Heo Young Saeng on Shimshimtapa

On May 22, 2011, Young Saeng attended a radio recording at Shimshimtapa. The two DJ's were Gyuri from Kara and Shindong from Super Junior. They interviewed Young Saeng about his new album. Brian was also a guest on the show. Young Saeng took a few pictures of himself as well.

If you want to listen to the whole broadcast, heres the link. 

KARA’s Seungyeon, Nicole, Hara, & Jiyoung to split from DSP Media

Reports of KARA splitting from their agency, DSP Media Entertainment, has sent shockwaves throughout the music industry. The members of KARA, excluding leader Gyuri, reasoned that they had lost their confidence in their relationship with DSP Media Entertainment, and that it could never be regained again.

Landmark, KARA’s lawyers, reported on January 19th:

“Despite KARA receiving much love from their activities in both Korea and Japan, the members have experienced inexplicable pain that brought them to this decision. They’ve held it in for a long time, but in order to protect their rights and their future, the members have decided to part ways from their company.

KARA has tried their absolute best in compromising with their company prior to their decision, but their agency used their power in forcing the members to fulfill schedules that they did not want, and continuously added activities on top of a loaded schedule without prior consent or discussion. The psychological damages that the members were forced to endure cannot be explained in words, and their efforts have gone to waste. Their misery is severe, and they can no longer remain under such a company, which is why they decided to declare their withdrawal.

Trust is the most important aspect of a relationship between an agency and its artist, but the agency has been using KARA as a way to make money. A variety of issues that have not been stated are still present. The agency has decided the majority of the girls’ celebrity activities without any sort of discussion or meeting, and has rejected requests asking for explanations or for proper documents. Their relationship has been destroyed to the point that it could never be restored again.“

Representatives of DSP Media commented, “This is ridiculous, we are not sure what went wrong. We have yet to understand the situation. We’ll be releasing an official statement soon.”

Source + Photos: Star Today, Star News

Kara for a Drama and to Release a New Song

On the 10th, 5 member Korean girl group “KARA” announced details about their work in the TV Tokyo drama “URAKARA” (Friday, 12am, Starts the 14th).

It’s their first drama performance through Japan & Korea. They will be doing missions in order to get men to fall for them. The 1st episode has Gyuri aiming for Nakamura Shunsuke (35) acting as a member of Japan’s Diet. [TL Note: The Diet is like Japan’s congress.]. Leader Gyuri (22) broadly grinned, “Next time, I want to work with Fukuyama Masaharu”. Also, the theme song is a new song scheduled for release in March titled “Ima, Okuritai “Arigatou”” [Now, I want to tell you “Thank You”].

Translated by: gator_yoong
Source: Mainichi

KARA and SNSD get "Rookie of the Year" award in Japan

Even though we kind of knew it already, KARA and SNSD have been confirmed to have done extremely well in Japan.  Just as the Wondergirls had brought their talent to the U.S., KARA and SNSD have increased K-pop's international recognition via Japan.  How well did these groups do?

"Girl group KARA has so far released two singles, five albums and one DVD and has earned themselves an income of 1.3 billion yen ($15 million) in total sales.  Girls' Generation has released two singles, six albums and one DVD ranking in a total income of 800 million yen ($9.5 million)" (Korea Herald).

Congratulations KARA and SNSD, :D

SOURCE: Korea Herald

Kara On Japanese Charts

Annyeong haseyo! Kara's debut in Japan has been quite a successful one.  I read on KBS Global that "Kara's song 'Mister,' which was released on August 12th in Japan, was listed in second place." The trend has not sudden either because "the song 'Mister' has been ranked in the top 20 for three consecutive weeks." Wow! This can only mean bigger things for Kara... I'm sure they can reach number 1; let's keep rooting for them!

Source: KBS Global

Kara Holds a Hand-Shaking Session

Kara is currently in Japan. They held a hand shaking session in Japan for the first time. As many of you know, they just released a MV and Dance MV for their hit song "Mister". There were about 10,000 fans as well as their Sunbae, Park Jung Min. He went to Japan recently and congratulated Kara for expanding into Japan! Aww how sweet of him :)

Thanks for Pictures:
http://static.tokyohive.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/20100816_kara.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm266/wing725/Jung%20Min/1281975458_IMG_4295.jpg

A Lot of New Songs/MV

Theres been a lot of new releases these past few days. Hangeng's song "My Logo" came out with a MV. Secret made their comeback with their track for the new album "Madonna" as well as a new MV for it. Rainbow's comeback is just around the corner as well, releasing a new track called "A". Nine Muses also released their debut album recently called "Lets Have A Party" with 2 songs called "Ladies" and "No Playboy". They also recently released an MV for "No Playboy". Kara also recently released a Japanese version of Mister with a MV. 4minute released a MV for "Superstar". The new group GP Basic, with 6 members is about to debut with the song "Game". A mv teaser has been released for the song. Brave Brothers ft. Jay Park also released a MV for "I Want to Cry". Clara C has released an album track for her debut album. There are so many more to name, but these are just a few. Ahh~ I'm happy for all the new songs and comebacks...

Thanks for Pictures:
http://static.allkpop.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/20100804_secretcomebackalbumtracklist_main11.jpg
http://static.allkpop.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/20100803_ninemusesconceptphoto_story3.jpg