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From left, Park Gyu-ri, Han Seung-yeon and Goo Hara, the three members of KARA will meet Korean fans in Seoul on May 24 and Japanese fans at the Budokan, Tokyo on June 1. |
By Kim Ji-soo
KARA fans will have to wait no longer, as the K-pop girl group will jumpstart this year's official public events with a fan meeting by the three girls — Park Gyu-ri, Han Seung-yeon and Goo Hara.
Two former members, Nicole and Kang Ji-young, left this year when their contract with the agency DSP expired. Nicole returned to the United States and Kang left for studies in England.
The now three-girl group KARA will first meet their fans on May 24 at the Blue Square's Samsung Card Hall in Seoul and on June 1 at Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. They are meetings with the group's fan club Kamilia.
Following the departure of the two former members, DSP said KARA would continue as a group either with the three members or the addition of new members.
But with no word on new members yet, the fan meetings are KARA's first major public event in five months. The group popular both in Korea and Japan are expected to update fans on what they have been doing and engage in various events.
The group that debuted in 2007 presented its major hit song "Mister" (2009), following it up with a series of other hits including "Lupin" (2010) and "Pandora" (2012).
They successfully debuted in Japan in 2010 and topped the charts with "Jet Coaster Love" (2011).
Information on how to apply for the fan meetings will soon be posted on the group's official website in Korean and in Japanese.
