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Thanks for the translation, Caly <3 It's good to hear this! Japanese still love KARA and they want to support the girls to get through this hard time I love how they put the encouraging slogan on the poster as well.

SHOCKED! SHOCKED! and I am still SHOCKED!!! Sunghee, you have stayed quite for so long, and suddenly the news about you getting married just broke out today, totally out of the blue, unexpectedly... I have always seen and remembered you as the loudest, most energetic and dorkiest of KARA. my handsome Sungbokie, my dear Sungja, my lovely "B

oh man, January of 2011 is full of unexpected and shocking news!!!! I am still shocked at the moment. always think of Sunghee as a loud and energetic dork, now she is getting married I should be happy about this right? since this is a good news. Congrats, Sunghee ~ my Sungja, my Sungbokie <3

I voted for HARA. Her eyes in uraKARA episode 2 just killed me. but if voting for the best stare, I would vote for Nicole. Nicole's eyes are not big, but her stare is intense and full of emotion <3

Demands of the 3 members (Han Seungyeon, Jung Nicole, Kang Jiyoung) 2011. 01. 25 1.(1) KARA with the 5 members to continue their activities. ._(2) Both parties to work together to complete the pre-determined schedules (based on the ____-forensic results on the contract) 2.(1) The trust between the members and DSP has been seriously damaged. ._(2) We arrange the specific plan for DSP to resolve the problems as follows _____By January 27, please kindly present to the members. Content include the following terms. a. The members believe in President Lee Hoyeon rather than DSP. __.We want to meet President Lee Hoyeon directly to confirm his current condition. b. Plans to close the gap/void in the business until President Lee Hoyeon returns. c. Plans to recruit additional professional managers who are qualified and reliable. d. A care plan to improve the organizational structure of Kara's Management Team e. Clear plan to achieve a more transparent paperwork system as promised f. Explaining the relationship between DSP Media and DSP Japan -_(3) Transfers of all notices and contracts signed before. _____Present specific working schedule. -_(4) Provide all financial documents to be verified. 3. Contracts of the members to end in late 08.2012. (along with the end of the contract with __.Universal Japan) [c]: newsen by Yoo + hasomy @ karaholic take.out.with.full.credit NOTE: Previous news articles said that the members demanded their contract to end in 07.2012. But it's actually 08.2012 on official paper! p.s: Other news and info will be updated later since both I and Yoo are out of energy and have reached our limit

2011.01.25 (cont.) - 6:10 pm this afternoon, DSP responded back to the 3 members’ requests. However, the details of these responses have not been revealed at the moment. - Beside all the revealed requests/conditions from the meeting this morning, Joinsmsn reported that the 3 members have requested to shorten their contracts from 3~4 remaining years to end in July of next year, as they would like to end their contract at the same time their contract with Universal Japan ends. They have also requested DSP to have a transparent accounting system and contract system. - DSP representative revealed his thoughts, “Isn’t the demand to shorten the contract and to change the executive management system a bit too much?” However, they further revealed, “We have discussed and well received part of the demands for the members to return through reinforcing the management team and making a transparent accounting and contract system.” - According to Starnews, “In the worst case, if an agreement cannot be reached, KARA would be like DBSK and JYJ. Currently, the representative the 3rd party - Bae Hooseol has appeared.” But they also said members expressed strong desires to continue to work together therefore the possibility to reach an agreement is really high/positive. Currently the two sides are taking that aspect as a core to solve the problem. - DSP especially said, “Because of the precious KARA’s fans and all of the KARA members, we believe that Kara will return and continue working together. Before things go out of reach, the two sides are trying hard to solve the problem.” - According to information that was confirmed by TV report, the registration to trademark the name of KARA from DSP can hardly be accepted. The reason is because they do not have parental consent from the member Kang Jiyoung, inherently still a minor. Under Korean law, those related to minors must be approved by the minors’ legal representatives. That means if Jiyoung’s family does not approve this, the members can still use the name KARA even when they separate from DSP. Collected from various sources by Yoo + hasomy @karaholic take.out.with.full.credit

2011.01.25 - January 24, Seungyeon’s parents, Nicole’s mother and Jiyoung’s father have met reporters from Hankooki at a hotel in Kangnam, Seoul; and said about the plans for KARA to resume their activities in both domestic and overseas, especially in Japan. All three parents emphasized, “Above all, we cannot betray the loves of fans for the kids.” - In this interview, the 3 parents also emphasized, “We did NOT meet to ask for a raise in the ratio of profit distribution to 5/5 or 6/4 or anything like that. We have never asked for extra money. The meeting was to discuss the future activities of the kids.” - On the same day, DSP also expressed, “The most important thing right now is to maintain KARA.” In the interview with Hankooki, DSP Media stated, “At 10 am tomorrow morning, we will have a meeting with the three members and parents. And based on the results of this meeting, we will decide how for the members to return. Nothing is as important as the 5 members of KARA continue to work together at the moment.” - Since this case arose, all schedules are canceled. Only the drama uraKARA is arranged so that the members can still participate in filming. January 22 was actually scheduled for uraKARA filming but it got canceled. In this week, if they cannot resume the filming, they will not be able to continue to broadcast the film. - Universal Japan said that they were having confusion and difficulties in arranging the schedule for KARA. No matter what problem KARA has with the management company, KARA is under Universal in Japan, so the company hopes that KARA will comply with the planed schedules (this is the reason why KARA continue the filming of uraKARA) - DSP said the location of today’s meeting was not disclosed and they are trying to find the best results. A large crowd of both Korean and Japanese journalists ha stood in front of the DSP’s headquarters since early morning. - Lawyers representing the 3 members said that the two parties will meet in Kangnam, and the 3 members’ side will make requests to DSP. He further revealed, “This time the conditions/requests are no longer given through me. These conditions include the three parents want to change the highest executive of DSP, the wife of the former CEO Lee Hoyeon, and replace the management system.” - According to Mydaily, participants of the conference include the 3 members, the 3 parents, their lawyers and DSP representatives. The meeting lasted an hour. - Lawyers said, “Representatives of the DSP after listening to the requests immediately said 'I do not have the authority to handle this. We will further think about this 'and said they would provide answers to the 3 members’ party at 6pm today.” He also announced “The meeting today officially was for the 3 members to make their requests, however, they also wanted to hear the stance of DSP on this case. Within today, we are planning to announce what the two parties have consulted.” - DSP expressed, “We have received the conditions/requests, now we are in time for consideration and discussion within the company.” Collected from various sources by Yoo + hasomy @karaholic take.out.with.full.credit

01.22.2011 and 01.23.2011 Summary will be updated later Kamilia Stay Strong. In KARA We Trust!

01.20.2011 will be updated later Kamilia Stay Strong. In KARA We Trust!

It's almost a week since the news broke out and started this crisis. Since many rumors, news and articles have come out and made the whole situation become chaotic and confusing, Yoo and I decided to summarize all the events/news into this timeline. Hopefully this will help us Kamilias to follow the issue with less confusions. Note: 1. We only include information which comes from official statement from both parties or the girls themselves, or from trusted source. 2. Irrelevant or not directly related information will not be included. 3. Full translation of articles (if available) will still be posted in separated thread in News Box. This thread will just contains the summaries. 4. This first post will be used as an index. Summary & Timeline of KARA's crisis 2011.01.19 2011.01.20 (will be updated later) 2011.01.21 2011.01.22 and 2011.01.23 (will be updated later) 2011.01.24 2011.01.25 Update 1 || 2011.01.25 Update 2 || 2011.01.25 Update 3 2011.01.26 2011.01.27 Update 1 || 2011.01.27 Update 2 Details of the requests/demands of the 3 members Summary & Timeline since the lawsuit 2011.02.14 2011.02.15 2011.02.16 2011.02.17 2011.02.18 2011.02.19 to 2011.02.25 2011.04.15 2011.04.28-29 Happy Ending by Yoo + hasomy @karaholic take.out.with.full.credit

I heard that the rating for episode 2 got even higher, 8% or something and it was #2 on Oricon This is awesome, J-Kamilias rock!!!

Title: Nicole's mother's passionate interview “In the name of Nicole, I swear!” Nicole’s mother, Kim Shirley, spoke up for the first time about KARA’s issue. Mrs. Kim has been thought to be the key person of this issue. On Jan 20, she even wrote on her twitter “There is no parents who would gamble with their child’s life because of money” In the afternoon of January 21, we called Mrs. Kim and have gathered more information. At first, she stated, “I have nothing to say. What we need to say has already been spoken through our lawyer.” She then attempted to hang up the phone but stopped when we asked about “the person who is standing behind with billions won” and immediately said “I will explain this. It’s completely not true.” Since January 20, there has been a rumors circulating the showbiz about a person, owner of a company with a net worth of billions won, is standing behind the 3 members of KARA; and that person is Mr. J. There is also a rumor that he is a close friend of Nicole’s mom and that he has invited KARA to join his company with a billion won contract. Meanwhile, Mrs. Kim seemed to be really tired about this issue, she only gave short answers with distant tone at first. But she immediately raised her voice after the question about the behind support. “Some of my friends are running a business; some are working at the hospital. Which one should I go to when I am sick? The one who work at the hospital, right? I have known that person in the entertainment industry for 19 years, of course I would go to him for suggestions when this kind of issues happens, right?” She said that the rumors are completely invalid and was really angry. “The billion won support is really unreasonable. I want to move, but I have not been able to do so because of the lack of money. It just doesn’t make any sense” (leave out repeated parts) Then she added, “Before the press conference, I have requested not to make any surprising statement. Especially things related to DSP, we have to avoid it all and only focus on giving out the terms/conditions that we have discussed before.” Finally, she ended with a statement “I will reveal more when I can talk more comfortably,” then hung up the phone. Source: Sports Chosun Translated by Yoo + hasomy @karaholic Note: Mrs. Kim did not mention anything about swearing in the name of Nicole during the interview, the reporter just used that title to attract more viewers

I am glad that a fight among us Kamilias did not happen. Thank you Joss and remember, we are a family <3 peace out! Hope some good news will come out in the conference later today.