Celebrity BlogWatch
On this page are the RSS feeds of some of the celebrity blogs which cover Korean pop culture. I’ve selected those sites which are specifically Korea-based. Where a site covers Asian celebrities in general I’ve excluded them unless I can pull an RSS feed for specifically Korean celebs. At the moment, the sites covered are Pop Seoul, Yummy Celebrities, the Hallyu Star Blog, ShenYue and Daily Dumpling. I’d like to syndicate Asianbite and Asianpopcorn here as well, but they don’t seem to have the technology to provide category-specific feeds. If you think other sites meet the criteria, let me know.
Posted 3 hours ago: Shinhwa released a limited ‘White Edition’ repackaged album along with the music video for their new song, “Destiny of Love,” on July 4. The ‘White Edition’ is a repackaged version of Shinhwa’s 9th album, which ranked 1st in album sales for 2008, surpassing the 100,000 mark in a little over 1 month after its release (all without promotions!). Their new ... [
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Posted 9 hours ago: Music Bank half yearly Special Cross Stage , July 4th. picture from Coolsmurf Wonder Girls “Kissing You” Sushi “Tell Me” Spill it out, people. but of course you know we have more to say. love, Louise Do you like Korean music? Check out Korean Music Top Sellers of the week at our music store. [
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Posted 14 hours ago: The number eight is auspicious in Chinese, as it is pronounced like the word “fa”, which is part of the expression meaning “to get wealthy”. “Chinese people are keen to tie the knot on an auspicious date,” Xinhua news agency added. “The opening date of the Olympics adds new meaning. “Marriage registration offices in Beijing predict more than 9,000 couples ... [
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Posted 25 hours ago: Apparently so. These 6 models have received that title “supermodel” only because they were contestants of the SBS Supermodel contest. Nothing more. If anyone is a supermodel (and Korean), it’s Korean-American model, Hye Park. The racy photoshoot of half-naked models is getting some press time only because they are half-naked. Models Moon Hyun-a, Moon A-rang, Lee Bo-ram, Jung Da-hwa and ... [
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Posted 30 hours ago: poll by twiigs.com It’s actress Han Eun Jung at the “Korean Lawyers” press conference. No matter how short her dress is or how hot she thinks she is, we all know that her co-star, Ryu Soo-young ain’t looking. Or is he? Romantic comedy drama, “Korean Lawyers” premieres on July 9th on MBC. [
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Posted 36 hours ago: “I will go to Disneyland to stab visitors to death,” the 19-year-old wrote, according to a police official in Chiba, the suburban area where the amusement park is located. (via cnn) He made the threat online but was caught before he had the chance to do anything. And apparently he was not the only crazy person. There was a person ... [
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Posted 36 hours ago: Ladies, “Bad Couple’s” sweetie-pie Ryu Soo-young is no longer single. The well-mannered actor was hesitant in disclosing any information about his girlfriend other than that he has one at his new drama, “Korean Lawyers” press conference. Too bad for Han Eun Jung, his co-star. The man is already taken and he’s proud of it. How long will it be until ... [
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Posted 43 hours ago: Breaking news! Drunk Tiger’s Tiger JK and Uptown’s T tied the knot last June and had their first son four months ago. What a pleasant surprise, but how did they manage to keep their marriage a secret for over a year? Either they have really good bodyguards or the Korean public just lost interest in these two has-beens. Whatever the ... [
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Posted 44 hours ago: The boy with a girl’s voice Ajoo is back with his mini album, Paparazzi, out on July 3rd. The EP is supposed to show his “mature” vocal, according to STAM Entertainment. Exactly, previously in 1st Kiss he sounded like a 13 year old girl, now he sounds like a 13 and a half. It’s all still the little girl voice, ... [
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Posted 47 hours ago: Doesn’t the fourth one look like Shin Minah? SHINee of SM entertainment only debuted over a month or two ago and they’ve already got their batch of dedicated fans. In the form of noonas. This is old news and not unexpected since of course their first single is titled, “Noona is so pretty”. They consist of leader Onew (19), Junghyun ... [
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Posted 48 hours ago: The last thing you want to do in the sweltering heat is to have a thick rug of hair on top of your own hair. Just imagine all that sweat mixing with the layers of real and artificial hair. That ain�t gonna smell too pretty. Lee Hyori, comeback queen and model for hair care brand, Vidal Sassoon, offers a few ... [
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Posted 2 days ago: Uhm Junghwa is everywhere! The gold miss is featured in the July 2008 issue of W Magazine (Korea) with none other than Big Bang’s T.O.P. Both performers don wigs and dark eyeliner for the photoshoot called, “Eye of the Beholder.” The eyes of the beholder definitely belongs to T.O.P since Uhm Junghwa is hardly to be found in the photos. ... [
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Posted 2 days ago: Here are the rest of the pictures of Suh In-young in the July 2008 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine (Korea). The t.v. wife of rapper Crown J plays on her sexy image with an all-bikini spread. Girl doesn’t look half-bad. The bikinis are decent but nothing I would want to buy. Her body, on the other hand, looks glossy, tanned and ... [
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Posted 3 days ago: According to yifei-liu.com, she was listed 87th place in the Forbes List of Celebrities for China. I wonder who the other top celebrities are. Anyways, here is a clip of the movie, The Forbidden Kingdom. [
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Posted 3 days ago: Alex confessed that he had fourteen girlfriends in the past when asked by MC Lee Hyori on yesterday’s “Sang Sang Plus.” Dating fourteen females at age 28 isn’t an easy matter, but does that make Clazziquai’s vocal a player? [
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Posted 3 days ago: Sung Shi Kyung’s facial features were revealed with his mandatory buzz cut and as you can see, it ain’t so pretty. Granted, it’s hard to look good for the army, but dang, he just looks like a random ajusshi off the streets. If he wore plastic slippers with unmatching socks, he would fit the bill completely. The balladeer started his ... [
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Posted 3 days ago: Ah, to be 39, and trying to compete with girls less than half your age. Must be tough for Korea’s Madonna, Uhm Jung-hwa. Maybe this time with YG Entertainment producing the 70’s/80’s inspired album, there might be hope. The popdiva was at a press conference at a small music shop on July 1st 2008 to promote her new album, “D.I.S.C.O.” ... [
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Posted 3 days ago: Popdiva Uhm Jung Hwa released her 10th album (wow!) today, making a comeback after a 2 year hiatus. Her mini-album “D.I.S.C.O.” will defintely be blasting in clubs all summer long, causing ‘panic at the disco.’ I didn’t know Jung Hwa could pull off her ‘Korean Madonna’ concept, but she did with outlandish colors. Lee Hyori must be biting her fingernails ... [
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Posted 3 days ago: The last thing you want to do in the sweltering heat is to have a thick rug of hair on top of your own hair. Just imagine all that sweat mixing with the layers of real and artificial hair. That ain’t gonna smell too pretty. Lee Hyori, comeback queen and model for hair care brand, Vidal Sassoon, offers a few ... [
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Posted 3 days ago: The Korea Military Academy has released a photo of actor Gong Yoo in the military academy, wearing his uniform. Gong Yoo, who joins the army on Jan 14, is the latest high profile star who enter the military service. 2008 will see an influx of big names into Korea’s mandatory military service… Shinhwa’s Eric and Kim Dong-wan are approaching the ... [
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Posted 3 days ago: Korean star Lee Byung-hun is named as one of the cast for Hollywood movie “G.I. Joe”, which is based on the popular comic and cartoon series. Lee will play the role Shadow Storm, not the main character but one of the fans favourite. He will star alongside Sienna Miller, Ray Park and Rachel Nichols etc. The movie has not started ... [
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Posted 3 days ago: Not sure which is worse, a long ponytail that Bae Yong-joon proudly sports, or the shoulder-length girlish mop top that Rain has. All hair aside, the 2 stars both have a huge fanbase in Japan. So could it be that Japan is influencing their styles? Here are the latest pictures of Rain at his fan meeting in Tokyo at the ... [
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Posted 4 days ago: A report by a British charity says there has been a sharp decline in the number of young girls to boys in some parts of India in the last five years. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the cultural preference for sons has led to a skewed ratio of girls to boys in India as many families abort female fetuses. ... [
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Posted 4 days ago: YG’s Big Bang is cleverly leveraging Shinhwa’s strategy of promoting solo activities while maintaining group identity. In other words, they know how to recycle their fan base perpetually. Here are the relevant newsbites for the Big Bang crazed readers out there. G-Dragon released his solo single title “Look at Only Me Part 2” today. (Pic above, MV below) Taeyang will ... [
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Posted 4 days ago: Rain never fails to amaze me with his random business ventures. In addition to managing his own career, producing k-pop groups and designing clothes, Magic Feet will venture into the toy business. J Tunes Entertainment announced a joint venture with Game High Corporation, a domestic online game producer famous for games such as Sudden Attack, Go Go Sing today and ... [
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Posted 4 days ago: The 2007 Miss Universe 3rd runner up, Honey Lee, finally makes a tentative step into acting. The 25 year old beauty will star in the musical, “Polaroid” at the Daehakro PMC Liberty Theater. Honey Lee has been honing her acting skills under the management of YG Entertainment. Now, this is her first major foray into the acting world. With the ... [
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Posted 4 days ago: Uhm Junghwa is bringing disco back with a new aptly titled album, “Disco.” The pop diva has teamed up with the younger generation from YG Entertainment for the production of the album. Rappers, Masta Wu and DM of YMGA is featured on the song, “KISS me,” and Big Bang’s T.O.P is featured on the title single, “D.I.S.C.O,” which was written ... [
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Posted 4 days ago: B-list boyband SS501 released their new digital single “You are My Heaven”. The mediocre song amounts to a lackluster pile of notes and does nothing but showcase the boys’ abnormally high-pitched voices. Even more dull than the song is the music video. DSP Entertainment must be trying to scrimp on costs because it looks like the music video didn’t even ... [
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Posted 4 days ago: At the 45th Daejong Film Awards, the stars stuck with the usual plunging necklines and monochromatic dresses on June 27th 2008. In terms of dress choices, there was nothing outstanding nor was there anything hideous. Playing the conservative card is no fun. As for the awards, “The Chaser,” (2008) nabbed a total of 6 awards, including best picture, best supporting ... [
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Posted 4 days ago: Here are the top companies in India. What I noticed is that they are all oil, gas, car, and steel related companies. 1. Indian Oil Corporation 2. Reliance Industries 3. Bharat Petroleum Corporation 4. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation 5. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation 6. Steel Authority of India Limited 7. NTPC 8. Tata Motors 9. Tata Steel 10. Sterilite Industries ... [
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Posted 5 days ago: Song Hye Kyo signed with Wonbin’s management company, Eden 9 for next two years. Interestingly, Ms. Song joined Eden 9 without receiving any contract fees, although she had other lucrative deals on the table. Eden 9 explained that Ms. Song’s decision was based on her desire to have full control over her career, therefore she turned down contracts that comes ... [
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Posted 5 days ago: That is, if you like movies. Which sometimes I wonder, whether any of you really care about Korean Movies. I mean movies without Super Junior or DBSK or Big Bang or Sushi members in it. I miss my old movie lovers here T.T *sniff* Gosa- Exam Bloody Mid-term (out someday in July) teachers, students, exams, blood. Nuff said. Just the ... [
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Posted 5 days ago: As much as I don’t approve of the Super Clowns, I didn’t think that Shinhwa 2.0 aka Battle had sufficient star power to replace Super Junior and become the next face of domestic school uniform brand, Ivy Club. Then again, it’s probably worse having Clowns advertise a clothing brand than wannabes. Battle is currently promoting its third single “Step by ... [
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Posted 5 days ago: Back again this week with an update on the past weeks’ news, events and gossip. This week in terms of news was somewhat slow, but keeps us anticipated for what’s to come. Check out our own news compilation: Kim JangHoon still in Hospital The gold hearted legend that is Kim JangHoon, has been admitted to hospital and is there to ... [
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Posted 5 days ago: ^ Take a close look at the picture above - that could be your next favorite artist. (Isn’t that an eerie picture?) At first I thought that singer Kim Jang Hoon slipped on the wet stage due to the rain falling during the concert. Unfortunately, that was not the case. Kim Jang Hoon collapsed due to overwork and exhaustion. He ... [
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Posted 5 days ago: So does this mean that the flim industry acknowledges Daniel Henney’s (lack of) acting skills? The sexy actor received the Best New Actor or Rising Star Award at the 45th Daesang Film Awards at Coex Convention Hall on June 27th 2008. Watch out for our red carpet review of the Daesang Awards. [
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Posted 5 days ago: Lee Ji-sun or “Sun Lee” strikes a pose for the swimsuit competition for the Miss Universe Pageant in Vietnam on June 27th 2008. Sun seems to be basking in the spotlight away from the Korean media’s eye. Miss Korea 2007 seems to prefer more streetwalker type outfits, which makes her seem more cheap. Unfortunately for her, the competition is fierce. ... [
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Posted 5 days ago: Very interesting toys they have over there. I really want that little car that drives on the wall and on the ceiling. That would be awesome! As has been the production trend in recent years, there’s an even bigger focus on so-called “adult toys”, meaning creating fun lifestyle goods for a population that is increasingly older. We’ll cover all the ... [
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Posted 6 days ago: I’m pretty sure that this is done on purpose but Lee Hyori’s company is stating that someone leaked out this promotional video before the due date. They are stating that they will find out who did this and prosecute them. Whatever… [
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Posted 6 days ago: Battlestar Galactica is winding down and you know what that means, lovers of Asian hotness on TV — that’s right, no more weekly doses of Boomer, aka Grace Park, doing her Cylon thing on the tube. Which is a shame, but hopefully she’ll find another show very quickly, because come on, how many hot South Korean girls do we have ... [
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Posted 7 days ago: Korea held its 45th Daejong Film Festival on June 27, honoring actors, actresses, directors, and magicians behind movie-making. Kim Yoon Jin (top right) who appears on the popular ABC drama ‘Lost,’ shed tears of joy after winning the best supporting actress award for her role in ‘Seven Days’. Daniel Henney looks sweet as milk chocolate on stage, recieving the new ... [
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Posted 8 days ago: Synopsis Kim Bum Sang is a arts scholar who is crazy about virgins and is a supervisor of property assets. Heo Cho Hwi is a 29 year old woman who is always mistaken as someone who is crafty because of her natural-born sexiness. The story will be about how these two cross paths and how their chance meeting will cause ... [
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Posted 8 days ago: Is it just me, or does heartthrob Takeshi Kaneshiro and Choi Si Won from Super Junior look alike? They share the same smile, right?…Kinda?…Sorta? Takeshi Kaneshiro is in Korea along with his castmates, making promotional rounds for the anticipated historical-epic blockbuster “Red Cliff.” Publicized as having the most expensive budget to-date, Red Cliff will open on July 10th. Tony Leung, ... [
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Posted 8 days ago: Too much Lee Hyori news? Agreed, but Hyori invasion will continue for a while - so you better get used to it. Hyori’s stylist uploaded some of Hyori’s album cover pictures on her cyworld and you can see that Ms. Hyori definitely lives up to “It’s Hyorish” concept with her lingerie outfits. Check it out below: [
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Posted 8 days ago: This hasn’t been posted anywhere official yet, but over at the daum bulletin boards, Cassioppeias’ are outraged. Micky Yoochun of DBSK was taken to the hospital on the 26th of June after vomiting after filming. He was taken to the hospital and made to rest, meanwhile cancelling all the rest of his daily schedule. It seems that the reason for ... [
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