Keyword: 2012 Idol Star Olympics

Stephen Epstein: Korea’s indie rock scholar

88 days ago - Korea has changed greatly in the 25 years since Stephen ... olympics and the 2002 World Cup, transformed into a high-tech powerhouse, and emerged as a leader in the global community. But to Epstein one of the most interesting changes occurred in Korea's music scene. Epstein, now an Asian Studies professor at Victoria University of

K-Pop Review: DMTN – Safety Zone

110 days ago - Dalmatian, DMTN, kpop review Dalmatian has made ... 2012

Best Shinhwa Variety Moments of 2012

158 days ago - Alreadyranked as gods in the variety world, Shinhwa ... idol groups in the industry with each member being quirky in their own style. For 14 years, the group has been shedding their idol boy (men?) image, unafraid of appearing like idiots before its fans and its viewers, even setting the path for future variety-dols to come. Shinhwa even had the chance to create its own variety show. As it’s nearly impossible to tr

The Best of 5 Things 2: K-variety Edition

232 days ago - The next stop on 5 Things’ 2nd Anniversary festivities ... The next stop on 5 Things’ 2nd Anniversary festivities is all about variety, K-varieties.  Korean variety shows are huge and can make or break a Korean celebrities’ career.  On the bright side, a celebrity’s participation in variety shows can boost their popularity and be very beneficial to their career as it encourages a familiarity with fans letting them get to know their fave celebrity a little bit better

B1A4’s first exclusive concert to be held in December

239 days ago - The male “idol” group B1A4 (composed of ... idol” group B1A4 (composed of Jinyoung, Baro, Sandeul, CNU, and Gongchan) is to hold first exclusive concert. The concert along with a fan meeting is to take place on the 8th and the 9th of December at the olympics Handball Arena in the Seoul Olympic Park. It is the

Rookie group OFFROAD’s debut MV to feature fencer Shin Ah Lam

245 days ago - The star of the disappointing 1 second controversy ... star of the disappointing 1 second controversy during the olympics, Shin Ah Lam, has accepted an acting challenge through a role in an upcoming rookie group’s music video. The fencer starred in the new idol group OFFROAD‘s debut music video for their single “Bebop“.

SISTARs Dasom has a friend in Hwayong

254 days ago - Pictures of Hwayong, former member of group T-ara, ... star’s Dasom are drawing a lot of attention. Hwayoung and Dasom, who were born in 1993, are well known as best friends. Hwayoung previously tweeted a picture, she took with Dasom in Paris, with the comment, “Yeah! I get to work with Dasom. Please keep an eye out for us.” While

TV Guide [Variety Edition]: We Got Married’s Lee Jang Woo – Eunjung couple

268 days ago - Last week, MBC announced that ‘We Got Married‘ ... Last week, MBC announced that ‘We Got Married‘ would be ‘divorcing’ one of its married couples, Lee Jang Woo and T-ara‘s Eunjung. Their final episode was broadcast last Saturday. The following essay is a retrospective about the couple, and the program in general

Archery Goddess SISTAR Bora Challenges Girls Generation(SNSD) and T-ARA

277 days ago - sistar, bora, sistar bora, mirror war, ... star, bora, sistar bora, mirror war, online game SIstar's Bora is setting foot into the online game scene with her new nickname as the Archery Goddess. LNK Logic Korea chose SIstar as their promo models for their new online game, 'MIRROR WAR' that is being released on Saturday.

Roundtable: Odes to Olympics

279 days ago - Welcome to another Roundtable! The beginning of this ... 2012 olympics! While the Games had its fair share of ups and downs (especially for South Korea — which, during the course of the olympics and afterwards, somehow managed to once again escalate tensions with Japan over Dokdo Island territory). With the 2018 Pyongchang Winter olympics looming on the near-but-far horizon, it can b