[13.05.02] Text preview for Shinhwa’s SNL Korea episode on 4 May

SNL Korea Ep 11 – Shinhwa
Airing date: 2013-5-4

Just based on their name alone, this will be SNL Korea’s most legendary episode!
Korea’s longest-running idol group SHINHWA’s gender-transcending Saturday night!

Strongly recommended for idol juniors! Shinhwa Life Insurance’s idol retirement insurance policy!
Don’t you smell something burning? Eric’s charcoal-grilled pork ribs restaurant opens for business!
What volatile situation took place at the card sharks’ gambling game?

Retro! Sexy! Bizarre! Action! Shocking transformations are all OK here~!
The ultimate variety presented with no holds barred on SNL!
Tune in at 11pm on 4 May!

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Credits: SNL Korea website + SNL Twitter + enewsworld + Absolut Shinhwa

[12.12.24] ShinCom Twitter: Christmas messages from the members

[ERIC] 2012 Christmas, together with M Style who’s back as ‘Cool Water’~ Have an enjoyable Christmas~ Mer-Ch!
(Caption on pics: “Grasshopper ah, if you carry on playing like this, what are you going to do when winter comes?”
“Just die, I guess.”)

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[MinWoo] Hello~ This is cutie pie M style^^ Everyone have a happy and pretty white Christmas Eve~♥

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[HyeSung] Hoping you have an enjoyable Christmas with your loved ones, Merry keu-ri-soom-eosseu…. ㅡㅡ; Merry Christmas~^^*

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[JunJin] Hoping you have an enjoyable Christmas with your loved ones, Merry keu-ri-soom-eosseu…. ㅡㅡ; Merry Christmas~^^* Everybody’s Choongjae (that everyone loves)

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[DongWan] Merry Christmas to everyone~ I’m alone at home but I’m not lonely. I’m together with an orange pie, a pear pie, and 6 sets of scripts that I have to memorize. Today’s just Monday. I guess… hehehehehehehehehe

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[Andy] All my beloved Shinhwa Changjos!! Let’s end 2012 on a good note~ I hope you have an enjoyable Christmas… And be with Shinhwa in 2013 too~~~

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Credits: @ShinhwaCompany + Absolut Shinhwa

[12.12.11] A summary of Shinhwa’s drinking capacities and habits

No.1: Junjin (15 bottles of soju) (does not include the beer he drinks to rinse out his mouth… WUT O_O)

- Holding on to his friends and refusing to let them go home
- Keeps on repeating things that he has already said
- Crying while talking about his feelings

(Jinnie defends himself by saying that no one wants to listen to his pent-up feelings, so he has to continue repeating himself. LOL good try. And Hyesung says even Sung Shikyung, famous for being one of showbiz’s best drinkers, says that he is no match for Jinnie. Then Jinnie goes to say that Sung Shikyung doesn’t even answer his calls these days. LOL)

No.2: Andy (6-7 bottles of soju)

- Becomes very courteous (Eric says that Andy speaks to him in honorifics, i.e. very formally, when he’s drunk)
- Starts to laugh a lot
- Keeps on repeating things that he has already said

(Andy explains that he just wants to go home as soon as possible, so he starts behaving very formally to make people uncomfortable so that they’ll let him go home. Smartypants!)

No.3: Dongwan (5 bottles of soju)

- Becomes aggressive
- Starts to laugh and aegyo a lot
- Asks to be pecked on the cheek, and gets angry if he doesn’t get it (Wannie says he even asked strangers before. I wanna be near him the next time he gets drunk.)
- Drunk-dialling ex-girlfriends
- Keeps on talking about uninteresting things (To which the members say that he does that even when he’s not drunk. LOL poor Wannie)

(Wannie says that he recently went drinking with the writers and the director and when he got drunk, he CUT THE FILM. Yikes. And he even confessed that he visited an alcohol addiction clinic in Gangnam with his manager. Oh Wannie….

Thankfully Hyesung quickly changes the topic to talk about how he asks to be pecked on the cheek – not playfully, but forcefully i.e. shaking the other party and saying ‘I want a kiss!’ Y’know.. I’d love to see Wannie drunk one of these days.

Moving on to the topic of drunk-dialling his exes, Dongwan says none of the calls have ever turned out well. Erm, understandably so? Anyway, he ends off with some advice to the girls who gets drunk-dialled by their exes: When an ex-boyfriend drunk-dials, he’s just in pursuit of some sweet comfort – so never take the call. Aw.)

Joint No.4: Eric (3 bottles of soju)

- Exposing himself
- Falling asleep on the spot
- Going on and on about lengthy conversation topics e.g. the past and future, contemplating about life
- Rapping in English
- Starts to act cute

(Dongwan relates a past incident where he was staying at the studio, and he brought a drunk Eric back. While Wannie went off the to the washroom, Eric said he was feeling warm so he started to strip himself naked (!!!) and ran around. Then he fell down and hurt his toe, and rolled on the ground grabbing his toe, yelling in pain…. Ok I really really LOVE Eric, but the mental image I have of him now is NOT pleasant… But I’d still like to see him in action. Keke.

Eric then apologized and agreed that no one should have done that… But if you really want to do that, wait til you’re alone to do it. HAHA.)

Joint No.4: Minwoo (3 bottles of soju)

- Starts calling his friends
- Excessive skinship (I wanna be near him too the next time he gets drunk.)
- Starts playing tough
- Sings his own songs if at the noraebang (that’s when Dongwan reveals that Minwoo brings his own music recordings to play and sing along too. Hee. Junjin joins in and said that because he does that because he’s part of Shinhwa and he just wants to impress – there was even once when he called his dancers to join him in his ‘performance’… LOL but how true this is I don’t know, that depends on how much Jinnie’s tremendous variety sense is at work here. Ha.)

No.6: Hyesung (2 bottles of soju)

- Keeps on repeating things that he has already said
- Disappears after paying the bill
- More skinship

(Junjin rightfully points out that Hyesung only listed his ‘good’ habits, and the others quickly chime in to add that he has lots of bad habits too. Andy recounted a time during a meeting among the members, a tipsy Hyesung went up to him and asked if he’s feeling down, and asked him to join him for a drink later, just the two of them. And after that, Andy waited for Hyesung at a street stall while grilling lamb skewers for an hour, but Hyesung didn’t appear. People recognised him and fellow celebs who saw him asked, “You…came alone?” – i.e. ‘Don’t you have any friends to hang out with?’

HAHA aww Andy. Hyesung goes into a long explanation which can be summarized as: he lost his belongings at another place before meeting Andy. Okaaaay… If you say so.)

In any case, their livers must be screaming – this much alcohol can’t be good for anyone… Drink in moderation guys! >.<

[12.12.07] Shinhwa members’ drinking capacities revealed on next episode of Shinhwa Broadcast

Lee Minwoo barely makes it to No. 4 with a capacity of 3 bottles of soju

In the upcoming 9th December episode of Shinhwa Broadcast, dinner party expert Kim Shin Young imparts her secrets to becoming the popularity king at year-end parties.

During the recording, briefing specialist “Shin-Bri” Shin Hyesung reveals the drinking capacities and drinking habits of the Shinhwa members.

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While revealing the shocking drinking capacities of the members, Lee Minwoo – ranked No. 4 with 3 bottles of soju – disclosed his own drinking habit, “When I go to the noraebang, I sing my own songs.” Kim Dongwan added, “When Minwoo goes to the noraebang, he brings his own MR (music recording)”, much to the agreement of the other members who went on to spill more beans on Lee Minwoo’s noraebang behaviour.

Besides bringing around MRs meant for use on TV shows, in order to show off an even more cooler side of him as a Shinhwa member, Lee Minwoo uses yet another secret weapon to heighten the atmosphere in the noraebang. Find out what that secret weapon is. tune in to the upcoming episode of jTBCS’s Shinhwa Broadcast on 9th Dec at 7.35pm.

Credits: Newsen + Absolut Shinhwa

[12.11.30] @jTBC_SHINHWA: The members are still single because… + next ep preview pics

The members are still single because they’re picky about their ideal types?! Evaluated by the members as “can’t get married”, what is Dongwan’s ideal type~

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Getting touched up before filming, single guy Eric


Relaxing his fingers before the briefing, single guy Shin-Brief


Striking a strong ‘boss’ pose, single guy Andy


His variety sense always fully charged, and always cheerful, single guy Junjin


Although he’s living with his family now~
Single guy Minwoo who has experienced living by himself


Handphone, bag…..
Single guy Dongwan who seems to be able to meticulously take care of everything

An expert on living by oneself imparts the secrets of living and eating well despite living alone to the 6 single guys…!

This Sunday at 7.35pm (KST)
See you at Shinhwa Broadcast’s ‘Secret Extracurricular Lessons’ ^ㅁ^)/

Credits: Shinhwa Broadcast official website + Absolut Shinhwa

[12.11.12] Lee Minwoo joins fellow members Shin Hyesung & Kim Dongwan at Liveworks Company

I think many of us kinda saw it coming when Minwoo started to pop up on the Liveworks homepage^_^ Seeing how Liveworks has taken great care of Hyesung & Dongwan so far, I think Minwoo has made a good choice :) Maybe agency-less Jinnie may be next…^_^

Speaking of Jinnie, Korean news sites are reporting that he has split up with the Spica girl (a.k.a Park Joo Hyun) earlier this month. -_- I won’t be posting any articles on that because I don’t really want to spend time dwelling on this and there are bound to be polarized opinions on this anyway, but I think sites like enewsworld should be touching on it. Just hoping that Jinnie moves on quickly and that he’ll finally find Miss Right soon…

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Shinhwa member Lee Minwoo has joined his fellow groupmates Shin Hyesung and Kim Dongwan at Liveworks Company as he prepares to step up his solo activities.

Liveworks Company announced on 12th Nov that they have signed a management agency contract with Lee Minwoo for his solo activities. Fellow Shinhwa members Shin Hyesung and Kim Dongwan are also signed to Liveworks, which was set up in 2009.

Lee Minwoo is not signed exclusively under Liveworks (i.e. he is not a Liveworks artiste), but is instead entering into a management agency agreement with Liveworks. This partnership will see Liveworks managing all of Lee Minwoo’s albums and concerts within and outside of Korea. There are also plans to groom new talents together, with Lee Minwoo overseeing the producing work.

Through this management agency arrangement with Liveworks, Lee Minwoo will step up his individual activities as ‘M’.

Over the years Lee Minwoo has shown himself to be talented in various areas such as songwriting, dance choreography and album production, and fans are curious about how he will continue to capture the hearts of fans with this new contract arrangement in place.

Liveworks CEO Lee Jang Eon said, “Inclusive of Shin Hyesung and Kim Dongwan, we are now undertaking the management agency contracts for 3 Shinhwa members. We will work towards a more stable development of their individual activities, as well as Shinhwa’s overall activities.”

Lee Minwoo set up his own label ‘M Rizing Entertainment’ in 2007, and in addition to taking on the role of CEO, he has been active as an M Rizing artiste.

He is also the co-CEO of Shinhwa Company alongside fellow Shinhwa member Eric. The company was directly funded and set up by the Shinhwa members in 2011 to take care of all group activities.

Meanwhile, Lee Minwoo will be holding his solo concert titled ‘M 이민우 Christmas Live Concert ‘ORIGINAL” at Yonsei University on 23rd and 24th December.

Credits: Star News + Absolut Shinhwa

[12.08.28] Nichkhun to be edited out of Shinhwa vs 2PM ‘God of Victory’ duel

But doesn’t that also mean that the Shinhwa members playing against Nichkhun gets edited out too…? Oy. >.<

The producers of MBC’s ‘God of Victory’ have decided to edit out Nichkhun, who had been involved in a DUI accident, as much as possible from the upcoming episode to be aired on 2nd September.

The 3rd episode of MBC’s ‘God of Victory’ features Korea’s longest-running idol group Shinhwa and idol group 2PM, where the members compete in 10 rounds of matches.

‘God of Victory’ producer Kim Min-jong told Star News, “For the upcoming 2nd September episode, we will be editing out Nichkhun’s scenes as much as we can.”

He added, “We will edit out his scenes as far as we can without disrupting the flow of the programme.”

The first episode of ‘God of Victory’ was aired on 19 August, and the show features rivals from various fields of sports and showbiz pitting themselves against each other in 10 rounds of competitions. The show has adopted the format of Infinity Challenge’s highly popular ‘HaHa vs Hongchul’ special into a regular programme.

The first episode featured Kim Suro and Tak Jaehoon, where Kim Suro was declared the victor with a 6-4 victory over Tak Jaehoon.

The next episode features the battle of the idols, with original idols Shinhwa pitting themselves again beastly idols 2PM. The recording of this episode had already been completed in May.

However, as Nichkhun was involved in a DUI accident on 24 June, the producers have no choice but to edit out his scenes.

Meanwhile, even though ‘God of Victory’ is a spin-off from ‘Infinity Challenge’, the competitive spirit of the participants is keeping audiences entertained. All eyes are now on ‘God of Victory’ for the upcoming match-ups to be featured on the show.

Credits: Star News + Absolut Shinhwa

[12.08.24] Minwoo’s FB photo update: With Alan Tam

The legendary 4 Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong! Do you know who Alan Tam is~^^ This time round I met him as he was a fellow judge on China’s Asia Wave, and during the whole time the mood was great~ Really, even as he has aged he still has the best style and best manners!!^^ Even if it’s for a while, I want to go back to the memories of the Hong Kong noir film period^^