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Lee Hi‘s fans from all over the world have banded together to celebrate her first ever solo concert. On May 12, Lee Hi performed a free concert, ‘RE-HI‘, for 500 fans at the Seokang University’s Mary Hall in Seoul. To celebrate, her fans from USA, Peru, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Bahrain, and other countries gathered to send 1.17 tons of rice (~2,580 pounds). One fan said, “We wanted to give back a small gift to YG Entertainment because they opened a free concert for us, so we decided to do a rice wreath from fans all over the world

FT Island, CNBLUE Ft Island and CNBLUE will perform at Summer Sonic 2013 in Japan Summer is just around the corner which means music festival lineups are being settled and eager fans are saving their pennies to attend some of the best shows around the world. Japan's Summer Sonic Festival is one of the biggest in Asia with dozens of high-profile international acts performing at it each year. This summer, K-Pop fans can rejoice as both FT Island and CNBLUE have just been added to the performance schedule

After news came out that ‘A’ had dropped her charges against Park Si Hoo and his hoobae, it’s now been revealed that Park Si Hoo had tried to reach a compromise with his previous CEO ‘C’. Park Si Hoo’s lawyers contacted C’s lawyer by phone, asking to reach a compromise and drop both lawsuits against each other. However, C’s side had other ideas as they stated, “It’s true that we had a phone call with Park Si Hoo’s lawyers. But we have no intent to end our lawsuit here

Seoul Beats Idols Music Film Drama TV Media Style Culture TweetcultureSuper Junior’s Mandatory Future Written by Alex On May 13, 2013 Followers of Korea’s entertainment news may very well have heard that mandatory service in Korea is nothing to joke about — considering that, by law, every able-bodied man aged 19 to 35 needs to report for duty and serve their country for approximately 2 years, and that just above the country, lies the hostile and unpredictable North Korea. And by every able-bodied man, celebrities certainly are not exempt from it, as refusal to serve can result in imprisonment

Korea’s top female soloists, BoA and Lee Hyori, showed their friendship and support for one another. BoA wrote a message to Lee Hyori on Twitter and wrote, “Unnie I am excited for your new album! Take care of your health. Fighting ^^ Miss Korea!!”  Lee Hyori replied back, “Thanks~~.” Lee Hyori started her singing career in 1998, two years before a young girl named BoA would make her debut. It seems that the two veterans of K-Pop have developed a friendship after being in the business for over ten years

With a possible collaboration in the making, T-ara N4 arrived in Los Angeles to meet Chris Brown. On May 13 (KST), T-ara N4 landed in Los Angeles with a large group of fans waiting to welcome T-ara N4 to America. As it was their first time in USA, the members were quite surprised to receive such a warm welcome from what’s said to be 300 fans. The group made sure to take pictures and sign autographs for the fans. T-ara N4 was invited to Los Angeles to meet Chris Brown, who is friends with T-ara trainee, Dani

Idol group Teen Top showed that they are all grown up in their first solo concert. On May 11 and 12 the group held their first solo concert in Seoul as part of their “TEEN TOP No.1 Asia Tour.” Thousands of their fans packed the stadium to watch what Teen Top has prepared the past three years since their debut. The group opened their concert with the title track of their first full album, “Miss Right” and then went into “Walk by…” and “I Wana Love

MBC drama "A Hundred Year's Inheritance" is driving on with more than 30% in viewing percentage. According to Nielsen Korea on the 13th, MBC drama "A Hundred Year's Inheritance" rated 30.3%. This is 4.1% higher than the previous episode and the first time this drama's done more than 30%. The weekend rating has changed thanks to "A Hundred Year's Inheritance". KBS 2TV "Lee Soon-sin is the Best" rated 27.6% and SBS "The Secret of Birth" rated 6.9%. MBC "Gold, Appear!" rated 15.1% and KBS 1TV "The Great King's Dream" rated 7

by: Raine --- Episode 12 dropped 0.4% to 9.4%. It's the same stuff over and over. It's saving grace is some mystical power that catches the attention and the heart and invests you. Perhaps it's the hot men. Perhaps it's the need to figure this hot mess of a drama out. I'm not sure. "Fashion King" features Yoo Ah-in, Sin Se-kyeong and Lee Je-hoon. Episode 13 recap Young-gul is agonizing in bed over Ga-young's departure and then rises  to check Ga-young's sleeping area, but she isn't there

"Old Boy". If you've seen just one Korean film, chances are this is it. It's a cult classic, critically acclaimed, and universally loved. Which begs the question: why on earth does it need or deserve to be remade? Regardless of the answer, Spike Lee's Hollywood redoing (starring Josh Brolin, Sharto Copley and Elizabeth Olsen) is highly anticipated by all. Of course, this isn't the first Korean smash to have a USA makeover. Here's a snippet of K- to- Hollywood remakes, with numbers from IMDB and more in-depth opinions from London-based friends as well as K-film experts that were kind enough to reply to our post on a K-cinema forum: