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Kim Bum Signs Exclusive Contract with Major Japanese Agency

Kim Bum is ready to take over Asia as the next Korean Wave star! The actor recently signed an exclusive contract with a major Japanese agency named Pony Canyon according to his agency King Kong Entertainment. Pony Canyon, a subsidiary of a major Japanese media conglomerate Fujisankei Communications, has been pioneering the Korean Wave boom by producing albums and distributing contents of Korean Wave stars such as Jang Geun Seuk, Ahn Jae Wook, SS501, and Kim Jung Hoon.

MBC’s “High Kick!” Series Popular in North Korea?

Radio Free Asia (RFA), the U.S.-based nonprofit radio/Internet news service, has reported Tuesday that MBC’s hit sitcom series, “High Kick without Hesitation” and “High Kick through the Roof,” are gaining huge followings in North Korea lately. “South Korean dramas titled ‘High Kick through the Roof’ and “High Kick without Hesitation’ are making a lot of young North Koreans laugh these days. Teenager kids and young women are completely fascinated by the fun script of the ‘High Kick’ series,” the radio broadcaster said quoting an unnamed source from the North Korean city of Hae San in the Yang Kang Province. According to the source, the “High Kick” series first started to surface in the Yang Kang black markets from last November, and currently most high school students own a couple DVD copies of the hit sitcom. A single DVD contains about five episodes, the report said, and they usually cost around 4,000 won (3.70 USD)—a hefty price tag for regular North Koreans who commonly pa

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