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The Queen of ballads Baek Ji Young will finally be making her comeback, but this time, with a dance title track! WS Entertainment announced that the mini-album would be released in May and the title song would be a dance track. They stated, “This will be the first time releasing a dance album since ’EGO’, which included “My Ear’s Candy“ in 2009. Since then Baek Ji Young has done many ballad OST’s for dramas and her albums were consistent with ballad songs as well

Actor Jang Dong Gun has been invited to Cannes for his film Dangerous Liaisons (directed by Heo Jin Ho). However, it’s unclear if he can visit Cannes. On April 24, it was reported that movie Dangerous Liaisons was invited to Director’s Fortnight of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival, which will start to be held from May 16. As it stars Jang, many people wondered if he would attend the festival. Dangerous Liaisons is a film version of the French author Choderlos de Laclos’s novel published in 1782, starring Jang and Zhang Ziyi

5tion‘s Oh Byung Jin and his list of celebrity friends is becoming a hot topic. Oh Byung Jin recently uploaded a snapshot of him and TVXQ‘s Yunho alongside fellow member, Lee Hyeon, on his Facebook page. The photo shows TVXQ’s Yunho holding 5tion’s latest album, ‘Reverse‘, while putting his thumb up in approval. Meanwhile, Oh Byung Jin is seen putting his arm around Yunho signifying their close friendship. Oh Byung Jin and Yunho had a good relationship with each other before their debut

Jay Park’s agency Sidus HQ stated on April 25, “Jay Park has received love calls from many regions in Asia. He will begin promotions that will go through 5 different countries including Singapore.” The promotions will be for his “New Breed” Asian version. Jay Park suggested the promotions for the overseas fans that have continued to give him support. The promotions will begin at Singapore on April 27 then move on to the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The promotions will finish at Japan around June

On May 11th, LEDApple will meet their fans through a live concert, ‘#Now Playing – LEDApple in Seoul Vol.1’, at Sound Holic City in Seoul. This will be the first ever live concert by LEDApple and will feature Toxic, the winner of KBS 2TV‘s ‘Band Survival: TOP Band‘. Although busy with their schedules, Toxic has promised to show their support for LEDApple by making a special guest appearance. LEDApple plans to focus solely on preparing for this concert in order to show all the talents that they couldn’t previously show on television

On the April 23rd episode of SBS ‘Healing Camp‘, guest Lee Hyori remarked that she felt apologetic towards her ex-boyfriends. “In the past, it was hard to get in contact with me when I was out drinking, and I behaved rather capriciously,” she said. “My boyfriends offered me unconditional love, but because I was so unstable, I think I hurt them a lot.” “I want to go somewhere like Paris and invite all of my former boyfriends. I want to see all of them again, altogether,” she continued, leaving the MCs in shock

Se7en released a picture of himself taken on the bed. On April 24, Seven uploaded a picture of himself on his Twitter account with the comment, “My new single album Love Again will be released tomorrow.” In the picture, Se7en is lying on the bed with his eyes and mouth widely opened. He’s also holding his new album in his hands and promoting it. People responded: “He’s so cute,” “He looks like a mischievous boy,” “I envy Park Han Byul,” “I hope you do well in Japan,” “I like the name of the album, Love Again,” “This is what you call an effective promotion

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Shin Kyung-sook's novel "Please Look After Mom" has sold more than 2 million copies in Korea, Changbi Publishers said Monday. The tear-jerker, which became a million-seller within 10 months of its release in 2009, was also a huge success abroad. Shin picked up the Man Asian Literary Prize this year, becoming the first Korean writer to be honored by the top literary award. The publisher has printed a 10,000-copy special edition to celebrate sales of 2 million copies, a rare achievement for a purely literary work

CNBLUE‘s Lee Jung Shin displayed a charismatic appearance that would give any professional model a run for their money. For his most recent photo shoot with Singles Magazine, Jungshin effortlessly pulled off a modern black-and-white chic look, displaying the aura of a professional model. Thanks to his individualistic appearance and lanky height, the singer has received endless love calls from the modeling industry, and he has actually participated in a number of photo shoots and has even walked the runway