5 Dolls’ Hyo Young reveals her mother

The group 5 Dolls’ member Hyo Young has recently revealed a picture taken with her mother.

On September 12, the singer tweeted a picture with the comment, “My mom who always supports me by my side. I love you.”

In the picture, the star is looking into the camera with her mother at a café. The mother and daughter both show off their big eyes and clear skin, in short, the genetic beauty. Although Hyo Young appeared in her natural state, there does not seem to be any embarrassing points.

Netizens who saw the posting commented: “Hyo Young is pretty because she takes after her mother.” “She doesn’t look like her mother, rather her older sister.” “Her mother looks beautiful.” “They have great genes.”

Source: TV Report

T-ara are booed at a concert

T-ara were recently humiliated by an audience at a concert in Jeju Island.

Throughout the performance of T-ara, all the audience stayed quiet, putting down their glow-in-the-dark sticks. This usually happens when there’s trouble between fans of different idol groups or singers.

On September 8, T-ara participated in a concert held in celebration of the opening of the 2012 World Conservation Congress and performed “Sexy Love.”

Because T-ara didn’t perform live on Mnet’s M Countdown and SBS TV’s Inkigayo on September 6 and 8, it was hard to know the actual response from people. This concert in Jeju Island was the first place for T-ara to perform in front of a live audience after the controversy over Hwayoung.

At the concert, T-ara were given a frosty reception. The audience booed, and some of them harshly criticized them. When T-ara started performing, the audience stopped booing and stayed quiet throughout the performance.

Some of the audience in the back gave them a clap, but some shouted the name of Hwayoung, a member who recently left the group because of the rumor that she was being bullied by other members. After finishing their performance, T-ara said, “Thank you,” and left the stage.

Source: Xportsnews

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T-ara releases a special pictorial on September 25

T-ara will release a special pictorial that they took in Europe on September 25.

T-ara went to Italy with Gangkiz in April and took a pictorial for eight nights and nine days. Group members directed the pictorial to portray the members and the beautiful views of Europe.

The special pictorial is composed from about 200 pages and the group’s hit songs. Only 7,000 pictorials will be on sale.

The pictorial is drawing a lot of attention both in Korea and other countries. East Asian countries have already pre-ordered 65,000 pictorials.

A spokesperson for T-ara says, “Even though we spent 39,000 won per unit to make a special pictorial, we decided to sell it to our fans for 17,000 won.”

A music video for T-ara’s “Sexy Love” is ranking first on the Gom TV Music Video Chart.

Source: TV Report

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T-ara cancel a performance with Little T-ara

The controversial robot dance performance of Little T-ara has recently been canceled.

On September 6, T-ara shot a performance for their new song to air on Mnet’s M Countdown.

T-ara were originally going to include a 35-second robot dance performance of Little T-ara at the beginning of their comeback performance for “Sexy Love.”

However, the 35-second robot dance performance of Little T-ara was misinformed as Little T-ara and T-ara’s joint performance, and Core Contents Media, T-ara’s agency, decided not to include the performance.

T-ara will give a performance for “Sexy Love” without Little T-ara, and they’ll also perform “Day and Night.”

T-ara’s new song, “Sexy Love,” is co-composed by Shinsadong Horaengi and Choi Gyu Sung, who composed “Bo Peep Bo Peep,” “Roly-Poly,” and “Lovey-Dovey.” The ballad “Day and Night” is co-composed by Jo Young Soo and Ahn Young Min.

T-ara’s comeback performance can be seen on M Countdown on September 6 at 6:00 p.m.

Source: TV Report

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T-ara receives 700 million won guarantee for Hong Kong showcase

T-ara will start performing abroad by holding a showcase in Hong Kong.

The group will hold a large scale showcase at a Star Hall in Hong Kong on September 18.

A total of 3,000 tickets for the showcase were completely sold out. T-ara is considering making 500 to 1,000 additional seats of standing stage for those who are still asking about the showcase.

A spokesperson for the group says, “We decided to hold a showcase in Hong Kong because local promoters asked us to. We received a 700 billion won guarantee for the showcase.”

Many officials in the show business, advertisement world, and East Asian agents will attend the showcase.

T-ara will appear in the September 6 episode of Mnet’s M Countdown to perform their new song.

Source: TV Report

Oppa Oppa Magazine , the Italian webzine

Recently we’ve said that also the Italian media have begun to talk about K-Pop. This is a little beginning but someone ,who writes only about it , in Italy already exists.

We are talking about : “Oppa Oppa Magazine”, an Italian web-magazine. It was created by Masayume Pachirisu some months ago because she would have liked to work on a magazine dedicated only to K-Pop,for the Italian fans. After having the support of her friend Rei (both are in charge of the creation of articles and of the graphics), also an other member has entered in the official staff, Keysama (she writes articles too). In the end there are also Lalychan89 (who takes care of the section about the Korean culture since she studies Korean and has already visited the beautiful Korea),Ome and Dave (who help the team writing articles for the other sections of the magazine). Moreover the magazine can count on the help of other contributors,who occasionally write some articles.

Oppa Oppa Magazine talks about everything : introduces the different groups writing always the most important infos , writes the comebacks of the month , talks about the rookie groups , reviews the albums , has a section for the dramas and many other topics!

Thanks also to the captivating graphics and the diligence of the team it has reached a good success,which is shown on the number of fans on its Facebook page.

The first meeting of “Oppa Oppa Magazine” is on the 9^th of September in Milan (the meeting-place is the square in front of the Cathedral of Milan at 11 a.m.). There will be surprises, games with K-Pop prizes and many other things, of course everyone (K-Pop fans,no-fans, Italians and also foreign people) can take part in it! So if you are in Milan and you don’t know what to do you can partecipate!

If you want to download the magazine you just need to go to its blog,in the “Download Magazine” section,it’s completely free!

Source : Oppa Oppa Magazine blog and facebook.

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T-ara’s “Sexy Love” server crashes after a flood of people

Girl group T-ara recently released a music video for their new song “Sexy Love” and the website server crashed from the flood of people.

On September 3, T-ara’s agency, Core Contents Media, said, “The server of the music video (http://sexylove.ccment.com/) crashed for a little while.”

According to the agency, the website was made to receive around 7,000 people at the same time but more people tried to connect to the website and crashed the server.

The agency said that over 30,000 people visited the website at the same time and they are currently upgrading the server so that they can receive more than 30,000 people at the same time.

The music video was released on the same day at midnight through YouTube and GomTV. Four versions of the video, including a drama version, dance version, and a making-of version were released.

The song is written by songwriters Sinsadong Tiger and Choi Kyu Sung, who previously worked together on “Bo Peep Bo Peep,” “Roly Poly,” and “Lovey-Dovey.”

T-ara will appear in the September 6 episode of Mnet’s M Countdown to perform the song for the first time.

Source: Starnews

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Music videos of T-ara’s “Sexy Love” receive over two million hits

Music videos and a teaser video of T-ara’s “Sexy Love” have received over two million hits in a day since it was released.

On September 3 at midnight, T-ara released a music video of “Sexy Love” in three versions – a drama version, a dance version, and a making version, and a music video of “Day and Night.”

A teaser video of “Sexy Love” is currently attracting a lot of attention, receiving over a million hits on online music sites.

The dance version and the drama version of the music video of “Sexy Love” are topping the Gom TV Music Video Chart, and it’s followed by a music video of “Day By Day.”

Music videos of T-ara’s “Bingeul Bingeul” and ”Roly-Poly” also ranked eighth and tenth on the chart.

T-ara responded: “We’ll not think about our popularity of the past but perform on the stage like a new singing group.” “We know that the reason our new music videos have received a lot of hits is because people are curious about us, not because we’re popular. We’ll try as hard as we can.”

T-ara had to go through a difficult time because of the rumor about T-ara’s former member Hwayoung that she has been bullied by other T-ara members. They uploaded a handwritten apology letter on their official website on August 29.

Source: Sports Korea

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T-ara to return on September 3

T-ara will return to performing with their seventh EP Mirage on September 3.

Their title song “Sexy Love” is written by songwriters Sinsadong Tiger and Choi Kyu Seong, who previously worked together on “Bo Peep Bo Peep,” “Roly-Poly,” and “Lovey-Dovey.”

The EP was originally planned as an early August release, but the group had to put the debut off for three weeks due to a controversy over the group and Hwayoung.

Hwayoung, however, previously tweeted that she feels sorry for what happened to the group and for Eunjung in particular in that she had to leave her TV series.

T-ara also apologized for the casing controversy and said that they want to support Hwayoung. As a result, Hwayong and the group have cleared the air and apologized to each other.

A spokesperson for T-ara says, “We shouldn’t put off the return any longer as there is no victim and no one to blame in this case. It was all just a big misunderstanding.”

The group will perform their songs and hold concerts in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Japan starting on September 15 until November.

T-ara’s agency, Core Contents Media, says, “We are sorry again for causing misunderstandings and controversy. We promise that we will deal with things more carefully not to make this kind of situation happen ever again.”

Source: TV Report

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T-ara apologize to their fans: “We hope no one gets hurt anymore”

T-ara recently released an official handwritten apology.

On August 29, T-ara uploaded a long written apology on their official website, saying, “We apologize for our rash behaviors.” This is T-ara’s official apology made after a month of silence.

T-ara wrote, “This past month felt longer than the time that took for us to debut and the time we had worked hard with your support. We apologize for disappointing you.”

Regarding the conflict in the group, T-ara wrote, “We think it was a foolish behavior to talk about our problems in an open space. We deeply regret what we did and apologize for our rash behaviors. We also think Hwayoung has had a hard time because of the rumor that she has been bullied by us. We were also surprised by the unwanted, unexpected result and are sad that we can no longer be together. We only hope Hwayoung doesn’t get hurt anymore.”

Before T-ara released the letter, Hwayoung tweeted, “I wasn’t happy to hear that Eunjung was removed from her drama series. It was true that there was a small conflict between me and other members, but I was sad to hear the false rumor about me. I want to forget about the past and cheer for T-ara again. Because I know you have loved T-ara so much, I feel very sorry to make you worried about us.”

Source: Starnews

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T-ara’s Hwayoung: “I felt sorry for Eunjung”

Former T-ara member Hwayoung recently said that she feels sorry for Eunjung.

On August 28, Hwayoung tweeted, “I felt sorry for Eunjung not being able to appear on a TV series. It’s true that we didn’t get along with each other due to our differences but I felt sad that it created rumors about her being bullied and let the situation get worse. I also felt sad that we all were hurt from the distorted truth.”

She added, “But I also had happy days with the members and I want everyone to forget the past and support each other again with smiling faces. Sorry for causing troubles and making you worry even though you supported us and loved us so much.”

Hwayoung previously apologized for the T-ara affairs and she received considerable attention by mentioning Eunjung this time.

Source: TV Report

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T-ara’s Soyeon is taken to Seoul in a neck pad after the car accident

T-ara’s Soyeon is now being taken to Seoul in a neck pad.

On August 13 around 12:30 p.m., Core Contents Media, Soyeon’s agency, reported, “Soyeon was given first aid at a hospital in Gumi and is currently being taken to Seoul. She will have a thorough medical checkup at a hospital in Seoul.”

In some pictures that Starnews exclusively obtained, Soyeon is lying on the hospital bed in a neck pad. It looks like she’s suffering from pain.

Core Contents Media says, “It doesn’t seem like Soyeon is seriously injured, but she’s been very scared ever since the accident. She’s complaining of pain in the neck, the shoulders, and the back. We canceled the shooting of Haeundae Lovers for today. The shooting will be rescheduled depending on Soyeon’s condition, but Soyeon has strong will to start working again very soon.”

Soyeon was on her way to Busan to shoot KBS 2TV’s drama series Haeundae Lovers around 6:00 a.m. and got into an accident as the car she was in skidded in the rain, crashed into the guardrail, and overturned.

Soyeon and her manager and stylist were in the car, and they were immediately taken to the nearest hospital. After receiving first aid, they had thorough medical checkups.

Soyeon is currently playing the role of Lee Kwan Soon, a spoiled sister of Go Sora (played by Jo Yeo Jung) in Haeundae Lovers.

Source: Starnews

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T-ara will release a new song as scheduled

T-ara will release a new song as scheduled.

On August 2, Core Contents Media, T-ara’s agency, reported that T-ara will release a new song, “Sexy Love,” in Japan at the end of October.

The report from Core Contents Media attracted a lot of attention because it means T-ara will release a new song as scheduled.

“Sexy Love,” composed by Shinsadong Horaengi, was originally going to be released in Korea on August 15. If it gets released in Japan at the end of October, the promotion period for the song in Korea will be about two months.

“Lovey Dovey” was released in Japan three months after it was released in Korea.

Regarding the rumor about T-ara members, the agency says, “We hope T-ara members have had opportunities to think about themselves and become more mature. We believe the only way to thank you is coming out again with good new songs. We’ll try harder.”

T-ara debuted in Japan with “Bo Peep Bo Peep,” which ranked first on the Oricon weekly chart. They received a lot of attention in Japan as a next-generation Hallyu girl group to succeed KARA and SNSD, selling over 90,000 copies of their single and album.

Source: Xportsnews

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T-ara will appear at the ‘Yeosu Super Concert’ as scheduled

T-ara will appear at the ‘Yeosu Expo Super Concert’ as scheduled.

T-ara will appear at the ‘SBS K-pop Yeosu Expo Super Concert,’ which will be held on August 1 in Yeosu. Besides T-ara, many K-pop singers, including, Wonder Girls, f(x), SISTAR, After School, Secret, A pink, ZE:A, B.A.P, Dalshabet, Girl’s Day, and EXO-K will appear at the concert.

On July 30, T-ara’s agency, Core Contents Media, announced that they decided to cancel Hwa Young’s contract causing a strong controversy among the public. Initially they worried about the concert, but they finally decided to appear at the concert as scheduled.

Since this will be T-ara’s first official performance without Hwa Young, many people are wondering how they will perform their songs.

According to the agency, T-ara is not making any further plans after the concert. As a result, T-ara will not appear on several live music programs this week.

Source: Starnews

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T-ara ends their activities of “Day By Day” and reveals, “We don’t have any further plans yet…”

Girl group T-ara will be ending their activities of their new song “Day By Day” earlier than planned.

T-ara planned to continue the activities of their new song “Day By Day” until the second week of August. However, they have made a final decision of not doing any more activities of the song.

In other words, the activities of T-ara’s “Day By Day” which was released in the beginning of this month, has come to an end in four weeks with the last appearance of SBS’s Inkigayo on July 29.

On the afternoon of July 31, a senior member of T-ara’s agency, Core Contents Media, revealed to Starnews, “We planned to continue the activities of ‘Day By Day’ until August 12. However, it has been decided that the activities be wrapped up earlier due to many mishaps.”

T-ara, who has been one of the most popular girl groups, ranked the top of various music charts with the release of their new song “Day By Day.”

He added, “No other broadcasting schedules have been decided after August 12. I don’t think the term temporary suspension is the right way to describe the situation since it does not give the exact dates.” He emphasized that all they have decided is the early ending of the activities of “Day By Day.”

After announcing the removal of Hwayoung on the afternoon of July 30, the agency, Core Contents Media, decided not to appear at the recording shoot of SBS’s K Pop Yeosu Expo Super Concert because of a large backlash.

Core Contents Media talked with Starnews on the phone at 6:25 p.m and revealed, “About 30, 40 minutes ago, we decided not to appear on the concert for several reasons. We discussed this matter with the production crew of the show.”

Before this decision was made, T-ara was to perform on the show with Wonder Girls, f(x), Sistar, After School, Secret, A Pink, ZE:A, B.A.P, Dalshabet, Girl’s Day, and Exo-K. Many people were paying attention to this upcoming stage since this would have been their first concert without Hwayoung on the team.

T-ara will not be appearing on the main three musical programs.

Source: Starnews

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Hwayoung’s out while Dani’s in: T-ara stays with eight member system

Recently, the girl group T-ara decided to keep its members up to eight by replacing Hwayoung with Dani.

On July 30, the group’s official Japanese website made an announcement along with a posting regarding the cancellation of Hwayoung’s contract.

The announcement read: “Having Ah Reum as its seventh member, T-ara will perform for some time. Dani will be joining the group after a period of preparation which will make the group composed of eight members in total.”

Since its debut in 2009, T-ara has changed members several times.

The group debuted in April 2009 with a song for the sound track of TV series Cinderella Man. The original members were Jiwon, Jiae, Ji Yeon, Eunjung, and Hyomin; however, in July of the same year, Jiwon and Jiae quit the group and were replaced by Boram, Soyeon, and Qri.

In July 2010, Hwayoung joined the group as its seventh member and Areum as the eighth in 2012.

Along with the change of its members, leadership moved from a person to another. Eunjung was the first leader while Boram, Hyomin, and Soyeon each held leadership consecutively after thoroughly considering each of their effect in leading the overall atmosphere of the group and in Japanese activities.

Source: Xportsnews

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Evidence of T-ara’s Hwayoung being bullied is detected

Evidence of T-ara’s Hwayoung being bullied was recently detected and attracting a lot of attention.

On July 29, some captured pictures of T-ara members appearing on a show was uploaded an online community board under the title of “Evidence of T-ara’s Hwayoung being bullied.”

The captured pictures are from KBS 2TV’s Star Life Theater – T-ara, which aired from July 9 to 13. They’re attracting a lot of attention because they seem to back up the rumor that Hwayoung is being bullied by other T-ara members.

In one of the episodes, all T-ara members are raising their hands, shouting, “Start the show!” At the moment, Hyomin pokes Hwayoung’s eye and Hwayoung knits her brows, feeling pain.

Besides, when Hwayoung reads a book in a car, one of the crew members asks her, “Do you like to read?” and Jiyeon says, “She’s pretending now because there’s a camera. I’ve never seen her reading a book before.” Soyeon also gives a candy to Hwayoung to eat, saying she dropped it before.

Hwayoung also says, “There are many things I cannot even tell my mom,” in tears when she sees her sister Hyoyoung, a member of Five Dolls.

People responded: “That’s too much.” “It’s good that evidence is found.” “It’s too early to accuse them of bullying Hwayoung just with the scenes.” “We need some explanations from you about this.”

Kim Kwang Soo, a CEO of T-ara’s agency, recently attracted attention by saying he will make an important announcement on July 30.

Source: Xportsnews

T-ara’s Eunjung forces Hwa Young to eat rice cakes

A video of T-ara’s Enjung forcing Hwa Young to eat a rice cake is drawing a lot of attention.

An online community posted captured images from the video with the caption, “Ham Eunjung and rice cakes.” In the show, which was recorded in Japan, Eunjung is forcing Hwa Young to eat a rice cake.”

Eunjung and other members are smiling but Hwa Young looks like she is about to cry. Eunjung is putting a big rice cake into Hwa Young’s mouth and the video made people believe that they have been bullying Hwa Young.

People responded: “How can they look so happy after forcing her to eat rice cakes?” “Eunjung is laughing but Hwa Young looks like she is about to cry.” “What if Hwa Young gets indigestion?”

On July 28, T-ara members tweeted criticisms, which sounded like they blamed Hwa Young for not performing on stage due to her injured leg. Those tweets caused a controversy over Hyo Young being bullied and T-ara’s agency, Core Contents Media, ultimately announced that they had canceled Hwa Young’s contract.

The agency said, “We think teamwork is important so we decided to listen to opinions from nineteen staff members. We don’t want them to suffer anymore so we decided to cancel Hwa Young’s contract.”

After the announcement from the agency, Hwa Young expressed her feelings by tweeting, “The facts without the truth.” Then the agency said, “T-ara appeared on KBS’s Music Bank on July 27. Hwa Young, however, with only two teams were left before their performance, suddenly announced that she would not perform on stage . Eunjung and Hyomin had to cover Hwa Young’s rap in order not to cause problems during the program.”

According to the agency, even though there are several incidents regarding Hwa Young, president Kim wanted to protect her by keeping those incidents under wraps. They also said that it is unfortunate that she felt the need to leave such a comment on her Twitter account. They said, “We hope that Hwa Young realizes what she did wrong.”

Japanese singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu also tweeted that she hopes T-ara members can perform together in great harmony.

Source: TV Report

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A Japanese staff member mentions about T-ara’s Hwayoung: “She was a sweet girl”

As T-ara’s agency has announced cancellation of its contract with Hwayoung, a staff member of Japanese mass media who heard the news left some comments that began, “Hwayoung was a sweet girl.”

On July 30, the staff member tweeted, “When I participated in a commercial shooting with T-ara as an interpreter and an assistant (in February), she (Hwayoung) was extremely quiet, not talking to anyone on the set. She wasn’t talking to anyone, not to makeup artists nor to the other members of the group, but just working on her own thing. She kept smiling for us, though. I remember her as the girl with the best facial expression.

Someone told me to look after her because she was new in the group and felt shy around cameras. I tried my best to make her feel comfortable, but it was true that she appeared low in energy. On seeing all this, I thought, ‘Is she nervous because she is new here or does she not have good relationship with the other members?’”

She added, “I guess she didn’t get along with the others very well afterwards. Poor thing.. Certainly, most people in this industry have strong character living in a delusion that they are the most beautiful people in the whole world. About 99% of them are this way, so the kind and sweet ones find it very hard to survive here. It is true that you won’t survive if you don’t become one of them, but…”

At 1:00 p.m. on July 30, the Core Contents Media announced, “Because T-ara puts its teamwork before eight individual members and with the respect of 19 different staff members, we came up with this decision after careful consideration. We believe that none of the staff need to go through hard time anymore, and we decided to cancel our contract with Hwayoung without any conditions.”

Source: TV Report

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Members of T-ara’s anti-cafe are geometrically increasing in number

Amid the controversy over Core Contents Media’s cancellation of a contract with T-ara’s Hwayoung, members of T-ara’s anti-cafe, We Ask T-ara to Reveal the Truth, are geometrically increasing in number.

As of July 31 at 8:30 a.m., the number of members of the cafe exceeded 252,000. This cafe was opened on July 29 by people who were outraged by the rumor that T-ara’s Hwayoung was being bullied by other members, asking T-ara and their agency, Core Contents Media, to reveal the truth.

On July 28, Kim Kwang Soo, a CEO of Core Contents Media, said he would make an important announcement about the rumors about T-ara on July 30, and he announced that the agency would cancel a contract with Hwayoung.

After that, the number of members of the T-ara’s anti-cafe increased rapidly, and the number exceeded 57,000 within a day.

As Core Contents Media announced its cancellation of a contract with Hwayoung, she now has to leave the team. It’s been only 20 months since she joined the team.

Some people say the decision of the agency doesn’t make sense because Hwayoung is actually a victim of bullying.

However, Core Contents Media says the rumor about Hwayoung being bullied by other T-ara members is not true, and Hwayoung has rather done many things that surprised many people. The agency also says they had to make such a decision because her behavior was not appropriate as a girl group member and she didn’t want to improve her behavior at all. They insisted that Hwayoung was not a victim of bullying but a member who damaged other T-ara and staff members.

Source: Starnews

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