SM artists gather for SMTOWN LIVE 10 World Tour press conference

After the no-show last year, SMTOWN LIVE 10 World Tour returns for the first time since 2008.

Ahead of the 6 hour concert extravaganza (from 4pm) at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium where a set of 80 songs will be performed, a press conference including the likes of BoA, KangTa, Yunho, Changmin, Super Junior, SNSD, SHINee, f(x), Trax, CSJH, Zhang Liyin, etc attended.

In addition to the singers, Kim Min Jong, Lee Yeon Hee, Go Ara, etc were also present.

After their Seoul stop today, the concert extravaganza will be heading next to Los Angeles, Shanghai and Tokyo in the coming months. So stay tuned!

cr: allkpop.com

Actor Park Yong Ha commits suicide

Korean actor and singer Park Yong Ha was found dead in Seoul Nonhyundong on the 30th, hanging lifeless from a cell phone charging cable at his own house.

According to police, Park Yong Ha was discovered dead at around 5:30 AM by his mother. The cause of death is likely suicide, but further details are still under wraps. Although this news was just announced, ‘Park Yong Ha’ immediately took the number one spot on Naver and other search engines across Korea.

It’s also been reported that he was seen walking to his room after massaging his father’s legs and back at around 0:40 AM. Park Yong Ha was repeatedly saying “I am sorry” to his family and his father, who is suffering from terminal stomach cancer.

Park Yong Ha is well-known for his roles in many hit dramas, including Winter Sonata, Men’s Story and On Air. Thanks to those successful roles, Park Yong Ha was quite famous in Japan as well. He was also set to play the lead role in Love Song, an upcoming Korean drama adaptation of the Chinese movie Chum Mil Mil (甛蜜蜜), alongside Yoon Eun Hye.

Our deep condolences to Park Yong Ha’s family.

source: allkpop

SME still has a grudge against Mnet

What is actually happened between Mnet and SM Entertainment? Check the Mnet‘s official letter here.

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Hello. This is MNet.

Thank you for everyone who uses MNet.com, and now we have something to announce about MNet’s music service.

Target Source:
All of SM Entertainment’s songs.

Information on Discontinuation:
– Streaming: The feature of playing the song on our site will be discontinued.
– Download: The feature of downloading the song on our site will be discontinued.

Start Date:
March 2nd, 2010

Reason for Discontinuation:
–SM Entertainment has chosen to stop the supply of music through Mnet, but MNet will continue to talk with SM to resume providing their albums through our site.

————cut the Refund Information—————–

Thank You.

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What do you think?

source : Mnet