Lee Soo Man & SM artists attend Hallyu lecture at Stanford University

On March 27th, SM Entertainment’s Lee Soo Man gave a lecture for 32 special students attending Stanford University’s business school.
As a part of the “Korea Global Study Trip 2001” program, Lee Soo Man lectured on the theory of CT (Culture Technology), while elaborating on with the aspects of SM’s successful globalization and business management strategies, which allowed them to become the leaders of the Hallyu wave today.
He focused especially on the topic of success, emphasizing the importance of passion and pursuing what one truly enjoys. With his witty humor and useful advice, Lee Soo Man was said to have captured the attention of every student in the room from start to finish.
Labelmates KangTa, Zhang Liyin, SNSD, SHINee, and f(x) also attended the event.

After the lecture, Joseph (28), commented, “It was a very passionate lecture that put me in awe with Lee Soo Man’s abilities as a producer to advance SM. There are a lot of students at Stanford interested in the entertainment industry, so the lecture was a great opportunity.”
Lee Soo Man has experience lecturing for three consecutive years for Harvard University, MIT, and Cornell University’s MBA students. The producer is still receiving unending appearance requests from some of the top colleges in the nation, and was even invited to the “2010 Harvard Asia Business Conference” as a representative of Asia’s entertainment industry.


Source: Star News via Nate

Key's Message from JP Mobile Site

Key: " Hello everyone it's Key! It's my turn finally~ recently have been focusing on studying Japanese, very excited ^^ Challenging on something new makes me happy~ When Japanese fans use Korean to talk (with us), it's always amazing~ I will also keep improving so that I won't lose to everyone ^^; The weather keeps fluctuating so it is easy to catch a cold so everyone, be careful not to catch a cold~ bye bye. "


Source : shiningshineeworld

SHINee's Taemin rescues a cat from danger

A fan account titled, "Meeting angel Taemin at a street corner," has recently surfaced on the internet.

According to the account, Taemin and Minho were spotted near Taemin’s school. Dressed in their school uniforms, they were at a street corner waiting for the traffic light to change.

A stray cat suddenly ran across the road even though there were many cars. Taemin cried, "Oh no!" and dashed across the street to pick the cat up.

While it's not clear if the cat was injured or not, he brought the animal back to the pedestrian crossing. Taemin continued to look back at the cat until both were out of sight of each other.

The touching story has gained a lot of attention from both fans and netizens. Comments include, "Taemin truly is an angel!" and "What a lucky cat~~"

What do you think of Taemin's act of kindness?

Sources: withtaemin and smtownjjang

SHINee's Key receives praise for good father skills

It seems like the members of SHINee are bursting with good deeds! While we recently covered a fan account of Taemin rescuing a cat, a blog post about Key taking care of a Korean mother's child has also gained a lot of attention.

On the road to Daegu to see her mother, the Korean blogger (a mother herself but not a Shawol) saw SHINee's Key sitting in the same row as her family. In the middle of the trip, her son went to the idol's side and continuously pestered him. Instead of getting annoyed at the child, Key gave him cookies and played with him.

She commented, "He really is a well-behaved youth!" Because of Key, her trip to Daegu was very relaxing. Even after the train had reached Daegu, Key held onto her son's hand until he had helped him down the train exit.

The blogger continued to praise the idol, "I believe that Key will definitely be a good father after marriage. ^^"

Do you agree?

Source: Baidu and smtownjjang

MBC Music Core performances for March 11th

For tonight's Music Core, G.NA returns to the stage with her second title song and her ballad "I Miss You Already" from her first full album "Black & White." IU also makes her goodbye stage with "The Story Only I Didn't Know," but will still be seen weekly as the new SBS Inkigayo.

Sori shows off her vocals with her mid-tempo ballad "Dancing Heart," which features Crispi Crunch who are rapping in the place of Supreme Team. 5dolls returns with "It's You" after having a full week of special stages with their seniors and label mates T-ara. For the first time, the girls wore shorts for their performance.

Kahi and Song Jieun, both the current members of their individual groups promoting solo, show off their strong presence on stage with "Come Back You Bad Person" and "Going Crazy" respectively.

Big Bang makes their third comeback stage on Music Core with "Tonight" after performing on M! Countdown and Music Bank. K.Will also returned with his latest mini-album releasing earlier this week with two songs "My Heart Is Beating" and "Speechless." Tonight SS501's maknae Kim Hyungjoon made his debut on Music Core and performed his title song "oH! aH!".

Did you enjoy tonight's comeback stages? Which performance did you enjoy the most tonight?

Source: shu101224 and viamontanteful

SHINee's Taemin is not leaving school because of attendance issues

Amidst recent reports that SHINee's Taemin is leaving Chungdam High School due to problems fulfilling its attendance criteria, a spokesperson from the school has come forward to deny this, saying, "It is not true that his attendance is substandard."

On the 2nd of March, through a phone call with EdailySPN, the spokesperson stated, "Although it has become generally known that Taemin is leaving school due to attendance problems, this is in fact different from the truth. If he had indeed failed to meet attendance expectations, he would of course have be dismissed from school. In this case though, he is leaving of his own accord."

Prior to this, Taemin was caught up in a controversy when the subject of his leaving school was reported by the media.

Currently in his third year, Taemin is transferring to an arts school in order to better accommodate his promotion schedule with idol group SHINee.

Source: EdailySPN

SHINee's Taemin Withdraws From School

It has been disclosed that SHINee's Taemin withdrew from his high school this past February due to lack of attendance. An SM Entertainment representative stated, "In order for Taemin to be able to balance his activities as an idol as well a student, Taemin has decided to withdraw and transfer to an art school with more lenient policies."

It is no rarity for idols to sacrifice their studies for their jobs. Both Daesung and Seungri of Big Bang withdrew from their schools even before their debut to focus on their training. After that news reached the public, YG Entertainment had said, "It is very hard to fulfill the duties as both an idol and a student. Because Daesung and Seungri knew that they would be unable to excel in both areas, they chose to withdraw and focus on their music activities." After their debut, both Daesung and Seungri took qualification exams, and enrolled into KyungHee University.

Some other idols who sacrificed their education include Sunmi and Sohee of Wonder Girls, Kim Hyun Joong of SS501, and BoA.

Sources :  NTN and ENS.