It seems there’s no end to a string of troubles facing TVXQ, especially the three members embroiled in litigation with their management company, SM Entertainment. The three members – Micky, Hero, and Xiah – have now been sued by a Chinese company for fraud. The plaintiff is the distributor of CreBeau products in the Shanghai, Jiang Su and Sanxi region. CreBeau is the name of a Chinese cosmetics company, which supposedly have brought in the three TVXQ members into the business as its shareholders.

The plaintiff claimed Micky, Hero, and Xiah failed to show up at the product launching event on July 16th, leading to a massive complaints and product returns from unsatisfied customers and causing immense damage to the plaintiff. The lawyer of the three members said that the members and even Xiah’s father had apologized for the absence. But the plaintiff said that the company decided to invest in the venture, because the plaintiff wanted to capitalize on the popularity of TVXQ in the Chinese-speaking region and was promised their full involvement in promotional activities. The plaintiff stated that the three were fraudulent, because they failed to keep up their end of the bargain.

Despite the controversy surrounding the absence of its leader, Korean idol group 2PM is No.1 in Thailand in more ways than one. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, the now-six-member-group is the year’s hottest-selling recording artist in Thailand. Following 2PM are such acclaimed foreign artists as Black Eyed Peas, Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Mariah Carey.

In late June 2PM released “2PM Thailand Special Edition,” composed of the group’s first single “Hottest Time of the Day” and second single, “Time for Change,” plus a music video DVD. 2PM is undoubtedly the most beloved musician in Thailand, given that the group received a platinum album from Sony Thailand for their special album. Since the release of “2PM Thailand Special Edition, the group’s hits “10 Out of 10” and “Again and Again” have topped various music charts and been played more than any other songs on the media. Their latest hit “Heartbeat” is also enjoying tremendous popularity all over Southeast Asia.

Get ready for some new T-ara action.

After the successful promotion with boy group, Supernova, it’s time for these girls to snag some spotlight for just themselves.

Photos from their upcoming new mini-album have been released, although not much else is known about the album at the moment. Also, M-net needs to be more consistent with the English spelling of the group. I know I’m asking too much because it’s so hard for a professional agency to copy and paste the appropriate text, but is it “T-ara” or “Tiara” for crying out loud?

I’m glad that they’ve transferred their style from “T.T.L Time to Listen” to their new album because this look absolutely works for them.I always like it much better when female groups are given cohesive styles rather than just thematic concepts where they all dress alike to perpetuate a harem fantasy *cough* SNSD *cough*.

Just 4 months after their debut in Japan, Big Bang has scored the title song, “Let me hear your voice,” for a Japanese drama on TBS called, “Single.” And their voices sound like they are speaking Korean instead of Japanese.

Guess, you can’t take the Korean out the Korean.

The music video marks DaeSung’s comeback after his fender bender in August 2009.