It’s that time of the year again when Koreans celebrate “Coming of Age” day. It’s a special day in which people who are turning 20 years-old in 2013 are celebrated and given gifts for becoming “adults” in society. Interestingly this year, the law will change starting July 1 so that people who turn 19 years-old are considered “adults,” which means tha...
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Actress Han Ye Seul recently sent Infinite‘s Sunggyu a cute message. On May 19, actress Han Ye Seul was interviewed for MBC‘s “Section TV Celebrity Talk” where the reporter informed her, “A while back, Sunggyu stated that he would like to star in MBC’s ‘We Got Married‘ with you.” She responded while chuckling, “What a good boy.” Whe...
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Wow congratulations to Infinite’s L! L’s photo essay “L’s Bravo Viewtiful” became a bestseller the moment it was published on May 15. A representative of Woollim Entertainment stated, “Most publications done by idol singers has been about their flashy lifestyles, photoshoots, or stories about their success. L’s photo essay is different because he took all of the pictures and wrote all of the essay...
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We recently reported that miss A‘s Suzy was picked as the number one female star that people thought received the most love from teachers. To commemorate Teachers’ Day (May 15) in South Korea, here at Soompi we asked, “Which idol star would you like to teach the most?” Idol superstar BoA BoA would be an ideal student because she has shown that she is highly self-motivated...
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After successfully holding the “K-POP Cover Dance Festival” in 2011 and 2012, Visit Korea Committee is now organizing ”K-POP Festival in Gangwon 2013” to promote 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, as well as Gangwon-do tourism. At this occasion, foreigners will get the chance once again to participate to a K-POP dance cover contest! To enter the contest it’s simple! All you have t...
+ more![[Gallery] Girls’ Generation, BEAST, SHINee, SISTAR, Kara, and More at “2013 Dream Concert” Part 2](http://d1i45kki000yqu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Dream-Concert-4-300x198.png "[Gallery] Girls’ Generation, BEAST, SHINee, SISTAR, Kara, and More at “2013 Dream Concert” Part 2")
The “2013 Dream Concert” was held yesterday, May 11, at the Seoul World Cup Stadium, making this the 19th annual “Dream Concert.” As one of the largest annual K-Pop event in Seoul, a total of 22 teams were at the event, including BEAST, SHINee, Infinite, 2AM, U-Kiss, ZE:A, Girls’ Generation, Kara, SISTAR, 4minute, T-ara, Secret, Exo, B1A4, Rainbow, Huh Gak, Girl’...
+ more![[Gallery] Girls’ Generation, BEAST, SHINee, SISTAR, Kara, and More at “2013 Dream Concert” Part 1](http://d1i45kki000yqu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Dream-Concert-main-300x262.png "[Gallery] Girls’ Generation, BEAST, SHINee, SISTAR, Kara, and More at “2013 Dream Concert” Part 1")
The “2013 Dream Concert” was held yesterday, May 11, at the Seoul World Cup Stadium, making this the 19th annual “Dream Concert.” As one of the largest annual K-Pop event in Seoul, a total of 22 teams were at the event, including BEAST, SHINee, Infinite, 2AM, U-Kiss, ZE:A, Girls’ Generation, Kara, SISTAR, 4minute, T-ara, Secret, Exo, B1A4, Rainbow, Huh Gak, Girl’...
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The winner of K! Chart this week was the cool Cho Yong Pil with his song “Hello” beating SHINee‘s “Why So Serious.” This was his second time winning K! Chart with the song. Congratulations Cho Yong Pil! Today’s show was a Chungbuk Osong Special. Other exciting performances today were by Nine Muses, BEAST, SISTAR, INFINITE, T-ARA, 4Minute, B1A4, Secret, Jay Park, BTOB, C-Clown, History and many mor...
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Joy! Fans of 2PM cans get to know their favorite group a little better through Melon‘s “Ask in a Box” event. Hottests can go to 2PM’s official Facebook page and leave their questions through the “Ask in a Box” event and the members of 2PM will answer the selected questions in an interview video. Melon will continue to accept questions until May 8 (KST). Fellow...
+ more![[Recap] Nihao Taiwan – Mnet M! Countdown in Taiwan](http://d1i45kki000yqu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/SHINee-300x199.jpg "[Recap] Nihao Taiwan – Mnet M! Countdown in Taiwan")
Soompiers Rachel and Shirley are Americans living Taiwan. Lucky for us, they are also great writers and photographers. I hope you enjoy their recap of this special event as much as I did, and look forward to their future coverage of the active K-Pop scene in Taiwan! -soomp ==== The Mnet music show M! Countdown traveled to Taiwan for the first time on April 24, 2013 to the excitement of many local ...
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