"2011 K-Pop Music Fest in Sydney" Ramps Up Promotions

With just three weeks until K-Pop’s hottest idol groups come to meet their fans in Australia, “2011 K-Pop Music Fest in Sydney” steps up on its promotions to build anticipation for the event. The all-star concert’s organizers, JK Entertainment has recently released another promotional video with short glimpses of participating groups 2AM, 4minute, BEAST, CN Blue, DBSK, Kara, MBLAQ, miss A, Secret, SHINee, SISTAR, and SNSD set to BEAST’s “Shock” and SNSD’s “Hoot.”

First Pictures from KBS "Invincible Youth" Season 2 Revealed

Following last week’s annoucement of the final cast-list for Invinicible Youth Season 2, little tidbits of information are now starting to leak out as the show readies its first airing on Nov. 12. The first set of pictures from their very first recording were revealed by Boom on a series of Twitter posts made on Oct. 20. Boom started off with a Twitter post, where he stated "The first recording of Invincible Youth!!! Where are we!!! Who are we?? What is everyone thinking? Anything is fine, since we have our youth!! Let’s get up," accompanied by a picture which shows Boom, SNSD’s Hyoyeon, Kara’s Jiyoung, f(x)’s Amber and Jewelry’s Yewon crouching by the side of a road looking slightly lost.

Goo Hara Misses Her Boyfriend Yong Junhyung

Goo Hara expressed how she misses her boyfriend Yong Jun Hyung, who is hard to meet because of both of their busy schedules. To be aired on October 19, Goo Hara is a guest for Golden Fishery’s Radio Star for the first time. She reveals her relationship with…

Goo Hara "A Junior Girl Group Does Not Greet Us Properly"

On the October 18 episode of SBS “Strong Heart,” Kara opened up with her talk describing how it has been five years since Kara’s debut. “We are well-known as a group that is good at greeting their seniors.” She continued “However, there are a lot of juniors that are younger than us. They are taller than us… But, when we greeted the junior girl group, they only nodded her head and did not greet us properly.” (Korean’s consider greeting and bowing as a basic custom)

Nicole Receives a Love Confession From Top Japanese Star

A top Japanese star confesses his love for Kara’s Nicole? On the recent episode of Japanese music show "Music Station" Nicole and Japanese rock band member from L’Arc~en~Ciel share an incident where Nicole receives his "love confession."

How Idols Live Abroad

Having activities abroad have become a regular part of idols’ lives and schedules. Sometimes being abroad for up to a year and half at a time, one can’t help wonder where they sleep, and how they eat. In a generation of global KPOP, let’s take a look into the daily lives of idols abroad.

SNSD Ranked #1 as Most Influential Idol in the K-Pop Boom

A national survey was conducted from October 7 to 14 on an internet movie site called Max Movie (www.maxmovie.com). The survey asked the site viewers, “Which idol has had the biggest influence and contributed the most to the K-Pop Boom?” SNSD was ranked as #1 as the idol to have had the most influence in leading the K-Pop Boom or Hallyu Wave.