Kim Jong Kook's agency states he personally apologized to Yoon Eun Hye for recent headlines and pressure to appear on 'Running Man'

Singer Kim Jong Kook's agency has revealed that he has personally apologized to Yoon Eun Hye for recent headlines and pressure to appear on 'Running Man'.

It seems a few casual statements by the Turbo singer has brought unwanted attention to Yoon Eun Hye. Kim Jong Kook's agency stated on February 11, "He's very apologetic for unintentionally burdening her. Kim Jong Kook just brought it up thinking of the past, but he too is caught offguard by how big it blew up. He's not the type of person to make others uncomfortable. He's in America at the moment, but we heard that he personally apologized with a phone call."

Ever since Kim Jong Kook was asked whether he would pull off Yoon Eun Hye's nametag on 'Running Man', there's been a stream of headlines and media attention focused on getting the former 'X-Man' pair on the popular variety show. The 'Running Man' show also started a Twitter movement and the PD himself asked the actress to appear.  

What do you think of the reported apology? Do you think it was unnecessary to drag out the past or do you want to see Yoon Eun Hye and Kim Jong Kook on 'Running Man' together?

Chinese “Running Man” film earns 12.2 billion won on opening day

Recently, the Chinese version of popular SBS variety show Running Man has released its film, and was recorded to have earned 12.2 billion won ($11,095,046 USD) on opening day.

According to Chinese entertainment news portals, Hurry Up, Brother accounted for 35% of the earnings on its opening day on January 30th, equaling to 70 million yuan. The film is not aimed at a specific group, but is a movie that an audience of any age can enjoy, including small children, students, and adults.

The film Hurry Up, Brother features the regular cast member Angelababy, Li Chen (Jerry Li), Michael Chen, Ryan Cheng, Wang Baoqiang, and Wong Cho Lam (sans Deng Chao due to scheduling conflicts), as well as guest members Kim Jong Kook, Eleven, Lynn Hung, Sie Yi Lin, and Guo Jingfei. 

Source: TV Report

Retweet campaign to get Yoon Eun Hye on “Running Man” goes over 28,000

On February 5th, SBS began a social media campaign, urging Running Man lovers to retweet and use hashtags to urge actress Yoon Eun Hye to appear on the program, attracting thousands of fans to participate in just over two days. 

Via Twitter, SBS wrote on the 5th, “Summon #YoonEunHye on #RunningMan campaign! RT summon #YoonEunHye on #RunningMan campaign! RT 10,000 times to get Yoon Eun Hye on Running Man!”, and posted an edited video of several snippets of the show from over the past five years to show that the hot reaction from Kim Jong Kook whenever Yoon Eun Hye’s name is mentioned is still strong as ever. The video then asks, “Yoon Eun Hye, will you come on Running Man?”

In a recent appearance by Kim Jong Kook on Healing Camp, when asked the question if he wished to date Yoon Eun Hye, Kim Jong Kook’s reply of “I wish we had” garnered a hot response from viewers.

This retweet campaign has gained a hot response from fans, garnering over 28,000 retweets of the original post as of February 7th under SBS’ official account, @SBSNOW. A similar hashtag campaign was also started via the broadcast station’s Facebook account with the post gaining over 15,000 comments, 30,000 likes, and 3,000 shares.

The Kim Jong Kook and Yoon Eun Hye love line began over a decade ago via the then hit SBS variety show X-Man, and is one of the longest running television love lines in Korea. No matter the game, the two entertainers would always be paired up, showing their affection for one another in games such as “Of Course (“dangyunhaji”). Despite the cancellation of the variety show, the love line has carried on through other shows and has been mentioned several times on past variety show Family Outing and Running Man.

Source: My Daily

[VIDEO] Niel receives natural mud facemask on “Running Man”

TEEN TOP‘s upcoming solo artist Niel became one with mud at one of the game sessions on SBS variety show Running Man!

February 8th’s broadcast of Running Man invited special guests for their idol episode, including members who are promoting solo and in sub-units. The theme for this episode was named a “greed special” instead of an “idol special” since groups were asked to accumulate gold bars, as the guests were chosen as greedy individuals for variety shows.

One of the games was held at the mudflats, but after a round of games ended, Yoo Jae Suk pointed out that Niel’s face was too clean, even cleaner than girl group member Girl’s Day’s Sojin. Fellow teammates from the blue group, Kwang Soo and Ji Suk Jin, then gave a helping hand as Niel fell flat on his face towards the mud floor. He followed up with a perfect slapstick comedy, as he later fell backwards, creating a domino effect with Kwangsoo falling in as well. As a result, Niel gained a new nickname for himself, the “mud fairy.”

Other K-Pop idols who were also in the special idol episode include Girl’s Day’s Sojin, Super Junior’s Ryeowook, BEAST’s Dongwoon, INFINITE’s Dongwoo, 4minute’s Sohyun, Eric Nam, BTOB’s Minhyuk, and VIXX’s N.

Ryeowook also shared a team photo at a meal break on his personal Twitter, while everyone was seated in their respective teams.

Niel is scheduled to release his debut solo album oNIELy on February 16th, on the same day as f(x)’s Amber.

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Yoo Jae Suk reveals why he cannot succeed in cable TV industry on “Running Man”

Despite being internationally recognized as a successful MC, Yoo Jae Suk reveals why he cannot succeed in cable TV, drawing laughter on Running Man.

On the February 8th episode of Running Man, Kim Jong Kook noticed Super Junior Ryeowook’s traits of as an MC and curiously asked, “Why are there so many ‘Yoo Jae Suk’s in the cable television business?”

To this, the famed and one of the most loved MCs, Yoo Jae Suk, answered, “This is exactly why I cannot move into the cable industry. There are so many talented MCs out there, leaving no room for me,” causing a big laughter.

Ryeowook has been known by fans for hosting on cable TV and being a DJ for radio programs as part of his activities. While appearing on the popular variety programRunning Man, he showed that he was no amateur in the business by showing off his ability to fit in quick and managing to make the cast and guests laugh on multiple occasions.

Haha will make exclusive guest appearance in upcoming episode of SBS’ “Healing Camp”

According to several broadcasting officials on February 9th, entertainer and Running Manstar Haha will be making an exclusive guest appearance in an upcoming episode ofSBS’ Healing Camp.

Haha has already taken part in the recording recently, though the location was not disclosed.

The entertainer first made his debut as a rapper of the boy band Jikiri in 2001. Though the group soon disbanded, Haha continued his career as an artist, even venturing out into other areas of entertainment where he showed off his quick wit and sense of humor.

Since 2006, Haha has been a part of the popular variety show Infinite Challenge as a fixed member alongside Yoo Jae Suk, Jung Jun Ha, Park Myung Soo, and Jung Hyung Don. Currently, he is involved as a fixed cast member on the popular variety show Running Man as well since its inception in 2010, as well as KBS 2TV‘s Invisible Man and Mnet‘s cable show Ya Man TV.

Will Yoon Eun Hye respond to Running Man’s lovecalls?

Through Kim Jong Kook‘s recent appearance on Healing Camp, the singer revealed his desire to see Yoon Eun Hye, which had many fans hoping to see them together once again like the ol’ days of X-Man.

Countless number of retweets have occurred since SBS‘s official SNS campaign on February 5th, the tweet reading, “Let’s get #YoonEunHye on #Running Man. Retweet and make it happen!”

So far, there have been over thirty thousand retweets made by fans who are all hoping for her appearance on Running Man.

Originally, this event was started after Kim Jong Kook’s mention of Yoon Eun Hye and his hope to see her once again. There has been no real answer from Yoon Eun Hye’s side however, but this incident has become a hot issue among fans.

When asked about his relationship with Yoon Eun Hye in the show X-Man, he stated that, “During filming, I believed and acted as if she were my woman. It was how the scripts and situations were written. At the moment when ‘Of Course!’ became an issue with Lee Min Ki‘s involvement between Yoon Eun Hye and I, I had competed with Lee Min Ki since it was my duty according to the script. I also thank Yoon Eun Hye for leaving such great memories from the show.” Kim Jong Kook continued in the video message, “I’m very healthy and well built. Please come fast and marry me.”

It has brought much attention as to whether or not Yoon Eun Hye will answer to the fans’ call to appear on Running Man, in which Kim Jong Kook appears as part of the regular cast, but as much as this is becoming an issue, her actions are still to be watched.