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Source: Star News via Nate
by mashimelloon May 13, 2011

After School recently ended an autograph signing with their fans early, sending fans into a mix of disorientation and uproar. Their agency, Pledis Entertainment, responded to upset fans by explaining that as safety became an issue, they had to terminate the signing early.

On May 12th, Pledis Entertainment posted a statement on After School’s fan cafe, touching upon why some fans didn’t receive signed CDs at the fan signing.

Regarding today’s fan signing, and to those fans who were affected by it, we’ve decided to release a statement on this bulletin to get rid of any misunderstandings… the members arrived at the signing at exactly 4:10 and waited for the event to start… We’re not sure if holding the event early on a weekday was a factor, but by 5 o’clock, there were less than 50 fans gathered for the event… Even the event sponsor informed us that fans were calling in and saying, ‘I think I’ll be a little late’ and ‘Do you think I’ll be able to get an autograph?’ Having been notified of this information, the members started the autograph session at 5:30.

According to Pledis, this fan signing was scheduled to take place at 5 PM at the I-Park in Yongsan, Seoul. However, it was postponed for 30 minutes and only 100 of the original 150 winners attended.

Because After School consists of nine members, we expected the fan signing to take a while. And while we had originally planned for the event to take two hours, external issues – such as renting the venue outside the allotted time slot – left us no choice but to end at 6:45. After the members said their goodbyes, they left at 6:50… For all 135 of you who came to the autograph session by 6:45, we did all we could for you… In fact, there were 15 fans who did not show up even as we were wrapping up, and because we had to follow the safety regulations of the venue, we ended earlier than planned.

However, Pledis assured those fans who did not show up, stating, “If you did not receive a signed CD, please contact our offices and we’ll send one to you.”


Pledis denies rumors of new sub-unit, ‘Banana Caramel’


Source: Sports Chosun via Naver
by VITALSIGNon May 9, 2011

After School，“Banana Caramel？”相片公開
最近通過“Shampoo”回歸的After School繼Orange Caramel之後又組成第二個小組的傳聞引起了人們的關注。

傳聞的真相是相機捕捉到了在待機室中的After School成員正雅和Nana吃香蕉的場面。據悉After School除了Orange Caramel以外並沒有其他小組的計畫。After School成員們表示：“本來關係就很好，放送之外也貼在一起，似乎因此才產生了那樣的傳聞。”

網友們對此評論說“Banana Caramel真的很可愛”，“成員之間的關係非常好”，“Banana Caramel什麼時候出道？”等等。之前After School的Nana、Raina、Lizzy組成的子小組Orange Caramel獲得了很多人氣。

Rumors of a new After School sub-unit called ‘Banana Caramel‘ recently began circulating when fans noticed Nana and Jungah hanging out more exclusively lately.

Because Pledis revealed that they had another unit in the works, the rumor spread like wildfire after a picture of the two eating bananas surfaced on the ‘net.

Pledis replied to the speculation by asserting that Nana and Jungah are not a unit; furthermore, they firmly stated that they don’t have plans for another unit yet.

The members of After School stated, “All of us are very close to one another so we’re always hanging out together off camera, which is why we think the rumor came about.”

Netizens commented, “Banana Caramel would have been adorable”, “Please debut Banana Caramel too!”, and “They always look so close together.”