Article: Jonghyun clarifies dating rumors with Kyungri "Saw a movie with a friend"

Source: Star News via Naver

1. [+1,468, -101] I thought the article meant he was dating his company's accountant at first (Kyungri means accountant in Korean)

2. [+1,296, -94] Like Lee Joon said, the idol world is an animal kingdom

3. [+1,110, -162] I don't think they're dating. He was quick to admit his dating scandal with Shin Se Kyung but he's straight to the point with this one so no worries.

4. [+753, -46] Don't really know who she is

5. [+729, -59] Let these young celebrities just enjoy themselves instead of slapping on dating rumors

6. [+703, -99] Why are the SHINee kids hooking up with girls like her, now Jonghyun after Onew

7. [+551, -61] Why does he have so many dating scandals

8. [+407, -54] First IU and now Jonghyun... Let them watch their movies with their friends. You all act as if you don't have friends of the opposite gender.

9. [+338, -37] So yeah, who's Kyungri

10. [+307, -26] SM's accountant? ㅋㅋㅋ

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Reader request.

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Article: SHINee, Jonghyun's composed 'Selene 6.23' takes #1 on the digital charts

Source: OSEN via Naver

1. [+894, -12] Journalist, he didn't compose the song, he penned it

2. [+666, -55] Gotta trust SHINee when it comes to music. They've never disappointed me with their voices. The fact that their title songs are stupid is SM's fault. Listen to the other songs in their albums, listen to them twice. They're worth it.

3. [+629, -41] Vocals are goose bump inducing

4. [+568, -33] I've been listening to them for a while and noticed how much Taemin has improved. Key's voice is on the unique side but he's a good singer and Minho is trying his best. SHINee's probably the male idol group with the most members who can sing. Their songs have a high quality to them now with great lyrics. I think SM is finally recognizing SHINee's true worth and giving them great songs to work with.

5. [+515, -32] Love SHINee's song ㅋㅋㅋ

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Article: Taemin's birthday, rejects fan gifts "Please give them to organizations that need them..." respectful statement

Source: News 24 via Naver

1. [+737, -9] Wow... Better than U-KISS, who asks their own fans to buy them Diablo. Taemin, I'm enjoying watching you on WGM. Fighting, wishing the best for SHINee!!

2. [+646, -12] Way better than those idols who try to rip everything they can off their stupid fans

3. [+642, -15] He'll be perfect if he enlists as active duty

4. [+573, -8] Feels like yesterday he debuted as a junior high school student and he's already 21 years old... He grew up well.

5. [+509, -11] I hate on SM but I can't bring myself to hate SHINee... especially Taemin, you can see that he's a sweet kid on WGM. I thought he was the childish maknae kid but he's actually a well spoken man.

6. [+429, -7] Whoa, respectable of Taemin

7. [+358, -8] I hope other idols learn from him...

8. [+300, -5] So many idols ruining themselves by opening their mouths lately. They should learn from Taemin!

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Article: SHINee Jonghyun "I'm a big fan of Girl's Day's Yura" surprise confession

Source: Mydaily via Nate

1. [+421, -19] Shin Se Kyung... and Yura... I think I know what Jonghyun looks for in girls now

2. [+393, -28] Jonghyun... you... like big breasts, huh..

3. [+231, -21] Just stay a fan

4. [+33, -12] This Jonghyun ba$tard is only into girls with big boobs

5. [+26, -4] Shin Se Kyung and Yura are all glamorous

6. [+22, -7] The journalist totally twisted Jonghyun's words and made him write three tweets in a row to clarify the issue tsk tsk... Now both Jonghyun and Yura are getting hate.

7. [+21, -9] The most important line in the article is "Girl's Day has been promoting actively since releasing their 1st repackaged 'Female President' album last month on the 24th." First Girl's Day media plays with Tony and now they're using Jonghyun??

8. [+19, -5] Jonghyun already wrote that he never said that but Nate has it up on the main page. Girl's Day's agency should stop this media play. Why Jonghyun has to receive hate for this is beyond my understanding.

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Instiz: Male idol group albums chosen by the public

Instiz doesn't list the source for this so yeah might be old.

5. B2ST's 1st official album (9.4%) Stand out songs: Fiction, On Rainy Days, Freeze, Back to You

4. SHINee 2nd Mini (12.8%) Stand out songs: Juliette, Please Don't Go, Boy Meets Girl

3. F.T. Island 1st official album (14.6%) Stand out songs: Love Sick, I'm Happy, Thunder, A man's first love follows him to the grave, Reo Reo

2. Big Bang 3rd Mini (19.4%) Stand out songs: Haru Haru, Heaven, Oh My Friend, Lady, Nice Person

1. TVXQ 4th official album (23.7%) Stand out songs: Mirotic, Love in the Ice, Are you a good girl?, Wrong Number, You're My Melody, Picture of You

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This post will be a little less about Korea and a little more about me, the author of this blog ^.^ I thinks it's time I introduced myself in a little more detail. So let's start!

1. You may or may not have guessed this but So-Ra is not my real name. It's not so much that I wish to hide from anyone. In fact, I have told most of my friends about this blog and they are probably the ones reading this right now :) I thought it would be fun to have a cute alias...........kind of like a stage name I suppose.

2. I am going to be a Junior in high school this year and I can't wait to graduate!

     

3. My birthday is on November 13th so I'm a Scorpio ;)

4. I really love to draw and paint..........I guess just making art in general is fun :)

5. Before I watched Korean dramas I watched anime quite a bit. Some of my favorites are: Samurai Champloo, Soul Eater, Death Note (I still haven't finished it) and Darker Than Black.

6. When I was in eighth grade I dreamed of becoming a YA fiction novel writer. 

7. When I was three my mom put me in ballet, tap and gymnastics classes but then we moved and I didn't take my next ballet class until the age of 10. It was only a trial class and I felt awkward and didn't go back. On February 2nd, 2012 I started taking classes at my current studio. I now take three classes a week and will be en pointe soon :)

8. I am a bit of a clean freak, but on the other hand I can be extremely lazy. The laziness leads to a messy room, which then leads my life spiraling out of balance. To me, A Clean Room = A Successful Life XD

9. A few years ago, I became entirely obsessed with Criss Angel. If you are not familiar with him, he is a magician and illusionist and an extremely charismatic human being x _ x I still have quite a bit of respect for him, but that phase passed :P

10. I went to Thailand once for three weeks when I was 13. It was AWESOME!! On the way back we even stayed at a hotel in Seoul, South Korea. I remember being so amazed because there were TWO flat-screen TV's, A laptop, a small bathroom, and then another bathroom with a sauna @.@ And because it was in December it was freezing cold. The kind of cold that goes straight through your clothes and chills your bones. Too bad I hadn't gotten in to Kdrama yet, or I would have been even more excited then I already was :)

Thanks for reading and make sure to check back for more posts!! Or you can follow be through email or google :)

~So-Ra <3

Korean music has become increasingly more and more popular over the past decade. As my Japanese exchange student friend told me, Kpop is almost more popular than Jpop (Japanese pop music) in her home country. Many Korean bands have performed in the United States, such as Girls' Generation and 2NE1. Psy has made a huge impact on the U.S., opening peoples eyes to the Korean music world. 

Here is a list of some of the top Kpop bands. Which do you like best?

1. Shinee

     2.   Girls' Generation

     3.   Super Junior

     4.   Big Bang

     5.   2NE1

Which is Your Favorite?

~So-Ra <3