Vote for who will join 2PM and miss A to explore Korea in the Touch Korea Tour!

Hallyu stars 2PM and miss A have stepped forward as official ambassadors to promote more awareness of the hidden beauties and culture of Korea.

In order to help their international fans experience Korea to the fullest, 2PM and miss A have helped launch Korea Tourism Organization‘s ‘Touch Korea Tour Campaign‘, a global campaign tour to take place this June.

Winners from the campaign contest will be able to visit Korea for 6 nights and 7 days for a chance to experience the food, entertainment, shopping, and more!

One of those 7 days will be spent touring with the members of 2PM and miss A themselves, where together they will create teams to complete specific missions to better promote the beauty and charm of Korea.

In order to select the winners, the Korea Tourism Organization held a ‘Touch Korea Tour Contest‘ from April 12th to May 2nd, asking fans everywhere to display their love for Korea through a video. In it, contestants had to submit videos using various ideas such as emulating their favorite K-Pop dance or providing an explanation as to why they would like to visit Korea.

Approximately 2,000 entries were submitted from more than 100 different countries, and the 21 finalists have been revealed through the ‘Touch Korea Tour’ official website.

The 7 final winners will be determined based on judgment by the Korea Tourism Organization, as well as by online user votes. Netizens can begin casting their votes on the Touch Korea Tour Site starting May 8th 12:00AM KST until May 11th 11:59PM KST. Votes can be cast for multiple videos, however, fans will be only be able to cast one vote per video, per day.

One team who does the best job of completing the mission, will be chosen from the three teams after the end of the tour through online voting, and each member of the team will receive a Korea Pass worth 5 million KRW, which is accepted over 7,300 affiliates including museums, select tourist spots, as well as duty free shops, and can also be used for public transportation.

Korea Tourism Organization’s Tourism Brand & Product Department Executive Director  Shin Pyung Seob remarked, “Korea Tourism Organization’s ‘Touch Korea Tour’ is highly meaningful, as the contestants will be able to experience Korea with today’s top Hallyu stars. I hope this will serve as a good opportunity for all fans of K-Pop to be able to communicate using our Youtube and Facebook pages, and a chance for them to personally visit Korea. Please look forward to the exciting ‘Touch Korea Tour’ events to unfold.”

Female idol stars who were once models for online shopping malls

As many of you may know, there are a number of female idol stars who were once models for online shopping malls before debuting as a K-Pop artist.

Recently, the above compilation photo surfaced on an online community site with the title, ‘Girl group members who were shopping mall models‘. Although this photo doesn’t include every female idol who had once modeled for online shopping malls, it includes some of the popular names we hear about everyday.

The ladies in the photo included KARA‘s Hara, T-ara‘s Hyomin, Qri, and Hwayoung, miss A‘s Suzy, and 5dolls‘ Hyewon.

Suzy looked lovely in her pink blouse and black skirt, while Hara displayed her chic appeals with black-rimmed glasses, and Qri and Hyomin sported outfits that showcased their flawless figures. Hwayoung showcased a tidy and mature look in her black and white professional wear, as Hyewon looked youthful in a vibrant red jacket.

Netizens were impressed upon seeing the photo, as the the girls were as beautiful back then as they are now.

“This is before their debut, but they all look so good,” they wrote in response, as well as “I didn’t know so many of them were models prior to their debut,” and “They are all so pretty!”

Hyomin spends $27,000 for hard working ‘Gang Kiz’ staff members

T-ara‘s Hyomin decided to show her appreciation for her hard working staff members by generously spending 30 million (approximately $27,000 USD).

Core Contents Media (CCM) recently released a MV teaser for their upcoming girl group Gang Kiz, and the clip received major attention immediately after its release. Gang Kiz’s senior artist Hyomin who was so grateful for the attention and wanted to thank the staff members who helped produce the MV, the ones who made all of this possible.

CCM shared, “After the teaser for ‘Honey Honey‘ received lots of attention, Hyomin decided to spend $27,000 on the staff members who barely slept for 2 to 3 hours at a time during the 9 days of filming.”

Gang Kiz members also commented, “We were so nervous after we released the teaser but we are very thankful for the fans who gave us their attention and support. We will always be thankful and work hard.”

Last month, the T-ara members traveled to Europe for 9 days with Gang Kiz to help film their MV and shoot their album jacket pictorials.

Kangta cooks a meal for Victoria

Singer Kangta prepared a meal for his SM Entertainment junior artist f(x)’s Victoria.

On May 7th, Victoria posted on her me2day, “Hello, everyone! How have you been? I missed you! I’m in Korea for the first time in a long time. Kangta invited me over and cooked some delicious food for me. I’m so happy.”

Victoria also uploaded a photo taken from the filming for Kangta’s cooking show, “Kangta’s Pasta e Basta”. In the photo, both Victoria and Kangta were standing in a kitchen while Victoria smiled as she looked down at the various pasta.

Super Junior unveiled Opera PV!

Super Junior unveiled the PV of their new Japanese song Opera,check out the PV here.




Dance version PV

SHINee to make a live appearance through their USTREAM channel on May 11th!

SHINee will be appearing live via their USTREAM channel on Friday, May 11th at 9PM JST to celebrate the release of the Japanese version of Sherlock (to be released on May 16th). They will answer questions/requests sent in by fanclub members and talk about their upcoming single.

Named "SHINee CHANNEL", the live appearance will be held here: http://www.ustream.t...l/shineechannel

Fanclub members may use this link to send in a message: https://enq.emimusic.jp/dom/2912/

SUPER JUNIOR OPERA日本单曲舞蹈版本音乐视频曝光！

Super Junior 明天将在日本发行Opera单曲，今天已经有粉丝购得专辑并分享于网上哦~上图就是所谓的拼图专辑九张个人成员的拼图拼成的。是不是很吸引人呢？喜欢的朋友们记得支持吧！网上今天也流传了Opera的舞蹈版本PV哦，快来看看吧！

看了舞蹈版本和原来的版本你们喜欢那一种呢？

2PM sells out '6 Beautiful Days' concert tour

Following the success of their previous ‘Hands Up Asia Tour’, tickets for 2PM’s ‘6 Beautiful Days’ Japan tour were all sold out as well, proving their global influence.

2PM will meet with thousands of fans through their upcoming 6-day concert at the Budokan which will run starting May 24th through the 31st. With the opening of tickets sales, every single seat was reported to have sold out.

The two additional concert at the Yokohama Arena in Kanagawa, which were added due to the fans’ request, were completely sold out as well.

2PM will kickstart the concert from May 24-25 and from May 28-31 at the Nippon Budokan. They will then performed at the Yokohama Arena in Kanagawa, Japan on June 5 and 6.

New trailer for 2PM and 2AM's 'Beyond The ONEDAY' revealed

As previously reported, the ‘brother group’ 2PM and 2Am will be releasing a documentary film in Japan titled “Beyond the ONEDAY~STORY of 2PM&2AM~”. Following the first trailer released previously, a second trailer for the film has been released!

“Beyond the ONEDAY~STORY of 2PM&2AM~” is the movie that is originally based on the program called ‘Yul Hyul Nam A’ and contains the story of the brother group 2PM and 2AM. The movie includes the behind-the-scene of JYP NATION in Japan 2011 where it was the first stage to perform all together in member of 10.

The movie is expected to be released on June 30th at all locations within Japan including TOHO Cinema, Roppongi Hills.