Japanese fan bids 1.84 million won on KARA Ji Young's stage outfit at auction event

The 5 members of KARA's stage outfits were being auctioned and it has attracted a lot of interest among fans and each member's outfit cost more than 1 million won each.

KARA were part of KARA costume party which is an auction event and the results were revealed on the 25th of November.

In total, after 6 days when the auction started over 485 bidders participated in the auction. The first bids for the costumes were 500 million won and member Kang Ji Young reached the highest bid with her stage outfit's last bid was 1.84 million won. also, Goo hara and Park Gyrui's outfits were sold for 1.7 million won each. The highest bidder for the outfit was known to be a Japanese fan of KARA which only shows how their popularity has risen in Japan.

Meanwhile, all the proceeds from the auction will be donated to charitable foundations and to the less fortunate.

Why was Ryu Hwayoung added into T-ara?

T-ara along with Co-ed recently appeared in MBC's Radio Star.

When they topic was brought up about T-ara's new member, they explained why she was added into T-ara.

MC Yoon Jong Shin asked them, "Why did you guys add a new member?" and T-ara answered with "Well Ryu Hwayoung is 18 years old, so Jiyeon is still our youngest. Our CEO wants T-ara to have a lower average age!"

Kim Gura teases Jiyeon about her eyes

On the recent episode(November 24) of MBC's Radio Star, T-ara and Co-ed were the guests.

During the interview, Kim Gura, who is known for his harsh comments, said something about Jiyeon's eyes. As he comments, "Jiyeon! It looks like your eyes have gotten closer together since we met! When you first debuted here, your eyes were so near each other I thought they were one!"

The other host Yoon JongShin added, "Well, her face makes you look at it more and more." making the whole set burst into laughter.

T-ara members take their flight attendant exams

As they have been learning the ropes on how to become an air stewardess alongside others during the filming of their reality show, “T-ara Dream Girls“, over the past few weeks, some T-ara members took their examinations towards become a fully qualified stewardess today.

T-ara members Qri, Hyomin, Eunjung, and Jiyeon took their stewardess exam on the morning of November 25th on board airline Jin Air which was headed for Jeju Island.

The girls worked in pairs (Qri, Hyomin)(Eunjung, Jiyeon) alongside their trainers, and applied what they had learned which included showing the flight safety instructions, pouring of refreshments, making in-flight announcements, helping passengers with their luggage, etc.

Check back in future to see how well they’ve done in the upcoming episode of “T-ara Dream Girls.”

Hyomin Exposes "Our CEO Regrets the Names For Co.Ed"

T-ara's Hyomin exposed, "Our company's CEO regretted the names for Co.Ed after making it."

T-ara's Hyomin came out on MBC's 'Golden Fishery - Radio Star', that aired on the 24th in the afternoon, and exposed "Our CEO regretted the names for Co.Ed after making it."

On this day, the emcees rose up questions about Co.Ed's names and accused them by saying, "Didn't you just copy DBSK?". Following this, Moon Heejun pressured Co.Ed by saying "Their CEO did a tie-in sale.'

To this, Hyomin interfered. "Our CEO asked us about the names for Co.Ed one day," and also added, "We said 'The response isn't that great' because he asked us about it," and to that she revealed, "He said, 'right' and it seemed like he was regretting it."

On the other hand, girl group T-ara's Eunjung, Jiyeon, Hyomin and Co.Ed's One Light Hyoyoung, Star Light Chanmi appeared on this day's broadcast, showing their witty remarks.

KARA rises in the Oricon Daily Chart ranking 2nd behind Utada Hikaru

KARA is aiming for the top and does even better at the Oricon Daily Chart for their new album.

It has been reported on the 25th that KARA's first Japanese album "Girls Talk" has rose 1 spot after debuting third in the charts and came in 2nd. Their album contains 10 songs and the songs "SOS" and "Jumping" are experiencing popularity as well.

KARA is now aiming for their 2nd gold after getting their first certified gold with their 'KARA BEST 2007-2010' album selling over 100,000 copies.

KARA debuted last August in Japan with their debut single "mister" and debuted 5th on the Oricon Weekly Charts.

Kpop Idol's takes on the Oricon daily charts!

Kpop groups are dominating the Oricon charts!

on the 24th of November it was revealed that 2 korean groups were able to take the top 10 on the Oricon Daily Charts on albums. KARA was debuted 3rd in the charts with their first Japanese album "Girls Talk" and BEAST debuted 6th with their debut album "BEAST - JAPAN PREMIUM EDITION".

KARA's first Japanese album is being taken well and is getting popular especially the new songs such as "SOS" and "Baby I need You". Also, BEAST's album contains a special CD and DVD which includes all their music videos.

Meanwhile, BEAST will be performing in Tokyo, Japan on the 27th with an audience of over 10,000 and this will officially start their activities in Japan.

KARA members share their various ‘complexes’

The seemingly perfect girls of KARA revealed their various ‘inferiority complexes’ on KBS2TV’s recording of “Happy Together- Season 3“.

Gyuri said with her signature confidence, “My insecurity is my makeup-free face. My bare face is prettier than my makeup face“, causing a riot among the other guests.

Seungyeon joked, “My head is smaller than most people, so normal hats do not fit me well,” while Hara added to the hilarity by saying, “My complex is that I can’t gain weight.”

The youngest member, Jiyoung, topped it off by boldly stating, “I honestly don’t understand what an inferiority complex is.”

On this day, the KARA members also uncovered the reality of “Goddess Park Gyuri”.

Seungyeon said, “Singers attach in-ear microphones by taping them to their necks. But one day, I saw that Gyuri still had tape on her neck from the night before“.

Hara added to the embarrassment by explaining, “The other members have to re-style their hair because they wash it in the morning. However, Gyuri’s hair is still curled from having it styled the day before. She doesn’t wash her hair often.”

This hilarious episode also stars 2AM and Jun Hyun Mu and will be aired next week.

Co-Ed’s CEO regrets the use of the members’ long nicknames

While making an appearance on the November 24th broadcast of MBC’s “Radio Star,” participating members from T-ara and Co-Ed revealed that their company CEO had regretted about using such elaborate names for the Co-Ed members.

MC Kim Kuk Jin mused, “Your four-character names are much like TVXQ. One must have a certain level of pride in order to name yourselves after such a group; why did you?”

Co-Ed consists of unique names such as One Light Hyo Young, One Star Hyewon, Star Light Chanmi, Smile Soomi, Wise Taewoon, Rascal Kwang Haeng, Sky Earth Yoosung, Hot Blood Kangho, Balance Noori, and Solid Sungmin, all personally named by Kim Kwang Su, CEO of Core Contents Media.

T-ara’s Hyomin added, “When the member names for Co-Ed were first revealed, it didn’t receive a great response. The CEO must’ve seen the replies, as he asked me, ‘What do you think of the names?’ I replied that the reactions weren’t great and he began regretting it, saying, ‘I thought so.’”

Netizens commented, “Honestly, the member names are kind of much,” “Their comedic names made it easier to get used to them,” and “They have to go back to the naming center.”

Another segment of the show examined the reason behind T-ara’s need for a new member. When asked by MC Yoon Jong Shin why they decided to take on a new member, T-ara replied, “Ryu Hwa Young is the same age as maknae Jiyeon. Our CEO wanted to lower our average age so he added her.”

Kim Gura teases T-ara’s Jiyeon about her eyes

On this week’s episode of MBC’s ‘Radio Star’, MC Kim Gura exhibited his acid wit once more as he lightheartedly scrutinized T-ara Jiyeon’s eyes the moment she entered the set.

The comedian joked to Jiyeon, “It seems like your eyes have gotten closer together since the last time we last met? When I saw your eyes, I thought they were one.”

Laughing it off, Jiyeon brushed off the comment and said they weren’t, however the joke between the MCs didn’t stop there. MC Yoon Jong Shin commented, “Jiyeon’s face makes you focus on it more,”causing the whole set to burst into laughter.

Kim Gura added the final touch with, “Other stars make up this celebrity lineage of faces with close-set eyes too, like Kwak Jae Moon and Shin Dong Yeop.”