After School Abruptly Removed From Music Bank

Everything might look fine this past Friday on KBS Music Bank but fans of girl group, After School must have felt that they have been shortchanged after they were pulled from the list of performers at the very last minute.

In the original list of performers released by KBS Music Bank on their website on the 29th, After School had been scheduled to perform and was also listed. But on the same night, Pledis Entertainment apparently received a call from the Music Bank PD saying that they had been cut from the show.

The reason that had been given for the group’s removal was that all of the performing artists on Friday had lengthy performance times while After School had the shortest performance time. Hence, they had to cut out After School from the performers’ list to fit everyone in for the program broadcast.

The performers for the 31st January episode were Baek Ji Young, SS501, K.Will feat. Kang Eun Hye, Lyn, TaeGoon, M, After School, Gavy NJ, May Doni, Untouchable feat. HwaYoung, Wink, Jessica H.O, Brand New Day, Blue Spring, Dear Cloud, Tae.1 with So Nyeo Shi Dae having their comeback stage.

So Nyeo Shi Dae got their 3rd consecutive K-Chart win on this day.

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Fake Son Ye Jin Obscene Picture Creates Uproar In Korea

The picture below of Son Ye Jin might look harmless at first glance. This is because the picture has been cropped to remove the obscene part.

The photoshopped picture had accompanied the news which reported on announcer Jin Hyeon Mu who nearly became Son Ye Jin’s brother-in-law. But due to negligence while editing the news, they did not realize that the Son Ye Jin picture that they used was a photoshopped one and you could clearly see the exposed nipples from the see-through dress. But of course, the body was not Son Ye Jin’s one but merely superimposed by someone onto another person’s body. But the technique was extremely top-notch and looked flawless.

Although the news had been deleted by the news portal on which it was originally posted shortly after it was discovered, the damage had already been done as it spread rapidly thanks to the high-speed broadband in Korea.

Many netizens have voiced out that the reporter who did the original news report should be held accountable for his sloppiness. “Its kind of ridiculous to simply put it down as a mistake. This is so irresponsible of them to publish a report without any thinking”, “This will be hotly debated overseas and it’s going to be a laughing stock”, “Although the photo itself is problematic, but using any photos found on the internet without any copyright is also a big issue.”

Barunson Entertainment representing Son Ye Jin has announced that although regrettable, they will not be pursuing the matter, believing that this is a one-off incident. But it is hoping that laws can be created to prevent such malicious photoshopping of celebrities photos from surfacing in the public domain.

Geum Jandi and Goo Joon Pyo Shares A Moment; Gal Eul Hold Hands With Yi Jung

Fans of the Lee Min Ho and Goo Hye Sun couple should rejoice as they will finally lock lips in KBS Boys Before Flowers. Not only are they going to share a short kiss tonight, there will be another long kissing scene in episode 10.

Goo Joon Pyo (Lee Min Ho) and Geum Jandi (Goo Hye Sun) goes on a double date with Ga Eul (Kim So Eun) and a friend Gong Soo Pyo (Lee Jeong Joon) tonight. But the date goes awry and ends in a fist fight between Joon Pyo and Soo Pyo. Jandi misunderstoods Joon Pyo in the aftermath but reconciles with Joon Pyo thanks to Ji Ho (Kim Hyun Joong), resulting in the kiss.

For episode 10 which airs tomorrow night, Goo Joon Pyo’s mother Kang Hee Soo (Lee Hye Young) will come into the picture. To stop their blossoming romance, she takes away Jandi’s father laundry business, resulting in Jandi’s family being in debt and have to resort to opening a stall beside the highway. Upon seeing this, Joon Pyo goes over to Jandi and kisses Jandi right in front of his mother as an act of defiance. What will happen next? Well, just stay tuned.

Lee Min Ho expressed, “There were many times (in the drama) where we could have kissed but didn’t quite make it in the end. So I am hoping to make this particular scene look really manly and show the style that Goo Joon Pyo has.” Goo Hye Sun said, “This kissing scene is the most intense one ever in my career. Lee Min Ho did a really great job but I was quite shocked by him frankly.

Over the next 2 episodes, we will also learn the reason for Yi Jung’s playboy-like behavior towards girls. This after witnessing his father’s actions.

The hands holding scene should delight fans of the Gal Eul - Yi Jung couple.

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