NEWS!! 1508
Singer Park Jin-youn, who has been known as a music producer for quite some time, will make a comeback in November with his seventh album.
A person from JYP Entertainment said in a recent phone interview with E-Daily SPN that Park is recording his new album in the United States and will release it in November.
Park's comeback as a singer will come after six years. Recently, he performed the original soundtrack of a KBS fusion epic drama along with JK Kim Dong-wook.
Back in June, Park founded the U.S. branch of his management agency JYP Entertainment as part of his efforts to advance to the U.S. as an Asian singer/producer.
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Siwon and Hankyung, members of the idol band Super Junior, visited China Wednesday as invited special guests on a lead Chinese entertainment show.
A Chinese satellite TV station, marking the show's tenth anniversary, invited the two Korean singers for a rare full hour appearance.
During the recording on Wednesday, the two showed a joint dance along with Hankyung's hip hop and traditional dances and a taekwondo demonstration by Siwon, to the applause of 800 audience members.
Tickets to the show's recording, randomly given out by drawing, were said to be sold for as much as 250,000 won.
The program will air nationwide on Aug. 18.
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Korean actor and singer Rain will take part in an anti-human trafficking campaign with the help of global music network MTV and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
MTV and the U.S. Agency for International Development will produce a 30-minute documentary in eight languages, in which international stars will take part in narration. Korean superstar Rain and popular Thai singer Tata Young will narrate in their native Korean and Thai, respectively.
The documentary, slated for broadcast in September, aims to warn viewers around the world on the danger of human trafficking and educate consumers on how to counter businesses that exploit and traffic human beings. Other related short films and public advertisements will be produced and broadcast over the next year.
Rain recently said he was honored to be able to take part in MTV's EXIT campaign that aims to fight human trafficking. He went on to point out that the sad reality of human trafficking is that most of the victims are women and children. He also said he wanted to be of help to those fighting human trafficking.
Since 2004, MTV's EXIT campaign succeeded in promoting anti-human trafficking awareness in Europe. It went on to expand its campaign in the Asia Pacific region. Hollywood stars such as Angelina Jolie and Helena Christensen took part in the European campaign.
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Korean pop idol group TVXQ has finally topped the Japanese music chart. Its 12th single 'Summer Dream' topped the Oricon daily single chart on the first day it was released Wednesday.
Excluding Ryu Si-won, whose acting fame boosted his chart rankings, the number one ranking is the first by Korean male singers. Heavyweight Japanese singers released their albums on the same day but they failed to rise above TVXQ.
The milestone comes 2 years 4 months after the pop idol group released their first Japanese single in April 2005. It also took pop icon BoA considerable time to reach the top of the Oricon chart.
But TVXQ's number one ranking was predicted from early on. Starting with its second single in July 2005, which made the top ten, all 13 of their albums including two regular ones had all entered the Oricon top ten. Their 11th album last month climbed to second place, indicating its likely number one ranking.
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Dynamic Duo, a popular Korean hip-hop duo, is set to perform with American hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas in Seoul.
Dynamic Duo will perform on the opening stage of the Black Eyed Peas' first Seoul concert on August 15 at the Fencing Stadium at Seoul Olympic Park. What makes the Korean hip-hop duo's upcoming performance significant is that they were reportedly personally chosen by the members of the Black Eyed Peas, who went through the CDs and music videos of numerous Korean artists.
Dynamic Duo said they were honored to be performing on stage with such an internationally renowned hip-hop group as the Black Eyed Peas. The duo also said they are looking forward to the upcoming concert as they are big fans of the group and promised to put on a great performance on stage.
Dynamic Duo released their third studio album in May. Since its release, the duo's latest album has been sweeping various music charts.
Meanwhile, the August 15 concert will mark the second time the Black Eyed Peas are performing in Korea after their special performance at the 2006 Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival. However, the upcoming concert will be the group's first solo concert in Korea.
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Park Chang-sik at Kim Jong-hak Production says "Jo Jeong-hwa has been working on the script for a year and the script is ready for the 3rd episode so far. Overseas shooting is also under review."
Casting will begin this year and the drama will be filmed and aired next year. The director has yet to be decided.
Park says "The first series in 2004 was beloved at home, in China and Southeast Asia so that many Asian broadcasters offered to produce their own series. A well made season 2 could hit it big at home and abroad. It's unclear whether Rain and Song Hye-kyo will be recast."
Full House, which ended airing in September 2004, was based on a popular same-titled Korean comic by Won Soo-yeon about a trendy young couple's love story. Rain and Song were touted as the most lovely drama couple.
SOURCE: KBS Global
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SOURCE: YAHOO TAIWAN
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