Friday, February 7, 2014

[Twitter] 2PM Chansung and Junho show support for Korean Athletes in Winter Olympics.

2PM group official twitter updated with a message from Chansung and Junho that says "Sochi 2014 Olympic winter games! 2PM cheers for the Korean national team!"

Source: 2pm twitter

[News] 2PM’s Chansung victim of identity disclosure

2PM’s Chansung has been a victim of identity disclosure, in which his personal, work and home number have been revealed, as well as social security number and home address were all disclosed.

According to the Korea Credit Bureau, over one billion customers at Lotte Card, KB Bank and Nonghyup Bank have had their identities disclosed.

Chansung expressed his bewilderment on his personal Twitter and stated that he didn’t know what to believe.

Luckily, all the hacked banking companies formally apologized on the 17th and have promised to take full responsibility and compensate all expenses lost during the hacking.

Hopefully, Chansung hasn’t lost much and will be able to protect his privacy.

Source: TV Report via Koreaboo

[News] 2PM Nichkhun picked as international model of YONEX KOREA

YONEX Korea, the world’s #1 badminton brand, has picked Nichkhun of 2PM as their new international model. He is the first celebrity model the brand has ever casted.

As Nichkhun is well-known for his badminton skills as he trained to be a player in his youth, he is the perfect fit.

Many badminton fans are also familiar with him because of his friendship match with Beijing Olympic’s gold-medalist Lee Yongdae in 2010.

It was revealed that his soft yet sophisticated manly image plus outstanding badminton skills were the reasons he was picked as the next YONEX KOREA model.

Source: Badminton Daily via Koreaboo