The ladies of KARA were named as the honorary ambassadors for the ‘K-Pop Cover Dance Festival‘!
On August 10th, the Committee of ‘Visit Korea Year’ officially appointed KARA at the Taepyeong-ro Press Center.
Since their debut in 2007, the girls have been enjoying much success in Japan and other countries overseas. The Committee felt that the girls were the best fit in promoting the festival all over the world.
KARA will be joining the ‘K-Pop Cover Dance Festival’ in Japan as guests on September 3rd in Tokyo, as well as various other promotional activities for the festival.
The secretary general of the committee, Hong Ju Min, said, “K-Pop has quickly risen to become one of the driving forces of Hallyu, and along with it, dance covers. By promoting dance covers internationally, we hope to achieve a positive effect, and it is a great opportunity to raise awareness of Korea.”
Singer HyunA will be making her debut performance for her follow-up track, “Just Follow“, on this week’s episode of ‘M! Countdown‘!
The track received high praise for its strong hip-hop beat, as well as an addictive melody that highlights HyunA’s strong vocals and unique rapping skills. What’s gaining the most interest, however, is that the song features famous rapper/songwriter, Dok2.
HyunA has worked tirelessly to make this follow-up track her own, and as far as her performances are concerned, HyunA will show her a fans a much more serious and charismatic side to herself, contrasting with the cute and bubbly performances she put on for her title track, “Bubble Pop“.
The star is not only preparing for her comeback performance on ‘M! Countdown’ this week, but is also working along with her fellow Cube Entertainment family members for their first-ever ‘United Cube‘ family concert on the 14th at Seoul’s Jamsil Sports Complex.
Stay tuned to allkpop for coverage on her performance tomorrow night!
T-ara’s Qri drew some attention recently with a pair of adorable selca’s where she’s seen eating cherries.
On August 9th, Qri posted two pictures on her Twitter, tweeting, “One cherry. Two cherries. I’ve become frog Qri!! Ribbit, ribbit.”
In the first picture, Qri is holding a cherry to her mouth while looking into the camera with her eyes wide open – resembling a beautiful doll. In the second picture, Qri has her cheeks puffed up with two cherries – making her cheeks a similar shape to a frog’s cheeks.
Netizens said, “Calling yourself a frog somehow feels like an insult” and “Frog Qri, you’re quite beautiful.”
T-ara fans received an exciting opportunity to meet their girls, while getting the scare of a lifetime!
On August 9th, the girls visited numerous movie theaters playing the film ‘Gisaeng Ryung‘, which stars fellow member Hyomin. Holding special events for their fans on-site, they signed “Gisaeng Ryung” posters, gave away autographed CDs, and took polaroid photos with the moviegoers.
‘Gisaeng Ryung’ has become one of the most highly-anticipated films of the summer, thanks to its status as the first movie to be slammed with a 19+ rating. The movie plot is about the a woman who is desperate for a child, and therefore uses a child for a dark spell so she could get a child of her own. The spirit of the victim-child emerges with vengeful wrath 99 days later, which is where the story kicks off.
SBS anchorman Jung Sung Geun’s words of hidden meanings against Japan have become a hot topic.
For his closing comments on SBS’ ‘Nightline’ on the 1st, Jung Sung Geun stated, “Japan is fanatical about the Hallyu Wave. If this keeps up, they will start arguing that KARA and TVXQ are Japanese idols. Like how ‘kimchi’ is written as ‘kimuchi’ on their labels, bibimbap could soon become a food of Japanese origin,” and “Whether this is a revival of imperialism or an ambition to expand their land, even this is extravagance by Japan. It’s no different from immature children throwing a fit, and what we must do is use historical and realistic reasoning and documents to laugh Japan’s actions off with the global community.”
Anchorman Jung Sung Geun’s closing remarks were more meaningful as that same day, three Japanese officials from the Liberal Democratic Party who demanded that Dokdo belongs to Japan returned to their nation after refusing to leave the airport for nine hours when they were denied access into Korea by the government.
After hearing of Jung Sung Geun’s comments, netizens said, “He’s so cool”, “SBS News is okay after all”, and “I agree.”
T-ara’s Eunjung recently revealed selca pictures that she took with her best friend, KARA’s Gyuri.
On August 9th, Eunjung uploaded the photos through her Twitter, tweeting, “Was it the day before yesterday..? This was the day Gyuri and I disobeyed the girl group way by making and eating ramen noodles in the middle of the night. After spending a heart-fluttering night (!) morning shot ♥”
In one picture, Eunjung and Gyuri both have orange blush drawn onto their cheeks, drawing out the cute charms of girl groups.
Underneath the picture, the phrase “Happy Loves” caught the attention of netizens. In the other picture, the two girls are confidently showing off their no make-up face and making a friendly pose for the camera. After uploading the picture, Eunjung tweeted, “Oh my.. is this too much of a no make-up face?”expressing her worry about revealing her bare face. Fans commented, “You both are the supreme princesses of no make-up face sel-cas”, “Too much of a no make-up face is pretty”, and “Different from me, your faces don’t bloat after eating ramen. I envy you.”
KARA’s Goo Hara has revealed her ‘11-abs’ through her minihompy.
Goo Hara recently posted a photo of herself wearing a pink top and white shorts on the beach. In the photo, you not only see her slender hip line but her 11-abs, which are coveted by many women.
Netizens commented, “I knew you were thin but I didn’t know you had abs” “There is no other beach goddess” and “An unexpected body“.
