KTO’s ‘Touch Korea Tour’ videos featuring 2PM, miss A, and Korea’s biggest fans goes public

Idol groups 2PM and miss Awho are at the forefront of the Hallyu Wave 떠난 on a special trip with K-pop fans from all over the world 을 찾기 위해 hidden gems 주변에 the Korean peninsula.

As honorary ambassadors of KTO, 2PM and miss A participated in the ‘Touch Korea Tour” hosted by KTO this 지난 June. ''Touch Korea Tour' was KTO's 2012 공식 global campaign which provided 특별한opportunity for K-pop fans to thoroughly experience Korea 안팎으로.

The few selected fans were separated into three different themed groups: ‘Fun Tour’, ‘Gourmet Tour’, and ‘Style Tour ’. Each team was able to enjoy various tourist attractions 에 따라 the group's theme during the memorable 6 nights and 7 days in Korea.

The ‘Fun Tour’ team consisted of 2PM’s Junsu, Wooyoung, and miss A’s Min along with 5 fans from France, the US, Australia, and Malaysia. They enjoyed various activities 같은 water taxi ride 을 따라 the Han River to enjoy Seoul's waterscapes, and learning 에 대한 자세한 내용을 Korea's traditional percussion quartet, Samulnori.

The '재미 Tour' 팀은 was 다음 divided into 두 그룹 as the '진정한 Blue 팀' with 2PM's Wooyoung and Junsu, and the 'Red 파워 Team' with 양 A's Min. Each team learned 하는 방법을 play the Ggeonggari, Janggu, Buk(Korean traditional drum), and Zing to perform 은 풀 Samulnori performance. Junsu, Wooyoung, and Min all attempted to 을 재생 the Janggu and made numerous mistakes 하는 동안practicing, but the overall performance was absolutely successful.

2PM’s Junho and Chansung along with miss A’s Suzy participated in the ‘Gourmet Tour’ 과 함께 5 fans from Japan 과 미국. They were 으로 나누어 three groups and 각 them made 좋아하는 Korean dishes. Each team played a game called “ladder shuffle” to choose which 종류의 of dish they 아마도. The teams chose 사이의 'Royal Ddukbokki', 'Japchae', 'Haemulpajeon”, and 곧 made 자신의 way to the supermarket to prepare the ingredients for 자신의 dishes.

Although Suzy의 팀이 had a difficult time keeping the Korean rice cakes from becoming 거대한 lump 을 준비하는 동안 the Royal Ddukbokki, they displayed their culinary skills and in the 끝 created a delicious dish. Suzy 주었다 cooking tips to her team, and spoon-fed her 구성원을 when enjoying 최종 제품.

Junho의 팀은 showed 훌륭한 teamwork by designating 특정 roles 있으며, made 있는지 확인 to carefully 볼 their time 동안 boiling their noodles to 을 their dish, Japchae.

Chansung의 팀이 accidentally 를 떨어 뜨 their dish Haemulpajeon on 자신의 first attempt, but received an ovation after successfully creating 큰 dish 결국.

2PM’s Taecyeon along with miss A’s Fei & Jia participated in the ‘Style Tour’, 함께 with 5 fans from China, Taiwan, and Singapore, as well as 팀 leader, ZaiZai. They enjoyed touring the trendy streets of Chungdam-dong and Galosu street, as well as Hongdae's famous department stores and fashion boutiques, 곳 they 시도 on various Hallyu styles of fashion. Taecyeon, Fei, and Xia 준 fashion advice to the fans and they enjoyed a full-fledged fashion photo shoot. Their 팀은 또한 enjoyed Korea's signature여름 dish Samgetang, and the fans enjoyed their 시간을 with Taecyeon, Fei and Xia at the hottest cafés located in the trendy routes of Galosu Street.

All of the ‘Touch Korea Tour’ video episodes will be released starting September 14th [KST] on www.ibuzzkorea.com/touchkoreatour/eng/tour_fun.html. All of the episodes 업로드됩니다 by October 5th [KST], and netizens 할 수 있습니다 place votes for 자신이 좋아하는 teams 10 월까지 15th [KST]. The 설문 조사 결과 will be posted on KTO's interactive site on October 22nd [KST], and the 팀은 with the 대부분의 votes 될 것입니다 invited back to Korea for the last week of October to spend 더 많은 시간을 2PM and miss A 동안 the awards and win 25,000,000 KRW.