까치 까치 설날은 어저께고요~ 우리 우리 설날은 오늘이래요^^
Magpie, Magpie’s New Year Day was yesterday~ Our. our New Year’s Day is today ^ ^
(Note: This is a Korean traditional song –Magpie’s new year day aka 까치 설날)

여러분 안녕하세요 김형준 입니다!
Hello everyone. I’m Kim Hyung Jun!

2012년도 저 김형준과 함께 하실꺼죠?
In Year 2012 too, will still be together with me Kim Hyung Jun right?
저도 항상 함께 해주시는 여러분들께 보답하는 마음으로
I will also use my gratitude heart to repay everyone who has always been with me
계속해서 새로운 도전과 색다른 모습으로 여러분을 찾아 뵈려고
노력하고 있으니 많은 관심과 사랑 부탁드립니다!
Will continue to take on new challenges and work hard to let everyone find out my different images. Please do show me much interest and love!
아 그리고 제일 중요한거!!! 절대 바람피면 안 된다는거~ 아시죠^^?
Ah also one very important thing!!! Absolutely cannot be unfaithful~ You know right ^^?

새해 복 많이 받으세요~!! Happy New Year~~~~
Receive much blessings for the new year*~!! Happy New Year~~~~
(*Should be translated to Happy New Year, actually)

PK fanmeeting

Singer Kim Hyun Joong put on a flawless cover performance of Rain‘s “Rainism“.

At the 2011 KBS Music Festival that was held at the KBS Hall in Yeoido on December 30th, Kim Hyun Joong put on a spectacular performance of Rain’s “Rainism”.

He displayed his explosive charismatic appeal with his extravagant dance moves and seductive voice while wearing a black leather jacket and a pair of shades to complete the ‘Rain’ feel.

The highlight of the performance was when he stepped down from the main stage to be a little closer to his fans, which drove the audience wild.

Meanwhile, other artists such as Girls’ Generation, IU, miss A, f(x), Lee Seung Gi, Wonder Girls, T-ARA, 4minute, Davichi, CN BLUE, Infinite, SISTAR, U-KISS, 2PM, B2ST, MBLAQ, Secret, Clover, and more also performed at the 2011 KBS Music Festival.

Hallyu star Kim Hyun Joong will be holding his first fan meet of the year on January 21st at Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul. And although there is a fee to get in, it will only cost fans around $17 USD.

It’s been announced that the entrance fee will amount to roughly $17 USD per attendee. Rather than being held at a small-scale venue, the fan meet is being held at Jamsil Stadium, which can seat over 7,000 people.

The fan meet will be different from ordinary fan meets and the format will feel more like a talk show. Kim Hyun Joong will also be performing ten songs total from his first mini album ‘Breakdown‘ and his second mini-album ‘Lucky‘. To be honest, the fan meet is no different from a small concert.

Korean artists who use the facility and all of its lighting and sound equipment charge an entrance fee of anywhere between 40~70 USD, but Kim Hyun Joong is not even charging half that. He may break even if lucky, but will most likely lose money over the event.

Key East Entertainment‘s Music Business Director Kang In Suk remarked, “Honestly, the fan meet is no different from a small independent concert, but we are proceeding because Kim Hyun Joong requested that we do it this way. We will not be making any money, and we are thinking of it as a special service for the fans.”

The fan meet was also scheduled abruptly without much notice, and the reason for that is Kim Hyun Joong will be spending a lot of time in Japan this year promoting his music. He did not want his Korean fans to feel disappointed, and is starting the new year off right by greeting them first.

Kim Hyun Joong’s love for his fans does not stop there. A large corporation had proposed to do a promotion with the singer, but Kim Hyun Joong refused. Director Kang explained, “He did not want the fans to spend their money so that he could earn some more money.”

Since his debut with SS501, Kim Hyun Joong has been known for being unique and being a man of his word. And even at super stardom, he has not changed a bit. He is aware that it is the fans that made him into who he is today, and his love for them is unparalleled.

Director Kang remarked, “From the agency’s point of view, we know the company could benefit a lot more if he would give in, and it’s too bad. However when I look at him as just another person, he is truly a real, unwavering man of his word,” and gave a thumbs up.

Meanwhile, it was recently discovered that the singer also donated over $80,000 to a good cause without even telling his agency. Compared to other celebrities that announce their charity work through press releases, Kim Hyun Joong is an admirable young man.

Kim Hyun Joong is a celebrity who is making his agency spend money for his fans. For one reason or another, he will bring tears to the eyes of original Hallyu star Bae Yong Jun, the head of Key East Entertainment.

Credit: yommi86 @ YT

Rainism

It was reported that hallyu star Kim Hyun Joong has great love for his fans.
Kim Hyun Joong will hold the first fan meeting of the new year on Jan 21.
This fan-meet will be ticketed but the admission ticket is only priced at 20,000 won.
If it was a small fan meeting, the admission could be free. However, Kim Hyun Joong's fan meeting will be held at the Jamsil Indoor Stadium, which is a large scale venue and can hold more than 7,000 people.
Besides, unlike the usual talk-show style fan-meet, Kim Hyun Joong will sing more than 10 songs, including 'Break Down' from his 1st mini album and the songs from the 2nd mini ablum, 'Lucky', at this fan meeting. It is virtually the same as his solo concert.
Other Korean singers who hold concerts at the Jamsil Indoor Stadium charge admission fees from between 50,000 won and 90,000 won. However the admission fee for Kim Hyun Joong's fan meeting is just 20,000 won and is less than half charged by other singers; the fan meeting is expected to rake in no profit at best, or even make a loss.
Kang In Suk, the director of music enterprise department of Kim's agency, Keyeast, explained that the fan meeting is virtually the same as a small-scale solo concert, but it was brought forward at Kim Hyun Joong's request. It will be a fan service and one that almost makes no money.
This fan meeting was abruptly decided to be held. The fan meeting for Korean fans was arranged as the first schedule (activity) of 2012 because Kim Hyun Joong didn't want to make his Korean fans disappointed by his new year's promotion in Japan.
Kim Hyun Joong's love for his fans is more than just this. One company suggested large amounts of money to promote its product at his fan meeting, but it was refused. The director Kang said it was because Kim Hyun Joong insisted he could not possibly make his fans spend their money for his own interests.
Kim Hyun Joong has been famous as an idol singer with his unique manners and opinions since he started as a member of SS501. Kim Hyun Joong never lost his own unique colour of character and it shows in his great love for fans who (are believed by Kim to) make him the person he is today.
Director Kang praised Kim Hyun Joong and said that from the point of view of the agency, which needs to pursue practical interests, it would leave much to be desired, but as a 'man', he is great.
Meanwhile, it has been reported that Kim Hyun Joong secretly donated $100,000 to the Red Cross and an organization that passes out briquettes. Compared to other celebrities who would use the small amount of donation as a massive self-promotion, Kim Hyun Joong's step is admirable.
As for the head of Kim's agency and the father of Hallyu star, Bae Yong Joon, Kim Hyun Joong's actions is probably going to make Bae tear up for making the agency spend money for Kim's fans.

Kim Hyun Joong‘s provocative performance with the girls of After School is causing quite the stir among netizens.

Singer Kim Hyun Joong put on a special performance at the 2011 SBS Gayo Daejun that took place at the KINTEX in Ilsan on December 29th.

Everyone held their breath as Kim Hyun Joong caressed After School leader Kahi‘s long legs and pulled her in for what seemed would be a kiss.

He then immediately turned to his right and wrapped his arms around Nana‘s waist and leaned his face in towards hers, which drove the fans wild.

The event was hosted by Lee Seung Gi, Song Ji Hyo, along with Girls’ Generation member Yoona, and artists such as B2ST, 2PM, Wonder Girls, KARA, Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, TVXQ, and more put on various never-before seen performances.

Audience members could not look away for even a moment, as the 2011 SBS Gayo Dajun was chock-full of performances including ballad stages, a sexy performance of the top idol divas, and a fierce dance battle between the idol boys.

Check out the video:

Credit: cozy1010 @ YT

On December 28th, SS501‘s Kim Hyung Jun shared a sel-ca from the set of the poster filming for his KBS drama, ‘She’s Completely Insane‘.

Fans were surprised to see how much skinnier he had gotten, leaving comments like, “You already had such a tiny face, but it’s become more gaunt,” and “He must be working really hard on his acting, he’s gotten so thin.”

His company revealed that he had actually dropped about 8 kg since starting the drama. “He’s had to exercise a lot to get in character, and that resulted in a 7~8 kg weight loss. Instead of worrying, we hope that people will look forward to the drama, as he is trying his best for the screen.”

Fans need not worry, as Kim Hyung Jun assured that he had been exercising for his health and now had a body as hot as any other ‘best body’ stars.

Intimately Yours
Be Min's Valentines

Date : February 18, 2012
Time : Cocktail starts at 6:00 PM
Venue : Maynila Ballroom, Manila Hotel
Ticket : Php 7,000*

*Inclusive of cocktails and a special souvenir designed specially for this event

Triple S and Park Jung Min fans across the globe! This is your chance to flaunt your beauty in front of Sexy Charisma himself! Look at it as a prom, a ball or a simple date! Just come in your BEST LOOK and you might just be the lucky girl of the night!

NOTE:
:: Seats are very limited. Event is very intimate.
:: Only ticket buyers of PJM Valentine fan meet can avail of his group photo-op. (100 slots)
:: Only ticket buyers of PJM Valentine fan meet can avail/attend his other activities in Manila.
:: Ticket pre-sale starts on Dec. 23 through Triple S Philippines. Public sale of tickets starts on Dec. 30 through Greenlights and at all SM Tickets' outlets nationwide.
:: For all overseas fans, please email inquiry@greenlightproductionsinc.com.
:: Purchase guidelines will be posted tomorrow.

FOR INQUIRIES AND COMMENTS, PLEASE EMAIL INQUIRY@GREENLIGHTPRODUCTIONSINC.COM.

SS501′s Kim Hyung Joon has released a picture taken at a movie theater.

On December 25, Kim uploaded a picture on his Twitter account with the comment, “I’m here to watch My Way, starring Jang Dong Gun. I really wanted to watch this film. It will be great!”

In the picture, Kim is posing for the camera in front of a poster of My Way, wearing a khaki coat and having a cute look on his face.

After watching the film, he left the comment, “The actors, who visited the theater to say hello to the audience, were really great. The best blockbuster and the best performance. I had a hard time keeping back tears. My Way is the best.”

People responded: “Was My Way good? If it was so good that it even brought you to tears, I should go and watch, too,” “Hyung Joon, please appear on TV, too.”

My Way (directed by Kang Je Gyu), starring Jang Dong Gun and Odagiri Joe, has attracted over a million audiences in five days and is expected to become a box office hit.

On 22nd, Kim Hyung Jun participated in the 5th Love’s Santa Claus Festival held at Seoul Jung-gu Youth Center, donated 2 tonnes of Love’s rice and personally delivered Love’s rice as presents to families with difficult circumstances together with Youth Center staff in Santa Claus costumes.

On this day of Love’s Santa Claus Festival , more than 100 Youth Center staff visited 111 beneficiary families within Jung-gu to deliver Love’s rice and presents..

The 2 tonnes of rice Kim Hyung Jun donated came from Kim Hyung Jun’s local and overseas fans who have sent rice bouquets via Dream Rice to congratulate and support Kim Hyung Jun’s showcase and birthday party. At Kim Hyung Jun’s request they were accumulated at Dream during this period.

Meanwhile Kim Hyung Jun is currently filming for the upcoming KBS drama ‘Glowing She’ which will be broadcasted in the coming January 2012.

(Omitted the part about him having fanmeeting at Jamsil Stadium on 21 January. Reporter mixed him up with Hyun Joong)

Source: Starnews
eternalc2h @ http://en.korea.com/?p=309519 + liezle.blogspot.com

It has been reported that Kim Hyun Joong has secretly donated 100 million won to help people in need.

On December 26, a spokesperson for the Red Cross reported that Kim donated 50 million won to the Red Cross in early November before his concert tour in Japan.

Kim also donated 50 million won to the Briquette Delivery of Love. After secretly donating total 100 million won, he went to Japan for his two-week concert tour.

A spokesperson for the Red Cross said, “In early or mid-November, Kim’s manager visited us without any previous notice and donated 50 million won to help people in need. He asked us not to let other people know about this.”

Regarding this, a spokesperson for Keyeast, Kim’s agency, said, “Because he did it personally, we didn’t know about it. We think he just didn’t want to make a big deal out of it.”

Kim has been very popular in this year, releasing two mini albums and ranking first in domestic music charts and TV music programs. He is also releasing a single album in Japan through Universal Japan on January 25 next year. He is already receiving attention from the Japanese music scene and advertising industry.

Kim is holding a fan meeting in Seoul in January next year, and then, he is going to start performing and promoting his first Japanese single album.

On December 16th, the musical ‘Goong‘ created another round of success through its performance at the Tokyo International Forum C Hall!

SS501‘s Kim Kyu Jong and Supernova‘s Sungmo play the role of the crown prince together. As they’re both members from two of the representative Hallyu groups in Japan, their double casting brought about huge success in tickets even before ‘Goong’ hit the stage.

All 1,400 seats were completely filled, and the Japanese audience members were reported to be dazzled by the Korean traditional costumes and props, and laughed and cried over the musical’s witty lines. Many were seen exiting the theater while humming the musical’s main theme songs.

‘Goong’ was originally a popular manhwa (comic) series before it became a hit TV drama under the same title. Continuing off of the success, the musical version was launched last year with TVXQ‘s Yunho as the leading role.

Kim Hyun Joong will be spending the new year with his fans through his new fan meeting event called ‘2012 Kim Hyun Joong Fanmeeting in Seoul‘.

He’ll be performing songs from his “Break Down” and “Lucky” mini-albums, as well as hold discussion sessions to talk about what 2012 will be like for him and his fans. Since the event is open to fans from all over the world, the diverse turnout is expected to cement his status as a Hallyu superstar.

Reservations for tickets opened up on December 21st, and in moments, the pages were flooded with 10,000 fans, claiming every last seat in just under 30 minutes. Fans that weren’t so lucky are still scrounging on boards and hoping that more dates will be added to the fan meet.

A representative of Key East expressed, “He’s counting down the days to meeting his fans. Even amidst busy preparations for year-end shows, he’s working hard to come up with ways to make the event memorable for his fans.”

After his fan meet, he will be preparing for the release of his Japanese single and promotions.

Credit: hyun-joong.com
Translation: Wonderrrgirl @ wonderrrland.wordpress.com

Hello^^~~ Good Morning keke
Two hours ago I woke up, ate ramen, put them away, washed up and just like this I came on here to greet everyone.

I got through this week in a hectic manner therefore it seems like I slept soundly. From the Japan Music video volume 2, Photoshoot for jacket (cover of the album) to the end end-of-year performances…… It’s not far-fetched to say that I really live through this week with my two eyes wide open and awake. ^^;;;;;; keke

Anyway I went to Hongkong yesterday and received four awards, therefore my fatigue vanished as well, thank you very much (–)(___)(–)kekeke

However I “kekeke” <– this… it doesn’t mean anything special, don’t misunderstand, it is also not some silly laugher, just a habit of mine.. when I write a sentence and type this, I sometimes write this at times when it is not suitable which caused a lot of misunderstandings keke.. ah!! Once again it came out like a habit.. keke.. ah again… _____;;

Now that I have received the present from everyone. During the end-of-year events, I will now go and prepare in order to bring for everyone a shocking performance.^^

During end-of-year performances, I will show everyone a handsome stage as an eye-feast for everyone ^^

It has become colder now, and even though it is empty at the side of my body… do live happily

Merry Christmas ^^ Happy New Year

When I returned to Korea I heard the song ‘Closer’ by Kim Yeon Woo-nim, and I really like it, so from this morning I’ve been listening to it continuously ^^

I hope everyone will go and try listening it too..

For a long time and right now, thank you for loving me ^^

I hope everyone will live the last month of the year lively and meaningfully.

Kim Hyun Joong was honored with four trophies at the ‘2011 Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards‘, proving once again that he’s the one of the leading Hallyu stars of Asia.

The awards ceremony takes in data gathered from Yahoo!’s search engine throughout the year to honor the hottest stars in Asia that were popularly searched.

Held at the Hong Kong Convention Center on the night of December 20th, Kim Hyun Joong came away with 56 million online votes, earning him the trophies of ‘Asia Top Buzz Solo Artist‘, ‘Korea Top Buzz Solo Artist‘, ‘Hong Kong Top Buzz Solo Artist‘, and ‘Taiwan Top Buzz Solo Artist‘. It was a special moment for fans, as it marked his 3rd consecutive year winning at the ceremony.

Kim Hyun Joong thanked his international fans in English upon receiving the awards. “I’d like to thank my fans for their endless love and support throughout my promotion. I hope to repay you with a better image next year.”

A Korean broadcasting official added, “Kim Hyun Joong earned great popularity with his solo promotions all year long. He’s made a name for himself not only as a singer, but also as an actor, all over Asia, and I predict that his popularity will only reach greater heights.”

Fellow K-Pop star Super Junior also came away with four awards at the same event.