On July 22nd, the Korean Culture and Information Service of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism revaled that SME producer’s Lee Soo Man had donated $100,000 USD to the Centre Culturel Coréen. Le Centre Culturel Coréen was established in 1980 to raise awareness of Korean culture to the French public and to promote and develop artistic exchanges between Korea and France. More »

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On July 20th, a stewardess who was on the same plane as SNSD from Jeju Island revealed that the girls had thrown a suprise event by joining the stewardesses for the in-flight landing announcement. More »

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SM Entertainment recently announced that they will be revealing SNSD’s “2011 Girls’ Generation Tour” on their Facebook accounts, available for fans all around the world to see. More »

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The Ningin Round Table is a feature in which we pose an Asian entertainment news-related question to Ningin writers and they give us their colorful opinions and thoughts on the matter. We recently asked our writers, “If you were managing a KPOP group, what is one thing you would do differently to better connect to your fans?” Here’s what they had to say: More »

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KBS representatives recently revealed the official reason behind the cancellation of JYJ’s appearance on KBS’s ‘Jeju 7 New Wonders of the World KBS Special Live’ that left JYJ and its fans upset and confused, and you’re not going to like it… More »

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Thanks to a tweet and picture from SM Entertainment’s choreographer (and former Black Beat member), Shim Jae Won, ELFs get to see a potential choreography for Super Junior’s 5th album. More »

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When it comes to KPOP and world tours, Canada always seems to be left out. That’s why KPOP fans in Canada are doing their best by hosting nationwide flashmobs in the hopes of grabbing the attention of SM Entertainment and SMTOWN, very much so like what Paris did to get a second SMTOWN concert. More »

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A bit of sad news for Korean Shawols: SM Entertainment posted on SHINee’s official website that members Onew and Minho, who began MC-ing for Music Core towards the end of last year, will have their last MC broadcast this coming Saturday, July 9. More »

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Today’s Daily Rant focuses on SM Entertainment and their love of buying demos for their artists’ song remakes. Ok, SM, I love all of your artists’ songs for the most part. After all, it’s a remake and they show off their own unique charms and personalities in each song. But come on, SM Entertainment - you have a lot of composers! More »

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SNSD’s Tiffany became the group’s spokesperson when SM Entertainment held the Writers and Publishers conference for many important and famous people. Now pictures of her at the conference have appeared in the July issue for Asta TV magazine and wow, does she dazzle in her pretty pink dress! More »

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MBC’s “Come to Play” held a special episode with SM Entertainment artists and during the episode, f(x)’s Sulli shed tears while thanking SNSD’s Tiffany and Taeyeon for their kindness in the past. More »

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On June 27th, MBC’s entertainment program “Come To Play” held a special episode featuring SM Entertainment artists such as TVXQ’s Changmin, Super Junior’s Lee Teuk, Eun Hyuk, Shin Dong and Yesung, SNSD’s Yuri, Tiffany, Sooyoung and Hyoyeon, and f(x)’s Sulli and Krystal. More »

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It seems like viewers and fans have been able to take a glimpse of what could be the schedule and promotional activities for SM Entertainment artists. More »

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On June 25th, MTV held an event wherein funds will go directly to the March 11 victims called ‘MTV Video Music Aid Japan‘. A lot of artist participated in this event, including SM Entertainment’s very own Girl’s Generation and SHINee! More »

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Top male idol groups, TVXQ, 2PM, Super Junior, along with SS501’s Kim Hyun Joong have gathered together for a launching event. On June 24th at ‘Banyan Tree Club and Spa‘ in Seoul, these top artists got together for the ‘UAM (United Asia Management) Launching Party’. More »

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I know most of you have already heard of the news regarding the possibility of Korea’s six biggest management companies joining forces. Well today, it has been announced that the companies (SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, AM Entertainment, KEYEAST, JYP Entertainment, and Star J) have successfully reached an agreement and have officially joined forces as United Asia Management. More »

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The top idols from the “Big 3″ companies will be gathering together for a performance on the same stage. The event, titled “Stage G Concert,” is hosted by online shopping site G-Market and will see performances by JYP Entertainment’s 2PM, YG Entertainment’s GD&TOP, and SM Entertainment’s TVXQ. The event will be held at the Seoul Jamsil Olympic Stadium on July 8th. More »

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On June 19th, SHINee will be performing their Japanese debut single, “Replay,” at the legendary Abbey Road in London to promote their Japanese debut. This may sound like a strange location to have chosen, but the venue is quite significant in terms of famous stars who have previously performed there, which includes the Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Bryan Adams, Cold Play, and world class musicians such as Robbie Williams. Recently, SM Entertainment released a promotional video to promote and further excite fans for the event. The video shows clips of SHINee’s MV for debut track, “Replay“, in Korea all the way to the MV of their Japanese debut single, “Replay”. More »

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Recently, an image of a French K-pop fan has created much laughter for netizens. The fan was first spotted holding up a sign that spelled out “Fat Victoria“ on a television clip showing the French fans at the airport, waiting for the arrival of SM Entertainment’s artists. After much confusion, it was found out that the fan had meant to spell “doong doong” (둥둥), but had accidentally misspelled it as “fat” (뚱뚱). More »

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Run for your lives! Are you one of those crazily obsessed KPOP fans who had originally started off as a JPOP fan? I am guilty of that myself. What is it that makes KPOP so fascinating? Why drop one for the other? JPOP had dominated Asia for the longest of time, but not with the current Hallyu Wave growing and expanding (and exploding particularly this year) outside of Korea. Does this mean the death of JPOP? More »

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