[roes_susita]

SEOUL, May 30 Asia Pulse - Besides their singing and dancing skills, South Korean pop stars these days have another thing they need to practice daily -- foreign languages.

With the boom in popularity of South Korean pop culture overseas broadening their potential fanbase to include countries such as China, Japan and the United States, budding entertainers here are now striving to learn foreign languages to help them reach their goal of becoming global superstars.

Bi, who always travels with a private English language tutor in tow, cites a particular event that caused him to suddenly feel a desperate need to be able to speak English.

"After attending the Time (magazine) 100 party, I realized speaking English is the way to survive," the singer, also known by his English name Rain, said in a recent interview.

Attending the party as one of the world's 100 most influential figures selected by Time magazine, he conversed with other invitees like U.S. film producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Hollywood actor Will Smith.

"I regretted that I neglected my English studies as a kid. Now I'm learning English grammar and conversation from my tutor and I always bring a vocabulary book with me when I have something scheduled," he said.

Male singer Seven, who has joined the top ranks of entertainers in Japan, divides his time off stage between learning Japanese, English and Chinese, according to his South Korean agency YG Entertainment. In his debut concert in Tokyo in April, he joked and conversed with his audience in Japanese.

"Full-time teachers follow him because he doesn't have time to sit and study," an official of his agency said, "There is not always enough time with schedules planned overseas."

The modern era of multilingual entertainers was ushered in by South Korean female pop singer BoA, who speaks Japanese and English as well as her native Korean. Having learned Japanese from tutors when she was in elementary school, Boa is now focused on honing her English skills.

SM Entertainment, the South Korean agency representing BoA and boy band Dong Bang Shin Gi, said it organizes special language courses for its budding stars.

At its "SM Summer China Camp," aspiring global superstars undergo courses to learn Chinese language and culture to give them an edge in the fast growing Chinese market for pop music, it said.

(Yonhap)
source: Yahoo7 News
Credit: thank to Raina

[adikkeluangman]

Anyone here have/watch Channel V Asia today?

Rain featured in The 10 Most Popular Asian Artists. He is the only Korean artist and got 6th place.

[kris_argee]

it's good to know that Philippines is included in his tour

he gained so many fans since fullhouse was aired there

it just sucks that i'm not in the Philippines anymore

anyhow, hope it will push through

[brisemarine]

I ♥ him! xD
I think that he's a great actor too

[nglkt]

dang our huge bi thread is goneT^T aaa well i was getting distracted by it anyways darn . time to make a new one ! lol j.k j.k i know hes so hott

by the way how did our huge bi thread disappear?

[heygingersnap]

^ there's a REALLY huge one in the kdrama section...

[HELLnawITSc]

does anyone have the song he did with japanese singer AI? I need it like ASAP! I'm leaving soon and I wanted to put it on a CD.

[al8199]

does anyone have the song he did with japanese singer AI? I need it like ASAP! I'm leaving soon and I wanted to put it on a CD.

Here you go...

http://asianfanatics.net/forum/index.php?s...dpost&p=2433265

you should find the link to dl...

[leerocks]

this is to all singaporean biers.. hahahaa read some backlogs about people buying Freeway online.. just want to mention that MJ will be bringing in the limited edition album.. it will be coming in on either thurs or friday. it will come with a mega poster.. as there is already quite a demand you can call 67882239 - MusicJunc Tampines to reserve a copy.



im so excited!! anyway most of rain stuff MJ will be bringing in.. cos there are quite a few rain fans in MJ and we're all trying to save the freight charges

[ripgal]

wow.. so many new Bi clips.. new as in clips i have never seen before!! thanx a lot ayu twinnnie and Dani for the clips.. and also to those in SB who worked hard to sub the clips and upload them for us Biers!! u guys rawk!! now.. im thinking which to download first? hehehe..

o/t: ayu and dani, i love ur siggies.. the ones ayu made!! obvious it's her work!! heheheh.. lovely colors!!

here's news of Bi today.. he's going to Saigon in 2 days..

June 7, 2006

Rain to Perform in Vietnam



Singer Rain will give a concert on Thursday in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, the origin of the Korean Wave or Korean pop culture craze. Expectations for the first concert to be given there by the talented Korean singer have run so high that some 20,000 tickets sold out just two days after they went on sale on May 29.

But the SK Telecom office in Ho Chi Minh, the organizer of the concert, is still being inundated with calls asking about tickets. SKT arranged the "S-Phone Forever Concert" to celebrate sales of over 500,000 handsets of its CDMA (code division multiple access) S-Phone in Vietnam and distributed invitation tickets to local customers.

It is not only Korean residents and teenage fans in the Vietnamese city who badly want to attend the concert. Rain�s fans in Hanoi have also expressed regret about not being able to attend the concert and expect that they can see him during his Asian tour scheduled late this year.

Besides Rain, Jewelry and Chaeyeon, both also popular in Vietnam, will participate in the concert along with other top Vietnamese singers.

Thanh Nien, the leading local newspaper, reported that Korean singer Rain, who became popular in the country through the hit drama Full House and was named one of 100 most influential people in the world by the U.S. magazine Time, will visit Vietnam.

The Korean cable channels K-MTV and M-Net as well as Vietnam TV will film the concert. Local police say that they will station some 750 police officers around the venue where the concert is to be held and have other officers standing by in case of emergency.

Source: http://english.kbs.co.kr/mcontents/enterta...0187_11692.html

[luvashley]

Got to listen to this, HE is so sex-shi and his english is more fluent here (no more "like"(as in ride) ). IM GETTING MORE AND MORE INTO HIS HUSKY VOICE. OTOKE!!OTOKE!!cant breath

Jin: There is no words that can define how much i wanna thank you.Emmm....muakkkk *HUGZ*
Bam: U have bought your photobook? u must be enjoyiing yourself. i hate u
Dani: are u going for hunger for weeks to buy the photobook? Is that the reason u r not around for weeks

[jinlees]

"free way" ranks #9 on ORICON list



from rainhk

[jinlees]

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[boa_fan929]

Bi's 2nd Japanese Single, "Free Way" debuts at #9 on the 1st day of release.

link: http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

[LilSwe3tie]

Singer Rain will give a concert on Thursday in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, the origin of the Korean Wave or Korean pop culture craze. Expectations for the first concert to be given there by the talented Korean singer have run so high that some 20,000 tickets sold out just two days after they went on sale on May 29.

But the SK Telecom office in Ho Chi Minh, the organizer of the concert, is still being inundated with calls asking about tickets. SKT arranged the "S-Phone Forever Concert" to celebrate sales of over 500,000 handsets of its CDMA (code division multiple access) S-Phone in Vietnam and distributed invitation tickets to local customers.

It is not only Korean residents and teenage fans in the Vietnamese city who badly want to attend the concert. Rain�s fans in Hanoi have also expressed regret about not being able to attend the concert and expect that they can see him during his Asian tour scheduled late this year.

Besides Rain, Jewelry and Chaeyeon, both also popular in Vietnam, will participate in the concert along with other top Vietnamese singers.

Thanh Nien, the leading local newspaper, reported that Korean singer Rain, who became popular in the country through the hit drama Full House and was named one of 100 most influential people in the world by the U.S. magazine Time, will visit Vietnam.

The Korean cable channels K-MTV and M-Net as well as Vietnam TV will film the concert. Local police say that they will station some 750 police officers around the venue where the concert is to be held and have other officers standing by in case of emergency.

Source: http://english.kbs.co.kr/mcontents/enterta...0187_11692.html
June 7, 2006

[coolieever]

i wanna watch that on tv!!! but i might be gone at that time X.x....

[adikkeluangman]

Singer Rain's 2nd Single Album Ranks 9th on Japan's Oricon Charts
2006-06-08


Asian star Rain (24) has been listed on Japan's Oricon Charts once again.

Rain's second single album entitled "Free Way" ranked ninth on Oricon's daily single
charts on June 7, the day of its release. His first single album "Sad Tango," which
was released on January 25, finished 11th on Oricon's daily single charts on the day
of its release and 14th on Oricon's weekly charts. His second single album features
two songs, "Free Way" and "Feel So Alight."

Rain will leave for Japan to promote his newest single album on June 13. He is
scheduled to give interviews to TVs and newspapers there. He will hold a meeting
for his Japanese fan club, "Cloud Japan," as well as his birthday party, at Budokan,
Tokyo on June 15-16. At the fan meeting on June 16, he will present video images
from a photo album entitled "Road For Rain," which is featured in his DVD.

An official from his agency, JYP Entertainment, said, "Rain will return home on June
19 after promoting his newest single album and holding a fan meeting in Japan. Prior
to his visit to Japan, Rain will leave for Vietnam on the morning of June 8 to attend
the 'S Phone Forever Concert' sponsored by SKT (SK Telecom) in Ho Chi Minh, and
return home on June 9."

Meanwhile, Rain will release his fourth full-length album in Korea on October 15. He
will make a concert tour of 11 Asian nations in December. His debut film entitled
"I'm a Cyborg. But That's OK" directed by Park Chan-wook is expected to be
released in December.

c: KBS Global

[Rebby]

Rain, SS501, Super Junior, Kangta&Vanness @ i-Concert - TVBS eNews (2006-06-09)

available in my CB
http://clubbox.co.kr/trebby

[AKrazYAznGrl]

Here's his concert in Vietnam if you guys wanna watch it. =]
His Viet is cute.
"Xinh Chao" , "Xinh Cam On" =]

S Phone Forever Concert

First Part Of the Concert

Second Part

[coolieever]

ahhh!! thank you soooo much!!! i was gonna watch it on tv but 1) i wasnt sure if i had the right channel or not and 2) i had to go somewhere