Wonder Girls Ready for More Challenges

The Wonder Girls reappeared in Korea for their local fans with good news last Friday: they ranked 76 in the Hot 100 of the Billboard chart.
This is the first time in the chart’s 115-year history that a Korean singer or group has ranked in the top 100, according to the five-member group’s agency JYP Entertainment.
The [...]

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JYP: 2PM Take Stage Without Jae-beom

The popular boy band 2PM is moving on. However, fans of the band will have to see the group perform without its former leader Jae-beom, as its management agency chief reiterated his position against reinstating him.
Park Jin-young, the head of JYP Entertainment, posted a second statement on his Web site Thursday on escalating disputes surrounding [...]

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JYP: “I Knew that Jae-beom was Such a Guy”

Park Jin-young, the head of JYP Entertainment, has asked fans of Jae-beom, the former leader of popular boy band 2PM, to respect his decision to quit after controversial negative comments he made about Korea four years ago became public.
The remarks came days after the lead singer flew to the United States and fans vented their [...]

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Philippines Hit by The Wonder Girls Fever

‘Nobody’ has almost everybody in Manila doing the “clap-clap-point” dance step.
Confused? Sounds like Korean to you? That’s because it is.
South Korean girl group, The Wonder Girls with members Sunye, Ye-eun, Sunmi, Sohee and Yubin, is currently taking Manila - and the whole of Asia - by storm with their  infectious single, “Nobody.”
A big hit in [...]

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Top Earning Songwriters Make Over W1 Billion a Year

Park Jin-young, the singer and CEO of management company JYP Entertainment, is Korea’s second highest-grossing songwriter. According to the Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA) on Monday, Park earned W1.078 billion (US$1=W1,249) from copyrights in 2008. One of Korea’s most prominent singer-songwriters, Park is credited for writing numerous hit songs for singers managed by his company [...]

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Wonder Girls Makes Successful TV Debut in USA

The Wonder Girls, South Korea’s pop sensation now active in the United States, made a successful appearance on a U.S. TV talk show on Monday with hit song “Nobody.”
The five-member girl band sang the song in English on the daytime Wendy Williams Show in New York and drew a standing ovation. The members enthralled the [...]

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Park Jin-young: Hallyu Needs a Jewish Model

Everything that has a beginning has an end, and hallyu, or the Korean wave, is no exception, according to singer-songwriter Park Jin-young.
“The wave has lost its heat,” Park said at an open lecture at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts last Wednesday to celebrate Korea’s 60th anniversary.
But no worries, Park assured us, it’s natural [...]

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