[Interview] Summary of 110123 – Seungyeon & Jiyoung’s Fathers talking about KARA on MBC Section TV

2011.01.19

Q: When will all the members officially come back?
Manager (from DSP): I am not really sure.


001 - KARA’s Dorm
Reporters checked KARA’s mail box and saw letter sent to Hara laying inside, unopened.
They even rang the doorbell of KARA’s dorm but nobody answered.

They then asked the neighbors.
A: The members have already moved their stuffs to their houses.
Q: Did you really see the scene of them moving?
A: Even Park Gyuri’s father was here with her, it seems like they have moved out completely.

Department manager: They have moved out couple days ago. I asked the moving helpers and they said that the members have moved back to their own houses.


002 - Restaurant of Nicole’s mother – aura the GRILL

Q: Is Nicole’s mother here?
A1: No, but she was here yesterday.
A2: We do not know anything about the issue. Please come back later because the owner is not here right now.



2011.01.20

001 – Reporters came to the sword making workshop run by Seungyeon’s father.

Ham’s Appa: I am not entirely sure about everything. However, I will still meet up with Jiyoungie’s appa to figure It out

Q: Have Han Seungyeon ever mentioned about her getting tired (or things that she is tired of)?
A: She only mentioned about still receiving helps from the management company. Of course, who doesn’t have dissatisfactions? It is impossible for one to live with 100% satisfactions. That’s just what we call life.

Q: How do you think about the disbandment of the group?
A: It has to consist all 5 members to be KARA. It will no longer be KARA with one missing. Having the members to work independently/separately is also an impossible thing. The kids must work together as KARA…

Q: How is Seungyeon doing now?
A: I talked to her on the phone yesterday, and she was crying a lot. News and articles kept being posted on the internet so that she seemed to be panic/shocked.


002- Reporter called DSP and received some answers (already featured in previous news)



2011.01.21

001 – Press conference, representative of HamColeJing gave 3 statements/conditions to DSP (have already posted in Karaholic Newsbox)

002 – News about Mr. J, who is thought to be the one standing behind KARA

003 – Interview through the phone with Jiyoung’s father

Q: When/What the contract issues emerge from?
A: When the parents gathered together and the kids told us many things.

Q: Who is Mr. J, who is thought to be the person standing behind KARA?
A: I could reveal his name, but that’s a person that we have known for a long time, he is a friend of Nicole’s mother. He works for an entertainment company so we came to him just to ask for suggestions, but the media made a big deal out of it.

Q: Is there a possibility for the members to reunite?
A: Of course, we must do that for the kids. But we are still not clear how. We will negotiate with DSP and both sides would make concessions little by little through discussion.

Q: What is the current situation of the KARA members?
A: There are many articles mentioning about the problems among the kids, but it’s definitely not the case. The KARA kids have worked really hard to get to their Hallyu Idol position today, how could they make everything vanish just like soap bubbles at this moment? They are really determining and always saying that “We cannot separate from each other no matter what”


Source: translated directly from the MBC Section TV, which can be found in Mediabox
Translated by Yoo + hasomy @karaholic