topped off by light pink lipstick.
All her natural beauty aside though, what caught the attention of the photographers that night was the mono-lid tape on Lee Min Jung’s right eye, which is usually used to make bigger looking eyes.
Wondering why the actress stuck it on just one eye, they kept a close eye on her throughout the night to see what she would do with it. It was only much later in the evening when the photographers caught Lee Min Jung finally taking off the tape while posing an innocent, shy smile to the cameras.
It’s quite apparent that Lee Min Jung looks quite beautiful even without the mono-lid tape, but it’s curious as to why she would even bother with it in the first place.



SNSD receives a ‘Double Gold’ just 3 months after Japanese debut

Girl group sensation, SNSD, recently surpassed the 100,000 sales mark on the Japanese Oricon Charts for the second consecutive time! As of November 9th on the Oricon’s ‘Weekly Singles Chart‘, SNSD’s second single ‘Gee‘ sold 13,320 copies in the 3rd week, and thus achieved the 100,000 milestone for accmulated sales.
What’s interesting to note here is that ‘Gee’ is gaining more popularity than their debut track ‘Genie‘. While ‘Genie’ took 8 weeks to surpass 100,000 sales, ‘Gee’ managed to overcome it in just 3.
The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) will bestow the group with a second ‘Gold‘ disk for ‘Gee’, in recognition of their phenomenal sales. Congratulations, SNSD!
Source: Star News

2NE1 throws Sandara a surprise birthday party

2NE1 members threw Sandara Park her very own surprise birthday party on November 12th.
Dara uploaded a picture of the festive event on her me2DAY, and it certainly looks like all four members had a lot of fun celebrating her birthday.
She wrote, “Ah~ I’m so happy! Today, I will be able to film all night with a smile. I got cake on my face. I have to film stuff, so what do I do about the makeup? Anyways, thanks guys for making me laugh”
Happy birthday, Dara!

Source: Sports Today

 Kim Hyun Joong states SS501 will not be disbanding

SS501’s leader Kim Hyun Joong strongly affirmed that that SS501 will not be disbanding.
In a recent interview, he stated, “With our members branching out into different companies, many wonder whether SS501 is disbanding or not. We were only able to move companies because we had confirmed with one another that we would continue to work as a group under the name of SS501.
He continued, “During that time when our contracts expired, there was no company that would take in all five of us.”
Regarding SS501’s future activities, he answered, “For now, we’ll do solo albums for a bit. We’re planning to get together for a performance. Due to our companies being different, it’s difficult to get our schedules coordinated, but it will get done.
Kim Hyun Joong concluded the interview by expressing his friendship with the other members. “I get in contact with the members every single day. Hyung Joon once said that I ignored one of his text messages at the press conference for his musical, but that’s not what happened. I was in China for the ‘Guangzhou Asian Games‘. I called him right away after the event.
Source: Joongang Daily