please keep south korea in your prayers too

the south korean government is tear-gassing peaceful protesters and beating them down with force, this isn’t the first time this happened nor will it be the last if this keeps going on like this

the government’s been trying to rewrite korean history textbooks to praise its past dictatorial regimes and trying to pin blame on protesters who tried to oppose them, please help us fight this outrage

EDIT: the protests are now over as of 11/15 1:12 AM seoul time, but the government is still maintaining its stance and the media outlets keep trying to report it as an illegal protest despite it starting out as completely peaceful and only escalating when the police tried to pigeonhole them as law-breakers (they didn’t let them go home and then tried to claim they were overstaying legal protest hours) 

PLEASE. korea isn’t just a nation of cute idol boys or hot celebrities, OUR POLITICS ARE IN SHAMBLES and only worldwide attention can curb what is rapidly degenerating into another oppressive regime. keep spreading the news of what happened

Stand together (Copenhagen, Denmark)

My heart goes out to all humanity

This 14-year-old Muslim American student was detained for bringing a homemade clock to school 

Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old Muslim student was arrested at his high school in Irving, Texas, after bringing a homemade clock to class, which school officials mistook for a bomb. Mohamed showed his engineering teacher first, but when the alarm went off later in the day, that’s when the trouble started. 

R.I.P. The 2976 American people that lost their lives on 9/11 and R.I.P. the 48,644 Afghan and 1,690,903 Iraqi and 35000 Pakistani people that paid the ultimate price for a crime they did not commit

this is the only september 11th post I’m reblogging

This tumblr user is so proud and happy for iKON 🌚

My mini rant

So, I assume many kpop fans will know who this is

For any of you who don’t, this is Taemin of SHINee, well known for his vocals as well as his dancing. He debuted in March of 2008, which made him 14 at the time he debuted. Many people have praised him for his growth as an idol, and for his ability to deal with debuting at such a young age. But, you want to know who else debuted at the same age?

Choi Sungmin. He was originally in the group Co-Ed, under Core Contents Media, that debuted in 2010.

(He’s the one with the green glove)

He, like Taemin, debuted at the age of fourteen, and with a group where many of the males were five years older than him (Noori was two). When their company disbanded their group, he, along with Taewoon and Jungwoo, were put in SPEED, which debuted in 2012.

He’s had just about every hair color on the spectrum, and of course has rocked them all.

He’s also incredibly ricidulous, but in the best way possible

*Him attempting to get screen time when pushed in the back of music awards (which always happens to them)

*Him and Jungwoo spending their challenge money on Burger King

*Snuggling Jongkook

*That

*Also that

*Giving Taeha neck kisses

*And dressing up like a girl for DEEPS’s entertainment

Through these years, Sungmin has done many different tricks for their performances, as he’s the main dancer. A lot of these haven’t been safe. 

This:

is the Swan Jump. Sungmin performed it for their song “Don’t Tease Me”, and for someone with very little gymnastic training, it’s incredibly difficult. 

These are some gifs of when it didn’t go quite as planned during practice

This is how looked after he mastered it

Due to this stunt, Sungmin, who was only 18, had to get back surgery due to his extensive injuries, and was unable to record for SPEED’s main track “What U” on their latest album, and was unable to record part of the mv. After his back surgery, he had to master Heelys (as Yuhwan, current leader of SPEED mentioned, they had to learn how to use them on uneven surfaces, rough surfaces, and not to mention while dancing).

This is absolutely nothing against SHINee or Taemin, because they are also obviously talented. This is about a very talented Sungmin, who has achieved so much and given up a lot, yet many people into kpop have probably never heard of him. While the fact that Sungmin is still younger than Taemin does play a factor, Sungmin, definitely not through lack of talent, is not even half as acknowledged as Taemin was at that age. Sungmin has spent over half of his life in the industry, including days as a trainee, yet most people have never even heard of him. He, as well as all of SPEED are extremely talented and always have difficult and dangerous choreography, yet are very under appreciated as well as underrated. Sungmin has worked so hard to achieve his dream, but is still not recognized or praised for all of his skills. Please give SPEED’s sweet maknae, as well as SPEED, lots of love!

Update 27 August 2015 : 

He’s injured again during practice,  the low back pain is worse than the last time, he’s currently receiving treatment. (x) (x)

South Korea and North Korea had just traded fire literally hours ago. Kim Jong Un had just declared pre-combat on N. Korea frontal zone. And what do kpop fans do? “Pray for South Korea because kpop originated there”, “Oh no! X just returned to S. Korea”, or “Y group needs to get out the fuck of there quick”. These are actual tweets paraphrased. They literally just reduced an entire nation, population and culture to an entertainment industry. They literally just dismissed actual lives at stake here. There are potentially women, children and elderly in danger. The Korean soldiers who are mandatory enlisted are out there fighting to protect themselves, their family, their livelihood and their country but you reduced it to “kpop”. You only care about South Korea, not because you’re a decent human being but because you care about the potential loss of you entertainment. Just how ugly and selfish can you get?