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Clockwise from top left, Pedro Reyes's "Imagine", Scott Eady's "100 Bikes Project: Gwangju" and Suh Do-ho's "Rubbing Project" are on exhibit at the 2012 Gwangju Biennale. Asia's largest contemporary art event, themed "Round Table" this year, is underway at various venues in the southwestern city and runs through Nov. 11. / Courtesy of Gwangju Biennale By Kwon Mee-yooTo fully appreciate the works of 92 artists from 40 countries at the 2012 Gwangju Biennale, art fans will need stamina.The largest contemporary art exposition in Asia opened Friday at various venues with an extensive amount of pieces to see, hear, touch and experience

Recently, JYJ’s Park Yoo Chun has become a hot issue with his sense of fashion at an airport in Taiwan. He appeared in a casual wear, but with a luxurious sense of fashion. On September 13, the star arrived at Taiwan to hold a fan meeting on the next day. He has been gaining popularity with his TV series Rooftop Prince in the country. The SBS drama series has attracted the most viewer ratings among the other Korean TV series in Taiwan GTV since 2011. Park’s appearance was caught by a China photo press at the airport, and he seemed to be in a comfortable outfit

Foreign fans of Song Il-gook have donated more than $25,000 in the name of their favorite actor. Green Umbrella Child Fund Korea announced on Thursday that the movement to donate to children in poverty began with a Chinese fan."A sponsor named Li Yin from China contacted us via our Web site in July and said she wanted to donate after watching Song Il-gook in a KBS documentary about marginalized children", said a fund spokesperson.On Aug. 20, the transaction was completed and Li said that the donation was a collective action made on behalf of all Song's fans abroad

U-KISS will receive a special achievement award in recognition for their contribution to the Hallyu Wave. On the 19th, the boy group will attend Arirang TV‘s celebration event for their milestone of reaching over 100 Million clients. At the event, U-KISS will be awarded the ‘Special Hallyu Achievement Award‘ from the minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism. Earlier this month U-KISS performed at the Tokyo Budokan in front of an estimated 10,000 fans, and like so has been continuously promoting their music

Counterclockwise, from top: A mini-railroad surrounding Alice House offers a short tour around Paju Book City; Mimesis Museum captures the attention of art-loving visitors; visitors stroll along a street in Paju Book City; and one of the buildings that houses domestic publishing companies. Provided by Paju Book City The Paju Book Sori Festival is set to fling its door open today, bringing more than 200 publishers and some 300 cultural organizations to the city of Paju, north of Seoul. Marking its second anniversary, the book festival's theme is "One Asia Through Books"

Yoochun JYJ Park Yoochun JYJ Park Yoochun JYJ Park Yoochun Park Yoochun successfully wrapped up his fan meeting in Taiwan. On September 13, Park Yoochun of JYJ landed at the Taipei Airport where a countless number of fans and reporters were waiting for his arrival. The couple hundred people who were waiting at the airport began to scream as soon as they saw Park Yoochun and over 20 different media sources were struggle to capture every moment of his arrival. Recently, the SBS drama "Rooftop Prince" is highly popular in Taiwan

U Kiss will be receiving an award from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for greatly contributing to the Korean Wave. On September 19, U Kiss will be attending an event of Arirang TV that celebrates its customers exceeding 100million, and will be awarded ‘Korean Wave Special Achievement Award’ from the minister of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea. Previously on September 5, U Kiss held a concert at Budokan in Japan and communicated with 10,000 fans. Even before this particular event, U Kiss greatly influenced Korean Wave and took a part in spreading this culture

Junsu, JYJ, XIA World Tour, music chart, Uncommitted JYJ member Junsu, who has just recently finished his North and South America tour, has received some great news. Junsu's first English single, UNCOMITTED, has beaten Serj Tankian and Green Day and has ranked number 1 on the Czech MTV Wishlist. He has also ranked number 1 on China's music video site. His "Uncommitted" music video was released in August and received 328,000 views only 3 days after its release

After building a high reputation as the second most popular movie in Korea, The Thieves (directed by Choi Dong Hoon, produced by Caper Film) has turned on a green light on its march in Hong Kong. The movie has involved 12,890,000 moviegoers and was invited to various kinds of film festivals only before opening in Hong Kong on September 6 and ranking at the top of local box-office. Even before the release of the film, the news that director Choi and the best actors of Korea and China had come together motivated eight different countries of Asia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and Thailand to purchase the film in advance

A member of f(x), Victoria shows off her wedding dress. On September 12, Victoria uploaded a collage of her wearing a wedding dress onto her me2day. She included the caption, “It’s a waste if only I can see this.” The collages show individual photos of Victoria posing in the wedding dress with her “When Loved Walked In” castmates Calvin Chen (Taiwanese actor and Fahrenheit idol group member) and Zhou Mi (a member of Super Junior-M). The white dress is a tube-top with a small V-type cut to bring a sexy twist to a rather refined dress