Korean Wave star Bae Yong-jun has visited Japan, where he was welcomed by some 2000 fans. His visit comes more than a year after his last visit to the country.

Bae left for Japan on September 27 on a special Korean Air jet, which was rented for him. The actor arrived at Narita Airport at 3:20 p.m. He and actress Choi Ji-woo will attend a promotional event for the animation version of “Winter Sonata” at the Tokyo Dome.

Bae previously visited Japan in June last year to promote the epic drama “Legend.” It is his first visit to Japan alongside actress Choi Ji-woo, who played opposite him in the TV drama “Winter Sonata.”

Korean Air offered a special jet for the two stars. Some 2000 fans greeted Bae and Choi at Narita Airport. Bae’s fans kept asking him about his health, as the actor was recently diagnosed with septicemia. Bae responded with a smile and waved his hand. Walking among the crowd of fans, he said briefly that he was fine. Bae’s agency, BOF, said the two actors didn’t pause to greet their fans because of security concerns.

Bae, Choi and Ryu Seung-soo will attend the “Winter Sonata” event on September 29 at the Tokyo Dome. On September 30, Bae will hold an event marking the publishing of his book on the beauty of Korea. He will stay in Japan until October 2.
 Source: KBS

Korean pop star BoA featuring on Nylon magazine with her doggy…

Boa and her pup are featured in the September ‘09 issue of Nylon. In the magazine she openly discusses music, food, favorite movie character and much more…

According to South Korean media reported that Korean actor Lee Jun Ki (이준기) took the Korean Gyeonghuigung Palace as a dramatic backdrop, shot the cover for fashion magazine “GQ” (Taiwan version) September 2009. Lee Jun Ki in Taiwan has many fans, this film not only in order for everyone to adopt his new shape, but also promote South Korean tourism culture.

Just wanna share with you the new looks of Bae Yong Joon I got from soompi shared by progantoa. He look so young on these pics and I am looking for a colored one to take a look at it. Hope you’ll love the pics. what do  you think?

Just wanted to share with you my personalized tumbler. Hope you’ll like it.

Here are the pictures of ss501 concert in Malaysia after the event. I love the pics…

K-pop star Kim Hyun-joong, leader of idol group SS501, has been infected with H1N1 influenza and is currently hospitalized in Tokyo. His agency reported that Kim suffered from a high fever and a headache when he was in Yokohama over the weekend for a promotional tour of the TV drama “Boys over Flowers.” Kim was given the antiviral drug Tamiflu and will remain in isolation for about two weeks. His agent said that Kim has improved greatly since taking the drug and is r! esting comfortably. He also said that other members of SS501 are healthy and they will continue to work on a new album due for release in Japan.

Meanwhile, Lee Min-ho and Koo Hye-sun, Kim’s co-stars in the drama, also took part in the Yokohama promotional event with Kim, but have not shown any symptoms of the new flu. Kim is the first celebrity to have caught the disease. H1N1 influenza has already claimed four lives in Korea and affected over 6,200 Koreans.

Source: KBS

Singer BoA, 23, will release the repackaged version of her U.S. debut album “Deluxe” on September 22 (local time) in the U.S. and on September 23 in Korea.

BoA has already disclosed the songs from her new album on Internet music sites. The album contains 15 songs, including the songs from her first U.S. album that was released in March, as well as the new songs “Crazy About” and “Control” and the radio version of “Energetic.”

“Crazy About” is a pop dance song that was produced by Sean Garrett and that is about the feelings of love of a young girl. The dynamic “Control” was written and produced by Brian Kennedy, who is highly recognized in the pop music market.

BoA’s new album will be released online in Japan, Thailand, China, the U.K., France, Germany, Italy and Australia.

Source: KBS

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Korean actor Bae Yong-joon is releasing a travel photobook, titled Journey In Search of Korea’s Beauty.

The photobook recorded the Bae’s travel journal and pics in Korea. The star took a year to travel across the country to explore Korean culture and beautiful sceneries of his homeland.

The photobook will be released in Japan and Korea in late September.

[Image credits to Chosun.com]

[TV Report] The Entertainment Weekly episode that aired Saturday on KBS2 visited the site of a commercial shoot by one of the hottest girl groups these days, 2NE1. The four members shared stories of their lives and the accident of a broken trophy.

2NE1 is topping numerous music charts and flaunting its girl group power. One photograph they recently posted online attracted peculiar interest. It was a photo of eldest member Sandara Park frowning over a broken trophy. She dropped the trophy, which the group received during a music show, while singing an encore at the show’s end. She posted a picture of the trophy, broken into pieces, on her Internet blog.

She said on Entertainment Weekly that “officials of the program Music Bank helped us to glue the pieces together to have my trophy back as it was.”

2NE1 then talked about each member’s role at their home. Sandara is the entertainer of the group with her vivacious personality, vocalist Bom is known for her cute charm and youngest Minzy is the best cook. Last but not least, CL is the “mom.” The meticulous group leader is in charge of the overall cleaning and organizing of their living quarters.

Entertainment Weekly also interviewed Kim Myeong-min, Ha Ji-won, Chu Seong-hun and Jeong Hyeong-don. Kim talked about people’s response to his grueling diet he underwent to play the role of a Lou Gehrig’s disease patient in his new film. He lost 20 kilograms

Source: KBS