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Super Junior-M releases teaser images for Super Girl

Earlier today, we showed you the teaser for Super Junior-M's title song, Super Girl off their first mini-album for the China market. In addition to that, SM Entertainment has also released a bunch of teaser images of the Super Junior-M members comprising of Super Junior members Han Kyung (the leader), Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun, and two non-Super Junior members, Henry and Zhou Mi.

While they wore suits and stuff in their teaser video, they went for casual clothing for their teaser images, looking cool and relaxed. Check out the hot pictures.

We reported earlier that Super Junior-M would be making a comeback at the end of September and also offered a sneak peek into their music video which co-stars SNSD's Jessica. Get ready now for their teaser ahead of the music video release next Monday.

Their new music video teaser for their title song Super Girl was released in Korea (superjunior-m.smtown.com), China (Sohu), Taiwan (avex.com.tw) and Thailand (gmminter.com) at the same time on 11th September. The 33s teaser showcased the new fashionista image and dance chereography of the Super Junior-M members comprising of Super Junior members Han Kyung (the leader), Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun, and two non-Super Junior members, Henry and Zhou Mi.

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Super Junior-M Comeback trail
~~11th September (This Friday) - SJ-M album teaser~~
14th September (Next Monday) - MV release
18th September (Next Friday) - Exclusive chat with SJ-M on Sohu.com

Super Junior-M's new mini-album will be released in China and other Asian countries at the same time by end-September.

After 2PM's Jaebeom's departure from the group, 2PM's fans, Hottests, have declared they will be boycotting 2PM until Jaebeom is back and the fans have stayed true to their word.

Through a travel agency in Thailand, an event was to be held for a total of 100 fans to sign up and get a chance to go on a 5 day trip to Bangkok with 2PM's Nichkhun. But as the Hottests have proclaimed that ""We all reject a 2PM without Jaebeom", one by one the Hottests have been canceling their opportunity to meet the star and are backing out on the event.

A representative stated, "We had around 90 participants in the event but now we have about 30 left." But it seems this event will still be taking place despite the small number of participants.

The 2PM boycott continues on even until now and many participants are continuing to cancel out on Nichkhun's Thailand event. Stay tuned on allkpop to find out if this event will be held or if all the participating Hottests will back out.

The much anticipated first episode of Mnet Scandal featuring FT Island's pretty boy, Jonghun has finally aired.

Jonghun's date was introduced to him hidden camera style, and they pulled the classic "swap the not so good looking dude for the ridiculously good looking dude" trick on her. I'm sure she did not mind.

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I have to say, this girl must have balls of steel because this episode is definitely going to cause a scandal. There were some scenes in this episode that will surely cause a few female fans to flip out and drop kick their own dog in anger. Although, I’m sure primadonnas are just happy that Jonghun is happy.

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The controversy surrounding 2PM's leader Park Jaebeom never seems to end. After his MySpace incident, he had resigned from the group and returned home to Seattle on the 8th.

Jaebeom's agency, JYP Entertainment, responded to this incident saying, "We ask that everyone will respect his decision".
Recently, however, Hottests are throwing back arguments to JYPE, saying 'the agency did not do enough to protect their singer (Jaebeom)' and blaming the whole controversy on the agency.

Yesterday, 60 2PM fan clubs worldwide made a joint statement saying, "We will not accept the actions of JYPE. We are angry that JYPE did not fulfill their duty as Jaebeom's agents to make an effort to protect him".

They also stated, "We all reject a 2PM without Jaebeom. 2PM fans to this day have been supporting a group of members including Park Jaebeom. All fan unions have agreed and concluded that we will boycott all events without Jaebeom. Anything to do with 2PM without Jaebeom, we will boycott".

Hottests continued, "We have decided to boycott the Dream Concert on 9th October, and all music released under JYP's name", and concluded, "All these actions will continue until Jaebeom is returned to his rightful position as a leader".

Check out our friends at TWOONEDAY forums for more updates.

To commemorate Bonjuk's 7th year anniversary, they arranged for their CF model and actor, Kim Bum to have a fan signing session this morning, 12th September at their Myeondong outlet. 200 lucky customers turned up to get a signed Bonjuk poster, with Kim Bum's picture.

It was a shame that Kim So Eun, who is also Bonjuk's CF model, wasn't asked along for this event which would have made it hotter.

As reported previously, upcoming boyband SHU-I will be releasing their debut digital single ‘Boom Boom Boom’ on 11th September.

We are giving a preview to the group’s debut song ‘Bomb Bomb Bomb’.

‘So Hot Union of Idols’, that’s what their name stands for. Are they up for it?

The group name SHU-I is the short for ‘So Hot Union of Idols’ and they have been preparing and training to be debut for 2 years and in Chinese it also maen 帥 (shuai) or goodlooking – pointing to the plans for this group to venture into the Asian stage.

SHU-I consists of members who have already revealed their faces on various broadcast shows like ‘JinShil game’, ‘Introducing Star’s Friend’, and ‘꽃미남 아롱사태’ – with members HyungJoon, main vocal MinHo, JinSeok, ChangHyun, leader InSeok.

Their debut song ‘BOMB BOMB BOMB’ will be a number with a powerful rhythm .

SHU-I will start promoting from mid-September.

Amidst the domination of the girlgroups in Kpop, a new 5-member idol boyband SHU-I(슈 아이, pronounced as Shoo-a-ee) is set to debut and they will be revealing their debut digital single ‘BOMB BOMB BOMB’ on 11th September.

Their debut song ‘BOMB BOMB BOMB’ will be a number with a powerful rhythm .

SHU-I will start promoting from mid-September.

The first ever Thai-Korea Friends Concert will be held on the 17th of September with KARA, SHINee and Paran's Ryan performing for Korea.

As part of the second Thailand Entertainment Expo, the concert will be held in Bangkok's Parc Paragon, featuring popular artists from Korea and Thailand. Golf&Mike, Namcha, and Ice will be performing for Thailand. The representatives for Korea (SHINee, KARA and Ryan) are all said to be very popular in Thailand.

With the concert to be broadcasted on Thailand's True Vision, officials of the event are delighted to see the first ever collaboration of the two nations' pop cultures.

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Many have been anticipating the official footage release of the Incheon Korean Wave Festival 2009, which took place last Saturday on the 5th. MBC has finally aired the footage today in place of Music Core.

Sadly, who knew that 2PM's performance of their 2009 hit songs, "Again & Again" and "I Hate You" that day would be their last performance all together... as seven, as one. Ok well, Nichkhun wasn't around that night due to some CF matters in Thailand.

But as things stand, Jaebeom is not with 2PM now. But who knows what will happen in future, we can only hope for the best.

This performance will definitely be memorable for all those who have walked with the magnificent seven through their hardships and struggles since the Hot Blood days. Check out their final, bittersweet performance, as the original 2PM, below.

Reminiscing the good old heptagonal days.

The most elite Korean singers will be gathering under the night skies this Saturday at the Incheon Munhak Main Stadium, for the Incheon Korean Wave Concert 2009.

The Incheon Korean Wave Concert 2009 had been originally scheduled for 22nd August, but was later postponed due to former S. Korean president, Kim Dae Jung's passing. The concert has now been rescheduled for 5th September, and will be hosted by MBC announcer, Oh Sang Jin and Music Core hosts, Yuri and Tiffany.

This concert was organized to commemorate the Visit Incheon 2009 campaign and was also part of the Global Fair & Festival Incheon 2009 event calendar. Although the concert was postponed from the original 22nd August date, all participating singers have re-adjusted their schedules and will turn out as promised this weekend.

Don't be sad if you can't make it to the concert due to various circumstances. MBC will be having a delayed broadcast of the concert on 12th September.

In a recent interview, Kim Bum revealed how he felt when people spread rumors that he changed after he got famous. Kim Bum has worked hard to get where he is now, he took on small roles in various TV shows and movies but his hard work paid off when he made it big after the show Boys Over Flowers. After Boys Over Flowers, Kim Bum was not only asked to be in new TV and movie projects but also many commercials. After becoming better known to the public, people spread rumors about Kim Bum saying he became arrogant when his popularity grew.

Kim Bum said,

"I heard about the rumor and though I found it unfair, there must be a reason this rumor started. Smoke can't come out of a house without fire and I will try to understand why people are saying this about me. I acknowledge that this rumor did not come out of nowhere and I'll try to reflect on what might've started this rumor. I am not perfect and if I ever acted immature, cold-hearted, or rude, I want to say sorry."

Even though he apologized he still stated that it is a bit uncalled for for people to say that about him.

"I don't like the fact that people who have never met me make up lies about me."

He expressed how hurt he was from this rumor.

No worries for Kim Bum since he still has many fans who support him. But it must be hard for celebrities to hear lies about them constantly. Especially the ones that make them look bad.

Amidst of the criticisms against 2PM JaeBum, SHINee member Onew comes out to say, “JaeBum will definitelycome back” getting the attention from fans and netizens.

SHINee Onew has recently posted up a message to a fan about 2PM JaeBum who has left 2PM and also Korea on 8th September recently 4 days after the controversy from the revelation of his pre-debut messages posted on MySpace.

He wrote on UFOTown site, “JaeBum will definitely come back, himnae! 2PM is 7 members after all” when a fan posted a message to him “Oppa…What will happen to JaeBum, this is unbelievable”.

Meanwhile, fans are currently on a quest of ‘Saving JaeBum exercise’ after JaeBum left Korea for the states. About 60 2PM fanclubs handed up a union petition on 10th September saying, “Withough JaeBum, 2PM cannot promote on.” And there was an outrage on how JYP Entertainment has not done anything for their idol singers in such as situation.

Meanwhile, fans have displayed encouraging messages to JaeBum on Music Bank today, bright placards saying “Waiting for JaeBum”, “JaeBum come back”.

Reporter : The hottest stars of 2009, BOF LMH and 2NE1 Sandara Park enjoyed a cool date, and I am going to reveal that spot tight away.

A man who showed up lightening the dark location!!!

Suddenly people was getting busy to take photos, the hero is the very LMH!

LMH: Hello(wink)

PD: Didn't you miss MBC Section TV program?

LMH: I missed it so much. Why do you come only now?

PD: What are you filming for?

LMH: I was taking the photo shoot for beer CF in paper media.

In the previous CF, it became a topic that LMH filmed a thrilling kiss-scene with Jesica Gomez.

PD: Then this time, with whom will you act together?

This girl with hip fashion will be my partner, 2NE1 Sandara Park.

PD: Wow, You are well-matched each other. What is your impression after completing the CF filming with LMH?

Sandara: I was thrilling and nervous, but it was exciting.

Of course she should.. They made a kiss-scene from the first meeting. They kissed as many as over 100 times for the CF

PD: Recently, your funny(weird) photos became the talk on the internet

Sandara :Aha~ the photos taken by myself.....I really like taking self-shots. I tried to take photos with various funny looks.

PD: Please show us your best funny look just one time.

(Sandara made a funny face)

She is so beautiful whatever she expresses. At that time, a new member of 2NE1 showed up at the studio, it is Santina(It means cheap in Korean) Park of 2NE4.

Reporter: The two hottest icons in recent entertainment are attended here. BOF LMH and 2NE1 Sandara Park!!!!! They can't take their eyes off my hair. Mine is exactly same as Sandara's, right?

LMH: It seems yours is much thinner.

Reporter: Yep, I actually have thin hair. You look more handsome after the period since I have ever seen you.

LMH: (I was too much occupied) Now, I feel comfortable while recharged...At that time(in my previous interview), I was exhausted by tight schedules.

Q: What was the first impression each other?

Dara: He looked like a rich boy

LMH: You got wrong.

Q: LMH, what was your impression of Sandara ?

LMH: I thought she would be active and cute, but she is rather calm.

Many audiences may be surprised, if they hear Sandara is the eldest among three of us. Dara was born in 1984, I was born in 1986 and LMH was born in 1987.

Q: Did you know that she is elder than you?

LMH: Yes, I did

Q: It seems strange that you call her as elder sister (Nuna)?

LMH: So I didn't call her as elder sister, but just Miss Sandara

Q: Which group do you like most among girl groups?

LMH: 2NE1

He answered as soon as finishing the question.

Q: Do you know any song of 2NE1?

LMH: I don't care

Q : Please sing a few bars.

LMH: I don't care

Q: He really sang only one bar of the song, "I don't care". Many people made parodies of 2NE1, have you ever seen that?

Sandara: Yes, I have.

Q: Which parody are you satisfied with the most?

Sandara: The parody done by KyungRim unni seemed the best since it's first one so we watched it with curiosity.

Q: I heard you visited the Philippines as a short vacation.

Sandara: I visited for 2 nights and 3 days

Q: Sandara already gained a big popularity in the Philippines before her debut in Korea. Now she is getting more popular. This program "Section TV" is aired all around world. Please give greetings to the fans in the Philippines

(Dara greeted in Tagalog)

Q: (Though we don't understand what she said) It's exciting

Sandara: When I went to the Philippines, people asked me "Have you seen GJP"

Q: Really~ I've also heard BOF had made a big hit there. So don't you feel the need of learning Philippines language?

LMH: It seems hard to learn it in a short period of time

Sandara: I am telling you a word in Tagalog. "mahal ko kayo" It means I love you. The Philippines fans might like it very much

LMH: "Hello Philippines fans, mahal ko kayo"

Sandara: It's my first time to greet to the audiences through this program, and I am very glad to meet you. Please give your great love to me and also to 2NE1.

LMH: I was very happy to see you after a long time, give your big love to the reporter and me.

English translated by loveminho.com + edited: boys-before-flowers.blogspot.com

credit: meoluvdenmi/hanafrei@youtube.com

In conjunction with Yahoo Korea, a portal site was created by organizers of the Seoul Drama Awards 2009, to poll users from around the world, to find out the most popular drama, actor and actress in the past year. The poll was held between 13th July and 30th August.

The winners of the respective categories are as follows.

Thanks to his SS501 background and popularity as Yoon Ji Hoo in KBS2TV Boys Over Flowers earlier in the year, Kim Hyun Joong walked away as the most popular actor with 48% of the votes. Lee Junki came in second with 26% for his Iljimae role while fellow Boys Over Flower star, Lee Minho was placed third.

Nation's little sister, Moon Geun Young was voted the most popular actress for her role in Painter of the Wind. Han Hyo Joo was 2nd for her Iljimae role while Goo Hye Sun came in third for Boy Before Flowers.

In the most popular drama category, Boys Over Flowers won with 38% of the votes, with Painter of the Wind and Iljimae coming in second and third with 34% and 26% of the votes respectively.

Kind of strange that the winners, second and third place all went to Korea. There were entries from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan among the nominees but none managed to register on the votes. And another coincidence was that it was just a 3-way fight between Boys Over Flowers, Iljimae and Painter of the Wind.

The 2009 Seoul Drama Awards ceremony will be held on 11th September, at the Olympic Hall in Seoul's OIympic Park from 6.30PM (KST). The prestigious event will be shown live via KBS2TV and probably KBSWorld (check your local listings).

So be sure to mark the date down.