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Kim Hyun-joong of the boy band SS501, who was diagnosed with swine flu in Japan and was hospitalized in Tokyo, was discharged from the hospital on September 15, said his agency, DSP Media. It added that Kim would return to Korea on September 16 and would continue treatment at a local hospital. The agency said SS501's new album activities will be determined according to Kim's recovery.

Kim visited Japan early this month to promote the TV drama "Boys Over Flowers" after SS501 finished its promotion activities in Malaysia. He developed a fever and was diagnozed with the H1N1 virus on September 8.

Source: KBS Global

Actress Park Shin Hye collaborated with two of the hottest stars from Boys over Flowers Lee Min Ho and Kim Hyun Joong for CFs.

On the set interview of the CF, this is what she had to say about Lee Min Ho & Kim Hyun Joong: "It's easy to see that they have two completely different personalities. Lee Min Ho is really goofy and jokes around while on the other hand, Huyn Joong is quiet, doesn't talk much and is more mature."

This is the first time that Park Shin Hye and Kim Hyun Joong are collaborating together and it's awkward for them,especially the kiss scenes.

At the peak of his popularity, SS501 'Flower Boy' Kim HyunJoong (photo) reveals the gift that he had announced previously.

Kim HyunJoong left a message 'This is the gift that I've mentioned' at his official homepage and also uploaded a video with the messages 'Goodbye Yoon Ji Hoo' and '31-Mar, 9pm at Olympic Hall'.

Kim HyunJoong is preparing to watch the last episode of KBS 2TV 'Boys Over Flowers' to be broadcasted on 31-Mar with his fans. His gift for fans is to watch the last episode together as a group.

In order to be able to watch the last episode together with his fans, Kim HyunJoong plans to invite about 4,000 fans to fill the Olympic Hall at Seoul Olympic Park. The event will start at 9pm, 1 hour before the broadcast, with Kim HyunJoong singing 'Because I am Stupid' which is a song from 'Boys Over Flowers' OST that garnered a lot of love for it. Besides Kim HyunJoong, all SS501 members namely Heo YoungSaeng, Kim KyuJong, Park JungMin & Kim HyungJoon, will be attending this event on that day.

Kim HyunJoong hinted for this special gift when he left a message at his fanclub homepage on white day, 14-Mar, which also includes a photo of rings made from sweets.

Kim HyunJoong wrote in his message "Just wait and see. I will return soon with a bigger gift than sweets. To people who are having tough times at work, difficult times in school, our cute ahjumma who are rolling at home. The gift is free. I want to use the money I earn to buy you something."

Fans responded enthusiastically and are waiting for the gift mentioned in Kim HyunJoong's message that he will return with a gift for fans with his hard-earned money. In fact, Kim HyunJoong paid for this event at Olympic hall on his own expense, and his fans are very touched when they found out about it.

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SS501 member Heo Yeong Saeng said during KBS 2TV Star Golden Bell aired on 14th March, “When Kim Hyun Joong was receiving over the popularity award during Baek Sang Arts Festival, it was such a shame that SS501 was not referred in his thank you speech.”

SS501 Heo Yeong Saeng and Kim Hyung Joon was on this episode of Star Golden Bell. Kim Hyung Joon said, “When Kim Hyun Joong received the popularity award on Baek Sang Arts Awards, he received flower bouquets from the F4 first before from us. Even though those are people he had acted together before, it is still quite a shame for that.”

The MC then said, “Yes it is really quite a shame. But because the F4 members were closer. Because of that, I think he had no choice.”

Heo Yeong Saeng then continued, “When SS501 was 3 members and we got #1, we thanked Kim Hyun Joong in our thank-you speech. But during his thank-you speech during Baek Sang Arts Awards, he gave a good speech for his acting colleages, and we thought we were going to get mentioned at the end of the speech but he said instead ‘This award is to be shared with everyone!’.”

source :http://sookyeong.wordpress.com/2009/03/14/k-bites-14032009/