MC Jang Geun-seok
Although I didn't watch August 23's broadcast of Mnet's 20's Choice awards (a wannabe VMA's, really), looking over the full winners list, my first reaction is: "What...
As we know, Koreans sure have a fierce sense of cultural pride (sometimes to uncomfortably myopic degrees). So it's no big surprise that all are elated with Olympic gold medalist...
Because it wasn't enough to trot out fifteen-year-olds who can't sing as sexually suggestive coquettes, now a nine-member "kiddie group" called Sweety is making its debut, with members ranging in...
Here's what I wanna know: Which industry bigwig is brand-new rap duo Mighty Mouth servicing sexually? Or bribing? Or blackmailing?
First, Yoon Eun Hye lent her vocals to their debut...
Ara and Jang Geun Seok are dolling up and gettin' down in an online teaser ad for a cosmetics brand, showing off what is being dubbed their "techtonic" Tecktonik dance....
Go Ara
It's graduation season in Korea, and as with everything else, stars always attract the most attention.
Fifteen-year-old So Hee of the teen pop group Wonder Girls has just...
I like Kim Bum (not to be confused with Suju pop singer Kim Ki Bum). I think he's adorable. I love the fact that they gave him an unabashedly homoerotic...
Yoon Eun Hye
Photographer Cho Seihon has unveiled his special photo spread featuring lots of top stars in his collection "Letters from Angels," which is the fifth installment in...
Wonder Girls
I suppose this makes Part 3 in my unplanned Child Stars series (Part 1, the Golden Age, and Part 2, the oversexing thereof).
I've always wondered at the way these kids...
Wonder Girls: "Tell me!"
The following article brings up an interesting point but is ultimately pretty weak in its assessments. But it IS mainstream press, so I suppose that's...
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Mnet 20’s Choice Awards makes weird choices
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MC Jang Geun-seok Although I didn't watch August 23's broadcast of Mnet's 20's Choice awards (a wannabe VMA's, really), looking over the full winners list, my first reaction is: "What...
Tags: awards, Baek Sung-hyun, Big Bang, Eom Ki-joon, Girls Generation, Jang Geun-seok, Jun Jin, Kim Ji-suk, Kim Min-hee, Lee Beom-soo, Lee Hyori, Park Min-young, Park Shi-hoo, Park Yong-ha, Ryu Seung-beom, Seo In-young, singers, Uhm Jung-hwa, Wonder Girls, Yoo Seung-ho
Swimmer Park Tae-hwan awash in congratulations
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As we know, Koreans sure have a fierce sense of cultural pride (sometimes to uncomfortably myopic degrees). So it's no big surprise that all are elated with Olympic gold medalist...
Tags: Girls Generation, Kim Yuna, Park Tae-hwan, Wonder Girls
Oh. No. They. Di’n’t.
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Because it wasn't enough to trot out fifteen-year-olds who can't sing as sexually suggestive coquettes, now a nine-member "kiddie group" called Sweety is making its debut, with members ranging in...
Tags: Girls Generation, Wonder Girls
Just why is Mighty Mouth such a star magnet?
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Here's what I wanna know: Which industry bigwig is brand-new rap duo Mighty Mouth servicing sexually? Or bribing? Or blackmailing? First, Yoon Eun Hye lent her vocals to their debut...
Tags: Horan, Mighty Mouth, Wonder Girls, Yoon Eun-hye
News bites: June 14, 2008
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Ara and Jang Geun Seok are dolling up and gettin' down in an online teaser ad for a cosmetics brand, showing off what is being dubbed their "techtonic" Tecktonik dance....
Tags: Choi Ji-woo, Go Ara, Jang Geun-seok, Lee Byung-heon, Lee Dong-gun, Moon Geun-young, news bites, Rain, Wonder Girls, Yoo Seung-ho
Graduation day
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Go Ara It's graduation season in Korea, and as with everything else, stars always attract the most attention. Fifteen-year-old So Hee of the teen pop group Wonder Girls has just...
Tags: Girls Generation, Go Ara, Lee Yo-won, Wonder Girls
Kim Bum strikes a manly pose
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I like Kim Bum (not to be confused with Suju pop singer Kim Ki Bum). I think he's adorable. I love the fact that they gave him an unabashedly homoerotic...
Tags: Jo In-sung, Kim Bum, Unstoppable High Kick, Wonder Girls
What’s with all the babies?
by javabeans
Yoon Eun Hye Photographer Cho Seihon has unveiled his special photo spread featuring lots of top stars in his collection "Letters from Angels," which is the fifth installment in...
Tags: Han Hye-jin, Jang Hyuk, Kim Jung-eun, Lee Seung-gi, photo shoots, Wonder Girls, Yoon Eun-hye
Working child celebrities to the bone
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Wonder Girls I suppose this makes Part 3 in my unplanned Child Stars series (Part 1, the Golden Age, and Part 2, the oversexing thereof). I've always wondered at the way these kids...
Tags: overworking, Wonder Girls
Cultivating the Lolita complex
by javabeans
Wonder Girls: "Tell me!" The following article brings up an interesting point but is ultimately pretty weak in its assessments. But it IS mainstream press, so I suppose that's...
Tags: Girls Generation, Wonder Girls, Yoo Seung-ho