I think there's some sort of under eye cream or make-up to temporarily remove them, because I see it with a lot of asians.. they'll have eyebags one day, be gone for a little while, then be back again later. it happens with ayu a LOT.
and lol @ the AKP article. how could that even make anyone uncomfortable? even if some people are homophobic and are uncomfortable watching stuff like that, it's not like they even showed their lips touching.
taeyeon censored it lol.