Father of A-Pink’s Yookyung owns company worth $90 million

A Pink‘s Yookyung is the daughter of a businessman that is worth 100 billion won or approximately $90 million USD.

Yookyung’s father, Hong Ha Jong, is the CEO of DSR Corporation, a company that specializes in steel wire, rope and sling products.

Her house was also recently revealed through a television program. The house showed off a luxurious high class interior design and large open spaces.

A Pink’s company A Cube Entertainment stated on the 9th to OSEN, “Hong Yookyung’s father does run a successful business. However, like all other artists, she went through the trainee process to become a singer. Beyond that, the company does not know much about her personal life details.”

Source + Image: OSEN

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Hyun Ah’s agency officially announces: We will stop airing “Bubble Pop”

On August 4 Hyun Ah’s agency, Cube Entertainment, says, “On the 4th we received a notification from Korea Communications Standards Commission that “Bubble Pop” dance is sexually explicit. We, Cube Entertainment, decided to no longer give performances of “Bubble Pop” on broadcasting considering that the dance becomes meaningless if point moves are excluded.”

In short, viewers can no longer see “Bubble Pop” on broadcasting.

Korea Communications Standards Commission required producers of SBS’s Inkigayo, KBS 2TV’s Music Bank, and MBC’s Show! Music Center to attend the meeting to discuss the exposure of “Bubble Pop” dance during time slot in which young people watch TV.

In July Hyun Ah’s “Bubble Pop” received attention from abroad being selected as “Song of a day” on British pop website.

Source: Newsen

Translated by Hannah@KOREA.COM

BEAST, 4minute, G.NA ··· They gather to sing of miracles with t shirts

The ‘boy friend’ idol group BEAST, the girl group with over flowing charisma 4minute, the ‘sexy queen’ G.NA, and the ‘Superstar K’ hero Heo Gak have gathered in one place. They have got together to participate in a photo shoot for the star style magazine to represent the donation project titled ‘HEART FOR EYE’ which is dedicated to the help blind kids see the bright new world.

Through this photo shoot, over 20 stars in the family managements, Cube Entertainment and A Cube Entertainment, have participated and in particular, the photo shoot is eye catching because of the hip hop singer Mario who was exposed more through the show ‘Invicible Baseball Team’ and the new group A Pink who will be reviving the “fairy” group tradition. It was hard gathering all 20 stars in one place, but 4minute and G.NA had gladly showed up at the photo shoot with a smile despite their current schedules. In addition, everyone had dressed in the heart shirts for the meaning of “gathering all the hearts in one” showing off their closeness and made photo shoot seem like a big family picture. .

Meanwhile, BEAST’s Yoon Doojoon stated, “I am really happy that I was able to participate in this good cause. My eyes are really bad and I had to live with glasses from 3rd grade for about 10 years. It was really uncomfortable because I couldn’t even tell who was who without any glasses or lenses. I hope that young children will be able to find their happiness of seeing the world with their two eyes,” showing adoration towards this project. The motto for the project “HEART FOR EYE” was made with the thought of curing the eyes of the kids with the beauty of fashion and the money earned from the t shirt sales will be all donated to the Samsung Seoul Hospital for the curing of children with blindness.

The project photo shoot for “HEART FOR EYE” can be found on the 51st High Cut magazine which will be sold on April 21st and the behind scenes can be found on High Cut online (www.highcut.co.kr). High Cut can be found in the main cities around the country.

CREDITS: NATE (SOURCE); YONGISM@B2ST RISING (TRANS)

Powerful 4Minute VS. Innocent APink - A battle between sister groups: "We'll not lose!"

A showdown between sister groups, 4Minute and APink, will now unfold as both groups will start promoting their respective albums.

4Minute has finally made their successful comeback through their title track, "Mirror Mirror," after a long-year hiatus in the music industry, while their dongsaeng group, APink, consisting of 7 members, is already starting their steps towards success as they wait for the official day of their debut performances.

What makes people more interested about the possible showdown of these groups are their contradicting concepts, unique style and distinct image. As one of Korea's top-performing girl groups, 4Minute represents the powerful, fierce and charismatic image of women. On the other hand, APink claims an innocent and pure image that has been hard to find in Korea's music industry for quite some time.

People find it amusing that these contrasting groups would finally make their "face-off," showing off their power and innocence to their audience.

APink is under A CUBE Entertainment, a branch of 4Minute's agency, CUBE Entertainment. APink's members had their trainee days under CUBE Entertainment and finally transferred to A CUBE right after their debut preparations has been announced. CUBE Entertainment's President and 4Minute's Producer, Hong Seongsung, took responsibility over APink's debut album while A CUBE's President, Choi Jinho, helped Hong Seonsung in launching 4Minute. Officials from both agencies said, "Both groups have a family-like relationship."

When asked about the anticipated battle between the groups, representatives from CUBE and A CUBE Entertainment answered, "The gap between their debut as well as their image or concept is very different so it's pretty hard for us to see them as real competitors. Nevertheless, 4Minute is doing very well with their recently released album, APink has been garnering a lot of interests too from the public. Both groups prepared so much for their releases and seeing both groups doing well is a real good sight for us."

Source: Newsen
Reporting + Translating + Editing: ashleylovesasia@4-minute.com