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Super Junior Member Shin Dong recently posted Selca pictures of himself on his minihompy revealing his new slimmer body. The updates caused alot of stir among fans. while some were excited for Shin Dong's Transformation some argued he had fallen into the trap of the idol ideal image and lost his old self.

However on a recent Super Junior Happy Performance, Shin Dong did not appear to be as skinny as his minihompy pictures. This leaves alot of fans wondering what had really happened behind closed doors.

Some Netizens are even going as a far as to claim Shin Dong Photoshopped his own pictures to look thinner.


EPop (E): HeeChul whose image is always the most outstanding, are your expectations for the dressing of your future girlfriend the same?

HeeChul: Of course it’s not so! I don’t like my girlfriend to dress too skimpily, or have too many piercings, actually I’m a very conservative person. (E: Even regarding relationship?) En, I had proposed to a girl i liked once, but she said that there was already someone whom she liked. I told her that if i had known earlier that she had someone whom she liked, I wouldn’t have treated her like that, and she wouldn’t have to go through so much pain…

E:SungMin was awarded ‘2007 Best Smile Award’ by a certain Korean magazine, why do you think you got this award?
SungMin: It should be because I smile a lot! But actually the other members also smile~why is it just me alone? Maybe my image is that of a more friendly one, hence giving a feeling of comfort and cuteness. But some fans say that I’m more cool, maybe i’m not really friendly to everyone, only that i greet everyone with a friendly smile…

E: How’s the role allocaton between YeSung and the other members in the hostel?
YeSung: In our hostel, there’s me, RyeoWook, SungMin, EunHyuk and KyuHyun. Amongst the few of us, I’m the one who likes to clean my room the most, and SungMin likes to decorate his room, RyeoWook’s the best at cooking, RyeoWook likes to cook for the members, just like a mum! KyuHyun hasn’t fully recovered yet, so he’s still staying with his parents, but he’ll be able to stay with us after a while.

E: As SJ’s leader, are there any members in SJ that you feel are helpful aides? Even when you’re not around, the person can act as the second leader to lead the whole SJ?
LeeTeuk: The second leader? We have discussed this question privately before! But I still feel that the role of leader suits me the best, Ha! If I have to choose, I think it’ll be KangIn, (he) used to help me a lot in the past, but it could be due to his busy schedule recently, he has been neglecting it now. That’s why recently it’s become EunHyuk and DongHae who are playing the role of ‘The Second Leader’. They listen to me a lot, and often ask me ‘Hyung, how about we try again? What does hyung think?’ And i host a radio programme with Eunhyuk, so the two of us often discuss the future development of the group.

E: SiWon’s popularity is not only high in China, HongKong and Taiwan these Chinese countries, but you’re also popular in Thailand?
SiWon:
The other time i shot a CF that i was the spkesperson for it in Thailand, I realised what left a deep impression on me was that the fans made me feel warm, very happy. And the thai fans are rather cute, feels very familiar, just like Koreans, I don’t know if i’m just thinking too much, but I always feel that Thais have very beautiful eyes, my ideal type are girls with beautiful eyes!

EPop (E): Heard that when HanGeng first joined SJ, EunHyuk told HanGeng a big lie?
EunHyuk:
Haha! This was revealed by KiBum, actually when HanGeng first entered the company, we introduced ourselves. And I lied to him that my name was ‘WonBin’, and in the end this China trainee (HanGeng) called me ‘WonBin’ for the next 3 months!!!

E: Did you feel that you looked like WonBin?
EunHyuk:
I didn’t say that, just that when I laugh, I show my gums too, and I happened to see WonBin on TV, when he smiles he also shows his gums, so that’s why I feel that I look like WonBin!

E: In these two years, What do you feel has been your greatest change?
HanGeng:
I feel that my biggest change is that i have matured in all areas. (E: So what’s the greatest improvement?) If you’re talking about improvement, because I started out as a singer, in this period of time I have been learning things other than being a singer, for example acting, hosting etc, now I am training myself to improve. The greatest improvement should be my confidence, compared to when I first debuted, I am now confident in everythng that I do, I feel is the greatest improvement!

E: Talk about your most memorable overseas promotional trip!
KangIn:
It should be the first time when we performed in China! That was where we sang three songs continuously, originally thought that not many people knew us, neither have they heard our songs, didn’t expect that when we sang on stage, so many people sang along with us off the stage, and later I even heard the fans ringtones which were set to our songs. This surprised me, and also made me very happy. To be able to complete our first performance in China, we felt very happy and also very satisfied!

E: Are there any nicknames for each other when the members are together?
DongHae:
We’ll come up with nicknames for each other when we are together, but we won’t call each other by nickname often. Why do we call SungMin ‘Dan HoBak’? Because he was shooting a drama at that time, and in the show, there was a line ‘Please buy me some Dan HoBak (Sweet pumpkin)’, so we nicknamed him ‘Dan HoBak’. For KyuHyun, he’s very addicted to gaming and watching dramas, this gaming skills are very good too, it has reached a professional level, so sometimes we’ll call him ‘Game Hyun’, or when he watches dramas, we’ll call him ‘Dra Hyun’.

E: Congratulations to KyuHyun on returning to the stage that belongs to SJ! Anything to say to your supporters?
KyuHyun:
To all the cheers that the Elves have given us, I don’t know what to say. Even though I didn’t rest for long, but it felt like forever to me, after being away from the stage for a few months, when I stood at the backstage, I felt very nervous. At this time, I heard the loudest, most touching screams ever. Just like I ended my first time on stage, couldn’t remember clearly what went on, I felt the same way again. The fans’ love is my strength, so I’m back! To return your love, I will put in more effort, please continue to take note of us! I LOVE ELF!!

EPop (E): KiBum has lives in The States, what experience has the five years left on you? Or has it changed the way you look at life?
KiBum:
From 11 years old till 16, I lived in the US, maybe it’s because life in the states is more carefree, at the beginning I couldn’t get used to the age hierachy. I don’t have a concept of ‘hyung’ and ‘dongsaeng’, Korea is a country where there is a serious sense of hierachy, unlike in the US, where eveyone are like friends. It was rather difficult when I first tried to get used to it. But because I am still a Korean, so I got used to it after a while.

E: Regarding the plump representative in the group ShinDong, can RyeoWook tell us some of his good points?
RyeoWook:
What’s good about ShinDong is that whatever I cook, he loves it, every night when I cook, the person who’ll definitely eat is ShinDong hyung. He’s never picky with his food, and everything he eats looks delicious. And if I go somewhere, he will go with me, when I’m tired or lonely he’ll accompany me by my side.

E: Towards members’ ‘magnae’ RyeoWook, is there anything that ShinDong wants to say to him?
ShinDong:
RyeoWook really loves to cook, and the only member who eats is me! Really tortures me, why does he always ask me to try his cooking? He’s the kind of person who, when he sees someone trying his cooking, he’ll feel a sense of satisfaction. Especially after I eat his food, he’ll feel very full, in the end I am the only one growing fats, he doesn’t grow fat at all. I hope that he can change this, let’s eat together in the future ok?