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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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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Nicole tweeted :

쌓이고 쌓이고 쌓이기만하네

“Piling up, piling up, and keeps piling up”

Credit : Nicole's Twitter

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Nicole shared a selca she took with fellow member Jiyoung, and tweeted, “Jiyoung’s birthday photo, taken recently.”

p/s : Jiyoung turned 18 on January 18th this year. Happy Birthday Jiyoung ~

Source + Photo: Nicole’s Twitter

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A Korean cosmetic-surgery clinic conducted a survey of Japanese patient visitors for the entire year of 2011 asking, “Who is your favorite Hallyu Star?” At the end of the year, KARA was the most preferred K-pop star among Japanese visitors.

Director Yoon In Mo of the hospital explained, “The most favored Hallyu star came out to be Park Gyuri, Nicole, Han Seung Yeon, Goo Hara, and Kang Ji Young who are in KARA. The following favorite stars after KARA were Jang Geun Suk, Bae Yong Jun, Girls’ Generation, Lee Byung Hun, and Jo In Sung. Through this survey, we were able to find out how the Japanese think about KARA’s image. The KARA members resemble puppy dogs. They all have cute and lovely faces. Some Japanese visitors brought photos of their favorite KARA member and asked to change their nose to look like their favorite KARA member. They wish to look a little more like their favorite stars, even if it’s through a nose job.”

He continued, “I think KARA’s music brought a good response from the Japanese due to a thorough planning from the start before composing and selecting songs to release to the global and domestic markets.”

Kara’s high popularity among the Japanese was also proven back on November 19th of 2011 when Y-STAR‘s ‘Curious‘ conducted surveys with Japanese tourists to which 62 out of the 100 chose Kara as their favorite K-pop star.

Japanese Sankei Newspaper also ran an analysis about the girls and concluded that KARA’s popularity is due to, “Their attractive face, balanced body line, and fancy dance“. Sankai also reported that Korean girl groups are gaining popularity due to their distinguishing appearance and interesting group dance compared to current Japanese idols. This sort of popularity has led KARA to earn 49.3 billion yen(73 billion won) in Japan from CD and DVD sales in 2011 alone.

In related news, KARA will be attending the ‘Golden Disc Awards in Osaka‘ on the 11th.

Source + Photos: Xportsnews
Credit : Allkpop

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KARA‘s Goo Hara has charmed her fans with her latest selca, which shows off her contemporary hanbok.

The idol wore the traditional Korean dress in honor of the New Year along with her fellow ‘Inkigayo‘ MCs, Nicole and IU. After the show, Goo Hara tweeted, “Really sleepy. Cry cry. Today I wore a hanbok.”

In her two-shot, Goo Hara looks stunning, but undeniably tired. She’s been running ragged with her groupmates to fulfill their year-end promotions. It looks like she’d love nothing more than to curl up on a couch and snooze. Unfortunately, duty calls so she found the next best thing — crouching in a shopping cart while monitoring her show.

Netizens commented, “Your hanbok is so colorful! Love it“, “Can I find Goo Hara in a grocery store near me? keke“, and “Get some rest, Hara!“.


Later that day, fellow member Nicole also shared a selca from the waiting room with Goo Hara. Whose look do you like more?

Source + Image: Star News via Naver, Nicole’s Twitter

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Because of their title song 'Separation Drip' we asked Children of Empire's main vocal Kevin if he already had a painful separation and he replied: "I never had a big sorrow. Plus to separate you have to be a bit grown up, even if I don't have any experiences but I can't lie to the other one to break up."

He's from Australia and said that the most difficult thing in Korea is the system. "Since I was adapted to Australian culture when I first came in Korea I had a lot of difficulties with the system. Now with some efforts I'm overcoming it."

Do you understand the feelings of your fellows idols that come from foreign countries like Nicole, Bekha and Amber? "We all give understanding and consideration to each other, we can't keep asking "how can I overcome that?" and think that there's only our group when there's people that lived the same experience."

Your mother did in the past some singer activities too, as a senior does she give you some tips? "She said that there was going to be a lot of difficult things. I've grown up in Australia, and since I've went through adolescence I just naturally made efforts to stand up. My mom always gives me some good advices."

This year's wish for Kevin is to make Children of Empire a group that receive more recognition from the others singers. "I want that each member's talent get recognized. I just want to work hard to give my best, haha!"

Credits : The Star

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We reported about the SBS variety show, Heroes earlier on and filming for the first episode got underway this evening.

Apart from Lee Jin and Yoo In Na who arrived late, the other 10 female cast members of Noh Sa Yeon, Seo In Young, Shin Bong Sun, Jeong Ga Eun, Hong Soo Ah, Nicole, Kahi, Narsha, IU and Jiyeon together with Noh Hong Chul and Lee Hwi Jae gathered together at the Munhak Sports Complex in Incheon to film their first episode.

The variety show is about the cast coming together to overcome various challenges as well as create a storyline that’ll keep viewers hooked.

Sounds pretty vague but it should become clear once it airs.

It will take the place of the outgoing Gold Miss, airing alongside Yoo Jae Suk’s Running Man from July 18th onwards in a brand new Good Sunday line-up.

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