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Actor Lee Hyun Woo shared a picture of him and Japanese actress Fujii Mina through his official Twitter. On June 14 the cute actor wrote on his Twitter, “Right now I am shooting for the poster for the ‘17th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival‘. I did it with Fujii Mina noona. Please show us a lot of interest. Please watch me fondly.” He also shared a photo he took with the Japanese actress. In the picture Lee Hyun Woo is wearing a sharp suit and poses closely with the pretty actress

Seoul, as Korea's capital with 500 years of Joseon Dynasty history, is full of historical relics and traces. Among them are the city's traditional palaces, an indispensable part of cultural inheritance, but access to them has been limited in many ways and for many reasons. Visitors to the palaces were normally allowed to look from outside the sites from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., but were banned from taking off their shoes and entering rooms or structures. So spending the night at a palace was out of the question

xiah junsu, Taeyang, Younha, Henry, IU younha collaboration with so ji sub They can dance, they can sing, they can make you laugh, but how many of them can jam out hard on a musical instrument? The answer? Not many. Today we're going to take a look at those idols who have talent beyond the microphone and dance floor. Solo singer IU is known for her pretty girly ways, sweet voice, and her skills on the guitar. She often releases acoustic covers of popular K-pop songs such as SHINee's "Juliette," SNSD's "Gee," and Super Junior's "Sorry, Sorry

Kara‘s Goo Hara will make a cameo in Japanese drama on June 17. The singer will appear in an episode of the drama “Galileo” as Yuna who works in the same office with the drama’s lead actress, Yoshitaka Yuriko. Goo Hara has been involved with the drama before, by participating in the soundtrack. She worked with songwriter Fukuyama Masaharu as the project group Hara+ and sang the song, “Magic of Love.”  A representative of the drama said, “We are thankful that she came to film despite her busy schedule

Teaser released for the upcoming Korean drama "Goddess Of Fire Jeongi" "Goddess Of Fire Jeongi" (2013)Directed by Park Seong-sooWritten by Kwon Soon-gyooWith Moon Geun-yeong, Lee Sang-yoon, Park Geon-hyeong, Han Go-eun, Jeon Kwang-ryeol, Kwang Soo,...32 Episodes - Mon, Tue 21:55SynopsisDeals with the fancy life and love of Baek Pa-seon, the Choun's first female dish-maker. True character Baek Pa-seon rose to the highest position as the best pottery maker but was taken to Japan during the Japanese Invasion and promoted Chosun's pottery making

Daesung of boy group Big Bang will release his first solo EP in Japan on July 31, according his agency, YG Entertainment. In the new EP, "I Love You", he collaborated with globally renowned Japanese violinist Taro Hakase, pictured on the right. Taro garnered international popularity after he worked with American singer Celine Dion on "To Love You More".The song Daesung sings in the EP was made popular by Yutaka Ozaki, and is widely known not only in Japan but also in Korea. "Because it is such a famous song, I felt a little burdened to sing it, but I had to take a challenge as I like the song so much", said Daesung

On June 14, a representative of group U-KISS announced that U-KISS Visa card will be available in Japan via Sumitomo Mitsui Bank Corporation, which is one of the three major banks in Japan. Both sides of this special visa card will show pictures of U-KISS. In addition, card holders will be able to accumulate points, which can be used to receive U-KISS related products. Sumitomo Mitsui Bank has so far saw great success with visa cards featuring Japanese stars including Dreams Come True, Eikichi Yazawa, X-Japan’s Yoshiki, and L’Arc en Ciel

Shinhwa, Kim Dong Wan, gifts SHINHWA's member Kim Dong Wan is praised by netizens for being generous. He was on the celebrity spotlight because of his recent act of kindness to his previous manager. One of the representatives of his agency stated on XsportsNews in a phone conversation " We didn't find out about his good deeds until we read it in the news". The representative continued in the phone patch stating " Kim Dong Wan's previous manager. Mr. Kim was having a hard time so he gave Mr

Our ladies have announced that they are going back on tour!  Just after finishing their 2nd Japan Tour, it has been announced that the ladies will be starting a world tour on June 8th and 9th in Seoul. The tour is called “2013 Girls Generation World Tour – Girls and Peace.”  The first 2 concerts on the 8th and 9th will be held at Gymnastics Stadium in Seoul Olympic Park. Tickets will go on sale May 9th at 8PM KST through G-Market.  If you are a foreigner, you can also plan a tour package through SM Entertainment here

LP Factory is the nation's only manufacturer of LP records. Lee Gil-yong, head of the LP Factory, makes a final check on color LPs that will be exported to Japan. The one pictured above features the face of singer Patti Kim. In the past, it took at least a couple of steps to play music. You had to plug in either a turntable or a cassette player, take an LP record out of its sleeve or a cassette tape out of its case with care, then place it on a turntable or into a deck. With the advent of MP3 players and smartphones, however, music has become something you can play anytime and anywhere, just by touching a button on the screen, even when there is no electricity