T-ara’s Hyomin shows off her ‘Mandarin Ear Muffs’

T-ara’s Hyomin recently revealed a cute selca on her Twitter with a caption that reads, “The mandarin ear muffs.”

On November 29th, Hyomin tweeted, “The mandarin ear muffs that I use sparingly. I don’t know if it’s cause it’s winter, but I keep wanting to eat mandarins and I’m starting to like things in orangey-yellow~ Orange-holic!”

In the photo, you can see Hyomin innocently smiling for the camera while wearing her bright orange ear muffs.

Fans commented, “Hyomin-holic”, “Unnie you’re so pretty”, “So pretty”, “So cute, the mandarin ear muffs”.

Meanwhile, T-ara are set to make their comeback with ‘Why Are You Being Like This‘ this coming December 3rd.

Chinese fans caught stealing social security numbers to vote for idol groups online

It has come to the attention of Korean netizens that some Chinese fans may be stealing the social security numbers of ordinary Korean citizens in order to vote online for their favorite idol groups in this year’s ‘Melon Music Awards.‘

These netizens recently took screencaps of posts on the Chinese music community site ‘Baidu‘, which contained information and tutorials on how to vote for singers for the ‘Melon Music Awards’, as well as for Korean music programs like ‘Inkigayo.‘ Shockingly, the methods they provided involved illegally using Social Security Numbers of Korean citizens. On top of that, overseas fans have also been using the social security numbers to download music on Korean music sites and buy mobile phone ringtones.

Netizens also noticed that from Super Junior’s voting statistics for the ‘Melon Music Awards’, 57% of the 28,720 votes for the group were from citizens over 40 years of age, which is an extremely unusual occurence, considering how group is mostly popular amongst fans in their teens and 20’s. Voting statistics for the remaining three groups in the top 4 for the ‘online voting’ category - SNSD, SHINee andJo Kwon & Ga-In - also have 16-19% of the voters being over 40 years of age.

Posts on the Baidu community site also exhibit users posting screencaps of pop-up windows that appear when they tried to use the stolen social security numbers, asking other users what it meant. The pop-up box was in fact a message from the Identity Theft Prevention Service stating that the social security has been blocked due to suspicions of identity theft.

According to the Population Registration Act Article 37, illegally stealing a social security number is a criminal act that carries a penalty of 3 years of imprisonment and a $8,700 USD fine.

KARA’s Goo Hara shows off her stunning figure in “Girl’s Talk”

KARA’s Goo Hara showed off her mature charms in the album jacket photoshoot for their latest album, “Girl’s Talk.”

One netizen uploaded photos of KARA’s Japanese album on an internet community site titled “KARA Girl’s Talk photoshoot version… Goo Hara, wow.”

Netizens immediately noticed Goo Hara’s filled-out figure, as she was previously nicknamed “elementary school student” for her figure-less body. Her mysterious facial expression and the hint of cleavage adds to the sexy nature of her photos.

Netizens commented, “This is the end of embarrassment for Goo Hara,” “That’s actually rather sexy,”and “Guess she doesn’t have to be jealous of mannequins anymore.”

4Minute reveals "Heo GaYoon is the member who ignores what others say the most"

4Minute provided updates after recently beginning their activities in Japan.

4Minute participated in a corner called 'Don't Copy Me' of MBC's youthful variety show 'Bouquet' where a competition of perfect pitch was held. In this 1:1 corner, a head on head match takes place where the two participants must sing a nursery song with different lyrics but similar rhythms; the person who ends up singing the wrong nursery song becomes the loser.

Specifically speaking, a battle between Heo GaYoon − who defeated Secret's Han SunHwa during a speaking competition from a previous airing − and Han SunHwa again will unfold.

However, while the participants of the perfect pitch competition were being rated, the other members revealed that Heo GaYoon "usually ignores what others say" bringing laughter to everyone on set.

4Minute reenacts 'All That Jazz' from 'Chicago' perfectly

4Minute reveals their performance of 'All That Jazz' from the musical 'Chicago' for the very first time.

On November 28th, MBC's youthful variety show 'Bouquet' will air with the auditions that were held to select the lead female role for the show's first musical 'Legally Blonde'.

On this day − though they were busy with a tight schedule flying from Japan to Korea − 4Minute garnered much attention for presenting a perfect preparation of a performance from the musical 'Chicago' to become the lead female role of the musical 'Legally Blonde'. 4Minute also demonstrated their enthusiasm by spending day and night monitoring their own practice videos in order to display a flawless performance.

Having recently begun acting in a drama, 4Minute's leader Nam JiHyun particularly shows capability of not only acting in dramas but performing in musicals as well.