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JYP, JYP Entertainment JYP addresses the most recent issue facing his agency JYP Entertainment Fans and netizens have been all too critical of JYP Entertainment and its CEO Jin Young Park lately, and the latest scandal has not helped matters much. JYP and his company, however, have released a statement in hopes of setting the record straight and quieting the rumors and negative comments directed toward them. The most recent issue involves contracts made last year for some promotional products that were produced at the request of JYP Entertainment and feature their artists (mostly 2PM)

Seoul Beats Idols Music Film Drama TV Media Style Culture TweetmusicA Trio of Hit-Making Duos to Look Out For Written by Mark On May 9, 2013 In the arena of music production, good things tend to come in twos. Sweetune and Duble Sidekick are examples of production teams which formed around a magical pairing of two hit-makers. As the idol market becomes more and more flooded by pretty faces and stunningly crisp choreography, certified hit-makers are the difference-makers determining whether an idol group flops into the pits of ambiguity or rises to the peaks of stardom

Hip hop’s hottest acts, Dynamic Duo, Supreme Team, Primary, Zion.T and more, will gather onstage once again for a free concert. Following Amoeba Culture’s 2013 Amoebahood Concert held earlier this year in March, the agency’s artists will take over the Gana Art Center in Seoul on March 10 for a free outdoor concert to celebrate the opening of the 2013 Amoebahood in Seoul @ Gana Art Center exhibit. The March 2013 Amoebahood Concert, which was extended to two days due to an overwhelming response from fans, was the largest of its kind put on by an independent label, gathering 9,000 fans to the show, and was praised for raising the standard of hip hop concerts

Boy group member Son Ho-young and his four bros from g.o.d. ruled the nation back in late 1990s and early 2000s. Their presence was as potent as their name, which stands for groove overdose. Avid fans were known for gorging on cream-filled buns to collect stickers inside that were emblazoned with the members' faces. Son's heart-melting smile was in especially high demand. Fame is fickle, though, and after six years at the top, the five-member boy group ran into trouble. After one member left in 2004, the others released a final album the following year but did not see much success

Kim Jong Kook, 1TYM, Fly to the Sky, G.O.D., Shinhwa With all the billions of groups popping up these days, it's hard not to miss the good ole' days when Kpop wasn't so saturated with excessive amounts of girl and boy groups. Oh how I miss the simple days when Shinhwa rained as the ultimate boyband and Fly to the Sky was the ballad duo to beat. Let's take a look at the artists we'd love to see make a comeback in 2013.  Kim Jong Kook was my first entrance into K-pop and thanks to him I haven't looked back since

ZE:A’s Im Siwan’s graduation pictures from his childhood have been revealed and it’s drawing great interest from the public. The members of ZE:A-Five, sub-unit of ZE:A, made a recent appearance on MBC Music’s variety program “All The K-Pop.” In one of the corners, the members mapped out a “life graph” where they drew lines showing their ups and downs from elementary to high school. Along with the graph, the members revealed their graduation photos from both primary and secondary schools

New York, NY - NYC Parks & Recreation and CYNTHIA-REEVES Projects, in cooperation with the Union Square Partnership, is pleased to debut LOTUS, by Seoul-based artist, Jaehyo Lee, in New York Citys Union Square Park. Located at the parks south eastern triangle, the exhibition will be on view May through October, 2013. This is the gallerys second public art exhibition with Parks Art in the Parks program. A ribbon-cutting event is scheduled for Friday, May 3 at 5:30 pm to inaugurate this six-month long exhibition, weather permitting

U-KISS’ uBEAT recently joined the list of subunits to debut this year. This week, The One Shots‘ editor Michelle examines uBEAT’s album art and explains why she thinks it is the perfect metaphor for the troubles U-KISS continues to encounter in their career. I’m no art expert. In fact, the extent of my knowledge of art starts and ends in one measly year of high school. But I don’t think I even need those kinds of credentials to say that uBEAT’s album art is a perfect example of the mess their company has made of U-KISS’ career

Lee Hyo-lee released a teaser video for her upcoming song, "Miss Korea", yesterday through major online music providers and her official channel on YouTube, signaling the comeback of the "Sexy Queen".In the video, she was announced as the winner of the regional beauty pageant from North Chungcheong, a primary competition before the national pageant, "Miss Korea". The black-and-white video features the melody from her upcoming song. It is said that she contributed to writing and composing the song

A-PRINCE A-PRINCE Makes Effort to Save Traditional Markets Boy band A-PRINCE will be the first idol group to participate in a collective effort to revive traditional markets in Gangwon province. A-PRINCE will stage a performance at the 2013 Talent Donation Concert on May 5, which is Children's Day in Korea. The continued effort to save the traditional marketplace began last year. In various cities with long-lived markets that have recently struggled, idol groups like U-KISS, B1A4 and Ze:A held performances in order to bring attention back to what once were the primary place for exchange and transaction of all types of consumer goods