Goo Hara chooses SHINee over Super Junior and B2ST

Although Goo Hara revealed a few details about her relationship with B2ST‘s Junhyung, she was a bit more diplomatic when the discussion turned to his group.

On October 19th’s episode of MBC‘s ‘Radio Star‘, the MCs talked to KARA about their explosive popularity in Japan. When the girls were asked who they felt was more popular in Japan, B2ST or Super Junior, Hara was quick to provide a witty answer.

“I actually think SHINee is the most popular,” she said, completely throwing off the MCs.

“We gave you two choices, and SHINee wasn’t one of them“, they remarked disappointedly.

Netizens were delighted over her ability to skillfully avoid an awkward situation, as the MCs aimed to pin her between offending MC Kyuhyun (a member of Super Junior) or her boyfriend.

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Super Junior’s Shindong transforms into KARA’s Goo Hara

Super Junior’s Shindong, after losing some weight, changed himself into KARA’s Goo Hara.
Making a guest appearance on SBS Strong Heart on the 18th, Shindong changed himself into KARA’s Goo Hara for the program’s ‘strong women special.’
With KARA’s “Step,” Shingdong appeared on the stage with perfect costume of Goo Hara, a ponytail, a makeup style that shows innocent and sexy looks at the same time, and a sexy outfit. He also imitated her captivating eyes and KARA’s sexy hip dance.
As Shindong came out in Goo Hara costume, other guests all cheered yelling “pretty!” and the caption on the screen also wrote “absolute beauty,” making the audience laugh. It was because people could find unexpected beauty from Shindong’s face as he lost some weight.
Shindong performed KARA’s powerful dance with Goo Hara and Park Gyuri and made Strong Heart’s opening stage hot.
On the day’s Strong Heart, DIVA and Baby V.O.X. members made special guest appearances, revealing their inside stories of emotional conflicts and misunderstandings happened between them in the past.

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Yong Junhyung & Goo Hara's dating was forewarned on twitter?

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[Kim Hyejin Intern Reporter] In the midst of the confirmation of dating between BEAST’s Yong Junhyung and KARA’s Goo Hara, Yong Junhyung’s past twitter post has attracted attention.

On April 29th, Yong Junhyung wrote the words, “I’m gaining strength from one call,” through his twitter. To this FT Island’s Lee Hongki commented, “Is it me? Is it me? I just called you too! It better be me.” Afterwards, Yong Junhyung replied after Hongki, “Of course it is Hong..Hongki,” and even added a hesitant laugh with “heoheoheo hahaha You already know who it is.”

In addition Lee Hongki wrote, “Yah I’m embarrassed!” and Yong Junhyung wrote back, “Of course Hongki’s phone calls are encouraging gives me a lot of strength, but before you called me…. I will just stop here.”

Then, BEAST fans curiously commented, “Didn’t Yong Junhyung get a girl friend?” however it had died down with time. But then on June 28th, the scandal with Goo Hara had occurred.

The fans commented, “Wasn’t Goo Hara the person Yong Junhyung talked too?” and “Does that mean Lee Hongki knew of their relationship before?” showing interest on the couple.

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BEAST's Yong Junhyung & KARA's Goo Hara date captured!

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[Dispatch] 'Hallyu Idol' couple is born. KARA’s Goo Hara and BEAST’s Yong Junhyung, who are currently going back and forth from Korea and Japan, are the stars. ‘Dispatch’ had captured their sweet dating scene.

Goo Hara and Yong Junhyung had been slowly growing their love together. It had been about a month before when their relationship developed into a loving one and before they just had the type of relationship where they would let out their feelings to each other and as they talked more often, their feelings for each other naturally developed into something more than just friends.

Their acquaintance had stated, “Since the past, KARA members were very close with BEAST members. Because they ended up doing activites around the same time period, they had developed a relationship where they are relying and encouraging each other. With the upcoming comeback in Japan, they had moved on to the relationship had advanced to be something much more serious.

Their date was small and simple like their meeting. They didn’t even wear a simple “cover.” They didn’t even cover their faces with sunglasses. The dating location was to the point. Even though they were idols with conquering fandoms, they enjoyed their street dates.

The scene that ‘Dispatch’ first witnessed was the midnight of the 9th when BEAST’s Yong Junhyung arrived from finishing his schedules in Japan. They ordered two cups of coffee from a take out in Kangnam and went to the Kangbyun area in the car.

Their location was Yong Junhyung’s place and they had parked the car in the corner to walk around the area for about an hour. Their park date was important to note as well. They went to the ‘Sky Park’ located in Sang Am Dong. The scene of Yong Junhyung holding the wrist of Goo Hara walking behind him was a sight to see.

They had even met on the Sunday when the music program ended. That was when BEAST was promoting ‘Fiction’ off of their first official album. The Sunday night, when the music program ended, they used the break time in their schedules. On the midnight of the 13th, they walked around the back alleyway of Hongdae and sensed the path of youths.

Their dates had no hiding or secretiveness. When they were in their cars, Goo Hara always had her window down. She even enjoyed the outside scenery with her head out the window. The strange thing was that one could have realized that it was her. They were natural like a normal couple in their early 20s.

A person who knows Goo Hara described her as someone with naivety. Even though she debuted early, she had the innocence that hasn’t been dirtied. They stated, that Yong Junhyung had probably fell for those innocent charms of her as well.

A person who knew Yong Junhyung rated him highly of his musical talent. A close friend stated, “He has the most outstanding musical talent when it comes down to all the other idol stars,” and “He shows off amazing skills when he is composing and editing. If you are someone into music, you can’t help but to fall into Yong Junhyung’s artistic talents.”

Meanwhile, their managements showed cautious response to their relationship. DSP Entertainment and CUBE Entertainment had met with ‘Dispatch’ on the night of the 27th and stated, “KARA and BEAST members have a very close relationships. We had no idea that it had developed into something more than friends.”

The two managements stated, “After checking with them specifically, it is true that they have good feelings toward each other, however they are in the stage of getting to know each other. We believe about a month passed for them so we hope that people will be watching for a little longer.”

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Hara ''I call 4-year older Lee Min Ho ajusshi''

Girl group Kara member Goo Ha-ra spoke about her friendship with Lee Min-ho.

In the SBS TV program "Strong Heart", Goo Ha-ra recently took place and spoke about her acting along with Lee Min-ho and her first attempt at acting in "City Hunter".

She said, "I am enjoying my time with Lee Min-ho and Park Min-yeong. I call Lee Min-ho 'uncle' as he is 4 years older than me" and made everyone wonder. She then spoke about how she came to call him that and how she first met him through Kim Hyun-joong during the drama "Boys over Flowers". She also talked about the situation when the group Kara went through a phase called the 'Kara split-up'.

"Strong Heart" with Goo Ha-ra and the Kara members will be broadcasted on the 17th at 11:15PM.

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Mnet “Idol Chart Show” ranks the Top 20 highest earning idols

1. G-Dragon
2. Lee Seung Gi
3. IU
4. Jang Geun Suk
5. Kim Hyun Joong
6. Jung Yong Hwa
7. Hwang Jung Eum
8. Lee Teuk
9. UEE
10. T.O.P
11. Taecyeon
12. Yoona
13. Jokwon
14. Dara
15. Hara
16. Shindong
17. G.NA
18. Yong Jun Hyung
19. EunJung
20. Nichkhun

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KARA'S GOO HARA Transforms into Sexy Club Girl In "City Hunter"!

KARA's Goo Hara is known for her innocent and cute image,however,she transformed into a sexy club girl during the filming of drama City Hunter.

Take a look at Hara's photos here where she is dressed sexily here,quite a different image from her actual self.

Jung Yong Hwa Clarifies Dating Rumor With Kara Member Goo Hara

Few pictures of Kara Goo Hara and CN Blue Yong Hwa spread like wild fire on the internet as netizens claim that both of them are dating. Previously, it was 2pm Chansung who was involve in this dating scandal.

Representatives explained that Goo Hara is an outgoing person and have a lots of friends both male and female. They also added that Chansung and Yong Hwa are just one of the closest friend Hara have. They also added, Hara is very close to Chansung to play casual jokes and have the "sister and brother relationship" which can be misinterpreted by fans as "dating".

Airing on April 21, Jung Yonghwa will appear on KBS "Happy Together 3" and he clarified his scandal involving Goo Hara.

Jung Yong Hwa was asked about this scandal and he explained "I got close with her through a variety program. The picture was taken when we hadn’t seen each other for a long time, so we felt really glad to see each other and fooled around a bit.Hara just lightly hit my chest, and someone happened to take a screenshot right at that second, which somehow blew up into full press reports."

Well that explains it. Hope some netizens don't jump into conclusion right away just because of some few pictures!

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KARA’s Goo Hara transforms into a feline court lady for “URAKARA”

KARA ’s Goo Hara made a hilarious transformation on February 4th’s episode of ” URAKARA “!

Within the drama, Hara’s character feels ‘oppressed’ whenever she’s about to tackle an essential event, and so to cope with the pressure, she’ll obsessively eat curry and focus on white lines whenever she walks on roads.

Her character was cast into a well-liked drama, where she plays a court lady in a world made up of cats. Unfortunately, she ends up buckling under the pressure, and ultimately fails in keeping her role.

The next day, Hara meets a robot named ‘Park CEO #2′, and she’s ordered to meet a Japanese pro-golfer.

 After studying that he has the exact same personality as her’s, Hara is able to let go of her ‘jinx’.

Source: Newsen via Nate

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DSP Media clarifies why Goo Hara is searching for a new place

It was reported last week that KARA’s Goo Hara was searching to lease a new home, and many fans began to wonder why she was moving out of the group’s dorm.

On February 1st, DSP Media cleared all ill suspicions surrounding the members’ relationships by confirming that her decision had nothing to do with KARA’s recent controversy. “Goo Hara’s search for a house around Kangnam has no relations with KARA’s current situation.”

KARA’s dorm is located near Haengdang-dong in Seoul, and the agency representative explained that most of the members had a secondary place to go back to if they didn’t feel like going back.

“While maknae Kang Jiyoung’s family moved from Paju to a place closer to the dorm, Han Seungyeon and Nicole’s houses are also only a bridge away,” they said.

“They felt there was no need to live in the dorm when their houses were so near, which is why they’ve been comfortably going in and out since a year ago.”

Considering how Park Gyuri and Goo Hara’s homes are in Bangbae-dong and Gwangju respectively, they are the only two members who’ve been staying at the dorm consistently.

The representative stated, “We heard that Goo Hara is trying to find a house near the Nonhyun-dong office in Gangnam-gu. We were told that it is only for personal reasons.”


Source: Newsen via Nate

KARA Goo Hara's great aunt passes away

KARA’s Goo Hara flew to Gwanju to attend to a personal family affair.

A representative of DSP Media revealed to Star News on January 21st, “Goo Hara received notice that her great aunt passed away this morning. She left by plane to her great aunt’s home with one manager. Her parents left separately.”

With three of her fellow KARA members undergoing a lawsuit with her agency, Hara has been earning the support of the public for having to endure the death of a family member as well.

Source: Star News via Nate

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KARA’s Nicole finds herself in a sticky situation

A close industry representative of DSP Media revealed through TV Report on January 21st that both Seungyeon and Jiyoung have a high possibility of canceling their contract terminations. He stated, “It’s likely for them both to be staying with DSP. But with Nicole’s mother being regarded as the leader of this controversy, if worse comes to worst, Nicole will leave the group.”

He continued, “Because of this controversy, Nicole is bearing the brunt of the hate. Even if all five choose to remain together, it will be difficult for Nicole to further lead a normal career. There’s even ridiculous talks of Nicole being the ‘recall’.”

Leader Park Gyuri never participated in the lawsuit, while Hara dropped out moments after reports were made. With Seungyeon expected to follow the two, many are speculating for Jiyoung to return as well.

The problem remains with Nicole, as Nicole’s mother uploaded a series of tweets that referred to the KARA members as “her loving daughters” while bad mouthing DSP Media. After it grew into a controversy, they were promptly deleted. Hara herself also revealed that she had no idea about the contract terminations, leading many to doubt whether all of the members even agreed to this. 

The controversy surrounding Nicole’s mother being the cause of this entire lawsuit is further backed up by such evidence.

Netizens, as well as DSP Media, have already speculated Nicole’s mother to be the ringleader.

In TV Report’s first report, the identity of Nicole’s mother was left anonymous, but DSP Media went ahead with all three of their statements in calling out her mother directly.

Another representative close to DSP Media revealed, “Although they’re trying their absolute best in keeping the original members, if worse comes to worst, Nicole will be taken out of the group and a new member will be added to continue their promotions.”

The Korea Entertainment Producers’ Association is also expected to be raising the hand in DSP’s favor. A representative of DSP visited the KEPA on the afternoon of the 20th in order to discuss on the recent developments. The representative revealed that DSP and KEPA made an agreement in that the KEPA will not put blame on whatever decision or action DSP chooses to take.

Although representative of KEPA spoke regarding the issue on the 20th, he avoided any direct answers, “We confirm that a DSP representative visited our office, but it was regarding a substitute for CEO Lee Hoyeon in receiving his ‘achievement award,’ as he is currently hospitalized. Since the KARA controversy is what it is, discussion regarding the controversy was inevitable.”

KARA’s Nicole, Seungyeon, and Jiyoung will be giving their personal opinions at a press conference with Landmark at 3 PM KST on January 21st.

Source: TV Report via Nate

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KARA’s Nicole, Seungyeon, & Jiyoung’s parents reveal their meeting

The parents of KARA’s Nicole, Seungyeon, and Jiyoung are currently preparing to release statements on the hardships their daughters were forced to endure, as well as details regarding the alleged irrational income distribution by DSP Media.

The parents met in an emergency meeting on the afternoon of January 19th and revealed that representatives of DSP were trying to meet with each of the members in hopes for reconciliation.  Unfortunately, the parents revealed that it would be impossible for them to cancel their decision to terminate their contracts.

In an interview with Newsen, they claimed, “Right until the girls declared that they would be parting ways with the company, they continuously asked for clear and transparent income balances, as well as communication, but DSP refused the requests.  Why else do you think they would leave the company that raised them into who they are?”

The parents claimed that they requested for documents regarding the income the girls brought in in Japan, but the company delayed the sharing of such information with excuses such as, “There’s nothing balanced yet” and “Please wait until the appropriate time.“  When an opportunity for communication was finally opened, the company brought out balance documents that were difficult to understand, deepending the distrust between the two parties.

One member’s parents exclaimed, “Is such a contract that only gives $3,000 per person for dancing the ‘butt dance’ in Japan fair?“  They also revealed that the girls were put in saunas to sleep because of their busy drama filmings.

Another continued, “KARA released ‘Jumping‘ late last year, but there were barely any schedules for their Korean fans, and DSP Japan were busy working the girls to film ‘URAKARA‘ for their own profits.  There were a lot of unexplainable circumstances, such as the girls being put to sleep in a sauna one night.”

All three parents exclaimed, “The company is prospering with the income that is being made, while the kids are getting bloody noses from fatigue.  This reality cannot continue.”

Regarding members Park Gyuri and Goo Hara, who both are not taking part in the lawsuit, the parents revealed that Gyuri’s parents were “walking a different path from the other girls since three months ago,”  as Gyuri’s parents failed to show up at a parental meeting held last November.

Asked about the rumors of another entertainment agency offering the girls better contracts, they revealed, “We can’t say anything, as the parents don’t discuss such internal things.  What we’re sure is that the three members will not be able to repair their relationship with DSP.”

Source: Newsen via Nate
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Goo Hara’s teary acceptance speech deemed ‘beautiful’ by viewers

KARA’s Goo Hara recently won the runner-up award for the ‘Show/Variety’ category at KBS’s “2010 Entertainment Awards.”

Clearly surprised over her win, Goo Hara walked to the stage in an utter daze, her eyes wide with amazement.  After collecting herself, she began her acceptance speech, stating, “I’ll be receiving this award thankfully, since I am receiving it in the midst of such amazing seniors.  I’ve earned so many things through ‘Invincible Youth‘.”

As she wrapped up her speech, her eyes began brimming with tears, showing the worth of the achievement to viewers.

When she first joined the show in October of last year, she was considered to be the least known member out of KARA.  A year and two months later, she’s managed to create an entirely new ‘brand’ for herself and has grown into one of the most identifiable stars of the industry.

Goo Hara was known to have worked harder than anyone else on the show, and showcased a lot of determination. Her level of interest in farming and the way she skillfully managed to drive rice-planting tractors surprised the viewers immensely.

She was also much loved by the Yuchiri villagers for her lovely personality and caring heart.

It was only through such efforts that she was able to achieve the win, and although the show came to an end on December 24th, Goo Hara’s mark on the show won’t be forgotten by the viewers.

Source: Star News via Nate
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Onew, Narsha, Hyunah, Hara, and Wooyoung vow to keep the "new Hallyu" wave alive

The “new Hallyu” wave consists of K-pop’s spread into Japan, China, South-East Asia, and the United States. Several groups have already dominated overseas markets, such as KARA, SHINee, 2PM, and Brown Eyed Girls.

In an interview with Yonhap news, Brown Eyed Girl’s Narsha, and 4Minute’s Hyunah, congratulated KARA on their success in Japan. They stated, “We went to the Don Quixote [a discount store chain in Japan] and we could listen to the medley songs of Kara at the store. But more than that, there were posters of KARA at every place we went such as on advertisement billboards on buildings, and on the street. We were really excited to see them."

Narsha and Hyunah also noticed that in Japan, unlike in Korea, there are many female fans for girl groups. Goo Hara was both surprised and happy about this, and noted, "I have many female fans the age of middle school students, and they always come to the fan meetings wearing school uniforms and tell us, ‘I love you, sister. You look fantastically pretty.’ I like them because it is like I have many younger sisters now.”

SHINee and 2PM will be the next idol groups that head to Japan. In December SHINee will hold a concert at Tokyo National Yoyogi Station in Japan for 10,000 fans. In Japan, SHINee has the nickname, “The Chief Executives of the Southeast Asia New Generation”, while 2PM is called, “The Beasts Who Sway the Hearts of Asia's Women”. 2PM will sold a showcase at Ryogoku Kohugikan in December.

At the conclusion of the interview, the idols all agreed that they had the duty to keep the “new Hallyu” wave alive.

All of the Korean groups that have promoted overseas, especially in Japan, have been popular. More and more groups are continuing to promote their songs overseas now. Additionally, some groups, like KARA and SNSD, promote in Japan and Korea at the same time.

What do you think about the spread of k-pop to other countries? What countries would you like to see your favorite idol groups go to next?

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Young celebs get early admits to college for 2011

4minute's HyunA, Kara's Gu Hara, actresses Goo Hye-sun, Seo Woo, Ko Ah-seong and Lee Se-yeong have been accepted on early admission to college for the spring semester of 2011.

According to HyunA's agency on Thursday, the girl group member will major in film under the division of art at Konkuk University's College of Art & Design next year.

An official from Seo Woo's agency confirmed yesterday that she will be joining HyunA at Konkuk University's College of Art & Design, adding that the actress has shown great interest in entering college to learn more about acting.

Gu Hara and actress Lee Se-yeong will become colleagues with both girls having been accepted to the department of media communication at Sungshin Women's University.

Korean actresses Goo Hye-sun and Ko Ah-seong will both become freshmen at Sungkyunkwan University, majoring in film at the school of art and studying sociology at the school of social sciences, respectively.

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Kara's Goo Hara admitted to Sungshin Women's University as occasional student class '11

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Kara's Goo Hara is admitted to Sungshin Women's University

On November 2nd DSP media agency official, in a telephone conversation with newsen, reported that Shungshin Women's University has just informed the final acceptance and that Goo Hara will live off campus on March next year.

Goo Hara has applied for occasional student of 2011 on first screening. Her major is to be undergraduate media acting. Others recommended music but she wanted to learn acting and therefore chose it as major.

The official commented that she has been firm with her decision of going to the university despite her busy schedule, that she stayed up all night shooting a music video and then went to interviews.

Currently Kara is active in Japan. Goo Hara is planning to have a good time as a college student in March next year

As well as Goo Hara, actress Lee Saeyung has been accepted to Sungshin Women's University majoring undergraduate media acting.

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