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Fri, August 19, 2022 | 14:43
Sunmi to Quit Wonder Girls
Posted : 2010-01-23 22:58
Updated : 2010-01-23 22:58
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Sunmi, a member of South Korea's top female pop group the Wonder Girls, will leave the five-member group soon and a new member will join it, their agent announced Saturday.

Sunmi, 18, will bolt from the group when they wrap up their year-long tour of the United States in February, JYP Entertainment said.

Sunmi, who dropped out of school to join the Wonder Girls, will return to her education in March.

Sunmi will be replaced by Hye Lim, 18, who has been groomed by the group's agent for the past three years with a view to appealing to Chinese fans. She is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin,

Debuting in early 2007, the Wonder Girls scored three consecutive number one hit singles with "Tell Me," "So Hot" and "Nobody."

The Wonder Girls, also including Sohee, Sunye, Ye-eun and Yubin, plan to launch their first English album in February.



선미 원더걸스 탈퇴 ... 새 멤버 혜림

여성그룹 원더걸스의 멤버 선미가 팀 활동을 중단하고 새로운 멤버가 투입된다고 소속사인 JYP엔터테인먼트가 23일 밝혔다.

JYP는 "선미가 대학 진학을 위해 연예 활동을 잠시 중단한다"며 "2월까지 예정된 원더걸스의 미국 일정을 마치면 3월 귀국해 대학 진학 준비를 시작하고, JYP 연습생 출신인 동갑내기 혜림이 그 자리를 채울 것"이라고 설명했다.

선미 대신 투입되는 혜림은 올해 JYP가 한국과 중국에서 데뷔시킬 '중국판 원더걸스' 후보로 거론된 연습생으로 3년간 훈련을 받았고, 영어, 중국어, 광둥어, 한국어 등 4개국어에 능통한 것으로 알려졌다.

2007년 초 데뷔한 원더걸스는 `텔미’ `소핫’ `노바디’로 세번 연속 대박 앨범을 터뜨린 바 있다.

선미 이외에 소희, 선예, 예은, 유빈으로 구성된 원더걸스는 다음달 첫 영어 앨범을 낼 계획이다.
 
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