POPSEOUL! News Flash: January 17

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Shinhwa’s baby, Andy is finally releasing his first album titled “Andy the first New Dream.” Unfortunately, his English skills doesn’t live up to his English name. Andy will officially start his promotional activities with his sold-out solo concert from January 18th to January 23rd.

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Actress So You Jin launched an e-commerce site named “silver apple,” because her favorite color is silver and fruit is apple. Hopefully the clothes she’s selling are a bit more creative and stylish.

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Song Chang Ui, the B-list actor who has appeared in Wedding, 101st Proposal and Golden Bride, will celebrate his 29th birthday with his fans on January 24th. Hopefully the noob will attract enough popularity to have a few more fan meetings, and possible attain A-list status before he hits the big 3-0.

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The Korean Music Industry Association announced that SG Wannabe topped the charts, with their album “The Sentimental” Chord,” selling 190,098. Super Junior’s second release “Don’t Don,” and Epik High’s “Remapping the Human Soul,” followed with 164,058 and 120,301 copies sold, respectively. Despite the return of slutty sexy divas, testosterone dominated the charts in 2007.

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Singer Park Hwayobi experienced a drastic weight loss after her vocal cord surgery in September of last year. The Tuesday singer posted her “after” pictures on cyworld, but nobody was impressed with her famished look after shedding 6kgs. Park Hwayobi is planning to release her album after the Chinese New Year and her 24th birthday.

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40 Responses to “POPSEOUL! News Flash: January 17”


  1. 1 Faa January 17, 2008 at 6:46 pm

    Park Hwayobi looks scary….

  2. 2 vivi January 17, 2008 at 7:00 pm

    OMG Park Hwa Yobi!!! She looks terrible!!

    This totally reminds me of Bridget Jones(in the book) when she finally got down to like 100lbs and everyone thought she was ill.

  3. 3 choleng January 17, 2008 at 7:22 pm

    i think instead of reading it as, “Andy the first New Dream,” it should be read as “Andy New Dream: the first” “the first” meaning it’s his first album? but i wouldn’t know for sure. all i know is his voice has definitely improved. have you guys heard his voice lately? so i guess i couldn’t care less what the name of the album is as long as the songs are good, right? you could have the best named album but if the songs are crap, no one will buy it anyway.

  4. 4 apple3_pi3 January 17, 2008 at 8:25 pm

    whyd park hwayobi have to lose 6kg?? she looks lyk a famished korean in teh first pic o_0

  5. 5 paradoxical-lilium January 17, 2008 at 8:27 pm

    Ahhh can we have the old Hwayobi back, she looks so thin! =[

  6. 6 Aya (Not logged in) January 17, 2008 at 8:28 pm

    6kg is really not that many…

  7. 7 sTEFFANIE GARGANTOS January 17, 2008 at 8:55 pm

    omg ANDY!!! will always love him!!! LOL
    omg congrats to SUJU!!! and ofcourse my main man TABLO EPIK HIGH!!!! <3

  8. 8 ChocolateCake January 17, 2008 at 9:22 pm

    God the first pic of hwayobi is freaky. Whatever happened to her?!! 8 kg isnt alot but her appearance make her look like she lost 20kg. OMG I hope she is fine

  9. 9 Jackie January 17, 2008 at 10:04 pm

    park hwayobi looks horrendous

  10. 10 Fransaku January 17, 2008 at 11:40 pm

    Ohayo!

    Fantastic blog!!!!!

    I also have a blog… And I translate news from A-music from English to Spanish… I want permission to translate your articles into Spanish… For publication on my blog…

    Always I will give you credit for the information!

    I hope your permission… ^^

  11. 11 pony January 17, 2008 at 11:45 pm

    question.. is Park Hwayobi 40ish yrs old?

  12. 12 blue January 18, 2008 at 12:13 am

    omg something is wrong with So You Jin’s nose

  13. 13 dcs January 18, 2008 at 1:09 am

    Hwayobi’s nose looks very artificial.

  14. 14 soyboy01 January 18, 2008 at 1:16 am

    I really like this new idea of the “Popseoul news flash”

  15. 15 tenretni January 18, 2008 at 1:27 am

    what happened to my cute Hwayobi?

    Andy? must I say I’m excited??? even thhought the first single isn’t very impressive, its likeble… And i think his album is called “New Dream”, and i think “The first” is like “Vol 1″…newayz

    nOOOO HWAYOBI!!!! (yeah, i’m still shocked…)

  16. 16 nia January 18, 2008 at 1:29 am

    omg hwayobi is only 24?! whoa i thought she was older

  17. 17 for real January 18, 2008 at 2:15 am

    park hwayobi looks sick. her eyes are popping out and her entire face is too bony, ugh. this is extreme case of weight loss gone bad.

    so yoo jin is finally doing something huh…hahah silver apple that’s so random. cute.

  18. 18 valski January 18, 2008 at 4:51 am

    andy looks gooood.

  19. 19 Brina January 18, 2008 at 4:53 am

    Park Hwayobi looks horrible. T_T
    And yeah..what’s up with So you jin’s nose in that pic?
    And yay EPIK HIGH BABY. :D

  20. 20 BKJSuh January 18, 2008 at 5:13 am

    Andy DOES look good.

  21. 21 annie January 18, 2008 at 6:35 am

    that girl lost more than 6 kg. maybe about 15.
    if she’s really HER. she was a bit chubbier compare to skinny singer, but losing 6 kg will not be like that.
    I lost 6 kg before and I lost 10 kg.

    and the nose, maybe have some touch up. euw.. she doens’t look like Hwayobi at all.. I’m wondering what will HAHA say about his auntie now. lol

  22. 22 Tiffany January 18, 2008 at 6:42 am

    Andy looks good in the picture :) I am so glad that the so called “sexy divas” did not top the charts. Congrats to SG Wannabe and the others! <3

    Hwayobi looks so unhealthy that it’s scary. I hope it’s not a dieting factor because she looked so much better before she had her sudden weight loss. I seriously have no clue why people like to be so stereotypical when it comes to looks. When it comes to looking at someone who’s skinny and someone else who has a bit more fat, I prefer those who have more fat. At least they don’t look like a single poke will snap them into pieces!

  23. 23 O_O January 18, 2008 at 7:15 am

    aww g’luck to andy!!
    hrmm.. Hwayobi is actually turning 26 this year (1982).

  24. 24 rie January 18, 2008 at 7:39 am

    park hwayobi ;_____;

    Only 6kgs and she looks like that? OOOOO:

  25. 25 Nami January 18, 2008 at 9:48 am

    lol, the first new dream… kinda redundant, but cute.
    Man, Park Hwayobi is skinny! She looks terrible, poor girl! I feel sorry for her! I know what it’s like to lose a lot of weight due to illness! It’s not fun!

  26. 26 hanbelle January 18, 2008 at 9:55 am

    wow she looks scary!

  27. 27 hellaakon January 18, 2008 at 10:35 am

    another member with a solo album!

  28. 28 bunta January 18, 2008 at 11:09 am

    she looks like she lost 6KGs on just her face. Poor thing, I hope she gets better soon. I like her.

  29. 29 jen January 18, 2008 at 11:21 am

    I’ll mail her some cupcakes!

  30. 30 ct77 January 18, 2008 at 11:30 am

    Will support Andy’s 1st album.. Congrats to SG Wannabe always luv their voice.

  31. 31 applecheeks January 18, 2008 at 2:08 pm

    Omg she looks awful. The eyes look the same but everything else…she looks like pictures I’ve seen of heroin addicts.

  32. 32 honey January 18, 2008 at 5:15 pm

    i don’t think andy’s album should be written as “the first: new dream” or “the first – new dream”. i think the phrase ‘the first’ refers to the fact that this is the artist’s first album (koreans tend to indicate this), and the phrase ‘new dream’ is the album’s name. another thing, take note of the fact that the phrase ‘the first’ is written differently from ‘andy (artist’s name) and ‘new dream’ (album). considering this, i think his english (and that of the people behind the album) is just fine…

  33. 33 honey January 18, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    sorry, it should be
    i think andy’s album should be written as “the first: new dream” or “the first – new dream”.

  34. 34 Xtineee. January 18, 2008 at 9:48 pm

    Song Chang Ui ain’t a noob :P

    Hehe..wooow what happend to Hwayobi?!
    O_____o that last time I saw her she was like…!
    And then now…!!!!!! XD

  35. 35 shinjinny January 19, 2008 at 1:21 am

    Park Hwayobi looks like Michael Jackson…freaky.

  36. 36 saewon January 19, 2008 at 10:38 am

    no offense to shinhwa, but their english has always been pretty bad… if you’ve heard their song, “yo”, then you know what i’m talking about. it’s not like they make bad music though.

  37. 37 carribeane January 20, 2008 at 2:02 am

    oh poor hwayobi (btw popseoul she’s now known as hwayobi… she dropped the park from it)… anyhow from what is written it seems that her weight loss was a result of the surgery and not something she deliberately did? give her the benefit of the doubt k

    i wonder what happened to her vocal chords that she had to go for surgery? I love her voice I hope it’s still the same rich husky tone. but since she’s releasing an album shd be fine I hope.

  38. 38 being-boat January 26, 2008 at 8:15 pm

    Andy Fighting!
    always cheer you up.


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