Friday, June 24, 2011
Korean police: Daesung killed motorcyclist
By JONATHAN M. HICAP, Manila Bulletin
MANILA, Philippines - Big Bang member Daesung has been found by the Korean police to have caused the death of a motorcyclist during a traffic accident last May 31.
The Seoul Yeong Deung Po police held at briefing Friday morning and announced the results of its investigation and autopsy by the National Forensic Service.
6 K-pop singers make it to Oricon chart's Top 50 bestselling artists for 1st half of 2011
By JONATHAN M. HICAP, Manila Bulletin
MANILA, Philippines - Oricon chart has released the list of the Top 50 artists in the Japanese music market for the first half of 2011, based on singles, albums and DVD sales.
MANILA, Philippines - Oricon chart has released the list of the Top 50 artists in the Japanese music market for the first half of 2011, based on singles, albums and DVD sales.
While the rankings are dominated by Japanese singers, six K-pop singers made it to the list, namely TVXQ, Big Bang, KARA, CNBlue, Girls Generation and Jang Geun Suk.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Production companies owe Korean stars 2.2-B won in unpaid fees
By JONATHAN M. HICAP
MANILA, Philippines - Korean stars are threatening to stop appearing in dramas and films due to unpaid talent fees amounting to 2.2 billion won (about P88.78 million) that production companies owe them.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
KARA bags triple platinum, Big Bang scores gold in Japan
By JONATHAN M. HICAP
MANILA, Philippines - K-pop groups KARA, Big Bang and Girls Generation continued their rise in the Japanese music market.
The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) released its latest certifications for May on mobile phone and PC downloads showing KARA achieving two feats.
SHINee's Jonghyun, Shin Se Kyung end relationship
By JONATHAN M. HICAP
Manila Bulletin
MANILA, Philippines - K-pop boy band SHINee’s lead vocalist Jonghyun and actress Shin Se Kyung have ended their eight-month relationship because of their demanding schedule.
Shin’s agency was quoted as saying that the Jonghyun and Se Kyung’s busy schedule prevented them from seeing each other regularly that led to their breakup although they decided to remain friends, according to Korean media.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Promo Video: SHINee JAPAN DEBUT PREMIUM RECEPTION in LONDON
MESSAGE FROM SHINee:
What a good news! right?
We are SHINee :)
We will finally debut in Japan on June 22nd and will get to meet more fans in Japan!What a good news! right?
Popularity of Actor Kong Yoo’s Japanese Magazine ‘Monster’ Rises
The magazine contains various episodes and information about Kong Yoo (or Gong Yoo) such as his movies, TV commercials, stories happening during his poster shoots, travels, favorite music, books, hobbies, and his friends. A person from the publishing company of “Monster” said, “As the magazine contains various well-written content, the number of readers has been increasing thanks to word-of-mouth among Japanese fans. As readers are very much satisfied with the magazine, it is expected to have increased sales in the future.”
BEAST ends album promotions with a clean sweep of awards
By JONATHAN M. HICAP
K-pop boy band BEAST concluded the promotions of their first studio album “Fiction and Fact” on a high note, topping music charts and sweeping awards on Korean TV music shows.
The album was released online on May 17 and on the same week, the group began performing the title track “Fiction” on TV shows Mnet “M! Countdown”, KBS “Music Bank”, MBC “Music Core” and SBS “Inkigayo”.
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