Archive for April 19th, 2012

Etude House’s ‘Coool Skin World Championships’ with Dara & SHINee

After causing a stir with their Kiss Note CFs, Etude House is back with another event. On April 19th, Etude House revealed a poster image of their models 2NE1‘s Dara and SHINee. The Etude House team posted, “[Triple Crown Precious Mineral SUN BB] The official poster for the COOOL Skin World Championships have arrived +.+ This summer, who will be the king of COOOL skin that fights off the sun and sweat?! … May 7th! Dara & SHINee’s COOOL Skin World Championships ‘SNS Variety Sports Broadcast’ is scheduled to air on Etude’s YouTube! Check♪ 1st for softness, 2nd for coolness, and 3rd for lightness~♥ NEW! Triple Crown Precious Mineral SUN BB will be released on May 1st~♥“ Though the details of the broadcast are yet to be revealed, the poster photo shows Dara and SHINee in pink sportscaster uniforms with large medals around their necks

Girls’ Generation YoonA and f(x) Krystal Are Twin Sisters?

Girl group Girls' Generation member, YoonA, and f(x)’s Krystal look like they are twins! An online community recently posted a picture with the title: “YoonA, Krystal, truly sisters?” The posted picture shows Krystal in a scene from MBC “Highkick! The Short Legs Strike Back,” while the other shows YoonA from a CF scene. Their wavy, dyed hair, pose, and expression especially garnered attention for their similarity. This caused surprise amongst fans since Krystal’s biological older sister is actually Girls' Generation's Jessica and not YoonA

Rooftop Prince: Episode 9

He makes a few deductions: Clearly the drawing is of her, and the artist is Tae-yongFinally, Grandma brings him into the house and asks what his relationship is with Park-haWhich, naturally, holds no water since he’s supposedly dealing with memory loss ) But Park-ha he never showed up to the date he anonymously requested so she never met himTherefore they can’t blame her for anythingSe-na instructs Yi Gak, holding his hand to show his grip and corrects his stance with her touch

Jeonju film festival puts indie films before global blockbusters

'We wanted to focus on interacting with indie film fans and providing films that they have been wanting to see but couldn't access in Korea'. - Jinna Lee, festival manager Jeonju, a city best known for its bibimbap (mixed vegetables and rice), will be abuzz for a different reason starting Thursday, with indie film fans, directors and stars visiting for the 13th Jeonju International Film Festival. Steadily growing in scale and recognition alongside bigger rivals including the Busan International Film Festival, online tickets for more than 70 screenings have already sold out, though some can still be purchased at the event

[VIDEO] Lauren Lunde gives DKPOPNEWS a cute shoutout!

Dear DKPOPNEWS' readers,we received a lot of love from Lauren Lunde as she recorded a cute video to express her love to her MBLAQ appas as well as DKPOPNEWS' readers!She started by greeting Daily K Pop News,and mentioned her MBLAQ appas' names: She said, "This is Joon, i like Joon"! "This is G.O, Da Young likes G.O"! "This is Cheon Dung, Leo likes Cheon Dung"! "This is Mir, i like Mir,Mir is very funny"! "This is Seungho, I like Seungho"!"Hello,Hello bye"! She is such a pretty little girl, thanks to Lauren's dad Mr Andrew for recording this video, Lauren likes to sing and dance, at the same time, she is a huge fan of Pororo!Lauren showed her talent in singing during the filming of MBLAQ's Hello Baby, her dancing clip of Run has received more than 90K views on Youtube as well

New Photo and details about DSP Boyz’ Sungmin revealed

Following the release of the video teaser yesterday, DSP Media has just unveiled the photo and details about the fourth revealed member, Sungmin. Sungmin is reported to be a 19 year old who boasts a height of 188 cm (6’2″). He is said to be talented member possessing great vocals. With the reveal of the first four members Jaehyung, Yunyoung, Hyojun, and Sungmin, DSP Boyz has just three more to reveal. The group will be revealing themselves to the public before their official debut through their reality show, ‘Making the Star – DSP Boyz‘, and will then make their debut in May

The 2 Faces of Multiculturalism

A survey by the government shows less support for ethnic, religious and cultural diversity in Korea than in other countries, but also less negativity toward foreigners. The survey was released amid flaring xenophobia after the election win of Philippine-born Jasmine Lee as a Saenuri Party lawmaker and the murder of a Korean woman by an ethnic Korean from China. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family conducted the month-long survey of 2,500 Koreans in December last year about their views on multiculturalism

The longest running K-pop idol group in history, Shinhwa, tops a music chart

The longest running K-pop idol group in history, Shinhwa, recently topped a music chart, beating much younger idol groups. Debuted in 1998 with six members, the group is making a legend as their team name suggests. Shinhwa means the Korean word for myth or legend. On the episode of Mnet’s M!Countdown that aired on April 19, the six-member group ranked first with the single “Venus” from their tenth album Return. The legendary group demonstrated the return of the king by ranking first toppling the formidable younger groups including SHINee, Busker Busker, and 4MINUTE

J.Y. Park reveals more details on his solo album

Earlier this week, we reported that J.Y. Park would soon be making his solo singer comeback. On April 19th, J.Y. Park revealed more details on his album through his me2day and Twitter. He stated, “Wonder Girls‘ US album is finished and their Korean album title track has been unanimously passed! It’s been hard waiting for 2PM‘s upcoming album in the fall huh?  I’ve prepared a surprise present for the summer~ ^^ Now that I’ve finished work for the first half of the year, I’ll be spending one month with my lovely fans~♥ Everyone, I will be returning as a singer after 2 years

G.NA Transforms Into Marine Girl for "Ceci"

G.NA displayed her funky marine look for a photo shoot. The May edition photo shoot for fashion magazine “Ceci” was recently revealed with G.NA showing off her body that has the golden ratio. The vibrant color schemes and the cool styling matched well with the singer. Her visuals synchronized well with the concept of the photoshoot. It was both quirky and sexy.  G.NA’s gorgeous marine look received much compliments from fans for its luxurious and sexy concept—which is different from G