[Magazine Translation] KyuJong & YoungSaeng @ East Touch

Thanks XiaoChu for the english translation.

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SS501 - 3 = ?

I have a friend taking Korean language lesson, and she said that her class is an all-female class, everyone took up the class because of Korean drama, and most of them are SS501 fans. 5 members of SS501 have each signed with different agencies for their own solo career. Earlier on, 2 members - Kim KyuJong and Heo YoungSaeng, came to HongKong for fan meeting, even though they are 5 - 3 members, instead of saying that their attractiveness was being divided up, we could see it that it made SS501 become 5 times more popular. Because there are still many fans who turned up for the fan meeting, and cheered as much for them as before. This figures, are very difficult to count.

3 missing from 5

KyuJong and YoungSaeng started their Asia Tour fan meeting not long ago, after finishing their Seoul and Thailand ones, their 3rd stop is HongKong. On the day of their arrival, there were over 100 fans at the airport to welcome them, and we came to know that there were also Korean and HongKonger fans who specially flew on the same flight with them to HongKong. KyuJong and YoungSaeng both expressed that they were extremely happy to see so many fans at the airport. “We practiced very hard for this fan meeting, hope everyone can watch it!" Previously they had been performing as 5 members, now that there are only 2 of them, naturally each of their portions became more, so are they used to it? KyuJong said frankly that he didn’t think much about it, because the efforts that they have put in were the same. On the other hand, YoungSaeng said that he was a little worried. “Actually, I am more nervous because I have to remember more lines of lyrics! I’m more stressed than before, but feel happy at the same time because fans can see us more, and furthermore life is very interesting now." Looking at YoungSaeng at the fan meeting, indeed he is a little shy initially, but slowly he became very natural, so we believe that what he said is true.

New Journey

Since their solo career is determined, naturally they must have set some targets for themselves in the new stage of their career. In 2011, what YoungSaeng hopes most is for everyone to remember him, besides his solo album which is going to be released in February, he is also interested in acting in dramas. Will he have a chance to act opposite Kim HyunJoong someday? As for KyuJong, he said that he was really busy previously, so if he has time this year, he wanted most to improve on his acting. We think that both of them have intentions of both singing and acting.

KyuJong and YoungSaeng have already gained many fans across Asia, if they were to expand their circle of fans, which other places will they choose? YoungSaeng hopes to go out of Asia, so he chose Paris. And KyuJong thought of Canada and a more special country - Turkey! He said it is because he heard that the scenery is very beautiful there, so he can perform and travel (leisure) at the same time.

After long period of division, will definitely come back together

Rumours of SS501 disbandment have been flying around, although KyuJong and YoungSaeng belongs to a different agency as the other 3 members, each of them are busy with their own stuffs, but they have been frequently leaving messages to each other through twitter. Among the messages is them asking each other to come out for dinner, they do not frequently meet up as it is not easy to accommodate to their working schedules. During the Hong Kong fan meeting, KyuJong and YoungSaeng said during the closing message “Members of SS501 will reunite together after getting achievements in our solo career, isn’t this better?" making the thousands of fans feel touched. Before the 5 of them get back together, fans must continue to support KyuJong and YoungSaeng to achieve their dreams.

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This fan meeting was held in Asia Expo, more than thousands of fans had participated in this. During the opening, KyuJong and YoungSaeng sang Korean Drama "Boys over Flowers" theme song "Because I am stupid", fans immediately scream.

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YoungSaeng who loved selca were requested to demonstrate his selca pose, in the beginning he was quite embarrassed, after that he began teaching everybody 3 big methods: Opened up eyes bigger, cover part of face and have confidence!

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Hong Kong's Kim HyunJoong fanclub also send flower basket to support.

[Red caption] At Fanmeeting venue

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During the talking time, YoungSaeng selected a question asking what is KyuJong's bad habit, however YoungSaeng had been thinking very long and couldn't answer, seem like KyuJong is not only handsome but also has not bad character!