Seventh original album release from BoA featuring tracks "Bump Bump! feat. Verbal (m-flo)," "Mamoritai - White Wishes," and more new songs! This edition includes DVD with music video for "Bump Bump! feat. Verbal (m-flo)" and "Mamoritai - White Wishes -" plus footage of her live performance at BoA Release Party "Best & USA" - Thank You For Your Support!! -" at Studio Coast on April 6, 2009. *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles. Release date is January 13th.

description from neo-wing
- BoA's first self-production
- includes ~Provocative~ Dance tunes, and her Real Fellings are expressed in the new songs.
- a production no one else has seen yet ~A new BoA~ is showing herself with this album.
- DVD comes with 2 PVs and that BEST&USA Live (the description mentions VALENTI and Merikuri so those are most likely there. and UNIVERSE too)

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This PV was made with 50 cameras in a semi-circle using the "time slice" technique. 

A fugitive wanted over the murder of a British teacher whose body was found in a sand-filled bathtub in Japan has been arrested.

Japanese police said Tatsuya Ichihashi, the only suspect in the killing of 22-year-old Lindsay Ann Hawker, was apprehended in Osaka.

Her father William Hawker tearfully told broadcaster TBS: "I hope that authorities deal with him in an appropriate manner. My nightmare is finally over."

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So glad to hear that they caught him. The part about his parents asking him to turn himself in broke my heart.

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Super Junior and many other fandoms
total: 179 icons


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Kanjani8, KAT-TUN, NEWS, aicle., Danger☆Gang, Kagrra,
2AM, B2ST, MBLAQ, Nell, DNT, SNSD, SS501, Xing,
Big Bang, DBSK, SHINee, Super Junior
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And so, the boys left HK yesterday, and it looked like they really enjoyed their stay :D Check out more pictures from their departure at HK airport plus a lot of Japanese news video reports on their trip overseas (includes concert footage! :D).

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( +3 news reports w/concert footage, etc )

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digipri :D? it's been a while~ shots from the single photoshoot!

( + 7 single photoshoot | + 4 memories from 2003 )

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Curious about the location that the guys went to for their single photoshoot? It seems to be the evacuation area of the karisaka tunnel (雁坂トンネル避難抗), located in yamanashi-ken. Random but interesting! :D

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If you want to sign up to go watch the boys perform the new single on MUSIC JAPAN on the 7th of December, NHK is taking entries to go see them :D The period to enter ends on the 16th, so if you're interested more info under the cut~

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Title: Heechurella
Genre: Fairy Tale, Romance, Smut, Drama
Main Pairing: HanChul
Side Pairings: KyuMin, YeWook, EunHae
Other Characters:
>Kangin and Teukie
>Shindong
Summary: Like the title, its adopted from Cinderella but its a 21st Century Super Junior Version.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN THEM!


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|Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 | Act 4 | Act 5 |

Read Act 6

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Idol group Big Bang member TOP has been chosen as the #1 entertainer who looks like he is good at doing events for his lover.

According to a survey done on Monkey3 from 23rd October to 30th October, and in commemoration of Pepero Day (11th November), and the question ‘Celebrities who looks like he/she is good at doing special events for their lovers’ was asked and 1363 netizens polled. Big Bang TOP came in first in the poll with 23% of the votes.

Go under the cut for the rest of the poll results.

The rest of the survey results:

1. Big Bang TOP (23%)
2. FT Island Lee HongKi (19%)
3. Jang GeunSeok (18%)
4. Noh HongChul(16%)
5. UKnow YunHo (14%)
6. Gil (10%)


Source: sookyeong

TOP? TOP? TOP?! I like that boy but rofl good at doing special events for their lovers not. Also, Jang Geun Seuk is only in this poll cos of You're Beautiful duh, most specifically this:


Source: kamap37

BUT I AINT COMPLAINING

The title song 'Heartbeat' in 2PM's first official album '01:59PM', is garnering immense popularity as soon as it was released on the 10th. It had placed 1st in various music charts and is staying on as one of the top searched terms in various portal sites.

2PM's new song, 'Heartbeat' comes after their debut song '10 out of 10', 'Again and Again' and 'I hate you'. The song embodies a powerful yet dark and wistful sentiment -- the color of 2PM is well captured. 'Heartbeat' is written and composed by Park Jin Young. It uses the actual heart beat sounds of the 6 members as the base and an orchestra is arranged over the sound creating a sad, doleful melody that captures the melancholy sentiment.

As much work has been put into the song, they have put in a lot of effort into the marketing as well. As they have gained a lot of attention through the '01:59PM' 'Tired of waiting' 'I was crazy for you' as well as the teaser marketing, they have completed the image marketing with the connection between 'Heartbeat', the idea of 'waiting' and the actual pulse of the heart. Anxiety, fear, yearning and various other meanings have been attached to the song 'Heartbeat' and has been coupled with the sound of the actual pulse creating an image sound for this whole album's concept.

The peak of 2PM's marketing is 'Jaebum' who had left the team in September after the anti-Korea controversy. The song, which is more sorrowful than before, is used along with the idea of fear and anxiety as a theme. This marketing point is combined into one with 'Leader Jaebum's absence' and the fans' desire for his return.

The result of many fans discussing how the album's title, '01:59PM' has been used to call 2PM without Jaebum, along with how the songs, 'Tired of Waiting' and 'I was crazy for you' seems to reflect the 6 members' and Jaebum's thoughts are all a result of how the marketing point has hit its mark.

Although fans are worried that they are using Jaebum too much for just marketing, many in the music industry see it as a way of telling the story of the whole album, especially after the talk of Jaebum's return possibly becoming a reality.

cr: (Trans) saradah@2oneday (Source) MK news

A badly damaged North Korean patrol ship retreated in flames Tuesday after a skirmish with a South Korean naval vessel along their disputed western coast, the first such clash in seven years, South Korean officials said.

There were no South Korean casualties, the country's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement, and it was not immediately clear if there were any casualties on the North Korean side. Each side blamed the other for violating the sea border.

The exchange of fire occurred as U.S. officials said President Barack Obama has decided to send a special envoy to Pyongyang for rare direct talks on the communist country's nuclear weapons program. No date has been set but it would be the first one-on-one talks since Obama took office in January. Obama is due in Seoul next week.

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Source: NY Times

2AM’s Changmin and Seulong know a thing about composing

On an episode of Mnet's "Director's Cut," which was broadcasted on the 2nd, Lee Changmin and Im Seulong of 2AM received first-hand experience on composing by singer Yoon Jong Shin.

For those who may not be familiar with the show, "Director's Cut" is an artist reality program that features Yoon Jong Shin and Ha Rim who dissect OSTs, documenting how they are made.

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Changmin is an ahjussi?

2AM's Changmin receives humiliation from child star Kim Soo Jung.

On the 7th, KBS 2TV 'Star Golden Bell' was broadcasted as Changmin asked Kim Soo Jng "Do I look like an ahjussi?"

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Diagnosed with the H1N1 virus late last week, SHINee’s leader Onew is currently making a speedy recovery.

SHINee’s management company SM Entertainment said in a phone interview this morning: “Onew’s body temperature has returned to normal, and he is now making frequent video calls to his good friends. He is in a good state of health as of now.”

The company also said: “Onew will be sent to the hospital on either the 12th or the 13th, to check if he has recovered fully from the virus.”

Before Onew, lead vocal Jonghyun had also fallen ill due to the H1N1 virus on the 3rd, and made a full recovery on the 6th. SHINee is currently promoting title track Ring Ding Dong as a 4-member group.


Video calls lol. I'm glad he's recovering.
Source: korea.sohu
Translated by: hazel @ http://asianfanatics.net / theretroradio @ lj
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Fan: How?? I still miss you all, could you come back to China quickly, meme, why not marry noona?? Okay?? What is Seunghyun doing nowadays??
Minhwan: Oh. Are you proposing now? keke

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Source: ufotown.com.cn
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i still don't know how to tag. T_T