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Lee Hyori is furious with MBC for reporting false stories Singer Lee Hyori has put MBC on blast for reporting false stories about her. MBC Everyone... Kim Yu-na Featured in U.S. Math Textbook (2012/02/01) <img src='http://www.hancinema.net/photos/miniphoto220342.jpg' border='0' align='left' hspace='5' ><br />Figure skating champion Kim Yu-na is pictured in a math textbook for U.S. high school students. She appears in the part introducing trigonometry. In the U.S., math textbooks commonly feature photos of sports stars' performances to explain geometry.<br />The textbook published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt features Kim twice, presenting the following problems: calculate the angle created by a figure s<br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?i=1wSoY3i5nmQ:YPCnnVK5utM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?i=1wSoY3i5nmQ:YPCnnVK5utM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hancinema/AUJj/~4/1wSoY3i5nmQ" height="1" width="1"/> Won Bin styles his own hair for a recent photo shoot A few still-cuts from actor Won Bin‘s 2012 Spring photo shoot set have been revealed. The... What caused Sunny to laugh out loud on the ‘David Letterman’ Show? Last night, Girls’ Generation made their American television debut on the ‘The Late Show with David... 2NE1′s Park Bom charms with her consideration for fans 2NE1‘s Park Bom is in the spotlight for her tremendous love for her fans. An online... <p>In many ways, the Hallyu phenomenon in America is deeply rooted in financial and economic matters. While the Hallyu effect throughout Asia has come to hold both economic and social implications, the spread of Korean culture in America is not magnanimous enough to affect American social values. Currently, K-pop’s biggest strides into the American market are largely focused on economics and business: the Wonder Girls are collabing with Nick Cannon, one of the biggest names in tween entertainment, and SNSD was signed onto Interscope Records, one of America’s largest music labels. Of course, many acknowledge that the idea of having Asian entertainers in an entertainment market saturated with non-Asians is interesting, at best. But largely speaking, it’s far from being a principal concern.</p><br /><p>However, one cannot deny that there’s something quite staggering about the idea of Asian entertainers taking such a brazen approach to the American entertainment market. For years, Asian-American entertainers have struggled to break into an entertainment scene that has proven itself to be prejudiced towards racial minorities, particularly Asians. Currently, many Asian-American entertainers have taken to social media platforms such as Youtube to show off their craft. But despite the flood of Asian-American “celebs” on Youtube, racial imbalance and prejudice in American entertainment still make themselves known.</p><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://seoulbeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110308_seoulbeats_fareastmovement.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-13763" title="20110308_seoulbeats_fareastmovement" src="http://seoulbeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110308_seoulbeats_fareastmovement.jpg" alt="" width="510" height="340" /></a></p><br /><p>(...)Read the rest of <a href="http://seoulbeats.com/2012/01/k-pop-and-asian-america/">K-pop and Asian America</a> (898 words)</p><br /><br /><p>© Patricia for <a href="http://seoulbeats.com">seoulbeats</a>, 2012. |<br /><a href="http://seoulbeats.com/2012/01/k-pop-and-asian-america/">Permalink</a> |<br /><a href="http://seoulbeats.com/2012/01/k-pop-and-asian-america/#comments">65 comments</a> |<br />Add to<br /><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://seoulbeats.com/2012/01/k-pop-and-asian-america/&title=K-pop and Asian America">del.icio.us</a><br /><br />Post tags: <a href="http://seoulbeats.com/tag/girls-generation/" rel="tag">Girls' Generation</a>, <a href="http://seoulbeats.com/tag/snsd/" rel="tag">SNSD</a>, <a href="http://seoulbeats.com/tag/so-nyeo-shi-dae/" rel="tag">So Nyeo Shi Dae</a><br /></p> Song Ji-eun’s Latest: Is It Really Cold? <p>A few weeks ago, Secret’s Song Ji-eun teased fans by announcing via Twitter that she was recording alone in the studio without her fellow members, eliciting a collective gasp from both Secret fans and fans of Ji-eun’s beyond fabulous blue hair with blunt bangs. Could it be — was TS Entertainment preparing to unleash another wave of awesome by letting Ji-eun go solo and do her thang? Preferably with more pleather and blue hair?</p><br /><p><a href="http://seoulbeats.com/2012/01/song-ji-euns-latest-is-it-really-cold/120125_seoulbeats_secret_songjieun2/" rel="attachment wp-att-42159"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-42159" src="http://seoulbeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/120125_seoulbeats_secret_songjieun2-300x277.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="277" /></a>Let me just get it out of my system right now: Ji-eun is mah homegurl, and in my head we are best friends (who also hang out with SNSD‘s Tiffany, my other homegurl and secret best friend). Her first solo song “Going Crazy” was my jam for a solid three weeks following its release, and I loved the way she was styled so much that I seriously considered (for about three serious seconds) dyeing my hair blue and getting blunt bangs. For those three seconds, it didn’t really matter that it would have looked simply atrocious on me; my only concern was looking more like Song Ji-eun, whose badassery was inspiring at a time when Secret was releasing one aegyo-saturated tune after another. So naturally, when a solo comeback was hinted at, I preemptively held myself a little fangirl party.</p><br /><p>(...)Read the rest of <a href="http://seoulbeats.com/2012/01/song-ji-euns-latest-is-it-really-cold/">Song Ji-eun’s Latest: Is It Really Cold?</a> (341 words)</p><br /><br /><p>© Dana for <a href="http://seoulbeats.com">seoulbeats</a>, 2012. |<br /><a href="http://seoulbeats.com/2012/01/song-ji-euns-latest-is-it-really-cold/">Permalink</a> |<br /><a href="http://seoulbeats.com/2012/01/song-ji-euns-latest-is-it-really-cold/#comments">3 comments</a> |<br />Add to<br /><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://seoulbeats.com/2012/01/song-ji-euns-latest-is-it-really-cold/&title=Song Ji-eun’s Latest: Is It Really Cold?">del.icio.us</a><br /><br />Post tags: <a href="http://seoulbeats.com/tag/secret/" rel="tag">Secret</a>, <a href="http://seoulbeats.com/tag/song-ji-eun/" rel="tag">Song Ji-eun</a><br /></p> Everyday I’m shufflin’ in K-pop <p><a href="http://seoulbeats.com/2012/01/everyday-im-shufflin-in-k-pop/20120127_seoulbeats_t-ara_shuffling/" rel="attachment wp-att-42379"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-42379" title="20120127_seoulbeats_t-ara_shuffling" src="http://seoulbeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/20120127_seoulbeats_t-ara_shuffling-300x158.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="158" /></a>Following <a href="http://seoulbeats.com/2012/01/dubstep-the-future-of-korean-pop/">Subi’s article on the emerging dubstep trend</a>, I thought it would be good to take a look at what perhaps is its dance equivalent — the shuffle.</p><br /><p>The shuffle has been everywhere in K-pop, especially in the later months of 2011. We had the MAMA 2011 Dance Relay (a contest where K-pop fans the world over were encouraged to film themselves shuffling with the prize of tickets to the awards show itself up for grabs), various Gayo Daejun performances, music show performances, and most recently, T-ara‘s entire dance routine for “Lovey Dovey“.(...)Read the rest of <a href="http://seoulbeats.com/2012/01/everyday-im-shufflin-in-k-pop/">Everyday I’m shufflin’ in K-pop</a> (880 words)</p><br /><br /><p>© Gaya for <a href="http://seoulbeats.com">seoulbeats</a>, 2012. |<br /><a href="http://seoulbeats.com/2012/01/everyday-im-shufflin-in-k-pop/">Permalink</a> |<br /><a href="http://seoulbeats.com/2012/01/everyday-im-shufflin-in-k-pop/#comments">22 comments</a> |<br />Add to<br /><a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://seoulbeats.com/2012/01/everyday-im-shufflin-in-k-pop/&title=Everyday I’m shufflin’ in K-pop">del.icio.us</a><br /><br />Post tags: <a href="http://seoulbeats.com/tag/sbs-gayo-daejun/" rel="tag">SBS Gayo Daejun</a>, <a href="http://seoulbeats.com/tag/shuffle/" rel="tag">shuffle</a>, <a href="http://seoulbeats.com/tag/t-ara/" rel="tag">T-ara</a><br /></p> MBLAQ wins #1 + Performances from January 26th’s ‘M! Countdown’ Mnet’s “M! Countdown” is back with another episode of spectacular performances with all the artists you... Park Yoo-hwan tries the bad-boy look for High Cut <p align="center"><img alt="" title="" src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm96/javabeans122/act/2012/12a/yoohwan_hc2.jpg" /></p><br /><p>javabeans: Is this attractive or awkward?</p><br /><p>girlfriday: Ha. Um… maybe both?</p><br /><p>javabeans: I can’t tell if I find his look discordant because it’s strange on its own, or if that’s because I so strongly associate him with his character from Thousand Day Promise.</p><br /><p>girlfriday: Yes, because he’s so squishy and cute, like an adorable little bro, not a rocker boy.</p><br /><p>(...)Read the rest of Park Yoo-hwan tries the bad-boy look for High Cut (115 words)</p><br /><br /><p>© javabeans for Dramabeans, 2012. |<br />Permalink |<br />7 comments |<br />Add to<br />del.icio.us<br /><br />Post tags: Park Yoo-hwan<br /></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Dramabeans/~4/YyrJlRZ0CnQ" height="1" width="1"/> Shinhwa to return to stage in March (2012/01/26) <img src='http://www.hancinema.net/photos/miniphoto219348.jpeg' border='0' align='left' hspace='5' ><br />Shinhwa, the pioneering idol band of the 1990s, will make its long-anticipated return to the K-pop scene in mid-March. After releasing an album in the same month, the band will perform at a comeback concert from March 24 to 25.<br />The band last performed four years ago in a concert to commemorate Shinhwa's 10-year anniversary, just before the members split apart in order to fulfill their military<br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?i=EGVcoYTK0pc:ESK1DF-bm6s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?i=EGVcoYTK0pc:ESK1DF-bm6s:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hancinema/AUJj/~4/EGVcoYTK0pc" height="1" width="1"/> My 12 reasons to visit Korea (2012/01/26) <img src='http://www.hancinema.net/photos/miniphoto219345.jpg' border='0' align='left' hspace='5' ><br />1- Food<br />I want to eat more Korean food, street food, drink Makgeolli, go to lots of restaurants, visit a Mexican food restaurant (I'm intrigued). Go to all thos mini marts and buy crazy snacks!<br />2- Busan / Incheon andndash; Travel Around<br />I want to go to Seoul first and then travel around S. Korea. I would like to visit North Korea but that's going to be way to complicated for a little while.<br />3-<br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?i=VCerAkWsSII:17HgQ3Vz7i8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?i=VCerAkWsSII:17HgQ3Vz7i8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hancinema/AUJj/~4/VCerAkWsSII" height="1" width="1"/> <p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-42019" title="20120124_seoulbeats_dongwoo" src="http://seoulbeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/20120124_seoulbeats_dongwoo-224x300.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="300" />And now we continue building our Perfect Boy Group!</p><br /><p>In the previous weeks, you readers have chosen G-Dragon to be the leader and Jonghyun to be the lead singer.</p><br /><p>Last week, you guys voted on who would be the best choice for lead dancer, and the results came out as follows: Eunhyuk came in third with 21.49% of the vote, Yunho came in second with 21.76% of the vote, and Taemin came in first with 36.71% of the vote. Congratulations to Taemin for securing his spot in our group!</p><br /><p>This week, we are going to turn our attention towards selecting the best rapper for our perfect boy group. The rapper of the group should be in charge of bringing swagger to the team, and also be able to effortlessly spit out verses with a unique and unrivaled sense of flow.</p><br /><p>Who do you think is the best choice for the role of rapper in our idol group?</p><br /><p>Take Our Poll<br /><br />Related Posts<br /><br />The Perfect Boy Group: Dancer<br />The Perfect Boy Group: Singer<br />The Perfect Boy Group: Leader<br />The Perfect Girl Group: Rapper<br />The Perfect Girl Group: Dancer<br /><br /><br /><p>© Fannie for seoulbeats, 2012. |<br />Permalink |<br />No comment |<br />Add to<br />del.icio.us<br /><br />Post tags: The Perfect Boy Group, The Perfect Group<br /></p> Not Listening to K-Pop: Ignorance or Choice? <p><img class="wp-image-41961 alignright" title="20120124_seoulbeats_kpop_brazil" src="http://seoulbeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/20120124_seoulbeats_kpop_brazil.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="160" />At this point in time, Korean entertainment is gaining momentum on the international circuits. Fans from all over the world, from Brazil to the United States embrace Korea and its cultural exports, regardless of all the barriers that range from a lack of understanding of the culture to a lack of understanding of the society. But one of the biggest barriers remains: the language. While the Hallyu Wave is encouraging some fans to learn more about the language, most fans do not. They are okay with listening to songs they don’t understand, opting, on occasion, to read lyric translations, if they’re going to do anything about it all. But that doesn’t seem to bother fans.(...)Read the rest of Not Listening to K-Pop: Ignorance or Choice? (795 words)</p><br /><br /><p>© Subi for seoulbeats, 2012. |<br />Permalink |<br />No comment |<br />Add to<br />del.icio.us<br /><br />Post tags: English<br /></p> 2NE1′s Dara shows the loving relationship between Thunder and Dadoong Proving that not only dogs, but also cats are a man’s best friend, 2NE1‘s Dara showed the... [SNSD] SNSD to Appear on American TV Talk Shows Girls’ Generation is going to appear on two famous American TV Talk Shows next week. After made a great success in Korea and Japan, SNSD gonna be the first Korean group on the “The Late Show with David Letterman‘” and “Live! With kelly“. Following their America debut album, SNSD is gaining a lot of popularity [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=koreanupdates.com&blog=9236828&post=53521&subd=edwinruser&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /> [JYP] JYP Entertainment Denies Wonder Girls’ Sohee and 2AM’s Seulong Dating Issue Reportedly earlier in the local media “Dispatch” that Wonder Girls’ Sohee and 2AM’s Seulong were dating. JYP Entertainment finally spoke up about Sohee and Seulong. They released an official statement about their relationship. Like normal agency of Kpop Idols, JYP Entertainment denied it. JYP’s representative stated they just close friends. “It was confirmed that they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=koreanupdates.com&blog=9236828&post=53497&subd=edwinruser&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /> JYP and The Wonder Girls: Persistence is the Name of the Game <p><img class="alignleft wp-image-41555" src="http://seoulbeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/20120122_seoulbeats_se7en.jpeg" alt="" width="236" height="319" />When idols decide to take their chances States-side, fans like us often hope for the very best and expect the very worst. Questions and concerns that cross our minds usually take the groups we adore, in the context of the Korean pop scene, and plant them in the midst of the fast-paced, occasionally vicious American entertainment industry, and allow the nausea to ensue.</p><br /><p>Take for example YG’s attempts with Se7en in 2007 and SM’s efforts with BoA in 2008. Se7en and YG took their venture in baby steps; a few featured singles here and there, a couple fan signing events, and then a single featuring Lil Kim in 2009. It was a respectable effort, but some factors fell through, and Se7en was pulled back to Korea to pursue Asian comebacks and save some face with his Asian audiences.</p><br /><p>BoA, on the other hand, was able to make a bigger splash. She was able to release a full length English album titled BoA, and went on to earn spots on four Billboard charts. However, in 2010 BoA returned to Korea to produce her 10th debut anniversary album, and has been active primarily in Asia ever since. Oh, and don’t even start with me by bringing SNSD and The Boys and that maxi-single into this. We all know that is going nowhere.</p><br /><p>JYP seems to know what he is doing though. Cue the Wonder Girls, 2009. The girls began their US expedition with an English version of Nobody, and that about accomplished everything every K-pop act prior to them had insofar managed to do. But then JYP announced that the Wonder Girls would be opening for The Jonas Brothers’ North American tour, and suddenly we had a game changer on our hands. This wasn’t a one-time gig, this wasn’t some fleeting appearance (not to say that they hadn’t already done both). This was a chance for the Wonder Girls to be heard in front of an audience of thousands, across the country, on several separate occasions. It was an outrageously unexpected and ingenius move to come from the JYP camp, a move that had the potential to project the Wonder Girls into a serious States side music career.</p><br /><p>(...)Read the rest of JYP and The Wonder Girls: Persistence is the Name of the Game (829 words)</p><br /><br /><p>© Nabeela for seoulbeats, 2012. |<br />Permalink |<br />No comment |<br />Add to<br />del.icio.us<br /><br />Post tags: JYP, Wonder Girls<br /></p> Korean drama starting today 2012/01/23 in Korea (2012/01/23) <img src='http://www.hancinema.net/photos/miniphoto218983.jpg' border='0' align='left' hspace='5' ><br />Korean drama starting today 2012/01/23 in Korea "Daddy's Sorry" (2011)Directed by Kwon Hyeok-chanWritten by Kim Su-hyunNetwork : TV ChosunWith Lee Young-eun, Kim Young-cheol, Lee Min-woo-I, Park Si-eun, Heo Yeong-ran, Yang Hee-kyeong,...3 episodes - Mon 21:40SynopsisA 3-episode drama in celebration of establishing general service channel, Chosun TV.Broadcast starting date in Korea : 2012/0<br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?i=154rg6CXCPI:YCPXPtcTHPk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/hancinema/AUJj?i=154rg6CXCPI:YCPXPtcTHPk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img><br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hancinema/AUJj/~4/154rg6CXCPI" height="1" width="1"/> DJ, Put it Back On: A K-pop Field Test <p>Last night, a friend of mine had a Bring-Your-Own-Music-Friday party, which is essentially a chance to dance, drink, and listen to music you wouldn’t usually listen to. We were each given a slot in which we could present our playlist, and if it went well, we earned the right to do it again. This was my first time in the spotlight, and I was keen to make an impression — something that K-pop never fails to do. There was a 15 song limit, and the playlist was as follows:</p><br /><p>1. 2NE1’s I Am The Best<br /><br />2. SHINee’s Ring Ding Dong<br /><br />3. Beast’s Shock<br /><br />4. TVXQ’s Mirotic<br /><br />5. Tasha’s Get It In<br /><br />6. Super Junior’s Boom Boom<br /><br />7. GD & TOP’s High High<br /><br />8. JYJ’s Get Out<br /><br />9. Girls Generation’s Run Devil Run<br /><br />10. U-Kiss’s Neverland<br /><br />11. 4Minute’s Muzik<br /><br />12. 2PM’s Hands Up<br /><br />13. Supreme Team’s Dang Dang Dang<br /><br />14. Brown Eyed Girls‘ Abracadabra<br /><br />15. Big Bang’s Tonight</p><br /><p>(...)Read the rest of DJ, Put it Back On: A K-pop Field Test (462 words)</p><br /><br /><p>© Antonia for seoulbeats, 2012. |<br />Permalink |<br />6 comments |<br />Add to<br />del.icio.us<br /><br />Post tags: 2NE1, Beast, Big Bang<br /></p> |
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