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		<title>Money war (34): SM to issue a new tighter contract for its artists</title>
		<link>http://kimchisoju.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/money-war-32-sm-to-issue-a-new-tighter-contract-for-its-artists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Boa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Girls Generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SHINee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SNSD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[super junior]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SM Entertainment has again shown its greed for money when its CEO, Kim Young Min, announced that the entertainment agency will issue another contract to its artists.

Artists under SM Entertainment include pop groups Super Junior, TVXQ, Girls Generation and SHINee.
The announcement comes after the Seoul Central District Court has sided with TVXQ members Xiah, Micky [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimchisoju.wordpress.com&blog=4892147&post=3526&subd=kimchisoju&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2PM teaser videos: Another JYP ploy</title>
		<link>http://kimchisoju.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/2pm-teaser-videos-another-jyp-ploy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2PM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jaebum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[JYP is known for melodramatics and hype so it&#8217;s not surprising to see the new 2PM teasers with clear references to the group being seven members.



Yep, another ploy by JYP to lure fans into buying the album.
Poor fans. They are being tricked by greedy JYP to support the now six-member 2PM.
What a crap!
BOYCOTT THE NEW [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimchisoju.wordpress.com&blog=4892147&post=3520&subd=kimchisoju&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Jonah</media:title>
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		<title>Comedian wounded in motor bike accident</title>
		<link>http://kimchisoju.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/comedian-wounded-in-motor-bike-accident/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shin Jeong-hwan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Singer and entertainer Shin Jeong-hwan was wounded during a motorbike accident in Yongin, south of Seoul, Friday morning.

Shin, 34, was taken to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment. The severity of his injury was not immediately known, but he reportedly seriously sprained his right ankle.
Shin&#8217;s agency said, &#8220;He didn&#8217;t lose consciousness.&#8221;
Shin, an avid fan of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimchisoju.wordpress.com&blog=4892147&post=3514&subd=kimchisoju&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guess what! They&#8217;ve been dating for 2 years</title>
		<link>http://kimchisoju.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/guess-what-theyve-been-dating-for-2-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jang Dong-gun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jang Dong-fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ko So-young]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Their children will be so impossibly cute we might puke.

According to their representatives, actor Jang Dong-gun, voted the most beautiful male celebrity in a KBS television survey earlier this year, has been dating starlet Ko So-young for the past two years and marriage is a possibility. The couple, however, dismissed the rumors that their wedding [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimchisoju.wordpress.com&blog=4892147&post=3511&subd=kimchisoju&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Son Dam-bi passes entrance test for Kyunghee University</title>
		<link>http://kimchisoju.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/son-dam-bi-passes-entrance-test-for-kyunghee-university/</link>
		<comments>http://kimchisoju.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/son-dam-bi-passes-entrance-test-for-kyunghee-university/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Son Dambi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[K-pop singing sensation Son Dam-bi has passed the entrance exam for Kyung Hee University, the school said Thursday.

&#8220;She has passed all the procedures and will study at the postmodern music department from next year,&#8221; a school official said.
Son, born in 1983, is known to have prepared well to enter the department where Rain and other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimchisoju.wordpress.com&blog=4892147&post=3509&subd=kimchisoju&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Jonah</media:title>
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		<title>(2oneday): Jaebum-less 2PM attempts to conquer Asia</title>
		<link>http://kimchisoju.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/2oneday-jaebum-less-2pm-attempts-to-conquer-asia/</link>
		<comments>http://kimchisoju.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/2oneday-jaebum-less-2pm-attempts-to-conquer-asia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2PM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jaebum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Male group 2PM will be entering the Chinese market without Jaebum.

2PM will be participating in the &#60;2009 Hanryu Showcase (Korea-China Music Festival Feel the K-Pop&#62; in an attempt to meet with their Chinese fans. This will be the first time 2PM will be standing on a Chinese stage.
A JYPE representative stated &#8220;Since 2PM has debuted, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimchisoju.wordpress.com&blog=4892147&post=3505&subd=kimchisoju&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Jonah</media:title>
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		<title>Money war (33): SM at fault for TVXQ&#8217;s looming disbandment</title>
		<link>http://kimchisoju.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/money-war-33-sm-at-fault-for-tvxqs-looming-disbandment/</link>
		<comments>http://kimchisoju.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/money-war-33-sm-at-fault-for-tvxqs-looming-disbandment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DBSK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[korean wave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TVXQ]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I predict that TVXQ will disband soon courtesy of the actions of SM Entertainment, which is seething with anger over the ruling of the Seoul Central District Court that gave partial victory to Micky, Hero and Xiah.

Faced with a decision that will void the 13-year slave contract that it imposed on TVXQ members, SM is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kimchisoju.wordpress.com&blog=4892147&post=3502&subd=kimchisoju&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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