[News] ZE:A’s Im Siwan Once Ranked Number One Academically in School

[News] ZE:A’s Im Siwan Once Ranked Number One Academically in School

Recently, group ZE:A’s member Im Siwan revealed his academic achievements during his school years.
On the episode of KBS’s “1 Vs. 100,” which was aired on August 13, Im Siwan appeared to make his attempt to win the prize.

When MC Han Suk Joon asked what kind of student he was, Im Siwan answered, “From elementary school to high school years, I was class president. I also achieved number one rank academically, and was the school vice president in middle and high schools.”

Im Siwan also added, “I believed that once I get into university, I wouldn’t have to study at all. So I decided to study as hard as I can before college. Then one day, I was picked by an agency when they saw me at a music audition.”

[News] ZE:A’s Siwan Locks His Room at Night and Changed His Phone Because of Kwanghee?

[News] ZE:A’s Siwan Locks His Room at Night and Changed His Phone Because of Kwanghee?

On the most recent episode of the KBS talk show, “Hello,” ZE:A’s Siwan revealed some funny stories about the nuisances of Kwanghee!

Kwanghee admitted that he always asked the ZE:A members, especially Siwan, how he looked. Siwan shared that Kwanghee once came into his room at 5AM and asked him which of the three white shirts looked better on him.

Siwan said, “To me, they all looked the same. They were all just white shirts.” Afterwards, Siwan admitted that he started to lock his door, which made everyone laugh.

Siwan also revealed, “Kwanghee would also video call me so much that I changed my phone to one that doesn’t have video calling.” But to that, Kwanghee shot back, “I can just video call your manager then!”
Kwanghee also shared, “Once, I wore a shirt that Siwan picked for me to the airport but I got picked as the worst dressed by fans. That day, I harrassed Siwan a lot.”

Meanwhile, Kwanghee confessed that he used to cry because of the other ZE:A members’ naturally good-looks.

[News] ZE:A Kwanghee and Siwan's Parody of 2NE1 Bom and Dara

[News] ZE:A Kwanghee and Siwan's Parody of 2NE1 Bom and Dara

ZE:A members Kwanghee and Siwan created a parody of Bom and Dara of 2NE1.

July 31, Kwanghee updated his personal Twitter page with the words, "Twin-Park come at us! We are KwangPark! SiPark sounded a bit awkward so we decided on KwangPark! The air conditioner stopped working while we were taking this photo so we almost died." Kwanghee's post included a photo of himself and Siwan.

In Kwanghee's photo, they have various different types of delivery Chinese food on the table. Kwanghee and Siwan are even making the same poses as Dara and Bom.

People in the online community responded with comments like, "Kwanghee is seriously so funny" and "Siwan copying Dara is so funny."

Previously, 2NE1 members Dara and Bom had revealed a photo of themselves watching an episode of the SBS "Running Man".

[News] Kwanghee and Siwan 2NE1 parody "Double Park"

[News] Kwanghee and Siwan 2NE1 parody "Double Park"

Kwanghee  and  Siwan  just imitate  Bom  and  Dara  in " Double Park " 

The guy just made ​​the scene of the girls (no couch), even posing identically dressed and tried akin to shooting image. They post photos to Facebook with the caption:  "Kwanghee & Siwan" Kwangbak "clones Sandara Park and Park Bom (2NE1)" Ssangbak "(Double Park) perfectly! Funny that is not it ^ ^? |

And of course, the photos make viewers curious - why Siwan owns adorable pink bunny pants like that?

[News] ZE:A’s Siwan to join BoA in KBS drama ‘Expect Dating’

[News] ZE:A’s Siwan to join BoA in KBS drama ‘Expect Dating’

ZE:A’s Siwan has been confirmed to join the cast of the upcoming KBS drama, ‘Expect Dating’.

On July 30, Star Empire announced that Siwan has been cast for a role in the 2-episode pilot drama ‘Expect Dating’ alongside BoA and Choi Daniel.

In the drama, Siwan will appear as Jung Jin Guk, a good-looking guy and has a lot of charms but is a rookie in love and dating. This marks his comeback to the small screen in nearly a year after KBS 2TV’s ‘Man From the Equator’ and MBC’s ‘Standby’.

[News] Which idol stars were voted best looking by plastic surgeons?

[News] Which idol stars were voted best looking by plastic surgeons?

In a recent episode of MBC Every1’s ‘Star Photo n Talk’ featured the list for the 30 best looking idol stars. Among countless idols, 2PM’s Nichkhun came out on top according to the show's ranking.

A great number of plastic surgeons, TV show staffs, personology specialists, and viewers participated in the poll. Nichkhun was voted as the best looking idol star, defeating ZE:A’s Siwan in a close fight of 0.16 points.

Kim Hyung Joong came in 3rd followed by Super Junior’s SiWon, SHINee’s Minho, Girls’ Generation’s YoonA and miss A’s Suzy.

Do you agree with the ranking?

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[News] ZE:A Siwan-B1A4 Baro To Star In Short Film, 'The Unborn'

K-Pop stars Siwan of ZE:A and B1A4's Baro are confirmed as cast members of an upcoming short film project.

On Tuesday the stars' agencies released word that Siwan and Baro will be taking part in the filming of Mi Sang (translated as The Unborn), a short film based on a popular web cartoon of the same name.

Rumors have suggested that ballad group 2AM's Changmin is also tied to the film project, although according to his agency, Big Hit Entertainment, the decision has yet to be made final.

The Unborn is about a man who has aspirations of becoming a professional baduk (Korean chess) player. When he is unsuccessful he joins the masses of salaried office employees and joins a company.

The web cartoon was started in January 2012 and is still going strong due to its relatable content and accurate depiction of company life.

The film will serve as a prequel to the cartoon and follows the stories of six characters from the comic. It will be released in separate parts over the course of six weeks beginning May 24.

This is not the first time the cartoon's creator, Yoon Tae Ho, has had one of his comics adapted for the screen, Algae was also made into a film.

Siwan first gained attention for his acting during the popular historical drama The Moon Embracing the Sun. In addition to his acting experience, Baro is no stranger to web comics. His group B1A4 was made their debut and were introduced to the world through a webtoon.

Filming for The Unborn began on May 7.

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[News] ZE:A5 unveils teaser for “The Day We Broke Up”!

ZE:A5 is the project group or sub-unit group of South Korean boygroup, ZE:A who is under Star Empire Entertainment. ZE:A5 is composed of five members namely Kevin, Siwan, Minwoo, Hyungsik and Dongjun. The quintet first debuted in Japan through the release of a mini album titled, “The Classic”, earlier this year and promoted it through small concerts and fanmeetings. It was revealed that there were no plans to debut them in the Korean market but due to overwhelming requests from their local fans, the company decided to debut them in Korea as well.

The album titled, “Voulez-vous” will be released on March 25th both online and offline. Check out the track list below!

01. Missing You [INTRO]
02. The Day We Broke Up (헤어지던 날)
03. Fiancée (피앙세)
04. Beautiful Girl (아리따운 걸)
05. Mistake
06. Change Up
07. The Day We Broke Up (헤어지던 날) (Instrumental)
08. Beautiful Girl (아리따운 걸) (Instrumental)

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[News] ZE:A’s quintet unit group ZE:A-5 will issue its first EP on March 25

ZE:A-Five, which focuses on vocals, is about to make its first appearance. The members of the quintet are Siwan, Kim Dong Jun, Ha Min Woo, Park Hyeong Shick, and Kebin. Star Empire Entertainment, ZE:A’s agency, has revealed the unit group’s schedule of official activities and a track list of the new EP titled Voulez-vous, which is to be released on the 25th of March. The online edition of the EP contains five songs: the title track, “The Day of Breaking Up,” “Beautiful Lady,” “Fiancé,” and “Mistake,” but offline an edition containing one extra song, “Change Up,” will be issued.

Star Empire reported that ZE:A-Five’s will be softer an more emotional than those of ZE:A’s previous powerful performances. Recently, each member of ZE:A has been doing individual gigs: Park Hyeong Shick has appeared on tvN’s “Nine” and Siwan played lead in the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.


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