TVXQ to go on vacation starting New Year’s Day

After leading a busy and fruitful year traveling to countries all over the world, TVXQ will be going on vacation starting January 1st.

On December 30th, SM Entertainment revealed that TVXQ was awarded with a few days’ break ahead of their Japanese arena tour, which begins mid-January.

TVXQ has been constantly traveling back and forth between Korea and Japan all month. On the 29th, they were awarded the ‘Special Award’ at the ‘2011 MBC Entertainment Award‘ before performing as the ending stage at the ‘2011 SBS Gayo Daejun‘. On the 30th, they’ll be heading over to Japan for theTBS ‘Japan Record Awards‘, while on the 31st, they have a pre-recording with the ‘2011 MBC Gayo Daejaejun‘ in addition to NHK’s ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen‘.

As soon as they complete their Japanese schedules, they’ll be returning to Korea and enjoy their few days of break starting with the New Year.

Their Japanese arena tour will go through nine cities, including Tokyo.

Source + Photos: OSEN via Naver

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2NE1, TVXQ, and KARA perform at 53rd Japan Record Awards

On December 30th, the Japanese music industry held one of its most prestigious events of the year, the ‘53rd Japan Record Awards‘, an event honoring the best and brightest of 2011.

The award show aired through Japan’s TBS and some of Korea’s brightest were also in attendance as2NE1, KARA, and TVXQ put on wonderful performances for everyone. 2NE1 performed ‘Go Away‘, TVXQ performed ‘Why? Keep Your Head Down‘, and KARA performed ‘Go Go Summer‘.

Additionally, 2NE1 were also rewarded with a rookie award.

Check out the performances below!

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Image: Star News via Nate

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JYJ’s Jaejoong donates $50,000 USD to his elementary and junior high schools

It’s been revealed that JYJ‘s Jaejoong has donated $50,000 USD to his elementary and junior high schools.

To celebrate the year’s end, Jaejoong donated $20,000 to Gongju Elementary, as well as $30,000 to Gongju Junior High School. The elementary school will be using the donation to upgrade their PCs, library, and drinking fountains, while the junior high school will be using it for scholarships, funding their reading program, and supplying their special advanced placement classes. Both schools will also be supplementing their baseball and swim teams.

Jaejoong stated, “To repay all of the love I’ve received all year, I realized that I wanted to go back and help my juniors where I was born and grew up. It would’ve been great if I could’ve met my teachers and juniors but I didn’t have the opportunity to. Should the chance arise, I’d love to visit someday. I hope that my juniors will be able to study in a better school environment after their winter break.”

Jaejoong also sent out his autographs and handwritten letters along with the donation to share with his juniors.

The registrar chief of Gongju Junior High expressed, “We’re grateful that Kim Jaejoong still thinks of his juniors even after graduating from the school. His juniors could not contain their excitement upon hearing about his donation. We’re extremely proud that a student from our school has become an amazing Hallyu star now and still has time to give donations. Like how Jaejoong used his talents to bloom and success, we hope that our juniors will become a talent to our country. Thank you for providing us with something special over the break.”

Source + Photos: TV Report via Naver

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TVXQ celebrates their 8th anniversary

It’s been eight long years since the ‘Gods of the East’ made their official debut, and today, Yunho andChangmin of TVXQ thanked their fans for their enormously successful career.

In a video posted to SM Entertainment‘s YouTube channel, U-Know and Max greeted Cassiopeians worldwide and showed their gratitude for supporting them through nearly a decade of music. “Hello everyone, did you all have a good Christmas?” Yunho started. “The day right after Christmas, even though it’s a little embarrassing to say so ourselves, is our eighth anniversary,” he said.

“Thank you to all the fans who showed us unending love and interest for eight years,” Changmin added.

“In the future, we will also work even harder,” the duo promised. “We hope that you will grace us with even more interest.”

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