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hahhahaha it was fun reading this one after the one i trans...oh those girls...lol
thanks tin!!!
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Making seafood soup and kimchi cheese fried rice - Han Seungyeon/Hong Sungjun team
-Do you normally cook well?
Han Seungyeon: "I often just cook whatever my taste buds find tasty."
-But making seafood soup is difficult.
Han Seungyeon: "I went with Sungjun Oppa to the market to pick ingredients, and I discovered a seafood soup making kit. Either way since I live in the dorms, this seemed like an easy choice.
-Thoughts on participating and who will be first place?
Han Seungyeon: "It's like a war atmosphere. You can tell if you look at the ruins of the dining table. We have to make sure we finish both dishes within the time limit, so there isn't even time to clean up, just hurriedly making the dishes. And of course we'll be first place."
Making palace rice cake and seafood rice cake - Park Gyuri/Choi Dajin team
-Do you normally cook well?
Park Gyuri: "If others eat the food I cook, they all say it tastes delicious."
-The reason for making rice cake?
Park Gyuri: "Others really like my rice cake, so I decided to make it. If you take out 'care' from my body, I am nothing but a corpse. (laughs)"
-Who'll be first place?
Park Gyuri: "It seems like the Jiyoung/Kyunghyun team will get first. Ours doesn't seem like it'll turn out as well as we thought. The gas burner wasn't working so I had to use the one in the kitchen, so I had to keep going back and forth. It's such a pity."
Making stir-fried chicken soup - Kang Jiyoung/Cho Kyunghyun team
-Who'll be first place today?
Kang Jiyoung: "Of course we will. Me and Kyunghyun oppa's breathing matches well."
-Not wearing cooking gloves?
Kang Jiyoung: "Yeah. You're supposed to just make food like this anyways. Food needs hands to be tasty."
-Why did you decide to make stir-fried chicken soup?
Kang Jiyoung: "Honestly earlier at the market the Hara/Soojin team was going to make stir-fried chicekn soup, so we decided to make it. We want to make it especially savory, so we even prepared bananas."
Koo Hara (who overheard): "I coolly let her. (laughs)"
Making stir-fried pork, sausage, fish and bean curd vinegar rice - Koo Hara/Kim Soojin team
-Do you normally cook often?
Koo Hara: "I've tried making a lot of things. I even store recipes in my cell phone now. I don't get to make things often, but my food's really good."
-You're making four kinds of dishes.
Koo Hara: "I wanted to show bits of flavors here and there. But what I'm most confident about is the stir-fried pork. The beancurd vinegar rice goes well with the stir-fried pork."
-You really like the decoration?
Koo Hara: "If the food looks good then it will also taste good."
Making kimchi stew and fruit punch - Jung Nicole/Lee Seulgi team
-Who will be first today?
Nicole: "Of course our team will be. Please await our top flavor. [When you try the flavor of the kimchi stew] you'll go WOW this is the best, hot!"
-You have a lot done already?
Nicole: "First of all, along with the kimchi stew, you can eat the fried egg and spam rice that we prepared. It's what I normally enjoy eating. And for dessert we made fruit punch. We mixed Korean and American styles."
-Are you going to cool the fruit?
Nicole: "It'll become cool if I put it in the freezer right? The freezer is under the fridge right?"
Kara and friends' cooking showdown is a project on MTV Kara's Meta Friends.
For this project, people auditioned to become Kara's friends and now the final 5 have to complete special missions during a 1 night 2 day MT with Kara.
There will be a total of 6 episodes and it will air every Tuesday, starting with today's (26th) 4pm broadcast of MTV Kara's Meta Friends Episode 1: Meeting New Friends.
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Link: http://nownews.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.p...=20090526603001
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Translated by: Tinggg @ Karaholic.com
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HAHAHAHAHA oh gyul you crazy girl...so so so so funny
thank you tin!!
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A UCC video of Nicole, Hara, Jiyoung and Gyuri singing <Happy And> caught netizens' attentions.
<Happy And> is a duet by Nicole and Kang Gyunsung, who released a song right before joining the military that has caught public attention. The UCC released this time was of Kara's Nicole, Hara, Jiyoung and Gyuri sitting in front of the computer at the DSP offices, singing <Happy And> just smiling and their natural appearances made an impression.
Netizens who watched the video said, "Their appearances while singing were so cute and lively." "We want to see a performance with Kang Gyunsung and Nicole." "We miss Gyunsung Oppa, hope he works hard in the military," and many other replies were coming in.
Currently Gyunsung and Nicole's <Happy And> can't be seen in performances because he is in the military, but it's received good reviews on various online music sites and thus has sustained its popularity.
Meanwhile Kang Gyunsung has started his basic military training in Nonsan Training Camp.
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Link: http://news.mk.co.kr/outside/view.php?year...9&no=245027
Link by: Mae
Translated by: Tinggg
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Kara member Nicole (18, Jung Yongjoo) received a humiliating message from SS501 member Kim Kyujong (22) saying "Eat lots of food and grow up strong and quickly."
Nicole and Han Seungyeon were on the 18th's <MBC Sixth Sense Quiz>, and they had to send a text to a friend asking "When do you see me as a woman?"
Nicole sent SS501's Kim Kyujong a message like that. Kyujong wrote back "Oh, our baby wants to become an adult? Nicole's eye smile is beautiful, eat lots of food and grow up strong and quickly."
Also, Jo Hyeryun's husband wrote "When you wear your undergarments" which caused a lot of laughter, Jang Youngran received a message from Kim Youngchul saying, "Although you're feminine as well, Lee Youngja Noona has been more feminine these days. Youngja Noona is just kidding with you."
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Just before filming for KBS 2TV's <Music Bank> on the 10th, Kara met with reporters and said that they were sad about having to separate from fans for a short while.
Kara's leader Park Gyuri said, "The promotions this time around were a very significant time for us. It was our first time getting #1 since our debut. Though it's small, but I feel like I've achieved something precious. We'll take this energy with us because we want to show you all a Kara that won't disappoint everyone," she added, laughing.
"Although we're taking a break from group promotions, we will continue with the variety shows. We will show you a different side of Kara."
Hara said, "It's hard to believe that it's already our last performance. I only have thanks to all the fans who've given us much love during this time of <Pretty Girl> and <Honey>. We will prepare for our next album and come back as a more confident and beautiful Kara."
Maknae Jiyoung added, "It's been less than 10 months since my debut and we've already released three albums. Though there were sad and difficult days and lots of other things, I've received a lot of love so I feel very happy. Through this time's promotions, I've come to understand the precious relationship between the members and the fans. I hope we become a more improved Kara," she added with a laugh.
Kara, who started promotions of <Pretty Girl> in mid-December, went 4 straight months without rest through promotions of <Pretty Girl> and <Honey>, establishing themselves as one of the top girl groups. With KBS <Music Bank> on the 10th, MBC <Music Core> on the 11th, and SBS <Inkigayo> on the 12th, the promotions for Kara's 2nd album will come to an end.
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Kara's Nicole Jung was 'offered' to join as a member of <Chat with Beauties>.
Recently Nicole appeared on KBS 2TV's <Chat with Beauties> and showed off her strange 4-dimensional charm, and received a 'direct invitation' from the beauties of the show to join them.
To the question of when "Peace Days*" are, she innocently said, "do they really chop off the hands?" and said that "young herbs were bean sprouts," and other strange and wrong answers that caused the whole studio to fall into laughter.
*(TN: Koreans refer to certain days as "son obneun nal", meaning days that evil spirits are not moving about. Literally taken, it also sounds like "days without hands")
Finland's Taru Salminen said to the LA-born Nicole, "you know less about Korea than I do, I think we should switch places," surprisingly receiving an offer to switch, of which Nicole willing accepted and it's said that she really sat in her place.
To this sudden on-the-spot arrival, the beauties all greatly welcomed Nicole, Nicole added, "my heart feels so much more comfortable"--drawing out a joyful smile on her face. It will air 11:10pm on the 6th.
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Following SNSD, Kara will also be taking a break from their activities.
Kara will be having their last promotion of their 2nd mini album <Pretty Girl> on SBS Inkigayo on April 12th. Kara made successive hits beginning mid-December of last year with <Pretty Girl> and <Honey>, going shoulder to shoulder with SNSD and Wonder Girls, becoming one of Korea's top girl groups.
Kara's management DSP Media said on a phone interview on the 3rd that "Kara will have their final performances on the music programs of the 3 public stations and will be taking a break. SBS's Inkigayo on the 12th will be their last official performance."
They added, "Since last December, the girls have been moving about non-stop. The fans have been giving them so much love, and the members and DSP are all extremely happy. After a long period of activities, this will be a time to let the members recharge. We're planning on releasing a new album in 2-3 months."
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hooray!! aww our leader~
thanks tin and mae!!!
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AD:
<Congratulations on Kara's 2nd Anniversary D-1>
<Kara's Debut: 2007.03.29>
<Ham Seungyeon, Goddess Gyul, Maknae Jyung, GGul (Honey) Hara, Tweety Nicole>
<Going grandly everywhere, the girls that are sweet as honey...>
<Please let Kara also monitor activities via cable.> (Referring to how Kara only has the public channels)
<Us fans, even while we're with KARA, grow older, but even if we go off to other places, we'll always be cheering for you>
<Lists 10 names, from Kara-T>
Kara's fans posted a congratulatory ad on their 2nd anniversary in a daily newspaper.
10 of Kara's fans posted an ad on the 28th with the headline being congratulations on Kara's 2nd anniversary. They wanted to commemorate Kara's debut on 3/29/2007, to signify that even as Kara gets older, they want to be their fans forever.
They wrote "Going grandly everywhere, the girls that are sweet as honey..Please let Kara monitor activities via cable, too."
Not long ago, fans posted an ad to celebrate SNSD's Sooyoung's birthday, and now with Kara receiving this congratulatory present, you can guess that the music industry's girl groups are creating quite a blast.
Kara's management DSP Media said, "We also had no idea about this. When the members heard about it, they were really surprised. They are really grateful for the love from the fans are are really thankful."
Meanwhile Kara has been in promotions for <Pretty Girl> and now <Honey>. They were #1 in various music charts, and after wrapping up promotions in mid-April, they will return again in the summer.
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Link: http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200903282117521002
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09.04.01. SBS TV Night of Entertainment - KARA
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The member in Kara who is the most greedy for lines is?
Kara's Han Seungyeon was chosen as the member who is the most greedy for lines.
Leader Park Gyuri revealed recently on KBS 2TV's filming of <Star Golden Bell> about their first win on Music Bank. Gyuri said, "At that time both me and Seungyeon cried a lot, because of that Nicole took our place to express our feelings of winning. When Seungyeon saw that, she said "give me the mic!" The exposing of that story caused everyone there to fall into a sea of laughter.
In addition, Kara chose SGB's mascot Nicole as "the member that will make you embarrassed to be with." Hara said that the reason was that "usually she doesn't look where she's going." She revealed an episode of when Nicole almost fell on Music Bank. Broadcast on the 28th.
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I just translated what it said...but I'm pretty sure they didn't mean to write mubank @_@
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Kara leader Park Gyuri is extremely proud of her "princess illness."
On MBC's <Yoo Jaesuk-Kim Wonhee's Come to Play - Girls Awards> on the 23rd, Gyuri stated "I'm Park Gyuri, the goddess in charge of beauty in Kara," which surprised everyone there.
Gyuri nonsensically said, "It's too bad that compared to having makeup on, I actually am more beautiful without makeup. If you see my face without makeup, you will totally fall for me. Though the impression I give off is strong when I have makeup, if I remove it, I become pure."
Later she was asked, "What part of yourself are you the least confident about?" She answered, "there is. But if you get down to it, I couldn't find one," speaking proudly like a princess.
Also, to the question "are there times you hate yourself," she answered, "are there times when there's just nothing to hate about yourself?" she added.
Later member Han Seungyeon said, "when we're in the dorms, there are times when Gyuri unni will just sit at her desk and stare at the mirror for a long time." SNSD Tiffany added, "We're close friends with Kara so we often go hang out in their waiting room, but while we play with the other members, if way say anything to "mirror princess" Gyuri unni, she won't look at me--she'll answer while not looking up from the mirror." She re-enacted it, causing a huge laughter on the set.
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Forgive if anything is translated funny...Gyul says the weirdest things lol
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oh heyallllllll yes!
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Girl group Kara explained the story behind how they earned the title "shikshin group."
Recently in an interview with Star Today, Kara, with their pure and cute appearances, discussed each members appetites and dorm life.
"All the members have a great appetite at all times, so we've been labeled the 'shikshin group' since our debut," said Seungyeon, bursting with laughter.
"I have an interest in cooking to I prepare various special foods for the members," said Nicole, revealing an unexpected side of her. "Not long ago I made rice cakes and rice balls and the members all said it was delicious," she added proudly.
Kara, who have all been living together in the dorm since before their debut, was asked the question, "how do you generally spend your time in the dorm?" They answered, "we've hardly had free time on our hands, but if there is, then we've been watching DVDs that fans have given to us as presents. Recently we've been been fans of 'Boys Over Flowers.'"
"Since the character Yoon Jihoo is played by Kim Hyunjoong sunbae from our same management, we have special interest in it. Since it's not his usual self, so frankly we're a bit at a loss of words," said Gyuri laughing.
When asked the question of how difficult it was to be living away from parents at such a young age, they answered, "all the members are constantly in contact with their parents,"--it was clear that they missed their families a lot.
Meanwhile, Kara, who has finally risen to the top of the music world for the first time since their debut with <Pretty Girl> and <Honey> will end promotions in April in preparation for their next album.
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Link: http://news.mk.co.kr/outside/view.php?year...9&no=177256
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LOL thanks mae for adding the video...yeah dude hara looked angryyyyyyyy hahaha i loved her expression
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Female Idol Kara, Nicole's Sudden Kiss was a "Silly Surprise"
Popular group Kara's Nicole got a sudden kiss from a male student at Sejong University.
It happened after Sejong University's "gag gang" students did a performance of "soccer king shoot-dori." After the students showed their talent, they had a plea for Kara's Nicole.
Since it was directed to just Nicole, she was surprised, so after a pause the male student just went and gave a sudden kiss to Nicole. Nicole was so shocked that she jumped around the stage, and could not hide her surprise.
Not just Nicole, but no one could have predicted this would happen, all the audience at Sejong University were shocked, too. The other Kara members had to console her.
Nicole said on <Star Golden Bell> "that she never had a boyfriend before." With this surprise kiss, we could see Nicole's cute surprised expression.
Nicole's shocking kiss incident can be seen on KBS's <Road Show Quiz Expedition - Sejong University> at 10:45am on the 15th. The male student who kissed Nicole was the 2nd round winner of <60 second showdown>.
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TWO UPDATES!
1) Kara's Nicole's Kiss during Broadcast... "Can't believe it"
Girl group Kara (Park Gyuri, Nicole, Han Seungyeon, Koo Hara, Kang Jiyoung)'s member Nicole (Jung Nicole) received a sudden kiss during a broadcast.
It happened on the 15th's KBS <Road Show Expedition>. That day, a student who was performing a talent for Nicole, took advantage of a pause and gave a sudden kiss to her.
It wasn't on the lips, but on the face, and afterwards many fans went to Nicole's homepage and wrote "I can't believe it," watching the guy with envy.
2) 'Kara's Nicole's Sudden Kiss?' Fans "panic and can't calm down"
On the 15th's broadcast of KBS variety show <Road Show Quiz Expedition - Sejong University Edition>, one of the guest performers gave Kara member Nicole a sudden kiss.
The 15th's Sunday morning broadcast of <Road Show Quiz Expedition> showed a male gag student from Sejong University doing his talent for Nicole, and then he had a plea. He took advantage of a pause and ran over to Nicole and gave her a sudden kiss.
Of course it wasn't on the lips but rather on the face, but Nicole was shocked and jumped around, and the rest of the Kara members had to help her regain her senses.
Viewers wrote on the website "The sudden kiss was too much," "who's going to be responsible" and other reactions were seen. One reaction wrote "The kiss was unreasonable. You can expect a lot of arguments around it from viewers."
Meanwhile, this episode of <Road Show Quiz Expedition> introduced new MC Leeteuk from Super Junior, which has also been quite a topic.
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The Kiss:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT-U8Edmg5I
Hara looked like she wanted to hit the guy. lol
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hahaha hara didn't cry cuz she wanted to do the encore well? i thik that's the funniest reason ever...
and i loved how sy said that they said she looked like a kid who had her treat taken away or something...that is freakin hilarious...i can totally see that
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There are millions of kinds of girls in the world. There are thin girls, feminine girls, dangerous girls, pleasant girls, and a certain kind of fresh young girl has become a symbol. A sudden command of "Rock your body I say" dashes up to you, shouting "I walk confidently anywhere I go" as Kara marches towards you, choosing to use innocence to replace nervousness. With their young ages, faces, clothing, and cuteness mixed with the sad lyrics of <Honey> creates a unique, pleasant atmosphere.
"After <Rock You>, there was not one day of complete rest."
(Caption: From <Rock You> to <Pretty Girl> performances, there was no limits to their advancement, and Kara's <Honey> finally wins #1)
Although they seem like a cute baby-like set of dolls, after they leave the stage, each member's own characteristics return to their faces. On one hand we have the mature-looking yet squirmy and full-of-questions maknae Jiyoung, who is so lively, and the other we have the proper-looking yet casual and straight-forward Hara, who silently sits there while the others do their interview and turns into a quiet lady. Although Nicole has shown her peculiarity not only on stage, but also on KBS's <Star Golden Bell> with her babbling-like fast talking, she's become a strength amongst the members and everyday is being praised for her attitude and her child-like questions that match her age. Not only that, but leader Gyuri who is almost 22, is truly "the sunbae (elder student) at school that repeatedly gets lots of hoobaes (younger students) [TN: Like she's the big sister and everyone wants to be cared by her]", since she carries so much charisma with her. The young-looking Seungyeon, who has even been nicknamed "elementary school student" said that "because I don't like not being taken seriously, even when I send text messages I am very careful to spell everything correctly and restrain myself from using emoticons," showing her thoroughness and how much she is a perfectionist.
Though their ages and characteristics are different, how they fit together so well is so interesting, and there doesn't seem to be any contradictions. When they received new members in the middle of their promotions, it really showed that "if you're going to enter this world, be prepared to await many hardships, you can't easily just get through the lessons you have to learn. Don't start it off with a light heart," said Seungyeon, who seemed wise beyond her years. "Although you hear that the toughest thing about becoming a star is that you don't have time to eat, there are more interesting things than trying to figure out how to eat well," proudly boast little Jiyoung. Despite the gap, you can see how they're like real sisters that are really comfortable together. Although each of them have a different starting point, they are working towards the same dream. Nicole, who was fixed on becoming a singer and auditioned in the U.S., Hara, who tried out for auditions in Kwangju, the album cancellation and member switch, they faced it with strength and courage. Though the tough but soft-hearted Gyuri and Seungyeon continue to lose any sort of personal time, "When you're running, [you want to] run" and get the most out of it. Especially Seungyeon, who during this time alone handled anything from game programs to cable reality shows, touching on a huge variety of activities, counting down the days until their comeback, had unusual emotions. "Even though the schedule wasn't packed, there were times when I still couldn't find the time to go to school. The worries I had back then have been blown away by the tough schedule we have now. Honestly after <Rock You> there hasn't been a day that I could put together time just to completely rest."
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i cried a little when i translated the part about yoona not being there
but yay i love these two groups interacting so it should be a lot of fun 
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2009 music world's hot-shot girl groups SNSD and Kara's talk show showdown is unfolding.
SNSD and Kara recorded for MBC's <Yoo Jaesuk and Kim Wonhee's Come to Play> on the 11th for a special "preparing to be female idols" episode. SNSD, who swept the music world with <Gee>, and Kara, who are rising to the top with continuing hits like <Pretty Girl> and <Honey>, starred on the show together, making it seem like a showdown was unfolding.
"On <Come to Play> on the 11th, SNSD and Kara will be on together. Both groups are capturing male fans' hearts, so you can see that many viewers and fans are very interested in it."
All members of SNSD attended, besides Yoona who has been busy with her drama, and all of Kara also showed up at the studio.
Meanwhile, SNSD's <Gee> which was released in early January hasswept various charts and taken over the industry. With 3-straight wins on Inkigayo, 8-straight wins on Music Bank, they are a new chapter in music history. Kara has become a hit girl group with <Pretty Girl> and their follow-up song <Honey> helped them win #1 and both M! Countdown on the 5th and Inkigayo on the 8th.
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love it =) thanks peter!
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<cries> can't they just promote forever???
and does this mean sy's leaving ssgb?!?!?!? i would be so sad if this is true!!! i hope they just forgot to mention that...
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5-member group Kara has reached their highest point since their debut, and naturally from here on out their activities are garnering a lot of interest.
On SBS's Inkigayo on the 8th, they received the top award "Mutizen Song" with their follow-up song <Honey>, from their 2nd mini album that was released last December. This was the first time they had won on a musice program since their debut in March of 2007. In addition, they won first place on Mnet's music program M!Countdown on the 5th.
DSP Media said, "Kara's title song <Pretty Girl> from their 2nd mini album was up for first place many times, but never actually won. So with these back-to-back wins for <Honey>, they feel like they're floating in the air."
"They are extremely thankful to the fans that have constantly supported them during this no-so-short period of time."
DSP added that <Honey> promotions will go until April. Afterwards they will be preparing for their new mini album, and hope that fans will anticipate their new song coming this summer.
"Kara's new album and song will be coming in June or July. In fact they're already working on it during their spare time."
During their preparations, aside from Nicole, the other members will take a break from their activities.
"After <Honey> promotions are over, Nicole will continue her segment on KBS 2TV's <Star Golden Bell>. Although the other members will stop their activities until the release of their new album, if there are good opportunities, they may still continue them."
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The music world's new hot shot girl group Kara's popularity is hot. They took first on cable channel Mnet's M!Countdown on the 5th with their song <Honey>, and on the 8th also nabbed the mutizen award on SBS's Inkigayo. With their first time as #1 within their two years of debuting, they shared lots of tears of joy with their fans.
What is the reason for Kara's popularity march during the beginning of this year. We heard from various people that are close to them about their charms.
The people said that Han Seungyeon and Park Gyuri's charms are completely opposite.
Netizens often talk about her babyface, and someone said "she has an undecorated (or innocent) charm. Because of her snug little height and cute image, she especially has a lot of 'uncle' fans and soldier fans. In reality, whether it's those surrounding her in the industry or male fans, they feel closer to her because she looks so young, and treat her like a younger sister. That, they say, is her strength.
On the other hand, leader Gyuri, they say "grabs the center of attention as the leader with her mature look. Also recently on radio shows she's been able to show her talking ability." Recently as a guest on various radio programs, she's been able to distinguish herself. Also on <Star Golden Bell> and other programs, her self-proclaiming "Goddess" term showed off her colorful talking ability, gaining a lot of popularity.
Recently on KBS 2TV's <Star Golden Bell> segment "Level With Me" we've been able to see a different sort of innocent charm in Nicole. Since she had been living in the US for a long time, her way of speaking seemed really strange, but on the contrary, the public liked her innocence and so she received a good reaction. "Although her Korean isn't that great, she tries so hard and so people love her for it."
Since the two new members, Koo Hara and Kang Jiyoung just joined last year, it was natural that fans were very interested in their personalities.
As to Hara, "her blank expression and her many peculiarities make Hara really 4-dimensional. Her beautiful and yet undecorated image is her strong point." Her big eyes and her exquisite features have caused fans to coin her "doll-like" and can see her various images not only on the stage but also on various broadcasts, giving people a more intimate feeling.
The definite maknae Jiyoung, who was still in middle school last year, receives a lot of love from fans and the other members. "Her baby-like muttering fits her age in its cuteness."
Jiyoung, who co-hosted MNet's <Jpop Wave> with Seungyeon>, was able to execute perfectly despite her young age, and we await higher praises for her in the future.
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Translated by: Tinggg @ KARAholic.com
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[2009.05.27] KARA holds their first ever mini-concert
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whooooooooo been waiting for long for this
gosh i wish i could be there 
thanks for translating tin!!!