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Koreans in New Zealand

Koreans in New Zealand.

This HOT SUMMER brings you HOT COMEBACK

July is here with hot comeback performances to let this summer becomes hotter as some girl groups are trying to steal your heart, everyone…

The battle between the ladies shall starts here…

SISTAR

Sistar

Starship Entertainment’s four sexy and powerful ladies, Miss SISTAR, is making your summer time hotter with their comeback this month after slightly more than a year since they release their second full-length album “Give It to Me”.  These ladies have been successful in their individual activities, such as acting, hosting and etc. But fret not, though they are busy with their individual activities, they have not forgotten about their fans…Their agency said, “no exact date has been confirmed”, but do keep a lookout for these hot babes…they will be back soon in July definitely…

HyunA

4Minute HyunA

Cube Entertainment’s Very Hot girl, HyunA from 4Minute, is prepared to fight her battle with her competitors this month. It was initially scheduled to make her comeback at the end of the year, but with HyunA’s hard work and practice, she is all geared to spice up your remaining summer days. Cube Entertainment releases a statement to confirm, saying “It is true that HyunA will release her solo album this July”, but further added that “The [release] date and details have not been confirmed yet.” So guys, I’m sorry but you will have to wait for this Very Hot girl…

F(X)

F(X) red light teaser images

Credit for Individual images: superaffxtion (blog), soompi, dkpopnews

Lastly, SM TOWN girl group is back to give us an Electric Shock…it’s a total new look for their “Red Light” teaser images. f(x) is coming back with a dark and gothic look this time for their third full-length album…Anything new in this “Red Light” music concepts? Let’s check them out at the “Red Light” on July 7…psst…Only 6 more days to go…

Wait a moment…A summer comeback with only pretty babes?…Something seems missing here…Hmm where are the dudes then?…Let’s check out if there are dudes coming back in this hot summer…and it seems that there are…

JYJ

JYJ

fans of JYJ, it’s been a long wait for you to see 오빠들 to release their album. Now, it’s the time to scream. They have released a teaser earlier of the year to announce that they will be back this month for their new album before Jaejoong and Junsu are being enlisted for national service, probably at the end of the year. Fans of JYJ, remember to cherish the time…you might not be able to see them together as a group for a while again *sob sob* T.T

C-CLOWN 

C-Clown

The 6-members group, C-Clown, which debuts in July 2012, is coming back this summer. C-Clown’s CROWNs can now look forward to seeing these boys on stage again with their new album releasing this month, just 5 months after the release of their single, “Justice”. According to Yedang Entertainment, C-Clown has been gearing up for their comeback with this upcoming mini album that is due to release on 8 July…CROWNs, look out for your awesome 오빠들

T.K teaser

C-Clown’s T.K: “나랑 만나”

100%

100% Sunkiss Album teaser

Lastly, 100% is coming back with a so-called “cool summer” album, “Sunkiss”. According to Soompi, these boys will have a refreshing change from their beastly images for this upcoming album with the title track, “You’re Pretty”…Are you looking forward to how they transform? Remember to watch their performance at M! Countdown on 3 July for their first comeback stage.

Source Credit: allKpop (inclusive of images), MWave News, Koreaboo, KPopStarz, Soompi (inclusive of images), JYJ Facebook page (Image), seoul beats

This HOT SUMMER brings you HOT COMEBACK

This HOT SUMMER brings you HOT COMEBACK.

Rain’s special album teaser clip

The teaser video clip of Rain’s special album ‘Back To The Basic’ released through his official homepage.

This 30 second-long teaser is known to be composed of the pictures that were used to produce the album jacket.

Rain’s picture on the album jacket is arousing people’s great expectations as it looks preposterous as if he is not the same person he used to be, being at the top on the internet hit list.

SNSD new song "Echo"

SNSD’s new song Echo and R&B version of Star Star Star has been released.

SNSD – Run Devil Run

 

Girls Generation (SNSD – 소녀시대) [MV] Run Devil Run
(Repackage Album)

As scheduled, the music video for SNSDs new title track Run Devil Run was released on March 18th. The girls will be making their comeback on March 19th on Music Bank, and will be performing Run Devil Run for the first time.

This week will not be short of excitement and anticipation, with upcoming performances and variety show appearances, as well as the release of the repackage album on March 22nd.

Pasta / 파스타

Title: 파스타 / Pasta
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast Network: MBC

Synopsis

Much-loved actors Lee Sun Gyun (Coffee Prince, Triple) and Gong Hyo Jin (Thank You, Hello My Teacher) light up the screen with their chemistry in this bubbly, addicting story of an acerbic master chef and a stubborn, warm-hearted kitchen assistant who fall in love. Feel-good and well-produced, wonderfully detailed in its creation of the specific world of a pasta restaurant, Pasta is characterized by a warm vibe reminiscent of both chick flick classics such as You’ve Got Mail and 2007’s drama smash hit The First Shop of Coffee Prince. Alex of uber-popular band Clazziquai, Honey Lee of 2009’s Partner, and a host of hilarious, good-looking supporting actors round out the cast.

Seo Yoo Kyung (played by Gong Hyo Jin), after training as a kitchen assistant for two years, finally gets promoted to chef at La Sfera, the high-end pasta restaurant where she works. When a handsome stranger helps her one day and then asks her out, however, she has no idea that he is the restaurant’s new head chef. On his first day on the job, the demanding new chef, Choi Hyun Wook (Lee Sun Gyun) fires all the female cooks, including Yoo Kyung.

Yoo Kyung, however, too stubborn to let go of the past two years of her life so easily, will do whatever it takes to get her job back, and soon she and the chef are engaged in an ever-evolving battle as Yoo Kyung struggles to win the brusque master’s respect for her cooking. Things are complicated by the presence of Kim San (Alex), a charming customer who often pays attention to Yoo Kyung and who seems to have mysterious ties to the restaurant, and Oh Sae Young (Lee Ha Nui/Honey Lee), a famous television cook who romantically betrayed Hyun Wook years before and is now out to win him back.

Cast

Gong Hyo Jin as Seo Yoo Kyung
Lee Sun Gyun as Choi Hyun Wook
Lee Ha Nui as Oh Sae Young
Alex as Kim San
Jang Yong as Seo Jong Gyu (Yoo Kyung’s father)
Kim Dong Hee as Seo Yoo Shik (Yoo Kyung’s brother)
Song Ok Sook as (Yoo Kyung’s mother)
Byun Jung Soo as Kim Kang (Kim San’s sister)
Choi Jae Hwan as Jung Eun Soo
No Min Woo as Philip
Hyun Woo as Lee Ji Hoon
Baek Bong Ki as Min Seung Jae
Heo Tae Hee as Han Sang Sik
Yoon Yong Hyun as Kwang Tae
Kim Tae Ho as Sun Woo Duk
Lee Hyung Chul as Geum Suk Ho
Jo Sang Ki as Jung Ho Nam
Ha Jae Sook as Lee Hee Joo
Lee Sung Min as Seol Joon Suk
Son Sung Yoon as Park Chan Hee
Jung Da Hye as Park Mi Hee
Choi Min Sung as Ne Mo

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An idol’s life : sweat and sleepless nights

An idol’s life : sweat and sleepless nights

아이돌의 삶 : 땀 흘리는 날들과 잠 못 자는 밤들

One frigid day late last month, a group of teenage girls began to gather in front of a building in Cheongdam-dong, southern Seoul, apparently waiting for someone, or something. After a while, a well-dressed boy wearing makeup and surrounded by bodyguards appeared at the entrance, and the girls erupted in excitement.

*erupt : (화산이) 폭발하다, (군중이 흥분으로) 폭발하다

지난 달 말의 어느 몹시 추운 날, 한 무리의 10대 소녀들이 강남 청담동 건물 앞 모여들어 누군가를, 또는 무언가를, 기다리고 있었다. 잠시 후에, 멋지게 차려입고 메이크업을 한 소년이 경호원들에 둘러싸여 입구에서 나타났고 소녀들은 열광해서 폭발적인 반응을 보였다.

They’d been waiting to catch a glimpse of or maybe even chat with the up-and-coming boy band Beast. It’s a relatively common sight in the neighborhood, which is full of practice rooms and boarding houses for Korea’s pop idol groups.

*catch a glimpse of : 힐끗 보다, 잠깐 보다
*up-and-coming : 전도유망한, 떠오르는

그들은 요즘 한창 인기있는 보이밴드 비스트를 잠깐이라도 보기 위해서, 그리고 어쩌면 잠깐 얘기를 나눌 수 있을지도 몰라서, 기다리고 있던 참이었다. 한국의 팝 아이돌 그룹을 위한 연습실과 숙소로 가득한 이 동네에서는 비교적 흔한 광경이다.

“There are many girls coming every day and waiting to see the boys,” said Park Yong-bok, manager of the boy band, giving the regulars a nod as he passed.

*regulars : 단골, 정기적으로 오는 사람들
*give (somebody) a nod : (인사나 찬성의 뜻으로) 고개를 끄떡여주다

“많은 소녀들이 매일 와서 멤버들을 보려고 기다리고 있어요”라고 말하며 비스트의 박용복 매니저는 단골로 오는 소녀들을 지나칠 때는 고개를 끄떡여주기도 했다.

The word “idol” first meant an inanimate object of worship, but it’s evolved to include modern celebrities. On the Korean pop music scene, “idol groups” are bands consisting of boys or girls in their teenage years or early 20s. And in recent years they’ve dominated the industry.

*inanimate : 무생물의
*celebrity : 명성, 유명인사

“아이돌(우상)”이라는 말은 처음에는 숭배의 대상이 되는 물체를 뜻하는 것이었지만, 현대의 유명인사를 의미하는 말로 진화했다. 한국의 대중음악 현장에서, “아이돌 그룹”은 10대나 20대 초반의 소년이나 소녀들로 구성된 밴드들을 말한다. 그리고 최근 몇 년 동안 그들이 업계를 지배해왔다.

But stars aren’t built in a day. To become a member of one of these bands, young children go through years of grueling training – all without any guarantee of success in the end.

*grueling : 대단히 힘든, 기진맥진하게 만드는

하지만 스타는 하루아침에 만들어지는 것이 아니다. 이러한 밴드의 일원이 되기 위해 어린 아이들은 몇 년에 걸쳐 대단히 힘든 훈련을 해야한다 – 결국에는 성공한다는 보장도 없이.

Last month, the Wonder Girls, the girl group whose debut became the first by any Korean musicians to make it onto the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, lost a member to the stress of idol life when Sun-mi announced she was leaving to focus on her studies. The 19-year-old’s decision came during the group’s U.S. tour, which kicked off last year.

*kick off : (경기 등이) 시작되다

한국 뮤지션으로는 처음으로 미국 빌보드 핫100 싱글 차트에 이름을 올린 걸그룹 원더걸스의 경우, 지난 달 멤버 한 명이 아이돌로서 사는 것에 대한 스트레스로 그룹을 떠났다. 그 멤버, 선미는 공부에 집중하기 위해 그룹을 떠나겠다고 발표했다. 이 19세 소녀의 결정은 그룹이 작년에 시작한 미국 투어를 하는 도중에 이루어졌다.

“It was such a happy and precious experience for me to be on the tour of 50 U.S. cities and perform on the stage, but I came to wonder, can I go on living like this?” Sun-mi said in a statement later released by the group’s management agency JYP Entertainment.

*release a statement : 성명을 발표하다

선미는 나중에 원더걸스의 운영 매니지먼트사인 JYP 엔터테인먼트에 의해 발표된 성명에서 이렇게 말했다. “50개 미국 도시를 투어하며 무대에서 공연을 하는 것은 행복하고 소중한 경험이었습니다. 하지만 이렇게 계속 살아갈 수 있을까 하는 생각이 들게 되었습니다.”

Sun-mi’s announcement not only jolted fans, but also stirred up controversy about the pressure on idol performers – either yet a trainee aspiring to be an idol star or already such a one – to maintain a schedule some say is too hard for a teenager to bear.

*jolt : 덜컹거리다, 충격을 주다

선미의 발표는 팬들에게 충격을 주었을 뿐만 아니라 아이돌 그룹 멤버들이 겪는 압박감에 대한 논란을 불러일으켰다. 아직 연습생이건 이미 아이돌 스타이건 그들이 유지해야하는 스케줄은 십대가 감당하기에 너무 힘들다고 말하는 사람들이 있다.

In Korea, entertainment agencies looking to create idols – which they then also manage – maintain well-ordered training programs. Prospective talents in music or acting register with an agency, then, if accepted, undergo four to five years, on average, of training before their debuts. During that process, the company may require the aspiring star to live in a boarding house with colleagues (or rivals), go on a strict diet with regular weight checks and put in more than 10 hours of practice a day.

*well-ordered : 질서가 잡힌
*aspire : 열망하다

한국에서는, 아이돌을 만들고 – 나중에 그들이 매니저도 되는 – 엔터테인먼트 회사들이 잘 짜여진 훈련 프로그램을 운영한다. 음악이나 연기에 재능이 있는 유망해 보이는 아이들이 에이전시에 등록을 하고 받아들여지면 데뷔하기까지 평균 4-5년 동안 훈련 기간을 거친다. 훈련기간동안 스타가 되고 싶어하는 아이들은 동료(또는 경쟁자)와 숙소에서 합숙하고 정기적인 체중 검사를 동반한 엄격한 다이어트를 계속 하고 하루 10시간이 넘게 연습하도 한다.

From Joonang daily