[NEWS] 101024 101024 JYJ and Edison Chen Scored the Highest Popularity in the East Asia Feiyang Concert

The continuous heavy rain last night created several problems for the East Asia Feiyang Concert held at the Hongkou Stadium in Shanghai. There were pools of water in the stadium from the T-shaped dance stage to the audience seats, causing the people to have ‘no place to stand.’ The moment the artistes stood onstage, they were drenched by the rain but the performance standard was not at all affected.

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Edison Chen and JYJ, Highest in Popularity

The concert could be said to be the stepping stone for Edison’s return to the entertainment industry. Wang Qiu Shen even made it clear that he came because of Edison, his god son. When the stage light was shone on Edison who was at the corner of the stage, he gave a shy smile and made his entrance to the centre stage. Edison Chen said, “Long time no see” and it attracted a huge response from the audience.

However, the limelight was quickly taken by JYJ; they are Kim Junsu, Park Yoochun and Kim Jaejoong, members of TVXQ. It was JYJ’s first appearance in the East Asia Feiyang Concert after signing a contract with East Asia Entertainment and they attracted fans from all over the world including fans from Korea.

Reported by Li Jia Jie
Photographed by Chou Bin

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[TRANS] 100916 Sungkyunkwan Scandal Soundtrack Release, Following the Popularity of ‘Chajada’ Junsu and Jaejoong Solo Track

Finally on September 16th, the soundtrack album of ‘SungKyunKwan Scandal’ was officially released through various on line sites and off line music stores.

Commonly, a drama soundtrack will be released to public before and right after the drama begins, however in the increasingly popular KBS2 drama ‘SungKyunKwan Scandal’ case, the full album release has just been out within 3 weeks broadcast of the drama itself, thus considered to be unusual.

Moreover, considering that ‘SungKyunKwan Scandal’ is the official debut drama of Micky Yoochun (Park Yoochun), and to see how after it’s known that Xiah Junsu and Youngwoong Jaejoong were to participate in the soundtrack, there’s been a huge expectations and interests among fans as this issue is topped various search sites every day, it should be just natural that a soundtrack album is going to release right away.

In fact, according to ‘SungKyunKwan Scandal’ production company, Raemongraein, the original schedule of the soundtrack album release was on August 30th through offline stores, at the same time of the first broadcast of the drama, however the plan was held back in the end. The reason was despite the many distribution companies that showed interest on the soundtrack before ‘SungKyunKwan Scandal’ airing, they later raised concerns about the disadvantages of this project and as the anxiety continued, a lot of them gave up the plan to distribute the album.

The production company seek multifaceted solution to resolve this problem later on and they decided to contact international labels rather than domestic labels, in the end after painstaking efforts, the album is finally released in agreement with Warner Music Korea. Warner Music Korea official said that they would do their utmost effort to distribute the good quality soundtrack album smoothly.

‘SungKyunKwan Scandal’ Raemongraein production company, Lee Hyun Wook PD said, “The soundtrack album contains song ‘Chajada’ in which Yoochun, Junsu, and Jaejoong performed together as well as Jaejoong and Junsu’s solo track which we know a lot of fans have highly anticipated. In order to provide a well-produced drama and soundtrack, the production company had worked very hard and put our mind and soul in it,”

“However, for some reasons both domestic on line sites and retailers turned back from distributing the album, that made us to seek many ways to resolve the problem and throughout meeting with Warner Music Korea, we’re able to join in agreement.” he continued, “I want to sincerely thank all fans who have been waiting for a long time, please also give a lot of interest and love to ‘SungKyunKwan Scandal’ soundtrack album.”

Meanwhile, KBS 2TV drama ‘SungKyunKwan Scandal’ soundtrack album that is officially released today on the 16th contains song performed by Yoochun – Junsu – Jaejoong ‘Chajada’ as well as other 13 songs and is expected to chase the popularity of the drama itself.

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[TRANS] 100912 TVXQ Still Has The Greatest Impact On People Born In The 80′s!

Once idol groups lead the music industry in their generation, they will always become a part of the fond youthful memories of fans. From The Beatles to The Little Tigers, every generation will have their own idols, so which group influences people born in the 80′s the most?

Through the international online entertainment channel’s related survey’s, the group at the number one spot is still Korea’s representative idol group – TVXQ. Not being affected by the members’ dispute with their management company, TVXQ’s popularity is still as explosive as ever.

Super Junior follows in the 2nd place, so did Hankyung’s withdrawal from SJ make an impact on the ranking? The classic group of Super Junior will always be in the memories of everyone around.

Taiwan girl group S.H.E took 3rd place. Having been in the industry for 10 years, anyone would be able to hum at least a few lines of their songs.

Next in line is H.O.T. Although they have disbanded for a few years already, the impact that they had on everybody is still fresh in our minds.

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[TRANS] 100903 Oricon States, “Korean Girl Groups’ Popularity Is All Thanks To TVXQ”

Japan’s renowned music chart Oricon is garnering attention for stating that TVXQ is the reason why Korean girl groups could attain popularity in Japan.

On the 2nd, their column ‘The Eyes of the Editor-in-Chief’ introduced the recent Japanese activities of Korean girl groups such as Kara, 4Minute and Girls’ Generation and pointed out the majority of their Japanese fans are women in their teens and twenties.

Oricon stated, “TVXQ must be credited for K-pop and its girl groups’ successful launch in Japan. It seems that the fans have been feeling a sense of loss since TVXQ suspended all activities, so the fans in their teens and twenties are focusing their attention on Korean girl groups.”

Following this, the columnist added that, “Otherwise, it would have been impossible for these girl groups to have suddenly sold 30,000 copies of their album or have 20,000 people come to their events.”

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[TRANS] 100713 The Secret to the High Popularity of South Korea's Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo

In Shanghai, 5-year-old children to 70-year-old elders are concerned about one event, and that is the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. Walking the streets of Shanghai, the mascot “HaiBao” and the Expo’s theme “Better City, Better Life” are everywhere. Everyday, there is an average of 400,000-500,000 admitted tourists.

The Shanghai World Expo is the largest expo so far in history. The time spent to see a popular pavilion is around two to nine hours. Thus, the number of pavilions a tourist can see in a day is limited; that’s why most would choose to see the most popular ones. Therefore, each pavilion relies on its interesting content to attract tourists.

In this sense, South Korea's Pavilion is relatively successful. In order to see this pavilion, one has to wait in line for six hours, showing how popular it is. Amongst the pavilions of Asia, South Korea’s popularity is closely behind Japan. How is it that South Korea's Pavilion can compete and stand out from 192 pavilions? The secret lies in its content.

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Pavilion Features
The three-story Republic of Korea Pavilion is composed of 20 basic letters of the ROK alphabet. The pavilion showcases blueprints of future cities along with the country's most advanced technology and traditional culture.

Theme: FriendlyCity,ColorfulLife
Highlights: Basic Letters of the ROK Alphabet
National Pavilion Day: May 26
Pavilion Area: Around 6,000 Square Meters
Location: Within Zone A of the Expo site

Pavilion Display
ROK's 2010 exhibit features a theme on "Friendly City, Colorful Life." The main exhibition area on the second floor is divided into four sections–culture, technology, humanity and nature, where visitors will experience the current and future urban life of the country.

Pavilion Highlights
- Highlight 1: Hologram Guides, or "Virtual Friends"
Hologram Guides, or "Virtual Friends" One of the center pieces of the pavilion will feature four hologram guides, including a ROK fashion model, a foreign chef, a lady and an IT engineer. They represent the country's culture, humanity, nature and technology respectively. The "virtual friends" will guide visitors to different thematic exhibition halls, where visitors will experience the current and future urban life of the country.

- Highlight 2: Mysterious U-type Channel, Power of Image
Mysterious U-type Channel, Power of Image Visitors will be greeted on the ground with a microscopic view of the capital city Seoul. The iconic buildings and mountains in the city will be shrunk 300 times. When visitors pass through the U-type channel, their images will be projected on the curve walls on both sides, as if they were flying in the sky, or rendering in the green world.

- Highlight 3: Korean Style Carnival
Korean Style Carnival Multimedia exhibitions and traditional folk shows within the pavilion are directed by the famous Korean director Kim Seong Soo. The pavilion contains several waterscapes, and a large water stage, where visitors can take a rest and then enjoy the wonderful performances. The pavilion offers various wonderful performances, which include traditional celebration shows, Sino-Korean cultural exchange programs, Korean movie and TV festival, Korean parades and fashion shows.

Within the content, the most important is the advertisement clip "Chorus City." It was filmed by the Hallyu stars and idol groups of South Korea. It was led by TVXQ's U-Know Yunho, and it demonstrates the country's enthusiasm. Seeing their celebrities improve the image of their country, South Korea's citizens couldn't be more proud.


Source: Nate News + baiduTVXQ + 2010 Shanghai World Expo Official Website
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[TRANS] 100709 Sale Of "Goong" Tickets Prove Popularity

The musical "Goong", which stars U-know Yunho as one of the main leads, achieved the record of selling out in 2 minutes, from the time sales started.

"Goong", the musical, received a lot of notice because of the server downtime for the ticketing service, which was a result of the crazy demand for tickets. Yesterday, on the 8th, the official website started the sale tickets at 9pm (KST). The tickets sold were for performances from 9 - 18 September.

For performances that Yunho will be starring in, tickets were sold out within 2 minutes of the start of sales. Also, the other performers received a warm response as well!

The organizers said, "Even excluding Korea, we have also received a flurry of overseas calls from people who couldn't get tickets, from Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The musical "Goong" have stirred the interest of overseas audiences towards Korean musicals and it is a chance and our hope that it will be an opportunity for us to showcase our ability in Korean musicals."

On the other hand, the musical "Goong" revolves around the princes Yunho and Kim Dong Ho and their love story with a high-school girl.

The second sale will begin on 13 July, 9PM (KST).

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[TRANS] 100608 Idol Star Kim Junsu (Xiah Junsu) Affirms His Popularity

According to a 100% viewers’ vote to choose the winner of “BC Loun.G Star Popularity Award”, Kim Junsu took first place with a landslide victory of 3505 votes out of a total of 9526. Compared to second place winner Ryoo Jung Han (449 votes) and third place winner Hung Gwang Ho (352 votes), Kim Junsu won by a huge margin of more than 3000 votes. In the female category, the winner of the popularity award was Jung Seon Ah, who plays Kim Junsu’s lover in the musical “Mozart!”. She received a total of 2100 votes, beating second place winner Kim Hyo Hyeon (678 votes) and third place winner Jessica (592 votes), to claim victory.

In the segment for “Best Newcomer Award”, Kim Junsu received 5 out of 7 votes from this year’s judgement panel (which takes up 70% of the final decision). Amongst a group of 50 reporters (which makes up the remaining 30% of the final decision), Junsu received a total of 16 votes, thus, bringing him to first place in both components, and ultimately obtaining the “Best Newcomer Award”.

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[TRANS] 100607 Xiah Junsu Wins Popularity Award By More Than A Third Of The Total Votes!

Idol celebrity Kim Junsu's (Xiah Junsu) popularity is once again confirmed.

According to the 100% viewer's vote that chose the "BC Loung.G Popularity Award", Kim Junsu alone held an overwhelming 3505 votes out of the total 9526 votes, becoming number one in the male category. Compared to the second place winner Ryu Jung Han (449 votes) and the third place winner Hong Gwang Ho (352 votes), Junsu overtook them by 3000 votes.

In the female category, the winner was Jung Seon Ah, who played Kim Junsu's lover in "Mozart!". She won first place by earning 2100 votes, beating the second place winner Kim Hyo Hyeon (678 votes) and the third place winner Jessica (592 votes).

In the portion of the best newcomer award, Kim Junsu achieved a 70% reaction from this year's judging panel, having 5 people out of 7 people vote for him, making him first place as best newcomer. Among the 50 people involved in the performance's press corps, he received 16 votes (30% reaction), taking first place in both judging sections.

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