A Pink’s Eunji apologizes for rude behavior in ’1000 Song Challenge’

A Pink‘s Eunji has apologized after being under fire for her rude behavior in SBS‘s ‘1000 Song Challenge‘.

Through her SNS, she apologized with, “As much as I received love and interest from everyone, I will become A Pink’s Eunji who is even more careful with her action and words.”

Recently, a topic was posted with the title, “A Pink’s Jung Eunji talkative ’1000 Song Challenge’ video“. The video was the September 26th broadcast of ’1000 Song Challenge’. Eunji had participated in the karaoke challenge, in which the first person to run up to grab the microphone and sing the chorus verse would win.

During the recording, while comedian Han Min Kwan and Kim Hyun Jung were holding the microphone and singing, Eunji was pulling the microphone towards her side. In addition, Eunji was under fire when she pulled the microphone when judo athlete Cho Jun Ho was holding it.

Source: Star Today via Nate

SHINee, A Pink, Dal Shabet, f(x), and more perform at the ’2012 DMZ Peace Concert’

The first day of MBC‘s ‘2012 DMZ Peace Concert‘ took place at Imjingak Park on August 14th.

The concert was held to celebrate the 59 years of ceasefire between North and South Korea, and to convey a message of peace through music.

The first day of the concert consisted of performances by top K-Pop stars such as SHINee, B2ST, f(x), SISTAR, A Pink, Ailee, and more. The second day will showcase familiar classical performances, featuring violinist Richard Youngjae O’Neill, and performances from artists such as Sung Si Kyung and Kai, cellist Song Young Hoon, and pianist Kim Jung Won, all who will also collaborate with the TIMF Orchestra. Popular classics such as the “Shostakovich Waltz”, “Libertango”, “Imagine” by John Lennon, and traditional Korean folk song “Arirang” will also be performed.

The August 14th concert will air on August 15th through MBC at 1:05PM KST, and the second day will air on August 16th at 12:45PM KST

Check out a few photos from the concert below!

[Images credited as tagged.]

Hoya and Seo In Guk snap a friendly photo at INFINITE’s ‘That Summer’ concert

Recently, Seo In Guk posted a photo of him and ‘Reply 1997‘ co-star Hoya backstage at INFINITE‘s ‘That Summer‘ concert.

On the 12th, the singer turned actor posted a photo on his twitter saying, “Today I went to see INFINITE’s concert. Chairman Hoya  is truly a dance machine… Daebak occurrence… Junhee ya know I love ya right….”

The two on-screen and real-life friends could be seen holding their thumbs up and displaying their friendship in the photograph.

Netizens who came across the photo replied, “You two surprisingly look good together“, “Tuning in to Reply 1997!“, “Where did Seo In Guk learn how to act, did it just come naturally?“, and more.

Tune in to ‘Reply 1997′ every Tuesday to catch Hoya, Seo In Guk, Eun Ji won, and A Pink‘s Eunji and friends in their high schooler roles.

Source + Image: Seo In Guk’s Twitter

Which girl group idols speak in dialects the most?

A recent online community board post titled, “Girl group speaking in dialect” has been receiving attention.

The post ranked current girl group idols based on how much they spoke in a nonstandard, regional accent. The top level included After School‘s Lizzy,  A Pink‘s Eunji, and Dal Shabet‘s Subin.

The author wrote about Lizzy, “Gets loved for speaking in dialect on talk shows. Captured all the male fans with her aegyo-filled dialect.” For Eunji, the author wrote, “Currently rising star in dialect,” and for Subin: “Urban visual, but mouth is country.”

The middle level consisted of f(x)‘s Sulli and SECRET‘s Sunhwa. The author explained for Sulli, “Occasionally speaks in dialect for TV. Intelligent for knowing how to use the male hearts that go crazy for dialect,” and for Sunhwa: “Dialect pops up during conversations or when she gets flustered.”

Girls’ Generation‘s Taeyeon and T-ara‘s Hyomin were placed in the lower level because they are both from provinces that use a nonstandard accent, but they rarely speak in dialect.

After viewing the post, netizens commented, “Lizzy is the most charming,” “Who’s the girl with Gangnam style visuals and speaks in dialect,” and “Dialect equals Lizzy, Subin, and Eunji.”

Source+Picture: Busan Ilbo via Naver

SHINee, B2ST, T-ara, f(x), Ailee, and more to perform at Korea’s demilitarized zone

MBC announced at a press conference on July 26th that they will be holding a ‘Peace Concert’ this August at Korea’s demilitarized zone (DMZ), the buffer area between North and South Korea.

The concert will be held specifically on August 14th-15th in the outdoor theatre at Paju’s Imjingak Park. It will be celebrating the 59 years of ceasefire between North and South Korea, and convey a message of peace through music.

For this concert, MBC’s main points of focus was to appeal to a mass audience. The head of MBC’s Special Event Planning Team told the press, “In order to better approach a wide range of people in a more familiar manner, we have prepared this concert while keeping mainstream appeal in mind.”

The first day of the concert will consist of performances by top K-Pop stars, while the second day is scheduled to showcase familiar classical performances. The first day of the concert will be subtitled, ‘We are a peaceful generation’, and will open with the stars Han Young Ae, Bobby Kim, SHINee, T-ara, B2ST, f(x), SISTAR, A Pink, and Ailee. This line-up of singers will have a collaboration stage and perform under the theme of peace.

The second day of the concert will feature violinist Richard Youngjae O’Neill, and be followed by performances from artists such as Sung Si Kyung and Kai, cellist Song Young Hoon, and pianist Kim Jung Won, all who will also collaborate with the TIMF Orchestra. Popular classics such as the “Shostakovich Waltz”, “Libertango”, “Imagine” by John Lennon, and traditional Korean folk song “Arirang” will also be performed.

The concert will be free of charge, and will not have a limited audience number, as it will take place in the wide outdoors. The concert will be filmed so that the performances can be viewed via TV as well. The head of MBC Hong Suk Ho commented, “Although we haven’t decided on the exact time frame, we will broadcast the concert on television a few hours after the performance comes to an end.”

Source: Oh My News via Naver

Seo In Guk confesses he might be developing feelings for A Pink’s Eunji?

Singer Seo In Guk has admitted that he may be starting to develop feelings for ‘Respond 1997‘ co-star A Pink‘s Eunji!

The star recently guested on tvN‘s talk show ‘Taxi‘ and was greeted by an observation made by ‘Respond 1997′ co-star Eun Ji Won, who revealed, “Seo In Guk and A Pink’s Eunji have a love line in tvN’s new drama ‘Respond 1997′. In real life, there’s an odd air to them. I caught Seo In Guk’s face turning red after he had to grab Eunji’s hand.”

Seo In Guk honestly replied, “I had absolutely no special feelings for Eunji at first but after working with her on the drama more and more, I think I’m starting to develop feelings for her.”

Check out the full story on the upcoming broadcast on July 19th!

Source + Photos: Joongang via Naver

Netizens compare girl group graduation pictures

A collection of girl group pictures, titled, “The high school graduation pictures of girl idols“, has become a hot topic online.

The collection, shown above, compares the members of various girl groups, normally praised for their “goddess”-like looks, to the looks they sported during their high school, predebut days. A variety of members were included in the list, from top tier, senior groups such as Wonder Girls, 2NE1, T-ara, f(x), SISTAR, After School, and SECRET, to groups still getting there, such as Dal Shabet, Hello Venus, EXID, and A Pink.

Despite the fact that many of these graduation pictures have already been previously revealed, netizens were intrigued upon seeing them all together, commenting, “It looks like there are [some] ordinary-looking performers,” “[Even after seeing their predebut pictures, I think that] there are still a lot of pretty people [who became idols],” “Suzy, Sulli, and Jiyeon are pretty,” “Sulli is the real deal,” and, “I wonder who has become the prettiest [since  their predebut days].”

 

Source: X Sports News via Nate

Tip: Bin