Super Junior’s Kangin volunteers his time in Vietnam

Super Junior‘s Kangin traveled to Vietnam to volunteer his time in honor of InStyle magazine’s 10th anniversary.

The idol star arrived at an elementary school in Vietnam for underprivileged children and became their teacher for a day, teaching them art and sports. Kangin, who normally loves children, did his best to entertain them by learning how to do balloon art prior to his arrival. He also gifted the children with a soccer ball and signed albums.

On his experience, Kangin shared, “I wish I don’t leave an impression as a strange foreign man who is here and then gone to the children. I want these children to feel that they are deserving of someone’s love.”

Other celebrities who took part in the ‘Good Neighbors‘ charity project include Daniel Henney, Han Ji Hye, Kim Yoon Jin, Kim Hee Sun, Lee Yo Won, Han Hyo Joo, Lee Yeon Hee, Han Chae Young, and Kim Hyo Jin.

Super Junior’s Leeteuk reveals his pick for the most popular girl group in the army

Looks like Super Junior‘s Leeteuk and Ji Hyun Woo have different opinions on which girl group’s the most popular in the army!

Ji Hyun Woo chose SECRET as the most popular group, but Leeteuk chose SISTAR on ‘One Night of TV Entertainment‘. The 6 celebrities of ‘The Promise‘ were featured on the show, and as expected, they were asked which girl group was the most popular in the army. Supernova‘s Yunhak said, “It’s different in every area, but SISTAR is the best,” and Leeteuk eagerly agreed, “That’s definitely true.”

He even sent a video message to SISTAR, saying, “Guys, you’re doing well, right? I didn’t know you were so great… I respect you,” causing everyone to laugh.

Check out the segment below!

SHINee officially announced as ‘Skechers’ new endorsement models

SHINee made it their goal for the new year to show themselves more in Korea and are working to achieve it partly through a new endorsement deal with shoe brand ‘Skechers‘!

The endorsement deal was hinted at before, but the news is now official as Skechers has confirmed witha statement and a new photo!

The company said, “In 2013, we will work with SHINee for the new line of of running shoes ‘GO RUN’, LIV’ which enables you to run and walk simultaneously, and the ‘fitness & lifestyle look’ which features both practicality and style. [SHINee] will help increase the awareness of Skecher’s specialized products, increase growth in the sports industry, become trendsetters, and help us position ourselves as the representative brand.”

The advertisements featuring SHINee will be unveiled to the public on March 7th!

Eunhyuk and Donghae show their unchanging support for Leeteuk

Super Junior‘s friendship still remains strong even when one member goes to the army.

Eunhyuk and Donghae recently went to see Leeteuk‘s army musical ‘The Promise‘, and snapped a photo in front of the musical poster (making sure to get Leeteuk’s solo shot on the right).

As neither of the boys uploaded photos together with Leeteuk, and since Leeteuk is on active duty, they probably didn’t have the opportunity to meet Leeteuk except on stage. Eunhyuk was the one who uploaded the photo onto his Twitter with a short,

But still, it’s nice to see the boys supporting each other no matter what!

f(x)’s Amber shares a selca with Victoria

On the 26th, f(x)‘s Amber updated her Twitter with a picture and wrote,

In the picture, the two can be seen making playful and cute expressions, with Amber sticking her tongue out and f(x) leader Victoria staring wide-eyed at the camera. It looks like the girls are enjoying their time relaxing and hanging out with one another, in spite of the recent rumors surrounding Victoria and TVXQ‘s Changmin.

Fans who have seen the selca have commented, “Victoria’s eyes are really big,” “Beautiful Girls,” and, “Victoria is sticking really close behind Amber.”

So what do you guys think? Team Changtoria or Team Amtoria?

SHINee snag their first win with “Dream Girl” on ‘Show Champion’

SHINee snagged their first win for “Dream Girl” on ‘Show Champion‘!

The show tweeted a picture of the five boys in their stage outfits, proudly displaying their trophy to the camera. The photo was accompanied with the caption, “Which song is the ‘Show Champion Champion Song’ for February 27? It’s the shining SHINee ^^ Congratulations!!! They got their first 1st place on the ‘Show Champion’ “Dream Girl” comeback stage~~ They liked the really big trophy~ Congratulations again♥”.

Hopefully, this is just the first of many #1 awards for the boys! Check out their encore performance below!

f(x) shows support for SHINee’s comeback

The ladies of f(x) showed their support for the comeback of SM Entertainment labelmates, SHINee.

On February 26th, f(x) visited SHINee to cheer for their performance at MBC Music’s ‘Show! Music Champion’. SM Entertainment later revealed a group photo on its official Facebook page, capturing the heartwarming scenes.

In the photo, SHINee’s Onew, Taemin, Minho and Jonghyun, and f(x)’s Luna, Victoria, Sulli and Krystal stood together with their poses, showing their close relationships.

On this day, SHINee also snagged their first win for “Dream Girl” on ‘Show Champion’. 

SHINee to host this week’s ‘M! Countdown’

The boys of SHINee will act as special one-day hosts on this week’s episode of ‘M! Countdown’.

Mnet confirmed that SHINee’s Key, Onew, Minho, Jonghyun and Taemin will hosting the February 28th broadcast of the weekly music program, ‘M! Countdown’. The boys will take turns in groups of two or three throughout the show. 

On this episode, Teen Top, Verbal Jint and project group Hyungdon and Daejoon will be holding their first comeback stages along with performances from Huh Gak, SISTAR19, Rainbow, ToXic, Two X, SPEED, Nine Muses, NU’EST, Dasoni and Kim Tae Woo. 

Meanwhile, SHINee will continue with their promotions of their comeback title track, “Dream Girl”.

TVXQ’s Changmin Thinks Lee Yeon Hee and Yoona are the prettiest in SM! - See more at: http://www.dkpopnews.net/2013/02/tvxqs-changmin-thinks-lee-yeon-hee-and.html#sthash.sgf1O0C0.dpuf

TVXQ’s Max Changmin revealed that he thinks Lee Yeon Hee and Yoona are the prettiest in SM.

Changmin praised Secret’s Han SeonHwa during her appearance on KBS 2TV’s ‘Moonlight Prince’. After praising SeonHwa’s beauty, Changmin then said “For me, Lee Yeon Hee and Girl Generation member Yoona are the prettiest in SM. They are your competitors.” And the set burst into laughter.

To answer this statement, SeonHwa concluded “Because of your characteristics, you look like Won Bin.”.

Do you angree with Changmin?

TVXQ Additional Concerts on Their Dome Tour

Group TVXQ added 4 concerts to their ’5 Dome’ tour schedule.

TVXQ will have their ’5 Dome’ tour in Japan starting on April 27th. The group to embark their tour at Saitama’s Super Arena (Stadium Mode) and will also be performing at Nagoya Dome, Fukuoka Yahoo! JAPAN Dome, Kyocera Dome Osaka, Tokyo Dome, and Sapporo Dome.

TVXQ is scheduled to have a total of 12 performances during the tour but it is said that the group added 4 performances, one at Nagoya Dome and Tokyo Dome and additional 2 performances at Kyocera Dome. TVXQ now has a total of 16 performances at 6 different concerts halls.

On the other hand, TVXQ is currently busy with their individual activities in Korea.