2AM Jo Kwon and BEAST DongWoon for a selca shot

2AM Jo Kwon reveals a selca photo taken together with BEAST Son DongWoon.

The photo was posted up by Jo Kwon through his Twitter account on 28th July. In the photo, the 2 have seemed like very close friends and posing with the ‘v’ sign. The 2 have been training together for about 5 years under JYP Entertainment before their singer debut.

Netizens’ comments to the photo posted up are, “DongWoon is really good looking”, “Good to see the 2 are close”, “The 2 are lovely” etc.

More BEAST ‘Shock Of The New Era’ jacket photos revealed!

With the reveal of their comeback album on 1st March and all songs occupying the top 5 rankings on various real time music charts, the 2nd batch of teaser jacket photos for BEAST’s ‘Shock Of The New Era’ has been revealed.

This time the jacket photos feature members Yoon DooJoon, Yong JunHyung and Lee GiGwang, garnering much heat interests from fans and netizens.

BEAST ‘Shock Of The New Era’ album jacket photos revealed!

Some of the jacket photos to group BEAST’s upcoming 2nd album ‘SHOCK OF THE NEW ERA’ revealed!

Ahead of the album release on 2nd March, the jacket photos featuring Yang YoSeob, Jang HyunSeung and Son DongWoon have been revealed. In the photos revealed, the members showed off a soft yet charming masculine image.

Already before the reveal of the concept photos, there has been anticipation amongst fans for the new album, and with the jacket photos revealed, fans are curious as to how the boys’ comeback stage will be like.

YounHa, BEAST DongWoon and 2AM JinWoon on their high school graduation day!

Previously reported that YounHa was down to largyngitis and need to stop her activities due to her illness.

Yet, today (Feb 4), YounHa attends her special high school graduation at HwiGyeong High School – Seoul.

Why special : YounHa was actually dropped out of high school on 2004 for her singing career in Japan, yet, she managed to accomplished the graduation condition via the surrogate method given by the school.

YounHa is currently enrolled to Hankuk University major in Japanese and is in her 3rd year.

Meanwhile, other stars who also receives their high school diploma today are : BEAST Son DongWoon who is accompanied by his hyungs DooJoon, HyunSeung, YoSeob and JunHyung and 2AM Jung JinWoon who is accompanied as well by his hyung Lee ChangMin.

More photos under the cut!

BEAST ends 1st minialbum promotional activities

BEAST youngest member Son DongWoon talks about his feelings with the group’s 1st minialbum promotions coming to an end.

He wrote on his minihompy diary on 1st February at midnight announcing that the group has ended their 1st minialbum promotions on 31st January.

He wrote, “We showed our faces for the first time through our first broadcast performance on 16th October. After 3 months, our promotions have come to an end today, and we thank everyone for understanding us and showing us love and support.”

BEAST DongWoon’s father, “I hope that JaeBum will return to 2PM”

Father of BEAST maknae Dongwoon recently spoke out about about his son becoming an idol as well as Jaebum‘s incident with netizens that occurred four months ago.

Dongwoon‘s father, Son Illak, who is a professor of international manners for hotel adminstration at Cheongju University, recently wrote an article in A House Full of Happiness magazine regarding Jaebum‘s situation and giving his son some advice.

In his article, titled “Tolerance of 2PM’s Jaebum“, he writes in a letter style giving words of encouragement to his son as well as his own views about Jaebum‘s incident.

2AM JinWoon, “The password to the computer at our dorm is So Nyeo Shi Dae SeoHyun”

91-er singers SHINee Key, 2AM JinWoo, BEAST Son DongWoon and MBLAQ Mir have all chosen So Nyeo Shi Dae SeoHyun as the same-age celebrity they like the most.

They were recently on KBS ‘Super Junior Kiss The Radio’ show for year-end special. And the 4 of them had revealed, “If we all form a 91-er alumni association, we want to call So Nyeo Shi Dae SeoHyun to join.”

Mir said, “So Nyeo Shi Dae is the romance of all guys” while JinWoon said, “I like SeoHyun so much the password to the computer in the dorm is ‘SeoHyun‘.”

BEAST, “Experience with failure? We have stronger pride than the others”

Gaining much popularity just 2 months into their debut promoting hits like ‘Bad Girl’ and ‘Mystery’, group BEAST did their first magazine photoshoot and interview.

The concept for the photoshoot is different from their powerful image on stage, instead it is to show the natural side of the members. Like leader DoonJoon described the group as ‘Korea’s most amiable and confident group’, the members spoke honestly during the interview.

The members are known to have faced several obstacles during their long training days and when asked if they have any complaints about it, they said, “For someone who has not tasted failure, he will get hurt in this world. We have strong self-esteem/pride as compared to the others.”