Wonder Girls' Sunye to wed in 2013

It has been announced that Wonder Girls‘ Sunye will be tying the knot with her Canadian-Korean boyfriend next year. As fans know, Sun has often expressed her sincere and deep affections for her significant other, so this announcement may not come as a complete surprise, but it is one that has come quite sooner than expected.

JYP Entertainment stated the following through an official email to allkpop:

Hello, this is JYP Entertainment. Wonder Girls’ leader Sun (Min Sunye), an artist under our agency, will be getting married on January 26th of next year. Sun, who debuted in 2007 and led the Wonder Girls as their leader for six years, recently informed the agency as well has the Wonder Girls’ members about her intentions, and understanding that her decision has come after much thought, we have decided to respect her decision. Sun will be focusing on her marriage and family life for the time being, and the other members of Wonder Girls will be concentrating on individual activities such as acting, producing, solo albums, and broadcast activities. We hope for many messages of congratulations and encouragement. Thank you.

Sunye herself also opened up about the announcement through a letter to her fans which she posted on Wonder Girls’ official fan cafe. The letter was titled, “A letter I am sending on November 27, 2012.” She genuinely thanks her fans for the last 6 years of support they've given to the Wonder Girls.

She stated, “I’m not the type to get nervous on stage.. But right at this moment.. Honestly I’m a little nervous. While there are times that I might post things for no special reason, today there is a rather special reason. Although I can’t always see you, as people who are close to me and I am truly thankful for, I would rather tell you myself than have you all hear this from other people. January 26, 2013 will be a very special day to me. I will be getting married, making two people one and beginning to walk the path of life together.”

Don’t be too sad! Like the way we've laughed and cried together throughout the years, I hope you can share my feelings from where you are on January 26th. And the Wonder Girls members who were there for me and believed in me throughout the decision-making process.. And the JYP employees and family. Thank you all so much!”

Best wishes to the couple!

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Philippines welcomes Lee Minho

Korea’s gorgeous young bachelor Lee Minho recently made a trip to Manila, Philippines to do promotions and was treated like a foreign national guest. According to the actor’s management agency, the actor visited the Philippines from November 15th until 18th where he participated in various interviews with local media outlets before holding a large-scale event at the Araneta Coliseum in promotion for his endorsement of Bench.

Lee Minho also filmed the commercial and held a fan signing session at the ‘Bench’ store the next day. A great number of fans gathered to see him, proving his amazing popularity in the region. Local media outlets made detailed reports about Lee Minho’s visit under titles such as “Manila falls in love with Lee Min Ho” and “Korean super star brings a major storm”.

An overseas Korean-Philippines personnel expressed, “Out of all of the foreign celebrities visiting the Philippines, Lee Min Ho has received the greatest response. His dramas like Boys Over Flowers and City Hunter which were aired in the Philippines have helped to propel Lee Min Ho's popularity.”

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Sandara Park turns 28!

2ne1's Sandara Park turned 29 on the 12th of November and without fail, she celebrated it with a bang. The lovely lady spent her special day with her group members, some YG dancers and of course, world famous designer Jeremy Scott.

Jeremy Scott upoaded and shared happy photos of the celebration on Twitter. It was later revealed that the designer gave the birthday girl a pair of pink Adidas shoes. Dara turned 28 but in Korean age, she turned 29. Nevertheless, fans are showing envy with her beautiful and youthful face.

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Kim Jong Kook on Moon Geun Young

Singer Kim Jong Kook participated on a recent episode of One Night’s TV Entertainment and shared his thoughts about talented actress Moon Geun Young. The young actress previously guested on his show Running Man and had made quite an impression on him.

Jong Kook began by letting out the feelings about his close friend Haha‘s marriage. He  sharde, “When I heard that he was getting married, I couldn't eat for a while – this isn't a lie. It wasn't that I felt betrayed, but for the first time, I felt jealous about getting married.”

When being asked about his ideal woman, he answered honestly, “I’d like her to be about 165cm, not too thin and have a round face. She doesn’t need to be wealthy and since I have small eyes, I’d like her to have big eyes.”

A staff member curiously asked, “Isn’t that exactly Moon Geun Young?” He then answered with a smile, “Before, I thought that I would like to have a daughter like her. But when she guest starred on ‘Running Man’ not too long ago, she returned as a woman.”

Following Jong Gook’s answer, the reporter asked, “What if Moon Geun Young made a move on you?” Kim Jong Gook laughed and replied, “I’d like that”.

Block B in another controversy

What Block B recently said irritated the public. On November 9, the group attended an event for the 17th Farmer’s Day. The host of the event said, “We should eat a lot of rice for the farmers. There are bread and pizza made of rice". However, Block B answered, “We don’t like pizza made of rice.” Block B attended the event to celebrate the Farmer’s Day, but they rather ruined the event because of what they said.

That wasn't the first time what Block B said irritated many people. In February this year, Block B’s rude attitude during an interview with a media source in Thailand became a problem. They also caused controversy by saying something that insulted people in Thailand. After coming back to Korea, Block B apologized for what they said in the interview. Leader Zico shaved his head, regretting the members’ rude behavior.

Block B came out with a new material on October 17. They said, “We regretted a lot while we were doing volunteer work for the last eight months. Feeling sorry for what we’ve done, we worked harder on our new album.” However, what they recently said makes people wonder if they have really regretted their wrongdoings.

SM Entertainment comments on UI-Eunhyuk controversy

SM Entertainment has declined to comment on the recent scandal that erupted after IU posted a picture to her Twitter account, showing her in her pajamas with Super Junior‘s Eunhyuk. The picture was taken down minutes later.

“We don’t have anything particular to say,” the company said, in response to a call for a statement. Since the scandal erupted over IU’s mistake, and her company Loen Entertainment has already released a statement on the matter, SM Entertainment had decided to stay quiet on the subject, possibly wary of further repercussion.

Netizens commented “If this is what they exactly said doesn't it basically mean that they're admitting something was going on between them?”, “Translation: "is pretty obvious, so, whatever”, “SM knows that the story is crap but they can’t say anything now after what Loen said unless they want to throw Eunhyuk under the bus”, “I agree with SM's decision for once. At least they're not bullshitting us with some sorry excuse”, etc.

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