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I am supper excited for this show!!!! watched some fancam and it looks like everybody had so much funs Thanks for the translation, my lovely Caly <3

Today, a manager of DSP Media answered Newsen through a phone interview, “Hara’s rental house seeking in Kangnam is completely unrelated to KARA’s recent issue." Kara's Dorm is located in Heangdang Ward Seongdong District Seoul. The manager further revealed, “The family of Maknae Kang Jiyoung has moved from Paju to near the dorm. Seungyeon and Nicole only need to cross through one bridge to go to their house. Since their houses are very close, there is no reason why they have to live in the dorm. Nearly a year ago, the members have gone back and forth comfortably between their houses and the dorm. Only Gyuri, whose house is in Bangbae Yard, Seocho District and Hara, whose family is living in Gwangju, continue to live in the dorm. Hara is currently looking for a house in the Nonhyun Yard, Kangnam District close to the company. That's what we have learned so far.” Source: Nate Translated by Yoo + hasomy @karaholic take.out.with.full.credit

Today, DSP Media has revealed, “On January 31, all 5 members of KARA have gathered at a studio in Kangnam, Seoul to take Jacket Photo for their single, which will be released in March in Japan. And on February 3rd, KARA will go to Japan to continue filming for uraKARA." This activity is following up with what DSP and the 3 members’ side have met and discussed on January 27: to continue scheduled activities such as uraKARA filming. However, the specific plan for KARA’s activities in Korea is still quite vague. Except the previous news about Gyuri to attend the movie premiere on February 10th, schedules regarding to individual radio and variety show has not been decided. Source: Naver Translated by Yoo + hasomy @karaholic take.out.with.full.credit

Gyuri has participated in voice dubbing for the animation, “Alpha and Omega” and on the 10th of next month, she will attend the movie opening ceremony at Wangsimni CGV, Seoul. This is the first event that Gyuri officially involved in after the incident of KARA on 01/19. The film distribution company said “Park Gyuri has decided to attend the opening ceremony on the coming Feb 10th. Initially she was not sure if she could participate, but eventually she has arranged her schedule for the event.” Gyuri participated in the voice dubbing of this film with Super Junior’s Shindong, who is her Radio DJ partner in Shimshintapa. With genes inherited from her mother, who is a voice actor, her voice expression was considered very natural even though it was her first time dubbing for an animation. Source: StarNews Translated by Yoo + hasomy @karaholic take.out.with.full.credit

Thanks for the info I'll update this in the 1st post ^^

Current situation of KARA have shown the popularity of the group in Japan. On March 20, KARA will perform in one event in Japan. On January 29, as soon as the official online ticketing site opened, all tickets have been ordered out within 10 seconds. This concert, named "Universal Dream Live 2011", will be held in Universal Studio of Osaka, Japan. Universal's artists will perform in 3 days alternatively from March 19-21. KARA will be performing on March 20 and KARA's event is especially gathered lots of interests. Japanese media has followed and updated KARA's situation every day. And the upcoming event is the first official stage of KARA in Japan, so both fans and media especially pay attention to them. KARA's popularity in Japan is in fact beyond imagination. And according to explanations of managers in Japanese showbiz, fame and topics related to KARA are so hot that we absolutely can call them the "Phenomenon" (Daese) of Japanese showbiz. [c]: Nate Translated by Yoo + hasomy @karaholic take.out.with.full.credit and here is the poster of the concert. Universal have 2-3 artists for the concert on March 19 and 21. But they only have KARA for the 20th, and tickets sold out in 10 seconds. Thank Yoo for the pic and for pointing this out I have never thought that it would be possible for ticket to be sold out that fast, but KARA just proved that nothing is impossible SO PROUD OF OUR GIRLS!!!!!!!!! UPDATE: Universal Japan has already updated their web. Here is the current line-up: 19 March : Beast - G.NA - SDN48 - Kikkawa Yuu 20 March : KARA - Naoto Inti Raymi 21 March : Beni - D☆DATE - Supernova Thank donnyhuang for the updated info Even though KARA is not the only artist to perform on March 20 anymore. But this achievement is still amazing, right?

Yeah, I remember he mentioned about Wednesday meeting in his tweet too. So I really hope that they will resolved everything before the new year and leave all the problems and issues with the old year

This coming week, Kara will travel to Japan to shoot for uraKARA. Filming is expected to resume early this week. However, temporary suspension of uraKARA broadcast within 1 week is unavoidable. TV Tokyo said, “We have decided to not air episode 4 of uraKARA and instead, we plan to broadcast a summary of episode 1 to episode 3 on February 4th.” They also revealed, "We have planned to broadcast episode 4 on February 11 after knowing that KARA would continue filming. And to achieve this plan, KARA certainly need to come to Japan and officially resume filming within next week.” On January 27, the two sides discussed and agreed that KARA will continue working with all 5 members. However, specific schedule for the whole group has not yet been arranged. DSP is currently conducting discussions with the filming team in Japan's to arrange upcoming schedules for KARA. In addition, the schedule of each individual member has also not been discussed so Nicole did not participate in the latest filming of Heroes. Source: Newsen and Nate by Yoo + hasomy @karaholic take.out.with.full.credit Notes from hasomy and Yoo

2011.01.27 (Part 02) - Today The Korean Singers Association conducted a meeting to discuss issues of KARA. Tae Jinah, the chairman, expressed his thoughts, “Kara is currently leading the Hallyu wave so if this issue leads to disbandment, both the management company and all members are subject to damages and also harm the entire musical and cultural industry. Right now, resuming KARA’s activities is the most important.” He also added, “Our Association will consider the contents of KARA’s contract, and take it as core information to issues regarding the accusation of the singers’ disadvantages.” - In the afternoon of January 27, a chief of DSP Media and the 3 members’ side met together and discussed. The conference lasted for 6 hours from 3 pm to 9 pm and the final result was revealed, “All 5 members will continue their scheduled activities.” - The 3 members’ side announced, “We have reached 2 conclusions. The first one is that the two sides will work together to complete the planned schedules. The second conclusion is that both sides have agreed that KARA, with all 5 members, will continue to operate.” Lawyer Hong further added, “We discussed a lot today, we expressed all the problems of the two sides and listened to the opponent's stance. The atmosphere of today's discussion was also quite good. However, we decided to keep the contents of today's conference confidential until the next conference when the two parties officially meet again. Today we only discussed the main ideas of the issue, we expect to meet later to discuss further." - DSP said, "We still need to meet to discuss more about when to resume KARA’s activities. Currently, we do not have scheduled domestic activities but we have activities that have been scheduled in Japan, we will consult about re-starting activities in Japan first.” DSP also revealed, “We have planned to re-operate in Japan, but the two sides still have some disagreed points of view. Also the issue regarding the 3 members to return to the company is still undecided. But the biggest highlight is that KARA will continue to work with five members; that is still our top priority.” Collected from various sources by Yoo + hasomy @karaholic take.out.with.full.credit

It's good to know that our Hara want to be independent. She is all grown up now! especially in this current situation of KARA, it is reasonable for Hara to seek for a place to stay since she does not have any relative in Seoul. But I do hope that this is only temporary, I mean, I support Hara's decision, but I think I will miss the girls' interactions if they all decide to live separately. Best wish for the kid <3 hope she can find a good and SAFETY place soon. and hope that the media just leave her alone!!!

a lot of information in one day. As much as we want to bring you guys translated news, we don't want you guys to feel overwhelmed Information is flying back and forth not only between the 2 parties but also got blew up by the media, It's getting harder to follow and keep track now. So I really hope that this whole issue will be resolved soon (by today maybe) We can get tired of the information, but this is not the time to give up on our KARA!!! Not now! not ever!! Together we stand! Kamilia Stay Strong!!!!

2011.01.26 - Explanation about Mr.J (here called Mr.A), the 3 members’ side said “In an urgent situation, the parents of the members had to find a close friend, Mr. A, to ask for advices. But Mr.A had no experience in singer management so he introduced the parents to Mr. B, who is the CEO of another management company. Mr.B, after knowing the story of the members, has agreed to help. That's why Mr. A has sent messages to the members about things they need and who can help them in the present time.” - Mr.J, whose full name is Jo Hyun-Gil, has officially said today, “I helped KARA with good intentions, but I was thought to be the underground force behind KARA. The three members current do not even have cars to move around, they also do not have manager to inform about specific agenda. In such conditions can they not even get the most basic concern/care? The rumor of being the underground force behind KARA has done serious damage to my reputation, so from now I would rather help them publicly, and left everything else for you own judge.” It is known that the messages, which were previously revealed by KEPA, were voluntarily provided by Mr. J. - The 3 members’ representative, lawyer Hong, has answered Starnews, "Because of the future of KARA, we are still doing what we can to continue the discussion. In case that we cannot reach an agreement, we might conduct a legal process (suing), but currently we do not plan to do it” - Conditions that DSP has met for the 3 members’ side after the meeting on 01.25.2011: + We will work together to implement KARA’s schedules in the present time. + We agree with the members, who would like to confirm the current situation of President Lee Hoyeon. + We are currently looking for an appropriate plan for the company's management issues. + In case the lawyers/representatives or those related wanted to provide skilled employees who are fluent in Japanese, we will support KARA for them to actively control the paperwork issues. + We are discussing plans to have a representative of the parents or each parents to confirm and seal the contracts and financial documents related to KARA. + On the issue of shortening the contracts, we can discuss more about this issue after the members return to the company. Collected from various sources by Yoo + hasomy @karaholic take.out.with.full.credit

2011.01.25 (Part 3) - KEPA stated "KARA is no longer a group owned by a company or an individual, but they are now a national group. So this issue is very important and it involves people in the whole country of the Republic of Korea. Therefore we will publish some documents to reconcile two sides of the issue.” SportsToday announced that this content could include materials received from Universal Japan. - KEPA also announced the investigation results about the division of profits between the DSP and KARA in Japan after verification with Universal. “It is true that DSP is currently paying KARA at the rate of 1.6 ~ 1.8%. We have verified that this rate truly is higher than normal rate of 0.5 ~ 1% for the rookies in Japan.” - KEPA also revealed a personal message that Mr. J, who is rumored to be the one standing behind KARA, sent to some of the members. They claimed that "All luring actions from outside party will be prevented.” - In the meeting with DSP on 01.25, the 3 members sent two written requests. One is “Demands from 3 members” (already translated) and the 2nd document is “Request of collaboration in overseas activities” The contents of the 2nd request as follows: 01)Have the right to contact and choose manager for future overseas activities of the members. 02)The time to resume schedules in Japan will be discussed and decided by the two sides, together with collecting the opinions of the members through communication with the manager mentioned in article 1. 03)Have the right to appoint a guardian (parents of the members or a person appointed by the members) to follow during future activities in foreign countries and to help with important decision making. 04)CEO of DSP Japan will coordinate/collaborate with the members while working in Japan. - The 3 members’ side said that they were dissatisfied with the responses from DSP. The lawyer, Mr. Hong, revealed more detail "We got answers from DSP via e-mail. They totally did not answer specifically to any content except approved our request to meet with former president Lee Hoyeon and continuing activities of the five members. They do not think that the trust of the members in the management company has been broken but think that there is someone behind, persuading the members to break the contract unreasonably. We have confirmed the responses and insincere attitude of DSP. Admittedly there is large difference between the two sides in trying to solve the problem. We are planning to further push for more specific answers from DSP representative. - On the issue of shortening the contract, the 3 members’ side said, “This is not what requested by the 3 members first, but it was mentioned by DSP. They unofficially talked with a member not too long ago about shortening the contract beforehand. However, in their reply today, they changed what they have said earlier which makes us very confused.” Collected from various sources by Yoo + hasomy @karaholic take.out.with.full.credit