With the uprising popularity of the Hallyu wave, it is not surprising that 9 out of 10 top places of a recent survey is taken by Kpop Stars.
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) recently conducted a survey for the tenth anniversary of its website, asking which part of the Korean wave interested participants the most, and who among the hallyu stars would be their dream travel buddies in Korea.
Super Junior had managed to secure the first place, with 13% of the total votes. Big Bang came in second at 9%, JYJ third at 7%, TVXQ fourth at 5% and SNSD fifth at 4%.
As stated by the Korean Harald, the poll participants, who numbered 12,085 from 102 countries, were all from countries outside of Korea, and none of whom were Korean by nationality.
The survey, conducted in May this year, was done through the KTO’s website, e-mail, Twitter, and Facebook pages.
90 percent of the respondents were female, and 77 percent came from Asian countries.
53.3 percent, or 6,441 participants chose K-pop as that part of hallyu that interested them the most, thereby giving it first place in the survey by a comfortable margin of 20.1 percent over Korean dramas (OSTs).
This statistical change highlights a shift in interest within the last 10 years, when Korean OSTs first engaged foreigners’ interest in Korean culture. One possible reason for this shift in interest could be the rise of social media within the last decade.
With regards to the age breakdown of the poll participants, 49 percent were in their twenties, eighteen percent in their thirties, seventeen percent in their teens, eight percent in their forties, and six percent in their fifties – once again proving that kpop has a diverse age range of fans.
(our boys are doing great, don’t you think so? ^^ Once again, congratulations!)
sources: Sina, Newsen, Manila Bulletin (Jonathan M. Hicap reporting)
Super Junior’s charismatic leader, Leeteuk, recently thanked his international fans via Twitter. He tweeted a series of messages dedicated to his fans on June 19th.
He thanked Asian E.L.F’s by tweeting, “A-sia all the Asian countries! And asia E.L.F. You all know that we always love and thank you, right? You all led and held onto us firmly..^^ Let’s stay together forever!!“. He also tweeted, “Indonesia’s guard team that has served the president before, thank you and thank you to Indonesian fans as well. Alssala malaykum ^^.”
Leeteuk didn’t forget about his European fans and wrote, “EU.. Everyone from European countries!! And EU E.L.F. I saw your interviews as well. Your passionate cheers and love. My tears are falling without me knowing. I’ll work even harder!!! ㅠㅠThank you and I love you.”
Lastly, he dedicated his tweet to his Middle Eastern and South American fans, saying, “Arab and Middle Eastern E.L.F!! And South American E.L.F. Thank you and I love you.. ^^ I’ll pay back your big love. I’ll try to visit you even if anything happens. Thank you with all my heart..ㅠㅠ Ah I feel like crying..”
Super Junior also filmed a special video to commemorate their concert in France. In the video, the members stand outside the Louvre and dance briefly to “Sorry Sorry” and SHINee’s “Ring Ding Dong“. Yesung andEunhyuk are unable to hide their excitement for the concert and shout out “Let’s have 1 more concert!” and “We’ll come back next week!“.
They also hilariously repeat “Bonjour” for their French fans. Leeteuk tweeted the video with the message, “We prepared a small present in thanks for the France concert ^^. We want to perform again!!!^^.”
Source: ALLKPOP.COM
Super junior in front of Louvre Museum are demanding something. This had been shown by Leeteuk through his tweet.
He shared a video:
Translation: I’ve prepared a small present because I was so thankful about the concert in France ^^ I want to perform again!!!! ^^
LT: Hello everyone. Here, we are in front of the L’ouvre Museum in France. Apparently, something great has happened. Let’s see what happened.
LT: How do you feel!!!
EH: We want to do another concert!!!!
YS: We want to do another concert !!!!
LT: Please say something for the French fans
EH: Bonjour, bonjour
DH & EH: Bonjour~~
Everyone: Thank you~~ We are, Super Junior!!
Well now Super Junior are demonstrating for another SM Town Paris!!
this is there love for there fans to cheer them up! hahahaa Cute SJ members……
Fans can now feel the excitement of Super Show 3 through the photo book of SS3.
Super Junior are garnering attention from their fans with the news that they will be releasing their first concert book. Super Junior Super Show 3 concert book is a concert photo book containing scenes from the 3rd Asia tour Super Show 3 in Seoul which was held in August.
Super Junior Super Show 3 concert book will contain high quality photos of the concert scenes as well as never released photos of the waiting room. Also, the book has autographs and messages from the members. As a bonus, there will also be 14 copies of photo postcards. The fans who attended the concert can feel the excitment of the concert again with the concert book and those who did not go can experience the heat of the concert second-hand.
Super Junior Super Show 3 concert book has a high quality hardcover bookbinding making it a collectible. The concert book can be pre-ordered from June 16 to the 30th. All those who pre-order the concert book will each be given a big poster of Super Junior specially made for the book. Through a drawing, 20 people will be given a concert book autographed by all the members. The concert book can pre-ordered through Interpark, Kyobo Book Centre, Yes24, Lees Music, and Apple Music. The price is 30,000 won and the more details can found on UFO Town.
A rep of Danal who planned Super Junior Super Show 3 concert book stated, “To share the excitement of the concert with the fans, we have decided to release a concert book which is a first for Super Junior since their debut. The high quality photos and never released photos of the members behind the scene will present unforgettable memory for the fans.”
Meanwhile, Super Show 3 was held in 13 Asian countries for a total of 20 times. It started in Seoul and was also held in Beijing, Shanghai, Bangkok, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, and Singapore. It was Super Junior’s third Asia tour and it got lot of attention world wide.
So fans buck up and don’t be late to grab your copy!!
Source: JKStars
Translated by Minnie @ SUJUISM.BLOGSPOT.COM
Recently the popular Boy Band, Super Junior’s members attended the Ambassador Appointment ceremony for the 2011 Seoul Summer Sale on the 17th of June, held in the small conference room in Seoul City Hall in Seoul’s Jung-gu. Where they had been selected as the new Ambassador of Seoul Summer sale, 72% of foreigners voted for SJ to be the ambassadors. Seoul’s mayor Oh Se-hoon said in praise of SJ: “Super Junior have been very well-received in China, Southeast Asia and other regions of Asia, and recently in Europe.”
Video of the conference:
Source: Newsen
Writen by Alia / Associate Writer
(Reuters Life!) – Choi Si-won recalls that even on a rainy day, the Paris venue was bedlam, with thousands of screaming fans packing the street outside a concert hall.
They were all hoping to catch a glimpse of Choi, one of the most popular members of Super Junior, currently South Korea’s hottest boy-band, in the band’s first concert venture in Europe.
While the “Korean Wave” has swamped Asia, winning fans from Tokyo to Kuala Lumpur and beyond, it has had little impact in Europe so far — but that is about to change, the 25-year-old Choi told Reuters in an interview.
“It wasn’t just a concert in Europe. It was beyond the border, which gives me so much confidence and pride,” Choi said after his return to Seoul.
He has a right to his feelings.
The band’s June 10 and 11 Paris concerts attracted 14,000 fans each night in the first European event put on by SM Entertainment, South Korea’s leading band production house. Tickets sold out within minutes.
Although that’s still small change by the standards of divas such as Lady Gaga, Choi believes that Super Junior, whose 13 young male members perform highly choreographed songs and dances, can break onto the broader global stage.
“We do have lots of songs composed by Europeans. And our fashionable and powerful performances are appealing,” Choi said.
In one sign of the band’s broad popularity, the dance song “Mi In Ah,” or “Beautiful Person,”
a single from its fourth album, has spent a record 54 weeks at the top of the Taiwan charts.
While Korean pop, known as “K-Pop,” projects a wholesome image to its fans, it has also been criticized for an unsavory side, including controversies over the way it treats young talent such as excessively long hours and low pay until they prove themselves and make it big.
Choi, who was scouted in his first year of high school, has some experience himself of the harsh training methods the industry uses to produce its stars.
“Dancing all night and then vocal lessons right after was hard and not unusual — but I enjoyed it. The whole process to raise stars is very systematic,” he said.
Typical of this was the decision by his management firm to send him to Beijing in 2004 so he could learn Chinese — and broaden his appeal. Two years later, he landed a role in a film called A Battle of Wits with Hong Kong actor Andy Lau.
Like many other K-Pop stars, Choi is now making the transition to television and South Korean dramas, another format that has swept Asia.
He will star as the main character in a Taiwanese soap opera, “Extravagant Challenge,” a love and revenge story based on a Japanese comic called Skip Beat, which will start in November. Another band member will also take part.
A devout Christian who wants to be a missionary later in his life, Choi appears to be relishing his band’s leap to global fame, including interacting with fans.
“I’m not a native English speaker but do post tweets in English. But, interestingly, our fans are now learning Korean,” he said, smiling.
“Paris was a new road for us. I hope the entire Korean culture like films can be enjoyed by many others.”
Reporting by: Ju-min Park
Editing by David Chance and Elaine Lies
Source: Reuters
SBS variety program “Strong Heart” starts a new segment.
From 16th June onwards, during “Strong Heart“‘s recording time, netizens would have an entirely different means of communication in real-time, through “Strong Heart“‘s official twitter.
According to a representative, in the process of recording, netizens can leave questions at Strong Heart’s twitter and their honest responses would be made known in real-time. As such, although it is a recorded TV broadcast, just like live broadcast, the viewers’ feedback would be received.
This segment is carried out by “Teuk Academy“‘s Eeteuk, and he tweeted “This is Strong Heart’s Teuk Director. Strong Heart’s recording is just about to begin. Please come join us at the recording today”, signifying the opening of the new segment.
Strong Heart opens the new segment which allows real-time communication with viewers, please pay attention to see whether or not it would be able to gain response from the viewers.
Source: Newsen (http://durl.me/afy3z )
Translated by: twitter @sujutr4ns/ sujutr4ns.tumblr.com
Posted by: reneee (www.sup3rjunior.wordpress.com)
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Super Junior promotes their Super Show 3 Photobook via video.
Here’s the clip: Video credits to SM Entertainment @Youtube.com
Source: DKPOPNEWS.NET
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