Jay and JYPe & the Union of Korean Pop Culture and Arts Industry work it out

가수 박재범이 그룹 2PM에서 탈퇴하며 얽혔던 여러 갈등을 풀고, 앞으로 활동에 날개를 달게 됐다.

(사)한국대중문화예술산업총연합(이하 문산연)과 2PM의 소속사 JYP엔터테인먼트가 현재 싸이더스 HQ에 소속된 박재범과 갈등을 풀었다는 것을 알리며 방송 출연을 돕겠다는 것을 공식화했다.

문산연은 23일 오후 박재범 방송 출연 관련 공문을 각 방송사에 보냈다.

문 산연은 공문에서 "과거 2PM의 멤버였던 박재범은 과거의 실수로 인해 그를 아끼는 많은 이들에게 걱정과 실망감을 줬으나, 이제 새로운 식구들과 함께 솔로로 연예 활동을 시작한다"라며 "본인이 말하기 어려웠던 과거의 실수를 과감히 인정하고 용서를 구하는 모습은 한층 더 성숙해진 박재범을 확인할 수 있는 계기가 됐고, 대중문화산업이라는 큰 틀과 무한대의 사랑을 보내주는 팬들을 위해 더욱 멋진 모습을 보일 수 있는 준비가 됐다는 판단도 들었다"라고 설명했다.

또 "이는 문산연의 판단일 뿐 아니라, 박재범의 전 소속사였던 JYP엔터테인먼트도 공감하고 있음을 확인한 부분이다"라고 밝히며 JYP엔터테인먼트의 공문을 첨부했다. "박재범이 다시한 번 왕성한 모습을 펼칠 수 있기를 바란다"라고 덧붙였다.

이로써 박재범은 과거의 묵은 오해와 잘못을 풀며 새로운 연예활동의 시작을 알리게 됐다.

한편 앞서 박재범은 JYP 엔터테인먼트의 수장인 박진영과 2PM 멤버들에게 탈퇴 후 처음으로 자신의 팬카페를 통해 진심어린 사과의 말을 전해 화제를 모았다.

Singer Park Jaebum now can put wings on his activities, after solving many complicated conflicts that he had gotten involved in after his leaving of 2PM.

The Union of Korean Pop Culture and Arts Industry (a.k.a. UCI) and 2PM's company JYPEntertainment officially declared that they had solved all conflicts with Park Jaebum, belonging to company SidusHQ. 

UCI sent this announcement regarding Park Jaebum's appearances on TV shows to each broadcasting company on the afternoon of the 23rd.

UCI explained in this announcement, 

"Park Jaebum, previously a member of 2PM, had once given much worry and disappointment to the many people who cherish him due to his mistake in the past, but now he will be restarting activities in entertainment as a solo artist with his new family. The way he boldly recognized his previous mistake that he had trouble getting out and giving an apology for it was a way to confirm the further matured Park Jaebum, and we had the thought that he was ready to show his greater self for the big frame of the pop culture industry as well as the fans who give him love without boundaries." 

Also, they added, 

"This is not only UCI's judgement, but this part was agreed upon by JYPEntertainment, Park Jaebum's previous company, as well", 

and attached JYPEntertainment's announcement. They finally added,  

"We hope that Park Jaebum can, once again, show his active self." 

With this, Park Jaebum had disengaged all old misunderstandings and mistakes, and has made known the start of his new activities in entertainment. 

On the other hand, Park Jaebum had become a hot issue previously by genuinely apologizing for the first time through his fancafe to the JYPEntertainment representative Park Jinyoung and 2PM members.

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CREDITS: Naver (SOURCE); JinaStar@ITSJAYPARK.COM (TRANS)

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Jay Park posts official apology towards JYP Entertainment and 2PM

Singer Jay Park recently made his first official public apology towards his previous agency and group, JYPEntertainment and 2PM.

On February 17th, the singer uploaded his apology onto his official fan cafe, expressing his remorse for disappointing J.Y Park and causing unnecessary and undeserved distress and suffering to the 2PM members.

Check out the full post down below:

Hello, this is Park Jaebum.

Is everyone healthy and doing well?

Now that the weather is getting warmer day by day, I feel that the year has only finally started now.

As I've been so preoccupied with preparing new albums, these days I think I’ve been indifferent to the weather, date, and time.

It feels like it was the new year just the other day, but we’re already reaching the last days of February.

It’s not long until I get to meet everyone again either.

That’s why I've suddenly had a lot of different thoughts.

I really want to focus on everything with a new mind, and I want to show a new Park Jaebum to the family and fans I love, and to the people who have helped me a lot.

Also, in order for me to fly higher, I also felt that I needed to become a stronger and more mature self regarding past days, which is what I wanted to talk about today.

While I was still active as a 2PM member, there was a time when I disappointed a lot of Korean citizens with my mistakes.

Also, even now I still feel apologetic for disappointing JYP Entertainment’s Park Jin Young PD, who helped raise me both physically and spiritually.

My other mistake was that when I withdrew from 2PM, the members I suffered with together, lived and had fun with together, received undeserved distress from the huge aftermath. I am so sorry to the point where there is nothing I could say to them.

In order to succeed over my past mistakes and faults, I have been working hard with a new agency, and I am doing my best in my activities with new resolutions.

I hope for a lot of your support, and I will meet you all once again with a new album and newer image. Thank you.

Source: Star News via Nate & Allkpop

* It's not easy to just forgive and forget... but Jay make it easier. 1st step is always the hardest one and with officially apologizing he is really proving himself that he is not just growing up but also matured and ready to go further. 

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Photo Event: Kim Soo Hyun Birthday on Dream High Set

credit photos: [Eunjung's &  Taecyeon's official Twitter website]

Kim Soo Hyun clebrates his 23rd birthday on Dream High set with crew and cast. 

In the pictures Taecyeon and Eunjung uploaded on Wednesday, the crew and cast of "Dream High" are seen with actor Kim Soo-hyun whose face is covered in cake with a comment below saying,

 "Song Sam-dong (played by Kim) Happy Birthday!!! Kim Soo-hyun's face is white!"

"HAPPY 23rd BIRTHDAY SOO HYUN!"

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Lee Jin-wook (이진욱)

Profile

Name: 이진욱 / Lee Jin Wook

Profession: Actor

Birthdate: 1981-Sep-16

Birthplace: South Korea

Height: 183cm

Weight: 68kg

Star sign: Virgo

Blood type: A

Talent agency: HB Entertainment

TV Series

The Road Home (KBS1, 2009) Cameo

City of Glass (SBS, 2008)

Powerful Opponents (KBS2, 2008)

Before and After (MBC, 2008)

Air City (MBC, 2007)

Someday (OCN, 2006)

Smile Again (SBS, 2006)

Alone in Love (SBS, 2006)

Resurrection (KBS, 2005)

Movies

Once Upon a Time in High School (2003)

Recognitions

2006 SBS Acting Award: Newcomer Award for Smile Again and Alone in Love

Endorsements

Hyundai Card

KTF

Maxwell House

Panasonic

BUCKAROO Jeans

Trivia

Education: Chongju University (Environment Department)

Official site

CYWorld Personal Page

*will spam his pic. later ^^

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Rain Discusses Current Feelings and Future Plans

After the ‘62nd Sapporo Snow-K-pop Festival’ finished on February 11th, Rain said, “Stages like today are very fun and feel precious to me.”

After playing ‘Rock Paper Scissors’ with his dancers at dinnertime and downing cool beers as punishment, he said, “My heart has become very light after the New Year,“ regarding last year’s ‘company’s stock dine-and-dash’, as well as ‘gambling accusations’ and other various rumors he went through.

2011 marks his 10th year since his debut and he has also entered his thirties in Korean age.

He laid out busy future plans, saying that he wanted to give his newly thirties self some slack, but meanwhile still wanted to fight as an Asian actor in America after military duties.

Rain was also interviewed at the concert, and you can read that below!

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Q. “You must have gone through a lot of suffering with many rumors last year.”

Rain: “A person always has specific hardships he/she has to go through. Only the ones who work through all that can become happy. I can endure these kinds of hardships as the plan I have inside is vast.”

Q. “This is the 10th year after your debut in 2002. What kind of challenges have you made?”

Rain: “From one to ten, they were all challenges. If the whole picture is 100, I succeeded about 70 and missed 30. My first dream was taking the #1 spot on a TV music program. Luckily, when I looked back, I had gained a lot of things. As a singer, I accomplished a grand slam in MTV Awards, and I was chosen for America’s ‘Time 100’. Also, as an actor, I’d gotten an award from American ‘MTV Movie Awards’ with my first lead in a Hollywood movie in ‘Ninja Assassin’, and another award from the Berlin International Movie Awards with the movie ‘I’m a Cyborg, but that’s OK’ that I had appeared in. If my twenties were a time I whipped myself on with no sleep, I want to give myself some breathing space in my thirties after my military duties.”

Q. “It looks like Park Jin Young’s JYP Entertainment has become the biggest stock owner of your J.Tune Entertainment, and making you allies again in a way. What’s behind this?”

Rain: “We had just kept the promise between the two of us. We sometimes had talks about achieving our individual dreams and agreeing to do something that would create synergy. I respect Jin Young hyung because of his recognizing of me, a former student of his, as a partner. It’s still hard for me to approve of MBLAQ, who I myself produce for, so there’s still a lot of things I need to learn when I look at him.”

Q. “You’re entering the army around fall.”

Rain: “Before I go into the military, I want to study. I restarted my English and Chinese studies, and I’ll learn how to play the guitar. Of course, I have some regrets. It’s because I’ll be leaving a gap after finally being able to flower in the American market after five years since I started in 2006, when I’d try in America for the first time. Right now, I have two Hollywood movie offers, and I’m sad I won’t be able to do them.”

Q. “What are your plans after getting out of the military?”

Rain: “After finishing my duties, I’m planning to throw myself into the American market. I want to really challenge as an Asian/Korean actor as I reside in America. Recently, there was news of Asian-descent group ‘Far East Movement’ recording 1st place in the Billboard charts, but the possibility of an Asian singer succeeding in America is very low. However, if there’s a famous movie producing company and distributors backing me up, I think it’s possible to try as an actor.”

Q. “What do you think about the idol groups leading the music market these days?”

Rain: “I wonder if I was ‘really an idol’ 10 years back. Haha. People who dance better than me and are hotter than me keep coming out. And people like freshness, so they’ll switch teams often. This is why I like the phrase, ‘Become a person that cannot be replaced’. I want to say to my juniors that if they want to just look back on memories in the future, to just enjoy, and if they think this is a lifelong job, to study.”

Q. “You must feel proud of the K-pop boom in Asia, as one of the pioneers of foreign advancement.”

Rain: “I think now Hallyu’s bubbles are all going out and it’s starting to make its own firm standing. It’s such a thankful and great thing to be able to compete with music in the Asian area. Now K-pop singers have to take care of themselves and keep that flow going steadily.”

Q. “You’re appearing in movie ‘Red Muffler’ (fictional name).”

Rain: “It’s a fictional scenario about a war breaking out in Korea, and I’m appearing as a cool combat plane pilot. I’m practicing riding on combat planes. We’re going into filming at the end of this month.”

Q. “If you’re to imagine a middle-aged Rain?”

Rain: “I want to dance while wearing a tuxedo on a TV program after I age a lot.”

Source: Yeonhap News via Daum & Allkpop

* I think... I'll still be his fan when he turn into a grandpa and dance while  wearing a tuxedo LoL

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Kim Tae Hee & Han Sun-hwa

Name: 김태희 / Kim Tae Hee (Kim Tae Hui)

Nickname: Angel

Profession: Actress and model

Birthdate: 1980-Mar-29

Birthplace: Ulsan, South Korea

Height: 165cm

Weight: 45kg

Star sign: Aries

Blood type: O

Family: Older sister and younger brother/actor Lee Wan

Talent agency: Namoo Actors

Member : Han Sun-hwa

Position : Lead Vocal , Maknae

Date of birth : Oct. 6, 1990

Height : 165

Weight : 45

Hometown : Busan

Favorite artist : Lee Hyori

Friends: Sunny (SNSD), Hyomin (T-ara), Narsha (Brown Eyed Girls), Kim ShinYoung, Hara (KARA)

* I've been busy lately... I can only update when I'm kind of free... so today I'll just update the look alike section.... I'll try to update more once I'm done with whatever making me busy :)

Oh! they really look alike right... of coz thanks to Sun-hwa double eye lid corrector... still she is pretty.

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짝패 / The Duo

Title: 짝패 / Jjak-pae / The Duo
Chinese Title : 同伙
Also Know as : The Mate
Genre: Period, romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2011-Feb-07 to 2011-April-12
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis

The drama tells the story of two men who were switched at birth. A twist of fate results in Chun Doong, who is of noble birth, living his life as a slave and later becoming a heroic outlaw, while Gwi Dong was born as a beggar but lives Chun Dong’s life as a nobleman, growing up to become a police chief. They both fall in love with the same girl, Dong Nyeo.

Cast

Chun Jung Myung as Chun Doong
- No Young Hak as young Chun Doong

Lee Sang Yoon as Gwi Dong
- Choi Woo Shik (최우식) as young Gwi Dong

Han Ji Hye as Dong Nyeo
- Jin Se Yun as young Dong Nyeo

Seo Hyun Jin as Dal Yi
- Lee Sun Young (이선영) as young Dal Yi

* I've watch the 1st episode... and I think this drama definitely listed in my must watch drama... My problem is once I started with one I can never stop it. Will this remind me to Iljimae, Hong Gil Dong... Chuno maybe hahaha... I hope no.

Will definitely watch the 2nd episode...

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MBLAQ Lee Joon's mother's endless bragging "Daughter-in-law? Kim Yuna"

MBLAQ Lee Joon's mother raised a hot topic when she revealed that she has always thought of Kim Yuna as a suitable daughter-in-law. 

On the 5th, Lee Joon's mother made a special appearance on KBS 2TV's '100 Points Out of 100'. Besides boasting passionately about Lee Joon, she also showed off her son's silly aspects.

She started bragging about her son when she said, "My son is the killer smile terminator. No matter what, he has a really good body. I'm not exaggerating when I say his shoulder muscles are his best masterpiece".

Lee Joon's mother did not spare any compliments, "My son's future wife can make use of his muscles as a natural pillow for a lifetime". 

Then, the MCs asked, "Do you usually keep an eye on any female celebrity who is suitable to be your daughter-in-law?". She replied, "Honestly, my standards are not very high. She isn't a celebrity, but I have my eyes on Kim Yuna", shocking all the guests on the show.

SOURCE: TV Daily

TRANSLATION: Choi Yoori@AbsoluteMBLAQ

TAKE OUT WITH FULL CREDITS. ADDITIONAL CREDITS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

* I wish my mom would brag about me too LoL

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Choi Jong Hun (최 종 훈)

Korean Name: 최 종 훈

Name: Choi Jong Hun

Position: Leader, Guitar & Piano

Nickname: Sexy Jonghun

D.O.B: 7th March 1990

Blood Type: A

Height: 178 cm

Weight: 60 kg

Best Feature: Nose 

Talents: Piano

Hobbies: Listening to music, Internet

For His Future Love: "I’ll buy something for you, may I? What do you want?"

Love his solo performances... 
* My January 'Man With Pretty Face' goes to Choi Jong Hun... (^___^) 

Biography

Jong Hun was born in Seoul, South Korea on March 7, 1990, according to the solar calendar, and February 6 according to the lunar calendar. He attended the Shindongshin Middle Information Industry High School. During his high school years, he was accepted into the F&C music talent agency, which later formed the band F.T. Island with Jong Hun as its leader and guitarist.

Since March 2, 2009, Jong Hun has been attending the University of Suwon in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. He is majoring in digital music alongside former band member Oh Won Bin. 

Music Career

F.T. Island

F.T. Triple

In January 2009, members Choi Jonghun, Choi Minhwan, and Lee Jaejin were put into the sub group "A3". This group debuted at the 2009 New Year concert "My First Dream" held at the JCB Hall in Tokyo, Japan on January 2, 2009. Jong Hun performed as the guitarist and a sub-vocalist. The group's name was "A3" due to each of the three members having type A blood. This group was formed to help take up some singing time during their concerts, so that lead singer, Lee Hongki, would not overstrain his voice.

In late 2009, the triple-member group was renamed "F.T. Triple" and began working with Jong Hun on keyboard instead of guitar. They released the single "Love Letter" and began performing on music shows. During this time, F.T. Island's main vocalist Lee Hongki was busy filming a drama and guitarist Song Seung Hyun was involved in several variety shows.

Other Activities

In 2008, Jong Hun appeared with the other F.T. Island members in the daily KBS2 sitcom Unstoppable Marriage in episode 62.

With fellow band member Song Seung Hyun, Jong Hun modeled at the 2009 Autumn Seoul Fashion Week on October 17, 2009 for Lee Ju Young, the designer of the "Resurrection" collection. 

On June 29, 2009, Choi Jong Hun was featured with Core Contents Media’s soloist Hong Jin Young as one of the main characters in her music video “Love Battery”.

In August 2009, Jong Hun participated in episode 19 of MNet Scandal.

Together with Song Seung Hyun, Jong Hun starred in “Style Wave” in December 2009 and January 2010. In this show, stars discuss major style trends and dress a shopper according to a chosen style theme.

Jong Hun participated in episode 15 of Seoul Broadcasting System's Idol Maknae Rebellion ("아이돌 막내반란시대") with fellow band member Song Seung Hyun, who was a cast member of the show. This episode aired on February 15, 2010.

Filmography

Unstoppable Marriage, episode 62 cameo (2008)

SBS On Air, episode 1 cameo (2008)

Hong Jin Young's Love Battery music video (2009)

MNet Scandal, episode 19 (2009)

Style Wave (2009)

SBS Idol Maknae Rebellion, episode 15 (2010)

Credit Source: wikipedia.org

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Song Joong Ki's Japan Trip To Air Next Month

A special TV program of Korean actor Song Joong-ki on his trip to Japan will air next month, according to the show's broadcaster QTV on Monday.

QTV announced through a press release that the show titled “I’m Real Song Joong-ki,” produced in two-parts, will go on air on February 4 and 10, while they also unveiled several photographs of the actor in Japan.

Let's check out the pictures while waiting for the broadcast (^_____^)

Credit Source & Photos: Allkpop, Newsen via Daum & Sports KHAN & TVREPORT

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