[News] 4Minute to perform in China for 'Hallyu on Halloween'

During the autumn-winter season, the Dinosaur Park in Changzhou, China, will be holding 2 concerts for the 'International Music Gala', one of which is the 'Hallyu on Halloween' concert. 4Minute, Super Junior M and ex-H.O.T member Jang WooHyuk will attend the gala. Concert details are as follows :

Date: 29th October - 31st October (estimated to have 3 sessions)
Park opening hours: 9AM - 10:30PM
Venue: Low platform in front of Dinosoar Centre
Ticket Price (entrance after 7PM): Single - 100RMB each | 3-in-a-group - 240RMB
Concert time: 8PM - 9PM

4Minute will be the performers on 30th October while Super Junior M and Jang WooHyunk will take time off for the sessions on 29th and 31st October respectively. The description of 4Minute on the official promotional poster is as follows:

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New generation idol group 4Minute is the first girl group with purely girls born in the '90s. The group members possess independent singing capabilities and top notch dancing skills with strong individual style. Nam JiHyun's classiness, Heo GaYoon's elegance, Jeon JiYoon's charisma, Kim HyunAh's wildness, Kwon SoHyun's calmness - 4Minute's members of 5 different styles intersect to make the group shine.

Those who order their tickets early may get a free limited edition autographed photo of an idol picked at random.


R/N: The words below JiHyun's picture read "Journey of Changzhou Dinosaur Park", the smaller words are "year 2010, 30th October"

There is also a contest called "Love for your idols, shout it out!" as the best fan video clips submitted will be edited into a video and played during the concert for the various idols to watch. The videos will also be given out to the idols in hardcopy.

Sources : 17u + cnkly
Translation + Editing + Reporting : kueensora@4-minute.com

[News] K-pop idols to perform at Tokyo music festival in Nov

Several K-pop idols will be performing at a music festival in Japan next month, according to a press release from SBS Contents Hub.

Major Korean network SBS and Japan's TBS have come together to co-host the "2010 Seoul Tokyo Music Festival" to be held at the Saitama Super Arena located in Tokyo on November 3, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the foundation of SBS.

"Many Korean artists are expanding their music careers into other Asian countries nowadays so we are working hard to come together with major broadcasting companies in the countries to increase the popularity of the local singers," an official from SBS Contents Hub was quoted as saying.

The lineup of Korean artists will include Big Bang, Kara, 4minute, 2NE1, FTIsland, CNBLUE, Brown Eyed Girls, U-kiss, Rainbow and Teen Top.

The concert, to be produced in 3D format, will be broadcasted in both Korea and Japan in December.

Proceeds from the concert will be donated to the organization Save the Children to help children around the world living in poverty.


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[News] f(x) Victoria embarrassed by a 20 year old guy?

On the 16th of October broadcast of f(x) MBC "Koala", f(x) was in the states and they were eating chips when a 20 year old guy approached Victoria leaving her flushed and embarrassed.

Also they received a mission and the mission and ended up going to USC University to ask for help. As usual, Victoria with her cute and lively personality she went ahead in the mission, she was successful and a 20 year old student agreed to help her, but after a while, the guy suddenly disappeared embarrassing Victoria.

Sulli took out the mission and shouted "Help me" in the middle of the campus with tears on her eyes. Luna transformed into a runner for the mission.

Source : Newsen
Credits : blueprincess824 @ dkpopnews.net

[News] Which korean group does young Japanese girls like more?

According to Nikkan Sports Japan on the 15th a survey was conducted among young Japanese girls with an average age of 17.2, about 2,000 participated in this survey and they were ask which "Korean aspring artists" do they prefer more.

In the survey, KARA ranked 1st, SNSD ranked 2nd and DBSK ranked 3rd.

According to Nikkan Sports, "KARA was the top choice because of their famous 'Butt dance' which was cute and also because majority of them would sing KARA's song in the karaoke.".

The survey was conducted among 10 year old Japanese girls above, with the kpop frenzy that is taking Japan by storm, most of the kpop fans in Japan are girls these age showing an accuracy in the survey.

KARA released their korean Best album in Japan on the 29th of September and they sold over thousands of albums ranking them 2nd in the Oricon weekly charts. They have successfully debuted in Japan.

Source : Newsen
Credits : Blueprincess824 @ dkpopnews.net

[News] KARA's Nicole confessed she is more confident with her new hairstyle

KARA's Nicole said she is more confident now with her new hairstyle.

KARA recently revealed the concept photo's for their second Japanese single "Jumpin". KARA members showed their more feminine side showing off their legs also a striking transformation for Nicole because of her bangs.

Nicole said before that she has a wide forehead and now that she has bangs she is more satisfied and said that she feels prettier with bangs.

Fans commented, "Her forehead is beautiful", "Her new hairstyle is nice all the same", "It's better that her forehead is covered"

Source : Newsen
Credits : blueprincess824 @ dkpopnews.net

[News] f(x) Krystal does not like movie dates and likes an ordinary date

Girl group f(x) member Krystal revealed that she finds normal dates more romantic than movie dates.

On the 16th broadcast episode of f(x) Koala, they were in LA, and Krystal said, "I do not get why people think watching a movie on a date is romantic, A Normal date seems to be more romantic".

It seems Krystal is not a fan of movies especially when on a date.

Source : Starnews
Credits : Blueprincess824 @ dkpopnews.net

[News] T-ara's comeback: still scheduled for November

Bugs have removed T-ara's mini album release date placed on the 27th of October. Bugs said that this is because it was an error and was a tentative release date set earlier this summer that was never removed/changed. T-ara is still planning on making their comeback in November when Co.ed promotions slow down.

Credits : nathaniel @ diadem + bugs.co.kr