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From left: Raoul, CH Carolina Herrera, KAAL E.SUKTAE and Deuxy. SINGAPORE - First launched four years ago with the tag line "Asia's leading fashion hub", Asia Fashion Exchange (AFX), now in its fourth year, seems to be heading in the right direction. Famed Western designers including Carolina Herrera, Hussein Chalayan and Collette Dinnigan presented their 2013 fall and winter collections and talked about their sources of inspiration and childhood memories at numerous forums while rising Asian brands like Raoul (Singapore) and KAAL E

Saewookkang, the airy shrimp-flavored crackers that go so very well with beer, have sold 7.5 billion bags since their debut in 1971, its producer Nongshim, a local food and confectionary company, said yesterday. The sales mean that every Korean, based on a population of 50 million, has bought 150 of the 3.2 ounce bags of Saewookkang. If you spread all 7.5 billion bags out, they would cover all of Asia's 4.4 billion hectares, the company said.Nicknamed Korea's "national snack", Saewookkang has a famous commercial jingle that every Korean knows, with the lyric that goes, "Your hands keep going to Saewookkang" - similar to the Pringles' "Once you pop, you just can't stop"

U-KISS, f(x), Xander, Fei, Jia, Amber, Victoria, 2PM, miss A, Nichkhun K-pop is filled with Koreans, but once in awhile an agency will pop in a non-Korean member into the mix, giving the group a pinch of diversity and a sprinkle of foreign fun! Let's take a look at the members who moved to Korea to pursue a dream in music and idol glory.  Amber and Victoria are the two non-Korean members of SM Entertainment's 5-membered female group, f(x). Amber is of Taiwanese descent and her parents reign from Tainan City, Taiwan

2PM again showed off its influence in Korea by selling out tickets to its concerts in its home country.Along with the success of its recent studio album Grown, the group has managed to also sell out all tickets to its Seoul concert to be held from June 21-22, proving it is indeed the biggest ′beast-dol′ in Asia. 2PM′s Asia tour 2PM Live Tour - What Time Is It started in November 2012, and went through Shanghai, Macau and Guangzhou in China, Jakarta in Indonesia, Taipei in Taiwan, Bangkok in Thailand and Manila of the Philippines for a total of seven cities across five countries

Jang Nara Jang Nara Now the Face of Another Clothing Line, ‘How Many Total?’ Jang Nara has become the new face of yet another major clothing company in China. On May 19, Jang Nara signed an endorsement deal with a prominent clothing line in China. The company stated, "The enormous popularity of Jang Nara in China based on her cute and lovely image works very well with the image we try to portray with our products. She is a great match." Jang Nara currently endorses a number of products, ranging from clothes, home appliances, cosmetics and drinks as the reigning queen of advertising deals in China

After spending time with overseas fans, Boyfriend is returning to Korea to release a new digital single. On May 22, Boyfriend tweeted, “What is everyone doing now~~ Haha. We just finished dinner. Did everyone eat? You probably did.. Oh, and we have a surprise present next week. Wait just a little more~ It’ll be worth getting excited for~ And don’t be sick!! Okay? Good night!” The surprise present has been revealed to be a new digital single. Starship Entertainment said, “Boyfriend successfully completed its fan meetings in Singapore, China, Taiwan, and Japan

JTBC set a new record yesterday by becoming the cable network in Korea to sell licensing rights to an original program in the shortest amount of time since the network's establishment.The network signed a deal with a media production agency based in China to sell the rights to the singing competition "Hidden Singer" in that market.The show has quite a following in Korea with its novel approach of pitting celebrities against impostors while a judging panel and audience members listen as the singers perform a few verses while hidden behind curtains

Super Junior, Choi Siwon choi siwon attends chinese staff's wedding Idol group Super Junior's member Choi Siwon revealed his connections by attending a Chinese media staff member's wedding. Today, the Chinese media revealed that Choi Siwon attending EE Media's vice president's wedding. EE Media is one of the largest entertainments in China. Choi Siwon had gained the favor of many staff members through various activities both in Korea and in China. Choi Siwon also revealed pictures he took with other stars of China and posted them up on Weibo (Chinese Twitter)

Kim Hyun Joong Kim Hyun Joong Donates $100K to Earthquake Victims in China’s Sichuan Province Kim Hyun Joong made a public donation of $100,000 to China's One Foundation. According to local Chinese news reports, Kim Hyun Joong donated the sum of money on May 17 in order to help support the victims of Sichuan province earthquake. One Foundation was founded by Jet Li back in 2006. Currently, around 200 people have been killed or gone missing due to the earthquake which turned Sichuan province upside down on April 20

What can this handsome actor not do? Not only is Lee Min Ho a great actor, he can sing too! The popular actor will be releasing his first album, “My Everything“, and he released the video teaser for one of his tracks, “Love Motion” through the official LOEN Entertainment YouTube channel.  The fan service album is produced by Hwang Chan Hee and includes songs of various genres, such as British rock, jazz, electronic, and modern rock. Along with “Love Motion, it has six other tracks, including “My Everything ” “Without You,” “My Little Princess,” and “You & I