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Seoul is known for many things: Gangnam Style, Korean Dramas, and technology just to name a few. This week on my ongoing series about Korea's implementation of advanced technologies, I'm turning my attention to an old favorite of mine: trains. Seoul has, in my opinion, the best subway system in the world. One can virtually travel to just about every corner of the Seoul metro area via the subway and it's dirt cheap. At end of April, the metro's latest line finally opened: The Everline. The newest route isn't a subway per se, but technically a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system

VIXX Returns with HydeRookie group VIXX is back with their first mini-album Hyde. The six members came together as finalists on MNet‘s reality show Mydol, and even though they debuted last May, with the rather weak (but promising) “Super Hero,” they’ve upped the ante with each single since then. And Hyde is no exception. After announcing a return with a more “powerful visual,” VIXX has somehow managed to top “On and On.” In Hyde, they use a dark angel concept as an overarching metaphor for the darkness in a relationship

EXO, EXO-M, Kris EXO-M Kris has been attacked by netizens after an internet rumor was thought to be about him Lately there has been a lot of focus on the immense pressure K-Pop idols are under - members leaving their groups, extreme diets, plastic surgeries, scandals and rumors.Some idols have been outspoken, like f(x)'s Krystal in a recent interview, others seem to be suffering in silence. And it is not just the entertainment agencies, fans have also been a little too hard on their favorite singers - expectations are high, perfection is demanded

T-ARA N4 Word to T-ARA N4 ‘Be Courteous to Fans in America, please’ T-ARA N4 left for the United States on May 23, two days earlier than scheduled due to a last-minute guest performance request from hip hop artist Wiz Khalifa who is holding a concert in Las Vegas on May 26. With hopes and worries undoubtedly higher than ever, T-ARA N4 will, in a way, represent K-pop and, furthermore, musicians across Asia. Aside from controversies they have been involved in or compatibility of their music in a different market in the United States, one point of concern is their attitude and stage manner toward the fans

Girls Generation, SNSD, Wonder Girls, miss A, Fei, Fx, Krystal, Yubin, Jessica, Tiffany Popular girl group members are often invited to throw the ceremonial opening pitch at professional baseball games, a sport loved by many Koreans. In the past year, members from Girls' Generation, Wonder Girls, f(x), and miss A were asked to throw the first pitch at games in Seoul and also overseas. The invitation to throw the opening pitch more than often coincides with the promotion of a new song or comeback by the girl group, and signifies that the idol has achieved an admirable level of popularity

Week in Review: It’s A Wild, Wild World…It was a “WILD’ week in K-pop with a lot of strange and sad things happening. I wonder if this is an indication of things to come for summer?! Among the most shocking and sad occurrences was the apparent suicide of Son Ho-young‘s girlfriend in his car which was discovered when someone complained of the car being illegally parked and then his attempted suicide in the same manner a few days later.  (SportsDonga, StarNews, StarNews) The former CEO of Stardom Entertainment, Lee Seung-yeon, committed suicide on May 20th with friends finding his body in his home on the 21st

by: Raine --- This episode is most definitely a turning point in the show. Feelings are made known (sorta), Jung-ae is finally only despicable instead absolutely loathsome and Soon-shin gets knocked to the ground and has to pick herself back up again. The question is: will she? AGB Nielson Nationwide had this episode coming in at 27.6%. "Lee Soon-sin is the Best" is directed Yoon Seong-sik by and written by Jeong Yoo-kyeong and features IU, Jo Jeong-seok, Ko Doo-sim and Lee Mi-sook

Added the upcoming Korean animated movie "The Fake"'s page to HanCinema database"The Fake" (2013)Directed by Yeon Sang-hoVoices by Kwon Hae-hyo, Oh Jeong-se, Yang Ik-joon, Park Hee-bon,...SynopsisWho is good and who is evil? What is the boundary between them? An animated thriller about the tension between a good-hearted person speaking falsely and an evil-natured person speaking truthfully, and of those that surround them. "The Fake" is the much-anticipated sophomore feature of Yeon Sang-ho, who took the international festival circuit by storm with his incendiary debut "King of Pigs", which debuted at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival, during which it was awarded three prizes (NETPAC, DGK Best Director and CGV MOVIE Collage)

CCM clashes with Sports Seoul: A line gone too far? By this point, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Korean talent agency Core Contents Media is undoubtedly perhaps the most notorious company to exist in the history of Korea’s modern culture and in the idol community — all thanks to the inexplicable incompetence and unethical practices of its CEO, Kim Kwang-soo, who can be arguably considered the Satan of the K-pop or heck, even the Hallyu Wave as a whole. This can be traced back as early as early-mid 2009, starting with then-SeeYa member Nam Gyuri, who had severe contract issues which boiled down to Nam herself being publicly slandered via the media and ultimately referring to Kim Kwang-soo himself as a ‘devil’

Singer Jang Yoon-jeong said she won't respond to comments made by her mother and brother that were reported by the media.This came after she shared family stories on the SBS talk show, "Healing Camp", on Monday, saying that she asked her mother to manage her finances but ended up losing everything through her mother's excessive investment in her brother's businesses. In an interview aired on Thursday, Yoon-jung's brother, Kyung-young, said that his sister never suffered any financial damage as he had repaid her every month