Internationally-renowned action star Jackie Chan is eyeing out the k-pop market. According to his Korean management label, Chan is preparing to debut an idol group under the name of Double JC in May or June of this year. All of the members are reportedly of Korean descent and have undergone training of about eight years. Hip hop artist Hyun Jin-young will help produce the group’s debut album. Hyun is the [...]
Popular group JYJ has been appointed as the honorary ambassadors for the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. The official inauguration ceremony will be held on February 20th. After completing their world tour in 2011 and 2012 consisting of 15 cities for 210,000 fans, the trio have worked for UNAIDS in Asia as the regional goodwill ambassadors and even promoted nuclear safety and awareness for the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. The [...]
YG Entertainment revealed, “Psy will arrive in Turkey on February 20th. On the 21st to the 22nd, he will be participating in Istanbul’s festival ‘Istanbul Blue Night‘ as well as holding a press conference and appearing on a TV broadcast.” PSY Tackles Turkey Worldwide sensation PSY will be headed for Turkey! The singer’s hit “Gangnam Style” was reportedly very well-received in Turkey according to the region’s YouTube statistics. By country, [...]
Following in the footsteps of his fellow group mates — Lee Ki-gwang and Yoon Doo-joon — Yong Jun-hyung will also be taking on a acting role in an upcoming new drama. According to the producers of a cable drama called “Monstar”, Beast’s rapper will be a part of the cast. The drama will air on a cable channel starting in April, revolving around the talent audition craze. It will be [...]
March will be a big month of powerful female soloists making their return to k-pop. G.na and former After School leader Kahi will both be making their comebacks, each with their own albums. G.na last made her round of promotions 10 months ago with the song “2Hot”. Similar to her concept for that song, the young singer is expected to focus on her sexiness and powerful appeal for her upcoming [...]
Singer Baek Ji-young is doing her part to encourage donations for children in Nepal. According to reports, Baek will be holding a concert on February 16th, the first solo concert for the singer in 7 years. At the concert, she will have a donation booth for fans to make contributions for a new school set to be built in Nepal. In return for the fans’ generosity, Baek will be giving [...]
Label-mates 2NE1 and Gummy will be holding a joint concert for free for their fans. The collaboration will be made in efforts to help the youth in the Tae-an region of Korea. The area saw a horrible oil spill in 2007, with lasting negative effects for the people there. There have been ongoing free concerts for this cause since 2008 by Silk Road C&T. 2NE1 have helped in this event [...]
Following ongoing lawsuits regarding multiple accounts of fraud from 2009, Kang Sung-hoon, member of the popular ’90′s idol group Sechskies, has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison. According to the Seoul District Court’s verdict on February 13th, despite Kang’s claims that he had no intention of scamming the victims of their money, Kang hasn’t compensated them for the damages or losses, thus he was found to be guilty. Kang [...]
Teen Top knows how to make some noise. Literally. According to reports, the group’s February 9th concert at the Le Trianon Theatre in Paris broke the record for reaching the highest level in decibels at that particular concert venue. The concert team confirmed that the vibrations caused by the audience jumping up and down to Teen Top’s music caused the staff to have to hold on tight to their equipment. [...]
The judges — at least the ones for the international projects category — have been selected for this year’s 14th annual Jeonju International Film Festival. Kazakhstani film director and screenwriter, Darezhan Omirbayev, will be one of the judges appointed. Omirbayev’s film [Tueur à gages] received the Un Certain Regard award at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1998. In addition to Omirbayev, famed Korean director Ryu Seung-wan and actor Jung [...]
