Run who has been highly praised by celebrities such as After School, soloist Baek Ji Young, IU, and actress Kim Mi Yeo released his teaser for the music video a few moments ago. Now, he has released the music video for his title song "sexy love" from his first mini album which was also released earlier "Face off".

One of the tracks from his mini album features IU who also praised him for his awesome vocals and style. The music video itself is not that bad. With a catchy melody and dark atmosphere it sure is interesting to watch.

credits: urasiansourceKpop @ youtube; Blueprincess824 @ DKP

Due to release their newest mini-album on the 19th this month, SHINee recently accepted an exclusive interview with SOHU Korea. This is the second meeting between SOHU and SHINee, since the last interview in September 2008, and one year was all it took for the five boys to mature and shed the cute image they had during their debut days.

When talking about the soon-to-be released mini-album, members said: “We’ll show off a more mature, manly kind of style.”

watch video here

SHINee: (Bows) Hello everyone, we’re SHINee!


SOHU: This is the second time interviewing SHINee since the Shanghai stop of the SMTOWN concert last year in September. Has everyone’s Chinese improved since then? Can you guys show off what you’ve learnt, then?


Jonghyun: Then, let’s say whatever Chinese words that are appearing in our minds right now!


Onew: Hmmm… For me, I’ll almost always think of “I Love You” first.


Jonghyun: Ah, you seem to keep repeating that.


Onew: Then what are you thinking of?


Jonghyun: (Chinese) 我想你 I miss you. It means that I miss everyone. Then… how about Key?


Key: (Chinese) 你很漂亮 You are pretty. It means “pretty”, right?


Jonghyun: Ah, it means pretty? (Turns to Key) You’re very pretty.


Taemin: As for me, because I really want to go to China… (Chinese) 我想去中國 “I want to go to China”.


Jonghyun: Ah, wanting to go to China! (Everybody joins in)


Minho: Me…


Jonghyun: You wouldn’t say stuff like “I’m hungry”, or anything like that, would you?


Minho: No, no, that’d be too direct. (Chinese) 請支持我們 “Please support us”.


Jonghyun: And that’s what we’ve learnt.


SOHU: Now what everyone’s most concerned about is the soon-to-be-released mini-album. Can you guys tell us about the concept? From your images to the styles of the songs, will they be more mature?


Jonghyun: For this mini-album, all of us will undergo a huge change, and show everyone sides of us that haven’t been seen before. So please anticipate it, everyone. And Onew will tell us about the concept this time round, just to reveal a tiny bit.


Onew: For the songs this time round, the vocal ranges will be lowered just a little, and the choreography of the dance will help to show off our stylish and cool sides, along with the melody of the song. So everyone, just have a little more patience and wait a little more, please!


Jonghyun: We’re manlier this time, that should be it.


Key: Also, we hear that our ROMEO album is going to be released for sale soon in China, so please support us.


SOHU: You guys have lots of fans in Mainland China, and recently you’ve been to Taiwan for promotional activities as well. Have you guys ever thought of returning to China another time, to meet with your fans again?


Jonghyun: Definitely, if we have the time and the opportunity. We really wish to be able to travel to different countries and areas to meet our international fans. And every time we manage to do so, we get to experience their passion and energy, and we’ll be really happy and gain lots of strength from our fans too.


Onew: We’ve been on promotional activities in Taiwan, Thailand and Japan, and we’ve been thinking of China, so we hope to go back someday.


SOHU: Fans have been saying, SHINee is really good-looking, but they’re too thin, and they worry for your health. How do you guys usually keep healthy?


Jonghyun: We get our strength from rice, usually, right? (Everyone laughs) When you get full from eating rice, you’ll be healthy.


Taemin: We have our proper three meals everyday, and we don’t snack either. Thank you everyone for your concern.


Jonghyun: That’s true, and we have sufficient rest as well. When we have time, we’ll chat and having this type of healthy mindset, is the key to having good health, right?


SOHU: The photobook shoots in New Zealand were very stylish indeed. Were there any funny incidents during the trip there?


Jonghyun: We spent a week in New Zealand, and experienced the local culture there. Onew, what was the thing that left the deepest impression on you?


Onew: It has to be the food; I remember the seafood there so well…


Jonghyun: Yes yes, it was really delicious. Key?


Key: The New Zealand landscape was really special, so to me it was more than enough that I had the chance to go there. And we took the chance to rest as well.


Jonghyun: Uh huh, what about Minho?


Minho: The scenery of New Zealand was eye opening for me, and ever since we returned I’ve started to like sleeping early because of the jetlag and time difference.


SOHU: Ever since SHINee’s debut, you guys have been really fashionable. Are there any fashion tips you want to share?


Jonghyun: Ah… Key will answer this question!


Key: If you have to talk about the secret to being fashionable, our album concepts actually influence our personal dressing styles. Like we wore lots of accessories for the JULIETTE concept, so I wear lots of trinkets and stuff when I dress for going out too.


Jonghyun: Uh huh, it does seem to be so.


Key: And if I don’t wear so many accessories, I’d feel like my arm’s really empty and there’s no sense of style at all. (Raises his hand up) For example, I’m only wearing two bands now, and I feel that they aren’t enough. Maybe it’s the lingering influence from our previous concept, so I really feel that our concepts influence our personal tastes in fashion.


SOHU: Members of idol groups have been setting foot in the acting industry recently. Do the members of SHINee have any plans to act as well?


Jonghyun: Our Taemin has already taken on that challenge!


Taemin: I’ve acted in the sitcom [Taehee Hyekyo Jihyun], and although it was just for a short period of time, but I still managed to learn more about acting, and got new experience as well. I’ve learnt so much from the acting sunbaes. If there are opportunities, the members of SHINee will do their best to try out acting as well.


SOHU: Lastly, say hi to your fans in China!


Onew: We’ll be coming back with our third mini-album very, very soon, at the end of October, and our albums will also start to be sold in China, so please support SHINee like always, thank you very much! (Bows)


SHINee: We’re shining SHINee, thank you everyone! (Everyone bows together)


Taemin I don't believe you, lol. And Jonghyun you talk so much ♥

Source: korea.sohu
Translated by: hazel @ http://asianfanatics.net / theretroradio @ lj
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Super Junior member Kangin just can't seem to stay out of trouble. After promising that he would not cause any more problems, he gets slapped with a case of DUI.

At 3:10am on the 16th, an intoxicated Kangin crashed into a taxi at the junction of Nonhyun and Hakdong in Gangnam, Seoul, and then abandoned his car before running away.

There were two passengers along with the cab driver involved in the accident although it was fortunate that no one suffered any major injuries.

Although Kangin had abandoned the scene of the accident, he turned himself in at the Gangnam police station at 8:50am. It was reported that his BAC level was at 0.082%, but that was 6 hours after the accident so it's not an accurate reflection of his intoxication.

A representative from the police station stated:
"We can take into consideration the fact that Kangin has confessed, even though it was some time after the incident. However, since he had fled the scene after the accident, we have to consider it as a hit and run. We will release more information in the afternoon."

source: daum; allkpop

SS501 is reborn on their new mini-album Rebirth! Since SS501’s last two albums were solo and Triple S efforts, this is actually SS501’s first group K-pop album in over one and a half years, and its delayed release due to Kim Hyun Joong’s health problems has only built up anticipation even more. All five guys are back together, and looking and sounding smoking hot on Rebirth. The mini-album comes with five tracks including the first plug “Love Like This (For You)” which the group has performed for their Asia tour. The fresh, uptempo synth-pop number was especially crafted for SS501 by Steven Lee, Drew Ryan Scott, and Sean Alexander, with Grammy Award-winning mix engineer Ken Lewis on board for the mixing.

Rebirth is being released on Normal and Limited Edition. The Limited Edition comes with a 100-page photo diary and 2 posters.

Track List :
01. WASTELAND
02. Love Like This (Negero)
03. 하루만 (Haruman)
04. Obsess (Jungdong)
05. 완.두.콩(Wandukong)

Price is US$29.99. Pre-order the REBIRTH special edition album here

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The 5 member boy group, SHINee is releasing their 3rd mini-album ‘2009, Year Of Us’ on October 19 and they do have a plan to conquer this later half of the year and make it theirs.

The single, Ring Ding Dong, that was released on October 14 has been receiving alot of love from the public. Especially with the help of famous composers like Yoo Young Jin and Kenzie, the mini-album is really something to be anticipated.

The album consists of 6 tracks. SHINee is dedicating the song ‘Y.O.U. (Year Of Us)’ to their fans while ‘Jo Jo’, composed by popular composer Kenzie, is a trendy Euro-pop dance and ‘SHINee Girl’ is a fun song with Swing beats. The remaining tracks are in a variety of genres that help illuminate SHINee’s new charm.

f(x)’s Luna is joining Key and Minho in a powerful track, ‘Get Down’, while Onew has his first ever solo – a sad love song called ‘The Name That I Loved.’

After the release of the teaser video on October 15, SHINee is scheduled for their comeback stage on Music Bank on October 16 and the release of their music video on the same date. Don’t forget to keep an eye out.

credits: spazzwithme

Solo debutant Run's "Face Off" Mini Album has been released!

In an introductory teaser that was released on October 12, LOEN Entertainment's new solo artist Run, (formerly E-bul from OPPA - Onni Potenza Per Avanzare), was discovered to already have a fan-base of many celebrities such as girl group After School, soloist Baek Ji Young, IU, and actress Kim Mi Yeon who all raved about Run's unbelievable talent. The same day, Run also released an MV teaser for his title song "Sexy Luv" which built up hype amongst many K-pop fans due to its mysterious atmosphere. Now the wait is finally over - Run's "Face Off" mini album has been released! It contains six tracks, one which features IU. All of the tracks sound pretty nice so check it out later! And remember to stay tuned to OMGKPOP for more Run and all of your K-pop updates.

Run's title track teaser "Sexy Luv":



Here are the teasers in case you missed them:

Introductory Teaser:



credits: 3N4CH05 @ omgkpop

Yes he is but only for the new Tony Moly Commercial Film (CF)

The photos of the new Tony Moly CF have been released and gained people’s interest as they see their beloved kkotnam (flower boy) does some intimate pose with this S line model in the photos.

Tony Moly Rep,” The shooting was done last week in a studio at Gangnam-Seoul.”
Kim Hyunjoong was doing the 2nd half CF shooting for the cosmetic brand and has got his fan’s curiosity as the photos from the recent filming unveiled to the public.
Tony Moly Rep,” The shooting went all day from morning until late at night. Though Kim Hyunjoong seemed tired and all, he successfully finished the shooting without any NGs. Meanwhile, from the new Tony Moly CF you can expect a stronger image from him as well as his new looks.”

The new Tony Moly CF will be aired starting November whilst you can see the making of the CF as well as interview from the shooting set via KBS2 Yunyega Jungye (Entertainment Weekly) on Oct 17,2009.

Meanwhile, SS501 is currently in Taiwan as part of their Asia Tour and will do a concert in Taipei on Oct 17,2009 then the boys will be releasing their new mini album on Oct 20 (special edition), Oct 22 (normal edition) and having their comeback on music stage on Oct 23rd in KBS Music Bank followed by performing in MBC Music Core and SBS Inki Gayo still in the same week.

Source is 최준용 기자 issue@tvdaily[Info]+이미혜 macondo@newsen[Info]+TONYMOLY[Pics]

Shin Hye Sung has been found guilty of excessive gambling.

Talented vocal of Shinhwa was fined W10mil ($8,600) by the judge for his crime.

From July 2007 to April 2008, Shin visited Macau 5 times and spent about W140mil ($120k) in baccarat games. We haven't seen him on screen for a while, and it appears that we won't be seeing him nor a full Shinhwa in the near future.

Original source: Star News
Source: Allkpop

Epik High has released the sequel MV to their first hit video, “Wannabe,” and the second one does not dissapoint. Mithra makes the cutest monster ever!

Watch the hilariousness that is “High Technology” here:


DJ Tukutz has officially left for the military as a married man! Though we won’t see Epik High as a whole for awhile, I only wish the best for him and his new wifey.

credits: ellie @ seoulbeats

Jay Park, Jay Park, Jay Park why are you so funny and why do we miss you so much? There’s a million reasons behind why I’m a fan of this group. I’m a 2PM fan because they’re not pretentious or arrogant. They’re idols but they act like your friends and on top of that, the group as a whole is talented. They’re the only group of guys who can draw unibrows and nipples on their faces without caring what the millions of people out there will think of them and yet when they get on stage, they become beast-like idols.

Watch the boys goof around here during “Again & Again”:


credit: 2pm-online.com

Big Bang will be releasing their third single titled, “Let Me Hear Your Voice” (Koe Wo Kikasete), on November 4th in Japan. But don’t fret VIPs - you don’t have to wait that long, because a short preview has been released!

Rumors were also reported about their new single being the theme song for the upcoming Japanese drama, Ohitorisama. Although many sources online claim that Big Bang’s upcoming track will be the theme song, according to TBS’ official site, it states that the theme song will be “Am I Fallin' in Love?” by Kitaguchi Kazusa. Perhaps it will be no the OST? Bad news aside, I’m sure many VIPs will be happy since it sounds like Big Bang has gotten rid of the autotune (judging from the preview)!



Source: allkpop and imbisibells @youtube

Gavy NJ's Jang Hye Young has grabbed netizens' attention recently by uploading a picture of her and Japanese star Kimura Takuya, on her minihompy.

On the 9th, Jang Hye Young had updated her homepage with pictures from the 'I Come With The Rain' private party which took place in Pusan. Kimura Takuya had attended the 2009 Pusan International Film Festival to promote his movie, which co-stars Lee Byung Hun and Josh Hartnett.

Along with the picture, she wrote, "This is Kimura, who is famous for not taking pictures with people. He even gave me a talisman!" and "I lost it, ack!"

She also added, "I would've fainted if it was Nino." (Nino is the nickname for Kazunari Ninomiya of Arashi from Johnny's Entertainment)

Along with these photos came comments saying, "The caption is very cute," "I'm jealous of Jang Hye Young", "The two look really close."

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They arrived at a cigarette store in the village and experienced life as a cigarette shop owner for one day. T-MAX also produced a large scale ID card and pass down their knowledge about anti-smoking to the youth.

Being the cigarette shop owner for one day, T-MAX asked every customer to show their identity cards before selling cigarettes to them. They informed customers and stressed the importance of showing the identity cards when buying cigarettes. Besides that, they also invited everyone to actively participate in the youth anti-smoking activities.

Source From: MyDaily

FT Island becomes ambassadors for Gangwon-Do Province.

Lee Hongki and Song Seunghyun, members of FT Island who gained lots of popularity in Korea and Japan, were at Gangwon-Do recently for a photoshoot to promote the province to Japanese tourists.

The two members introduced Gangwon-Do by experiencing the place themselves. They went to Kyungpo Beach, Chamsori Museum, rode on rail bikes as well as the beach train at Jungdong-jin, East Sea. The series of photoshoot by famous Japanese photographer, Shimokoshi Haruki, portrays the beauty and charm of Gangwon-Do.

Lee Hongki said that, “Having the duty of promoting Korea overseas, we hope that many tourists will come and visit Gangwon-Do.”

Gangwon-Do’s official homepage featuring “FT Island Treasure Hunt Tour, Go! Go! Gangwon-Do” will open on 19th October.

This is a joint project by KNTO, Gangwon-Do and Gangwon-Do Tourism Association.

Credits: Asia Economy + Newswire + ying1005 @ primanoona (translation)

So not only are F.T Island putting out a new Korean album this winter, they're also releasing their first full length Japanese album. The album will be released on December 16, 2009. It will feature the singles"the One," "I believe myself" and others for a total of 11 songs. The album will also contain an one out of five original photo cards.

credits: cdjapan.co.jp

T shirts designed by Girls' Generation's members show high popularity among male fans.

Online shopping store Interpark is seeling t shirts designed by SNSD exclusively to help people from poor countries.SNSD designed the official t shirts of "SBS Hope TV".

SNSD's members designed the t shirts with some pictures of rice bowls,the meaning behind the design is SNSD wished that they could send food to those children from poor countries.

From the selling of the t shirts at the moment,the ratio of male to female customers is 7:3,the number of males buying the t shirts is undoubtedly very much more than the numner of females.Besides,the buying power of uncle fans is incredible,this shows how popular SNSD are among samchon fans.

Source:MK
Translation:Kacey @ Daily K Pop News

Whenever Chu Heon-gon, a member of the Korean pop group Clazziquai who goes by the name Alex, hears the word nakji-bokeum, it reminds him of the time he broke up with his girlfriend.

The 31-year-old can still vividly recall the tears streaming down his face while he finished the spicy dish of pan-broiled octopus and red pepper. However, the word castella, a type of sponge cake, will always remind him of his mother, as he often ate the sweet and moist cake as a child while waiting for her to come home from work.

The singer details these and other past experiences and memories associated with food in his recently published book, “Alex’s Spoon.” While he’s usually known for crooning to his fans on the stage, he’s no stranger to the kitchen. Fans had a chance to see a new side of Alex when he cooked on the celebrity reality show “We Got Married.”

His relationship with food and cooking started much earlier on, though. After his family emigrated from Korea to Canada, he trained part-time as a chef at a Japanese restaurant, marking the start of his love affair with food.

“I had cuts on the top of my hand after I tried learning how to slice tuna fish properly, but I also got to learn how to run a restaurant,” Alex said. “At the time, I had plans to marry my girlfriend, so I worked even harder.”

His efforts paid off when a food critic from a Canadian newspaper focused more on Alex’s very own misoshiru (a variation on miso soup) than the restaurant’s sushi and other main dishes.

But he soon decided to move in a different direction, though his work ethic remained. Alex parted ways with his girlfriend and was then encouraged by his sister, who was an original member of Clazziquai, to join the group. So he returned to Korea in 2001 and did just that.

Clazziquai has released numerous albums in Korea and Japan and went from being an underground musical gem to super stardom after their hit single “She Is,” which was featured on the popular Korean TV series “My Lovely Sam-soon.”

Alex said one of his concerns is that some people judge him solely by his appearance without realizing that he actually worked numerous part-time jobs in the past and had to put in a significant amount of effort to get where he is today. These people are quick to peg him as a “rich boy who has always led an easy life,” he said. Writing the book is one of the ways he chose to help shed that image.

“I’m the type of person who prefers blood-sausage soup and rice and pork broth rather than wine and pasta,” Alex said. “I wanted to show who I really am by writing this book.”

His book includes original photographs, secret recipes and information on some of his favorite restaurants.

“Eating a meal with someone is so important and meaningful,” he said. “You can easily bond by eating food with complete strangers and become good friends. Food brings people closer together, so I hope my book will help people enjoy their lives and what they eat.”

source: JoongAng Daily

New K-pop boy band MBLAQ has swept various music charts with their debut album released yesterday, according to their agency on Wednesday.

The group's first single album "Just BLAQ" reached No. 1 on several online and offline music charts, J. Tune Entertainment said in a press release.

"BLAQ" was No. 1 in advance sales at Kyobo Books and received the most hits on Internet music sites including Mnet.com and Melon.

"This kind of reaction is rare for newcomers. And they haven't even debuted on TV yet," an official at J. Tune was quoted as saying. "The burden of having Rain as producer must be huge, but everybody is doing very well. We are proud of them. "

The five-member boy band, created and trained by Asian superstar Rain for two years, is the first group that Rain is introducing to the public since he turned producer.

MBLAQ is set to make their television debut on "M Countdown" today.

source: asiae

Photographs of a fully-recovered and chic-looking SS501 leader Kim Hyun-joong on set for a television commercial shoot were revealed on Thursday.

"We released the photos for fans who had been curious about Kim," said global cosmetics brand Tony Moly of the 23-year-old singer who turned up for a shoot last week.

The singer had halted all activities since early September after falling ill with the influenza flu while in Japan to promote his KBS hit TV series "Boys Over Flowers". He was discharged from the hospital with a clean bill of health but had not made a public appearance.

"We were in shoot from early morning to late at night but Kim did not seem tired and was having fun," a Tony Moly official at the scene of the shoot was quoted as saying.

The commercial is set for release in November.

Meanwhile, all five members of SS501 will perform at the Taipei Arena on Saturday. They have been on their "SS501 Asia Tour Persona 2009" since early August where they are set to perform at a total of 10 countries throughout Asia till early next year.

They are also set to make a comeback to the local music scene on October 20 with a new mini-album.

source: asiae