[Vid] 18.11.24. "Premium Korea Hallyu Lab" Interview with Nicole @ K-Girls Fes

[Photo] 18.11.11. Nicole with Tomo @ K-Girls Fes

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Tomo used to be in a boy group that was under DSP called A'Star, they disbanded but he and members of that group trained with Nicole (Gyuri & SeungYeon).

[News] Nicole to be on MBC's New Year Special of Tutoring across Generations

Nicole will be on a New Year's special episode of the show 이하 띠과외. The theme for the show is people born in the year of the Sheep (Goat). They will be going to a temple stay. Other participates include Rainbow's Hyunyoung, Alex, and Horan.

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Nicole and Hyunyoung were very friendly and it was an harmonious atmosphere.

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The show airs 1.02 & 1.09 @ 10:00PM on MBC.

Nicole and Rainbow’s Hyunyoung to Ring in the New Year With “Tutoring across Generations”

Nicole and Rainbow’s Hyunyoung will appear on the January 2 broadcast of MBC‘s “Tutoring across Generations.”

Both born in 1991, the zodiac year of sheep, Nicole and Hyunyoung will ring in 2015 (which also happens to be the year of the sheep) with “Tutoring Across Generations” on its New Year’s special episode.

Nicole used to be label mates with Hyunyoung at DSP Media before she left KARA and signed with B2M Entertainment. Despite being the same age, Nicole is Hyunyoung’s sunbae, having debuted before Hyunyoung through the same agency. Viewers are looking forward to the sunbae-hoobae reunion on the upcoming episode of “Tutoring across Generations.”

“Tutoring Across Generations” is a variety show where stars sharing the same zodiac sign (usually meaning they are twelve years apart in age) are paired together in tutor-student relationships. On the show, stars attempt to close the generation gap between themselves and their partners.

The show airs every Friday on MBC at 10 p.m., KST.

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[News] DSP Entertainment Says Kara’s Nicole is Undecided on Future Plans

DSP Entertainment, Kara’s agency, released an official statement on Kara’s Nicole’s study abroad plans.

The agency said on November 20, “We haven’t spoken with Nicole in terms of her study abroad plans yet, but she will continue to work as a member of Kara until the end of January of 2014.”

“Nicole’s contract with DSP ends in January of 2014 and she will decide what to do after the contract is over,” said the agency.

A Japanese newspaper Sankei Sports had reported earlier on November 20 that Nicole is planning to go study abroad in America to further train herself as a solo artist. The article said that Nicole has always wanted to be a soloist and she has decided on this in order to fulfill her dreams.

Kara is currently performing at Kara Second Japan Tour Karasia and will be participating in DSP’s family concert DSP Festival on December 14.

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[News] Update on Nicole's Future Plans

News articles in Japan came out about Nicole.

A official close to Nicole said she plans to go to LA in February to train in dancing IF DSP decides Nicole is not able to stay in KARA.

The close official also said Nicole's 22 years old and has dreams of being a solo artist, she wants to fulfill her dream.

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I think Nicole would go to train regardless of the decision, she mentioned her tweet about wanting to grow her skills so...



From Allkpop:

KARA's Nicole rumored to leave for the U.S. if an agreement can't be reached with DSP Media

A source close to Nicole is reported to have said, "Nicole is planning to go to the U.S. in February after her contract expires in mid January. Nicole is a U.S. citizen and was born in LA, and she's planning to further expand her dancing and singing skills at LA, the center of entertainment and world's top stars. It is Nicole's dream to be active as a solo artist. As she is now 22 years of age, it seems she has made this decision to achieve her dreams."

In addition, 'Sankei Sports' suggests that the reason for the conflict between DSP Media and Nicole stems from the issue of pursuing activities as a solo artist. They said, "Nicole has wanted both group and solo activities from the start of KARA. However, DSP Media does not recognize solo activities as an artist. Because of this, there was a difference of opinion. It seems this was one of the reasons for when she asked for her contract to be terminated back in 2011."

Regarding this report about Nicole's intention to leave for the U.S. in February, a DSP Media rep commented, "We are currently looking into the situation. The KARA members are currently on their tour in Japan. We haven't heard any details, so we will reveal our official statement after we confirm with Nicole."

  http://www.allkpop.com/article/2013/11/karas-nicole-rumored-to-leave-for-the-us-if-an-agreement-cant-be-reached-with-dsp-media#ixzz2l9OUVicH

From Soompi:

  

Japanese Media Report that Kara’s Nicole Will Go to the States in February 

Sankei Sports News reported that Nicole is currently considering to study in the U.S. in February. They reported that a representative of Nicole confirmed that the singer will not be renewing her contract when it ends in January, and will leave the group when it wraps up their Japanese concert tour. According to the representative, Nicole will go back to L.A. to train and study singing and dancing under top American artists. She hopes to come back to the Korea as a stronger solo singer.

http://www.soompi.com/2013/11/19/japanese-media-report-that-karas-nicole-will-go-to-the-states-in-february/#.UowkmCc6Ygo 

From Koreaboo:

Nicole to return to the U.S. after her contract with DSP expires?

More news about Nicole’s departure from KARA and DSP Media resurfaces.

On November 20th, Korean news outlets reported that Nicole is considering leaving for Los Angeles, once her contract with the agency officially expires. According to Sankei Sports, a news agency in Japan, Nicole is considering flying to the United States to retrain and study, the moment her contract with DSP Media expires on January 2014.

It was further stated that Nicole’s possible withdrawal from the agency is caused by their different opinions on her growth as a solo artist, after previously mentioning that she wishes to be a solo artist, whilst being active in the group.

No other confirmation about this report has been released. DSP Media has not yet commented on this matter.

http://www.koreaboo.com/index.html/_/general/nicole-to-return-to-the-us-after-her-contract-r21366

 I wouldn't be so set on this because Nicole hasn't said anything herself.

So, what do you guys think?

[Info/News] DSP responds after Nicole's Twitter Explanation

[2013.10.07] DSP Media's representative said "For now the company is only able to talk about Nicole's refusal to renew the contract. We haven't consider yet the possibility of Nicole continuing doing activities as KARA with other members without renewing the contract."

Translated by yooniqda_

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[Info/Update] DSP Clarifies About Nicole's Contract

 

KBS Entertainment Broadcast

Interview with DSP.

"For Nicole, she has not shown us ANY response regarding the contract renewal. So, we are assuming her contract will expire in January." 

[News/Info] Nicole's Contract with DSP will expire in January, No renewal

DSP says Nicole didn't renew her contract and her contract will expire in January as scheduled.

Gyuri, SeungYeon, and Hara renewed their contracts for 2 more years. Jing still has time to consider, her contract expires in April.


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Cole..

[Info] KARA Contract Update

Kara will probably make a comeback late August, with month long promotional activities.

Renegotiation of contract with DSP will be sometime in September. Contract with UMJ ends December so renegotiation will be early November.

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[News] Will KARA renew their contract with DSP Media?

After a report surfaced today suggesting that the members of KARA are thinking about whether they want to leave or stay with DSP Media, the agency has responded to say it is still too early to talk contracts.

DSP Media stated, "It is still too early to negotiate on renewing contracts. Although the members have differences in the amount of time they have left, the fastest one to expire is still 6 months away, so it's not at a stage where anything is being decided on."
"The members could have discussed renewing their contracts among themselves, but there hasn't been any specific talk between the agency and the members about the contract yet."

The agency also mentioned that as of right now, the girls are only focused on their upcoming activities, one of which is their Japanese tour kicking off at Yokohama on October 8.

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[Info/News] KARA's Contract with DSP ends in January

- Gyuri, SeungYeon, Hara, and Nicole's contract with DSP ends in January.
- JiYoung's contract with DSP ends in April.
- KARA's contract with UMJ ends in December.
- DSP says its too early to discuss about a new contract.
- KARA members have met recently with each other to talk but don't have anything specific they want to discuss with DSP yet.
- KARA are taking it step by step and  the possibilities are open for discussions.
- KARA has said in the past that Whatever happens in the future they want to keep the same members together as KARA.
- Official at DSP said KARA will release a new single in July in Japan and that KARA are preparing for a new single in Korea to be released in late August/early September. In October, KARA will have a Japan arena tour, so talk about the end of the contracts will probably happen at the end of the year (src).

* Got the info from various news outlets and far too lazy to post each one XD