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Kara will leave for Japan on February 5th. They will open their showcase in Tokyo on February 7th. Their showcase will be held at the Akasaka Blitz in Tokyo. Because Akasaka Blitz can only contain 1400 people, they will have a second showcase since the reception of the first showcase exceeded expectations. Nearly 3000 fans will be able to meet Kara. Kara's rep says, "They leave for Tokyo on February 5th", and "It seems they will have to stay for 3Nights/4Days or maybe even 4Nights/5Days". Currently, Kara is busy tending to the press and press conferences. They are currently discussing their castings in programs. source: http://news.nate.com/view/20100119n07124 translated by thebuddybud @ karaholic.com

The Japanese comedian who became famous for revealing his fandom towards Kara has once again revealed his fandom and is gaining interest from the nations netizens. Recently, Gekidan Hitori and ex-Morning musume member Yaguchi Mari has appeared in an opening for a Tv program and has showed his love for Kara for over 10 minutes. He said, "After I revealed that I was a Kara fan on a program, I received a fan letter saying 'I am cheering for Kara' delivered to my office", "I receive such a huge amount of letters that I somtimes wonder "Am I Kara?"" He continued to say "After that, my love for Kara hasn't gotten stale, but instead grew so much that I decided to study Korean" and "I understand old women who are obsessed with Yon-Sama (What Japanese fans call Bae YongJoon) that they go take Korean lessons" The reason he decided to study Korean is "I want to understand what they are saying" He was very enthusiastic in promoting Kara as well. For Kara, who will be having a live performance and hand shakes (An event where fans pay to shake hands with artists) in Japan next month, he bought their CD and is passing them out to Radio Dj's. He said "Some songs have already been introduced on the radio" and "My radio program is promoting the broadcast who plays their songs" Very recently, there was a rumor on the internet which said 'He is being paid to promote Kara', and he replied "If I was the viewer, I would have thought that way too" and "However, that is absolutely false. I bought multiple CD's with my money and giving them out for free..." he said angrily. Even he admitted "I don't know myself why I'm doing this. It suddenly became like this." He said he was ready to become Kara's driver for the sake of their happiness. When asked "Between being a comedian or Kara's driver, which do you prefer?", he replied "I prefer a driver who does funny gags." To the video that contains this story, Korean netizens has commented "Gekidan Hitori, you are appointed as the manager for Kara's Japanese fanclub" "It looks like I'm watching the actions of a true Japanese otaku" source: http://news.kukinews.com/article/view.asp?...40053&cp=nv translated by thebuddybud @ karaholic.com

Kara's fans put a congratulatory advertisement in the newspaper matching Hara and Jiyoungs birthdays. Hara's birthday is on January 13 1991 turning 19, followed by Jiyoungs birthday on January 18 1994 turning 16. Kara's fans congratulated both of them at the same time in the ad. The 3 Kara fanclubs involved were '2030 Kara supporters Mas-Kara.com' 'Jung Nicole QUINCY' and 'Han Seungyeon and Seraphim'. In the ad, Goo Hara and Kang Jiyoung had comical appearances, and the fans wrote a special birthday message. The fans said "GgulJyeong! (HaraXJiyoung) Grow healthily!" "Hara Jiyoung happy birthday" "This chaotic world! Thank you for shining with your bright light~ Happy birthday!" The fans have also put a newspaper ad for Nicole's birthday back in October 7 source: http://www.hkn24.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=40128 translated by thebuddybud @ karaholic

Having their Japanese showcase on 2/7, during the same month, Kara will reveal their new mini album. Their management company, DSP media has said "Their new album recording is about 70-80% done." and "Of the 4-5 songs that will be in the album, instead of Kara's ordinary style (cute, liveliness), this time they will show stronger music. Instead of a cute style, they will give a cool impression." source: http://ntimes.co.kr/sub_read.html?uid=26153&section=sc5 translated by thebuddybud @ karaholic WOAH, do you know what this means? Many mixed feelings will occur. Fans of the old Kara (Break it, Secret world) will be delighted, while fans of the newer, cuter Kara will doubt this transformation. What exactly did DSP mean when they said "strong style"?? We'll have to wait.

pic unrelated Japan's reaction towards Kara exceeded expectations. In February, Kara will have their showcase and fanmeeting in Tokyo Akasaka with 1400 seats. Initially, only one performance was scheduled, but with overflowing participants and sales, they have eventually decided to add another performance, so they will open 2 fanmeeting showcases. In this fanmeeting showcase, they have opened ticket sales through a website and have received participants mostly composed of Kara fans. Despite only having 1400 seats, 3000 people have participated, leaving Kara representatives surprised, but NOT ONLY THAT, as soon as the ticket sales opened, the tickets sold out immediately. After much consideration, they have decided to add one more performance. One rep said "The reaction in Japan largely exceeded our expectations that even we're surprised." Kara's popularity in Japan is currently zooming. Famous Japanese comedian Gekidan Hitori has shown his fanboyism towards Kara and that has gained large attention. Kara even got to participate in a video on a show hosted by Japans greatest idol group, "Arashi's Homework". Kara's side said "We will reveal a new album in January and promote in Korea first" and "We will have to consider more before deciding to go into Japanese activities". source http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201001050851011002 translated by thebuddybud @ karaholic

Kara, "Thank you for the female artist award!" Kara Kang Jiyoung "I'm so happy for winning an award" The 16th Korean Entertainment Arts Award opened at the SungNam Art center Opera House on the 3rd. Being judged by the Korea Entertainment Arts Association, it has been the 16th year since this award show has taken place, and this year it has been hosted by Kim ByungChan and Ji SooHee as there were 25 categories with many contenders and fabulous special performances. Comedy award, artist award, Tv host award, radio host award, Impressive performance award, imaginative award, choreography award, adult artist award, and group artist award and other various categories have been given out, and this show will be broadcast via InetTV. source: http://bntnews.hankyung.com/apps/news?popu...p;mode=sub_view source: http://bntnews.hankyung.com/apps/news?popu...p;mode=sub_view translations by thebuddybud @ Karaholic.com WHOOO~~

Kara 'Goddess' Park Gyuri had a peculiar bond with actress Kim Jung Eun before. On December 26th broadcast of SBS 'Kim Jung Eun's chocolate' Kara member Han Seungyeon and also BEG's Gain, Miryo, Four Minute's Jiyoon, GaYoon and formed a project group 'Choco girls' and has given a hot performance. On this day, Park Gyuri told about her peculiar bond with MC Kim Jung Eun. She portrayed Kim Jung Eun's characters younger self during the past on the drama 'Yuh.in.cheon.ha 여인천하'. This truth was already revealed before Kara's debut, so standing on the same stage with Kim jung eun has once again gained many interest. Kim Jung Eun said "Gyuri was my child character on an old drama", and Park Gyuri said "I have matured very justly" and they both conversed. source: http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200912270917571001 trans by thebuddybud @ karaholic WATCH GYURI AS KIM JUNG EUN's YOUNGER SELF (With weird chinese dubbing)

Robert Holly's son Hah Jae-ik (16) revealed that he used his fathers name to enter Kara's performance. This was revealed on the December 26th broadcast of SBS 'Star Junior Show', during the corner 'Mom Dad, I'm sorry about what I did this year', and while the stories were being shared about this topic, he shyly said "I like Kara". He said "Kara came to perform at Kwangju, which is where I live" and "My friends and I thought of a plan" and explained about it. He continued to say "I told the scary bodyguard 'Hello, I'm Holly's son. I came because of my dads chore, can I go in?'" and "And without any suspicion, he just let me in". Robert Holly responded "Just what could Holly have given Kara as a chore?" and made the audience laugh. Note: Uhh... His name is either Ha Jae-ik, Ha Jake, or Hazaik. source: http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200912270902321001 trans by thebuddybud @ karaholic

Make that 299 people (including me) who want to give her flowers

Realllly hoping that Nicole be a permanent member. The old xmen liked to switch people around very frequently

hellll yeaahh~~!!

im going to be soooo super depressed when this show ends

Kara has taken their place as the best girl group for online games while turning into online game icons. They have appeared on the restaurant simulation game 'YoriJori' and followed by the basketball game 'Freestyle' and the running game 'Tales Runner', and have since been gathering attention. What separates Kara from other celebrities modelling for games, is that they have become characters withing the game to meet gamers. NHN's 'YoriJori' allows gamers to employ them as part-timers, and JC entertainment's 'Freestyle' allows gamers to select them as basketball players. It is also planned to have Kara characters as runners in 'Tales Runner'. The company the runs the online games has also significantly benefitted ever since 'Kara' has appeared on their games. They are so popular that in 'YoriJori', more than 1 million gamers have hired 'Kara' as part-timers. Nicole character has especially been selected by more than 500,000 gamers and has been given the nickname, the calculating genius. And ever since Kara has been added to 'Freestyle', the amount of visitors to the 'Freestyle' homepage has increased by 3 times. The 'Kara effect' can be clearly seen. While preparing the Kara character update for 'Tales Runner', Nowcom is anticipating love from gamers towards Kara characters, who are given higher attributes than ordinary characters. Nowcom is also planning to add Kara's patented 'Butt dance' item in order to maximize the 'Kara effect'. A rep has said "Because of Kara's bright and lively image, they really fit the casual game image" and "Especially female gamers who enjoys casual games has approved of Kara highly, so it seems that Kara is the number 1 choice as models for casual games". trans by thebuddybud @ karaholic source: http://www.dt.co.kr/contents.html?article_...302019972734001

Kara has become the new face for Pizzaetang. They {www.pizzaetang.co.kr) have selected the nations younger sisters as their new ad models. Pizzaetang is trying to reach people of all ages and genders, and Kara's wide range of popularity matches the brands image, so they have been selected. It has also been revealed that they hope to reach a wider consumer base thanks to Kara's strong individuality and their variety of charms to appeal to a younger audience. Kara has started their tv ads with Pizzaetangs new product, the 'HanWooSong Pizza', consisting of Hanwoo (korean beef), and mushroom clusters, and plans to model more. The ad was filmed in Incheon, and it showed a strong CM song with Kara's unique blank expression dance. The young and playful Kara's blank expression dance made them make many NG's due to the fact that none of the members could keep their laughter in. Their first tv ad with Pizzaetang will air for the first time on December 5th. source: http://www.newsprime.co.kr/news/articleVie...ml?idxno=109269 trans by thebuddybud@karaholic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhrylVDiEjk c: sweetpack07

For the popular online basketball game <Freestyle>, special characters from the popular group Kara will be updated to the game on the 27th. In this update, Hara, Seungyeon, and Gyuri will be added to the game as special characters first. In addition, there will items, motions, and voices in relation to the Kara characters. Now, you can see Kara's sweet cheering and cute butt dance ceremony's when they make a score, to further make the game enjoyable. Through this Kara character update, the game is anticipating their fans to sign up for the game, in addition to the users already registered. Lee MinSuk from the Freestyle management team said "With characters from the Wonder Girls and followed by the KBL Pro basketball players, using special characters as game marketing showed great results." "We are not aiming for temporary satisfaction with star marketing in this game, but rather a game that can grab the attention of the player for a long time with the game contents." JCE will update Nicole and Jiyoung characters later on, for all 5 members of Kara. source: http://emazine.tistory.com/2370 trans by thebuddybud@karaholic

How much can the 'economic idols' be able to receive in bank loans? In order to try starting the nations first celebrity bakery introduced through Mnet's 'Kara Bakery', Kara had personally went to visit the bank for the required money. In a bank in Cheongdam, the credit loans that Kara could receive were up to 70,000,000 Won (EST. $60,000). Between the members, Nicole, Goo Hara, and Kang Jiyoung are underaged, so they could not receive any loans. However, with only just Park Gyuri and Han Seungyeon, they could receive up to that much money, and considering their age, it is not such a bad amount. The bank has said "Park Gyuri is a person who frequently uses the bank, so she could get up to 40,000,000 Won ($35,000), and Han Seungyeon used the bank on many occasions here and there, so she can receive up to 30,000,000 Won ($25,000)." Kwon YoungChan PD, who is in charge of the production said "The loans that they have received will be enough to cover the bakery expenses." Will Kara be successful in managing their bakery? The first broadcast will air on the 25th. source: http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200911232350251001 translated by thebuddybud @ karaholic

Kara will receive the Wonder Girls's baton and open up their own bakery. Kara will open up their 'Kara Bakery' on cable channel MNet's '2009 Mnet bakery season 2 program'. On the first season of Mnet's bakery program, the hottest girl group during 2008, the Wonder Girls were cast. At the time, the theme of 'Wonder Girls bakery' was to show young people whose dreams were to become pastry chefs. Kara is planning to go in a slightly different direction than the Wonder Girls. The theme of their show will be of Kara trying to become bakery Entrepreneurs, and the 5 members will become CEO's and open up their bakery. From preparing their store to actually operating it, they plan to fit it all into 8 episodes. (DAMN) Kara has said, "We will show the meaning of 'economic idols', which has now become our nickname." The first episode will broadcast on the 25th. source: http://sports.chosun.com/news/ntype2.htm?u...20/9bt77125.htm translated by thebuddybud @ karaholic Check out more pictures of KARA from the photo shoot above HERE

Popular Japanese Girl Group, Morning Musume's former member Yaguchi Mari is gaining attention for introducing Kara on her blog. On the 17th, Yaguchi Mari has given a short introduction and a picture of Kara's CD on her personal blog. She is a very famous Japanese celebrity who used to be a member of Morning Musume. Yaguchi Mari has said that she received Kara's CD as a gift from famous Japanese comedian, Gekidan Hitori, and has gone on to explain, "Korean idol Kara... (Gekidan Hitori) currently seems to be obsessed with them...", and continued "I received a favor asking me to post a message about Kara on my blog" and posted these playful comments. Yaguchi Mari and Gekidan Hitori are gaining the curiosity of their Japanese fans for their post about Kara. source: http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200911180834501002 translated by thebuddybud@karaholic

Not even the popular girl group Kara (Han Seungyeon, Nicole, Park Gyuri, Kang Jiyoung) could avoid Wang Biho (Yoon HyungBin)'s poisounous tongue. On November 8th broadcast of KBS 2tv Gag concert, Yoon HyungBin spilled his poisonous tongue to the 4 members of Kara that came. On this day, Yoon HyungBin noticed the missing Goo Hara and said "What kind of Kara is this without Goo Hara, leave!". Also, he said "Kara's popularity recently rised. However, I noticed only your butts were raised. You gained popularity by turning around unlike other girl groups." While Kara was laughing at each insult thrown at them, yoon Hyung Bin chose to attack Han Seongyeon and Kang Jiyoung individually. He called Han Seungyeon 'Han.who.what' (Handeutbo 한듣보) saying "It means we couldn't see or hear her. How awesome is she. She went on many places by herself trying to get Kara known." as he praised her. However, he continued "But what was it for. Now Goo Hara and Nicole is more popular. She doesn't have any luck" and made Han Seungyeon laugh. Yoon HyungBin then took out a picture of Kang Jiyoung batting, and said "Think before you act. she's trying to throw the bat". The picture actually showed Kang Jiyoung with a unique pose, and created many laughter. source: http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200911090025101001 translated by thebuddybud @ karaholic

*um.chin.ddal means Mother's friends daughter. They are ideal daugher-in-laws, ideal girlfriends, and girls who women usually try to set up their sons with. Kara's Nicole was revealed to have ranked first in her school. The main character for Mnet's 'Kaist season 3', Nicole was noted for her intelligence when she ranked first in her middle school in America. After graduating from the middle school in America, she returned to perform as an entertainer in Korea, and is currently being home schooled to meet the necessary requirements. Her mothers thoughts on Nicole's casting on 'Kaist Season 3' were "It's nice to be successful as an celebrity, but I also have big hopes for our smart Nicole to continue school" Currently Nicole has given interviews for 4 colleges, including Seoul K college. She was disqualified from her 1st interview, and is currently awaiting results for her 2nd interview. After Nicole was shocked from finding out she was disqualified from her 1st interview, she has lost her usual liveliness and is currently in a state of depression. However, because Nicole has always had piety for her mother, she has decided to set up her study plan and gained a burning desire to study and is quietly getting her mind ready. Nicole's interview results is planned to be announced next week. The viewers are wondering which campus life in which college Nicole will attend. The first broadcast will be on November 12. Meanwhile don't forget to visit the show's thread at KH HERE source: http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200911061349371001 translated by thebuddybud @ karaholic

On November 1st, during the first broadcast of MBC 'Sunday Sunday nights', many stars have gathered for 'Parody Theater'. This corner, which casted Lee GyungShil, Kim Gura, Choi EunGyung, Jang HoIl, Yoo Cheyoung, Hong Gyungmin, SeoYoung, Jang YoungRan, Jung Juri, Kim DongHyun, has parodied many popular dramas such as the MBC Drama which broke 40% ratings, Queen SunDeok, KBS 'Boys over Flowers', MBC 'Queen of Housewives', SBS 'Shining Inheritance', and 'Wife's temptation'. While these people will create laughter with their comical acting, on the coming 15's broadcast of 'Parody Theater', Kara member Park Gyuri plans on joining. The part that Park Gyuri has received is the character Goh EunChan from the 2007 popular MBC drama 'Coffee Prince'. As Yoon EunHye's boyish acting received nice criticisms, it is a wonder how Park Gyuri will portray the characer Goh EunChan. It is also a wonder how they plan on portraying the drama and in which direction. Related to this, Kara's management company said "As Park Gyuri was originally a child star and has experience acting, she was cast in Parody Theater". Also, Parody Theater's staff said "As she was cast thanks to her acting experience, we plan to start shooting by tomorrow". Meanwhile, as 'Sunday nights' ratings reached 3% with 'Oppa band' and 'Nodaji' they have been unfortunately cancelled, and for 4 weeks 'Parody Theater' and 'Star Special Ranking' will air in place. Star Special Ranking and Parody Theater's first broadcast brought the highest ratings in 5 months, which was 5%. source: http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200911031655461001 translated by thebuddybud @ Karaholic

As popular group Kara's Nicole's casting on cable music channel Mnet's 'Kaist Season 3' gathered some attention, the first week of broadcast was acted. Nicole's first airing of 'Kaist season 3' was planned to air on the 4th. However, the staff did not find good results in trying to find a college with good interview results for Nicole's program, so the first broadcast will air on the 11th, and it will be acted. This was because no colleges have yet been decided upon, and they could not film for real. On the 3rd, 'Kaist Season 3' staff said "On top of Nicole's busy schedule, there were some difficulties for Nicole's college interviews", "Nicole's college has not yet been decided upon, but we are awaiting good results". In order to be a college student, Nicole has taken interviews from Seoul's S College and K College, but could not find good results. On the coming 11th, the staff plan to film with the task of trying to find Nicole college interviews. Nicole, like Seo InYoung and Mc Mong, plan writing her own study plan out and commence the program. When 'Kaist' was aired this past 2008 and Spring of 2009, singer Seo InYoung and Mc Mong were the main characters of season 1 and season 2 and have gathered warm interest. They were even said to have opened up a new market called 'school Reality'. Meanwhile, Nicole recently concluded her popular corner on KBS 2tv 'Star GoldenBell' called 'Level with me', and with the fact that her korean was bad since she was from America, it have created lots of laughter and the program received some great ratings. source: http://spn.edaily.co.kr/entertain/newsRead...DirCode=0010301 translated by thebuddybud @ karaholic note: Why do they mislead people and call the program 'kaist' when they don't even send them to kaist?!

Girl group Kara were reborn into fairies in Southern Asia. Recently finishing up their 2nd album promotions, in order to take pictures and recharge themselves, Kara went to Guam. The members completely fell victim to their first meeting with Southern Asia's charms. They were able to escape from their tiring schedules and enjoy their freedom. They were also able to temporarily forget about their diet. After napping and enjoying their brunch, they played in the water under the sun. From the rather large natives, they learned to say a greeting by shaking their thumb and pinky fingers and saying "Hafa Adai". The natives somehow knew how to say "pretty" in korean toward the fairies of Kara. Kara's short but sweet 5 day 4 night trip to Guam was revealed to Sports Korea. Part 1: Into the ordinary Children on the water They may have arrived late at night on an airplane, but there were no signs of being tired on the members of Kara. As soon as the water park opened, without deciding who would go first, they jumped onto the tube. As they reverted back to the state of children, they didn't want to leave the water. The youngest Jiyoung's innocent face was very impressive. Fairies on the field On the second day, they went to a hill for a picnic, and they faces were especially bright. As they wore their comfortable clothes rather than their stage costumes, it was rather striking. As the members spread the mat, and savoring every moment they had to themselves, they spent the entire time chatting and "kyaruru" laughing. 'Sly' Hara While staying in Guam, she said she found laughter after being attacked(?) by bugs. She said she was happy since she got to eat and laught alot. With Hara's joyful face and slyly taking out a candy, it could only be cute. 'Innocent' Jiyoung Youngest Jiyoung was completely into soap bubbles. While juggling both her school life and her singer activities, Jiyoung said she was getting alot of stress. It seems she forgot about all her worries during this shoot. She decorated the picture with her most innocent and fresh appearance. 'Goddess' Gyuri The teams leader Gyuri smiled brightly. Even in this shoot, as the oldest she took care of all the other members schedules and showed her mature side. As she said the time she spent overseas with her fellow members felt very new, she didn't forget her goddess smile and held a cute flower and shyly smiled on the field. 'Lively' Nicole Nicole is the most bright and lively in the team. Even in this shoot, she showed off her charms with a girly concept. She wore jeans that connects to her shoulder straps, and a navy beanie for a boyish appearance. With a baggy and tight match, she showed off her charms as having the teams best body. Part 2: The Descending Fairies 'Radiant' fairy transformation The kara fairies descended to Guam. Kara has has worm a new white mini dress and posed. Their appearance was quite different than the ones they showed on stage with cute and lively appearance. While watching their clean and innocent appearance, the staff said 'It feels like my eyes are cleansed', and their words did not sound like a joke. Close fairies Just as they are roommates in their dorms, Nicole and Jiyoung has stuck together this time too. They said they spent the most time together. Without even needing to say who is first, they wore a wedding veil and showed off a childish smile. 'Cute' Seungyeon Seungyeon showed a bright smile in front of a blue ocean. Ordinarily she has a blunt personality, but this time it was different. While posing in front of the camera with her white dress, she was as warm and cute as the butterfly decoration on her head. 'Syalala' Hara As soon as Hara saw her clothing, she felt satisfied as she said "It's a syalala dress". As she looked like a fairy descending from the sky, her term 'syalala' felt appropriate. We didn't forget her sweetness as she slightly lifted her right leg as she posed. 'Smart' Jiyoung As the photographer said 'Try to capture the emotion', she is expressing an 'angry' pose. Jiyoungs playful acting created laughter inside the place where the blue skies and ocean can be seen. source: http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/sports/2009...6220197630.htm# http://news.hankooki.com/lpage/sports/2009...06343997630.htm translated by: thebuddybud @ karaholic

Some guy claimed to have seen Kara at Guam: http://www.karaholic.com/forums//index.php?showtopic=3789