KARA’s Gyuri cries as she wraps up her final episode of ‘Shimshimtapa’

On October 3rd, KARA‘s Gyuri officially wrapped up her DJ-ing activities on MBC FM‘s ‘Shimshimtapa‘.

Her overseas schedules with KARA led to a lot of absences, leading Gyuri to personally make the decision to depart from the show. Although it was her decision, she couldn’t hold back her tears as she wrapped up her final episode after a year and five months.

Gyuri stated, “Being a DJ is a precious position that I could never replace with anything else in my life. On my final day, all of our PDs, writers, and fixed guests all came together, which I heard was something that rarely happens. Thank you so much for always being there for me.”

She continued, “This radio show means more to me than just work. I think every morning, I’ll feel empty and out of place when I’m not in the radio booth like I’m meant to be. It will be hard to escape that feeling. If I receive another such opportunity, I’d love to return as a DJ. My dream is to work as a DJ for a long, long time, for over 20 years, and hopefully one day receive the Golden Mouth award.”

Gyuri will be starting her ‘200 Pound Beauty‘ musical at Osaka on October 8th.

T-ara’s Jiyeon transforms into a boy!

T-ara‘s Jiyeon showed off her boyish transformation.

On October 3rd, Jiyeon uploaded a photo through her Twitter with the caption, “Disguising as a man is hard work… aigo.”

In the photo, Jiyeon is seen wearing a black suite complete with a bow tie, as she looks into the camera. Her dramatic short hair style adds to her ensemble to complete the more masculine transformation.

Netizens commented, “She looks totally handsome,” “It really suits her,” “Are you sure you aren’t a guy?”, and “She’s the best.”

T-ara is currently in the midst of Japanese promotions and has reached #1 on Japan’s Oricon chart as well as #1 on various Korean charts.

T-ARA and TVXQ dominate the Oricon weekly charts

The weekly Oricon charts have experienced another ‘first’ thanks to the Korean wave. It’s the first time in the 42-year-long history of Oricon that South Korean artists have claimed first in both, the single and the album ranking at the same time.

The two artists who achieved this are girl group T-ARA with their Japanese debut single, “Bo Peep Bo Peep“, and the now two-member boy group TVXQ with their newest album, ‘TONE‘.

T-ARA sold 50,000 copies in their first week and they’ve also become the first foreign group and first female artist(s) to reach first place with their debut single. The only foreign artist who ever achieved this before T-ARA, was Jang Geun Suk with his debut single, “Let me cry“. Other popular South Korean girl groups such as KARA and SNSD / Shoujo Jidai debuted at fifth and fourth place respectively.

The girls of T-ARA commented, “Thanks to everyone’s support we’ve reached first. We are very happy and will continue to work hard in order to earn the love of even more people. Please continue to support us.”

TVXQ’s album sold 205,000 copies in its first week, which also is an outstanding achievement for foreign male solo artists and groups. The last artist that also sold over 200,000 copies of an album during their first week was Bon Jovi with ‘Crash‘ back in 2000.

Yunho commented, “I’m really thankful to our fans. It makes me happy that our growth as a group seems to have reached our fans as well.”

Changmin added, “We wanted to create an album that is filled with our gratitude towards all of our fans who have been waiting for us. Please also look forward to our nation-wide tour next year!”

HyunA wants her fans to be careful this flu season

4minute‘s HyunA posted the above photo of herself via her Twitter page with the caption, “Be careful, it’s flu season!”

HyunA is seen wearing a white mask in the photo and fans everywhere were concerned for her health.

The mask also covered more than half her face, proving just how small her face really is.

Netizens commented on the photo with, “Get better soon“, “You should’ve been more careful!”, “Your face is so tiny“, and “Your eye smile is so pretty“.

T-ara sets a new record by debuting #1 on the Oricon weekly charts

Girl group T-ara have broken and set a new record in Japan.

Japan's most prestigious music chart, Oricon, has T-ara's debut Japanese single "Bo Peep Bo Peep" ranked #1 on the weekly charts.

On the 4th, Japanese journalists published, "T-ara's 'Bo Peep Bo Peep' placing number one on the daily charts on it's release day and on the weekly singles charts on it's debut week is a first for a foreign group and an international female artist ever in history."

T-ara commented, "Hello, this is T-ara! Our debut single 'Bo Peep Bo Peep' ranked one on Oricon because of your support! We're very very thankful! Sincerely, thank you so much! We hope we can continue to be loved in the future and please continue to support T-ara! Thank you!"

TXVQ's new albums also ranks first on a separate chart on Oricon. This week is a milestone for TVXQ and T-ara and the first time Korean artists have a #1 single and album on the Oricon charts.

T-ara's Qri revealed her boyish selcas

T-ara's Qri shared a pair of new selcas on Twitter.

She looks pretty in man outfit seriously,some fans even left comments saying that she is handsome.

Like the boyish image of Qri?

T-ara's So Yeon revealed her bare face

T-ara's main vocal So Yeon shared a new selca on her Twitter.

She said that she managed to get some sleep after 10 days of hectic schedules.

She revealed a bare face selca of herself lying on the bed comfortably.

The girls have debuted successfully in Japan

T-ara's Eun Jung shared some manly selcas on Twitter

T-ara garnered much attention with their manly fashion style on today's Dream Concert.

Eun Jung took a few selcas of herself in man outfit and posted them on her Twitter.

Like this set of selcas?