Park Jin Young and Wonder Girls to Participate in Jackie Chan's Charity Event

Park Jin Young and the Wonder Girls will appear in the charity concert that has been prepared by Jackie Chan to help earthquake victims in Japan as representative Korean singing groups. They will perform at the concert entitled "Artistes 311 Love Beyond Borders" to be held at Victoria Park in Hong Kong on April 1. The concert, which will be hosted by Jackie Chan, will be a charity event encompassing all Asian regions to help Japan's post-earthquake recovery, and a total of 30 star singer groups from Asian countries such as Andy lau, Mo Won Wei, Eric Tsang, and Aaron Kwok will participate. All profits from the charity concert will be donated to earthquake victims in Japan. JYP Entertainment, to which Park Jin Young and the Wonder Girls belong, said, "Park Jin Young had already participated in the concert entitled 'I Love Asia' that Jackie Chan had hosted to help the earthquake victims in Sichuan in 2008, and he will sing the song 'Smile Again' that he had released during the concert 'I Love Asia.'"

Credits:KBS Global

Super Junior’s Siwon and Donghae will be filming a male-male kiss scene?!

Since Super Junior’s Siwon and Donghae were cast to play leading roles for a Taiwanese drama, “Extravagent Challenge“, late last year, they recently attended the drama’s production announcement conference, which was held in Taiwan on March 31st. Their female co-stars, Bianca Bai and Ivy Chen, were also in attendance.

Around 100 fans and reporters swarmed to the scene to catch a glimpse of the actor-idols, and they showed immense curiosity toward whether or not the gentlemen would be partaking in any kiss scenes. The drama’s producer, Niu Cheng Ze, clarified, “After announcing Siwon and Donghae’s casting for this drama, a lot of fans shared their varied opinions on my personal blog. Some are in favor of having kiss scenes, while others aren’t. After observing the opinions, there were a greater percentage of people who wanted to see some kiss scenes. We’re considering filming a male-male kiss scene.”

In response, Siwon added, “To tell you the truth, Donghae and I are currently practicing every night.” Donghae instantaneously blurted, “This is nonsense,” causing everyone at the scene to chuckle.

Siwon and Donghae are planning to stay in Taiwan for two months due to the filming.

Source: TV Daily via Nate

SHINee and f(x) to Appear as Guests on “Opera Star” Survival Show

SHINee, f(x), and other stars including composer Bang Sihyuk and singer Horan, will appear as guests in Opera Star, a cable channel tvN program to be filmed in Sangmyeong University on April 2.
The source in tvN said, “they are visiting to support their friends who are participating in the survival battle.”
SHINee and f(x) are cheering for TSZX Sunday, an SM Entertainment artist.
Opera Star is a reality show in which singers from diverse genres such as Rock, R&B, Ballad, Trot, Dance, Hip Hop, and Soul, try opera songs.

Source: Star News

Translation by: jujugal

4Minute, BEAST, 2AM, F.Cuz, Rumble Fish and more to perform at '2011 Korean Wave Concert Tour in China'

On 23rd April, 7PM, popular Korean singers including 2AM, 4Minute, BEAST, F.Cuz, MBLAQ and Rumble Fish will bring forth a Korean wave concert in Shanghai, China. A concert tour of such scale by Korean pop groups is extremely rare, hence it is only possible to bring the concert tour to 1 or 2 cities in China. In the end, it came to a conclusion that the concert will be held in Shanghai and Nanjing.

Ticket sale has already commenced via the official Shanghai website for the Shanghai stop. Despite the highest priced tickets being sold at 1680RMB each, it is not a cause for concern as Shanghai has always been an area of heavy Hallyu fanatic concentration. Also, there are other various kinds of tickets with largely differing prices, which can cater to the fans' different needs.

Since this is the first time for Korean artists to hold ticket-signing events, all those who purchased the 1680RMB tickets are entitled to enter the ticket-signing event on 10th April and After Party on 23th April.

Groups like 2AM, 4Minute, BEAST, F.Cuz, MBLAQ and Rumble Fish are currently the hottest groups in Korea, but as they are based in different agencies, it is difficult to have them perform on the same stage of a huge concert, especially in foreign land. Their tour in Asia this time is a rare chance for all K-pop fans.

2AM, 4Minute and BEAST have performed in China. Shanghai is familiar to them too. The environment in Shanghai as well as the Chinese fans' enthusiasm are reasons for their fancy in performing in China. They also hope that they can bring their best performance to those fans who have been supporting them.

For MBLAQ, F.Cuz, and Rumble Fish, it will be their first time performing in China, and they are even more excited than their fans. Unfortunately, MBLAQ's Mir has injured himself when he was practising his dance for this concert. He is fine currently after medicial treatment. 2AM's Jo Kwon has fallen off the stage during a previous concert but his injury will not affect his performance.

There are also 2 groups of mysterious guests, who will only reveal their identities during the concert itself. The entire concert will last more than 3 hours.

Sources: jfdaily
Translation + Editing: kueensora@4-minute.com

U-KISS sweeps music charts with “Bran New KISS”

U-KISS marked their return to the music scene a few days ago by dropping their newest album, “Bran New KISS“, along with a beautiful music video for their title track, ‘0330‘.
NH Media has revealed that U-KISS was able to snag first place on many online music charts. In fact, they became a literal overnight sensation after placing first place on the Hanteo chart right after they released “Bran New KISS”!
U-KISS made their spectacular return on M! Countdown last night, and they’ll continue their activities through tonight’s episode of KBS’s “Music Bank“.
Source + Photo: Star News