KARA‘s Seungyeon and Jiyoung along with actor Lee Min Ki are receiving attention for a new photo that shows off their close bond, looking very much like siblings.

A photo from the fashion brand ‘Unionbay‘s fall 2012 advertisement was revealed featuring the three stars. The theme for the ad is ‘Play Different’ with the stars showing off their wit and style through their family portrait concept. Staff members were said to have been pleasantly surprised at how well they got along with their playful jokes and skinship during the photo shoot. A ‘Unionbay’ representative stated, “KARA’s Seungyeon and Jiyoung along with actor Lee Min Ki were selected as the 2012 models for ‘Unionbay’ and recently completed our third ad campaign. They were seen showing their support for each other as the photo shoot progressed which brightened up the atmosphere on set. The day after the photo shoot was Seungyeon’s birthday, and Lee Min Ki didn’t forget and even prepared a surprise gift for her, touching the heart of Seungyeon as well as the staff members.” More photos featuring KARA’s Seungyeon and Jiyoung and actor Lee Min Ki will be available through Unionbay’s homepage. 

 Source + image: Star News via Nate

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Though it makes their legs look longer and leaner, these so-called kill heels literally killing celebrities’ precious feet.

Recently, on an online community forum appeared a series of photos featuring female stars’ abused feet from kill heels. The photos show IU, 4minute’s HyunA, SISTAR’s Bora and KARA’s Goo Hara, revealing their bare feet. Female entertainers including girl group members usually wear high heels in order to make their legs look longer and prettier as well as make the figure appear more beautiful.

Wearing these kill heels for hours is quite painful as they seem swollen or appear to have band aids all over covering the blisters. Some stars are captured with pain-relief bandages and patches on their calves to relieve pain and stress from their tired muscles. Netizens commented, “How could such bad things be happening to such young girls”, “It must hurt so much” and “They have no choice because they need their legs to look pretty.”

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Boyfriend will attend to Dream Concert 2012 along with TVXQ,SNSD, 2PM,2AM,KARA,Beast,4minute, MBLAQ , T-ARA , INFINITE, SECRET , ZE:A , TEEN TOP, SISTAR , B1A4, DAVICHI, AILEE , EXO, Rania and A Pink

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Girls’ Generation members Sunny & Hyoyeon have been rumored to be leaving KBS 2TV‘s variety show, ‘Invincible Youth 2‘.

However on March 27th, a Girls’ Generation representative informed MyDaily, “Girls’ Generation members Sunny and Hyoyeon will not be leaving ‘Invincible Youth 2′.”

“These rumors came not only as a surprise to the staff members, but to us as well,” the rep continued.

‘Invincible Youth 2′ is expected to undergo some restructuring, switching out a few of the G8 members among other changes.

Of the 3 MCs, Boom will be staying on the program while Lee Soo Geun and Ji Hyun Woo have decided to leave after some discussion with the staff members.

Lee Soo Geun is leaving the show to spend some more time with his wife who is ill, and Ji Hyun Woo wants to focus on his new tvN drama in which he has been recently cast as a male lead.

But the G8 members including f(x)‘s Amber, Jewelry‘s Yewon, Rainbow‘s Woori, Girls’ Generation members Sunny & Hyoyeon, KARA‘s Kang Jiyoung, SISTAR‘s Bora, and miss A’s Suzy have not yet made official decisions as whether to stay or leave the show.

Until now, ‘Invincible Youth 2′ aired every Saturday at 11PM KST, but starting on April 7th, the show will begin airing every Saturday at 5:15PM KST, competing with MBC‘s ‘We Got Married‘.

Source & Image: MyDaily

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On the recent episode of KBS2‘s ‘G8‘, Jiyoung ended up having to be the designated worker because she failed to form a couple with a grandmother.

Jiyoung and Ji Hyun Woo had to watch from afar as the rest of the members of ‘G8‘ had fun in the hot spring.

When it was time to prepare dinner, Ji Hyun Woo suddenly wrapped his hands around Jiyoung from behind and said, “Our Jiyoung.” The members who saw this said, “There’s something going on between those two. How long has it been?” and “Jiyoung is leaning against him too.” The two stars have actually been spotted being a little friendly on earlier episodes and left the viewers curious about their relationship.

When the members asked, “Are you guys really dating?” Jiyoung looked embarrassed and just splashed water at them. But Ji Hyun Woo looked like he was enjoying the moment and smiled as he kept his hands around her.

Source+Picture: Star News via Naver

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Kara member and ‘Inkigayo‘ MC, Goo Hara made an apology to rookie group B.A.P for her mistake on this week’s broadcast.

On March 11th, Goo Hara made a post on her Twitter account that read, “To B.A.P members, B.A.P Baby, B.A.P fans, I apologize. They are a 6-member group, not 5… It was my mistake. I will be more careful from now on“.

The apology comes as a result of her mistake earlier on in the day, during the live broadcast of SBS‘s Inkigayo. As she was introducing B.A.P for their performance, she mistakenly introduced them as a 5-member group. B.A.P, of course, is made up of 6 members, Bang Yong Guk, Zelo, Himchan, Yong Jae, DaeHyun, and Jong Up.

Netizens responded by posting various comments such as “I was kind of surprised during the broadcast but its an understandable mistake” , “It is a live broadcast so there is room for mistakes” and, “It is nice to see a quick apology. End of Story“.

Source & Image: Daum

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The members of 2AM guest-featured on ‘Radio Star‘ and revealed the list of artists that rose to fame after being cut from JYP Entertainment.

On the March 7th episode of MBC‘s ‘Radio Star’, 2AM’s Jo Kwon selected 2NE1‘s “I Am The Best” as a song he was envious of.

“CL was once a JYP trainee,” he revealed, surprising the MCs on set. Fellow member Seulong added, “Why we let her go is one of the many mysteries at our office.”

The members also revealed that IU was one singer that J.Y. Park was kicking himself for letting her get away. “J.Y. Park hit the ground in regret,” the boys stated. “Previously, he mentioned that he was going to find out who had cut IU.”

In addition, the group also revealed that B2ST‘s Yoon Doojoon, KARA‘s Goo Hara, SISTAR‘s Hyorin, SECRET‘s Song Ji Eun, and more were also once JYP trainees.

Source & Image : Newsen via Nate

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Due to a recent picture, KARA‘s Kang Jiyoung is being dubbed as a ‘giant baby’.

On February 29, a picture was uploaded onto an online community with the title ‘Kang Ji Young’s lofty height in the practice room.’ Along with the picture, the person wrote, “The maknae entertaining her unnis. She stands up straight and gasp! Who’s the maknae and who’s the unni? Ji Young is really tall. I thought she was wearing heels, but she’s wearing sneakers. It might be because the unnis are semi sitting on the chairs, but Kang Ji Young is growing up to be a giant baby.”

The picture displays Ji Young with members Gyuri and Seungyeon in the practice room. At first, it looks as if they are similar in height, but in the second picture we can see the large height difference when Ji Young stands at full height.

Despite being labeled as the baby of the group, seeing her towering over her other members has left netizens nostalgic as they reflected on how much she has grown in many ways since debut.

They responded, “She’s still cute as always“, “Isn’t it good to be tall?“, and “She really is a giant baby“.

Jiyoung is currently part of the G8 team on KBS ‘Invincible Youth.’

Source & Image: TV Report via Nate

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KARA‘s charismatic maknae Kang Ji Young challenged herself into hand washing her own car.

On March 1st, Ji Young tweeted, “Hand-washing a car for the first time ever! It’s actually fun and easier than I thought. I thought to myself, ‘I’m sure the car will dry itself when I’m driving it’, but haha. There’s still water leftover from the car wash and now there’s dirt all over it.”

In a comfortable outfit, Ji Young is seen diligently scrubbing her Mini with soap and water at a car wash station.

Netizens commented, “If the weather had been a bit colder, the water would have turned into icicles“, “After you wash your car, you need to dry it off with a dry cloth“, and “Did you make sure to put a ‘beginner driver’ sticker on the back of your car?”

Ji Young then made replies to her fan’s tweet and said, “Of course, I asked the man who worked at the car wash if he had a drying cloth, but he said he didn’t have one.”

Meanwhile, KARA will be promoting their 6th album single ‘Girl’s Power‘ and ‘Speed Up‘ in Japan beginning on March.

Source: Nate

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A recent photo of KARA‘s Seungyeon has been attracting a lot of attention for revealing the unexpected abs of the baby faced star. The photo was taken at KARA’s concert rehearsal on February 18th-19th at Seoul’s Olympic Park.

People are reported to be surprised that Seungyeon has such a toned looking stomach as she’s known for her cute baby face. Fans commented, “Unexpected body,” “Hard abs and a baby face,” and “So cool.”

KARA wrapped up their first stop in Seoul for their solo Asian tour ‘KARASIA‘ successfully.

Source + Photo: BNT News via Nate via Allkpop

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Following the popular rankings of girl groups by popularity and talent, the ‘Average Height of Girl Groups’ ranking was released in an online community and has been garnering attention amongst netizens.

The girl groups were ranked in five different categories: Giant group, Tall group, Average Height group, Short group, and Shortest group.
A total of 24 groups were listed in the ranking. As expected, having composed of former models, Nine Muses took #1 spot with an average height of 171.9 cm. After School, well-known as 'tall' girl group in the K-Pop industry, came in a surprising fourth with an average height of 168.5 cm.

Girls’ Generation and the Wonder Girls, who are always on top of popularity rankings, were listed down under the short category with 163.5cm and 163.6 respectively. Kara, 2NE1, SECRET and Brown Eyed Girls were all ranked at the bottom of the list.

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KARA member Goo Hara‘s slim figure is evoking much envy amongst her female fans.

The photos above recently surfaced on an online community site with the caption, ‘Thought Goo Hara had the figure of an elementary student, but her ultra slim waist is breathtaking.”

The shots were taken while Goo Hara took a break from her shoot to eat a slice of pizza. Her white one piece well-traced her S-line figure, showcasing her ultra-thin 22-inch waist.

Envious netizens wrote comments that read, “How is that even considered a waist? Breathtaking“, “Really thin waist. Thinner than an ant’s!”, and “I wish I could live with that waist for a single day.”

Source & Image: TVReport via Nate

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B2ST member Junhyung‘s father was asked which girl group member he would approve of as his daughter-in-law, and he selected KARA‘s Goo Hara, who happens to be Junhyung’s current girlfriend.

On the February 21st episode of KBS 2TV‘s ‘Win Win‘, Junhyung’s father remarked, “I thought a lot about this question. Junhyung once brought Goo Hara home, and I thought that she was a nice and bright girl. It’s nice to see how cute they are together.”

In regards to his son’s public relationship he remarked, “I was pretty surprised in the beginning. Once the news got out, it was all over the internet. I was a little bit concerned.”

Junhyung who became a bit embarrassed joked, “I should never have been caught,” causing the other guests on set to roar in laughter.

The B2ST members who guest-featured for a special edition of ‘Win Win’ honestly talked about the difficult times they had to endure in order to become the group they are today.

Source & Image: TVReport via Nate

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KARA's Nicole is reported to have suffered from an ankle injury after performing for their first concert date in Seoul, South Korea yesterday. On the 19th of February, it was stated that Nicole had an ankle injury on her left foot and was required to wear a brace to continue other activities today.

A representative also confirmed that Nicole's injury was not that serious and was only advised to wear the ankle brace for the time being. After last night's concert, Nicole was still seen doing her regular activites by co-hosting today's Inkigayo.

Meanwhile, Nicole joins the rest of KARA as they perform for their second concert date "KARASIA" today at the Seoul's Olympic Gymnastic Stadium. The concert also marks their first concert tour since debuting in the industry.

Source: @_karaholic and Newsen

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KARA‘s Kang Jiyoung admitted that she didn’t like her graduation photo.

On February 13th, talk show “Bae Ki Wan, Choi Young Ah and Jo Hyung Gi’s Good Morning” aired footage from Jiyoung’s high school graduation ceremony from the 8th.

When the reporters asked Jiyoung about her much-talked about photo, Jiyoung said, “I didn’t know it was a big deal at all. To be honest, I don’t like my graduation photo very much.”

Fans disagreed, however, as Jiyoung looked picture perfect with her long hair, deep bangs, and shy smile.

Guess not even celebrities feel all that confident about their graduation pictures!

Source: My Daily via Nate

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KARA‘s maknae Kang Jiyoung has graduated from high school!

Jiyoung who is now officially considered an ‘adult’ attended her Muhak Girls’ High School graduation ceremony on the 8th to spend her last day as a young high school student.

Although the singer is busy promoting with her group in both Japan and Korea, she made the time to say her last goodbyes to her classmates and teachers.

She also wrote a few words on her Twitter page the day before saying, “I debuted when I was a freshman in high school, but I’m already a senior, graduating tomorrow. Will I be able to be a mature, successful adult?”

Jiyoung has yet to decide if or when she will apply to college.

Congratulations to Jiyoung!

Source & Image: MyDaily via Nate + Chosun via Nate

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Title: Korean Music Wave in Bangkok

Location: Rajamangala National Stadium
Date: 7th of April, 2012
Time: 17:00hrs (Thai Time)
Event Duration: Approximately 3hrs 30mins (Maybe Extended)
First Wave Artists Confirm :
Male : TVXQ,MBLAQ,FT ISLAND,2PM,TEEN TOP,BOYFRIEND
Female : KARA, SECRET, SISTAR, MISS A, GNA
[There will be up to Fourth Wave Announcement of Artists, there wil be more artists joining this BIGGEST Concert of the Year]

Details for overseas fans please click this link for more info-
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=158409800941387&id=142021855859298

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On February 5th, Nicole began her multi-language tweet in Korean,Japanese and English.

Nicole tweet :

“It’s been a while since I’ve exercised! I’ve rested well, so it’s time to do it. Right Nicole? Right? lol”.“Just finished pilates! Feel refreshed~”

The idol also attached a photo of herself guzzling some water, as if she just finished her workout and couldn’t wait to share her new energy with fans.

Source: Star News

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It’s now February, which means it’s time for high school students in Korea to graduate, and the idols are no exception.

Idols born in 1993 and 1994 are preparing for their graduation, and so are the media and the fans who are planning to attend the ceremonies.

The first to graduate will be C-real leader Chemi who is currently a student at Chungdam High School in Seoul. Her graduation ceremony will take place on the 3rd, and she will be in attendance to receive her diploma.

On the 8th, KARA‘s maknae Jiyoung who is attending Muhak Girls’ High School in Seoul will also be in attendance to receive her diploma. As long as something new doesn’t pop up on her schedule, Jiyoung will be at the ceremony and plans to spend the day with her teachers and her friends.

February 9th will be a big day, as multiple idol stars will be graduating on the same day.

Singer IU who is a student at Dongduk Girls’ High School will most likely be at her graduation ceremony, although that can change according to her busy schedule.

This is the nation’s sweetheart who is graduating, and both the fans and the media are preparing for this event.

Lila Art High School students f(x)‘s Luna and T-ara‘s Jiyeon will also be graduating, however, Jiyeon will be in Paris for KBS 2TV‘s ‘Music Bank‘ Paris Special on the 8th, and therefore will be unable to attend her ceremony.

Luna is still unsure if she will attend, it will all depend on her TV Chosun ‘Saving Ajumma Go Bong Shil‘ filming schedule.

AA‘s Kimchi and Hoik will be attending their graduation at Korea Art School and they will be receiving their diplomas together.

On the 10th, SHINee‘s Taemin will also be graduating from his Hanlim Arts High School, but he and the rest of the SHINee members will also be in France for the ‘Music Bank’ Paris special and will unfortunately be unable to attend.

Twins T-ara‘s Hwa Youngand Coed School‘s Hyo Young will also be graduating from their respective schools, and Hyo Young who is also a member of unit 5dolls has tentative plans to attend, while, Hwa Young will also be in Paris for ‘Music Bank’ and will be unable to receive her diploma in person.

SISTAR‘s Dasom, a student of Anyang Art High School will also be graduating but she will also be in Paris, and actor Yoo Seung Ho currently attending Baek Shin High School will also be graduating on the 9th.

Source & Image: StarNews via Nate

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The singer recently guest-featured to film the next episode of MBC‘s ‘Joo Byung Jin’s Talk Concert – K-POP Star Special‘, and the bubbly Jiyoung helped create a fun atmosphere on the set.

She talked about her promotions in Japan, as well as the things she unfortunately had to give up on after becoming a star.

But when the guests began speaking of their ideal types, Kang Jiyoung unexpectedly revealed that she liked men who didn’t eat carrots, which highly amused the other guests on set.

She hilariously stated that more specifically, he must not eat carrots that are cooked, which caused the guests to further explode in laughter.

Also on the episode were T-ara‘s Jiyeon, Super Junior‘s Shindong, Rainbow‘s Jaekyung, and ZE:A‘s Lim Siwan.

Source & Image: Newsen via Nate

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