T-ara Jiyeon's worsening knee injury disrupts activities

Jiyeon (18), from girl group T-ara, will tentatively stop broadcast activities until her right knee ligament injury is recovered.

On the 25th during dance choreography practice, Jiyeon injured her knee and now plans to take a break, but before that she took part in the pre-recording of SBS "Inkigayo" to promote T-ara's "Roly-Poly" one last time on the 28th.

Her agency Core Contents Media said, "T-ara were ending their 'Roly-Poly' activities on the recent episode of Inkigayo and would have Hyomin missing due to the filming for the MBC drama 'Gyebaek'. We encouraged Jiyeon to rest and miss out on the performance too, but she had a strong commitment to finish promotions with the other members."

They continued with, "Jiyeon was at the hospital before the pre-recording and was on a strong painkiller medicine. She was compelled to go to the recording with a cast on her knee, even though she knew she would experience pain, and then immediately back to the hospital after recording. She has had a cast on for a few days and is relaxing mainly, and trying to keep watch on the progress. The pain is so severe for Jiyeon that she will no longer be able to participate in the 4~5 Chuseok programs that she was planning to take part in."

T-ara plan to promote in Japan mainly in September.