2017 Global Peace Concert ‘ONE K’ To Rock Manila

 

The One K Global Campaign was formally launched at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City last August 16, 2016 as part of the Korean Unification movement with hopes of contributing to the larger effort of advancing regional peace and global security.

The beginning of this campaign was the start of "A New Era Unification Song Campaign" led by Action for Korea United (AKU) in 2015. It has spread a yearning for Korean reunification and a strong desire for "One Korea." The Campaign kicked off with highly publicized events in the USA and Japan, along with a One K K-Pop concert at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in South Korea, which reached millions of people across the globe.

The theme song, "One Dream One Korea," has gained millions of views on the internet from worldwide K-pop fans across more than 220 countries.

The One K Global Campaign Organizing Committee now aims to further expand this message by embarking on a global-scale campaign with another landmark song akin to "We Are the World," a 1985 recording performed by legendary pop star Michael Jackson and other leading artists from the USA to prepare a charity fund for refugees from Africa.

The idea came after American pop producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis had announced “We will make the Korean version ‘We Are the World’” at the United Nations General Assembly Hall.  Since then, other artists including Peabo Bryson had also expressed their intention to participate voluntarily.

In the same spirit as “We Are the World,” AKU believes that songs can have a significant impact on the world, influencing minds and hearts to bring about cooperation and harmony among differences.

The Philippines will be the first to host a series of global tours for the campaign with this upcoming song as the theme. Like South Korea, the country understands the importance of peace given its own experience of colonization and regional tension with neighboring powers. The strong ties and similarities between the two nations make the Philippines a partner of hope for Korean reunification and world peace.

After the Philippines, the global tour will happen next in the United States, India, Japan, and 10 other countries.




For more information on the One-K Global Campaign please visit the following links:
Website : www.1dream1korea.org
Blog : http://blog.naver.com/korean-dream
Facebook : @onekcampaign
Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5NxyYggmBqQM2o4FdE8Mcg

Watch and listen to the ‘One Dream, One Korea’ song below:

Find Five Countries that Love #BTS

 

The Twitter-born ‘Korea Wave Idol’ group, BTS, is honored with the first-ever Twitter emoji for a K-Pop band. Twitter is providing this special emoji for the ARMYs of BTS, who are communicating with fans all over the globe through Twitter.

K-pop is one of the hottest music conversations on Twitter with millions of fans worldwide. In fact, four of the top ten music keywords in the 2015 #YearOnTwitter were related to K-pop boybands: #BigBang, #GOT7, #BTS, and #EXO. BTS (@BTS_twt) is one of the most active K-pop groups on Twitter, making it no surprise that they were chosen to be the first K-pop act to be given a featured emoji.

Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/bts_bighit/status/730923497925410816

The BTS emoji is offered for one month starting 5pm, May 12th PST until 5pm, June 10th PST on all Tweets using the official hashtag '#BTS'. The emoji is developed for BTS fans in each country, so that they may send their cheers for BTS Asia Tour which is scheduled for next month, and communicate more actively.

The emoji features a bulletproof vest with the band's initials "BTS" on it. The band's Korean name translates to "Bulletproof Boy Scouts."

Fans can easily use the emoji by typing the official hashtags of #BTS and #방탄소년단. After the trial period, the top 5 countries with most amount of BTS emoji uses will receive a special thank you video from the idol stars!

BTS made their official Twitter account (@BTS_twt) at the end of the year in 2012, which was before their formal debut, and have been communicating actively with their fans ever since. As a result, they have built a large fan base, and now they are a global K-POP group on Twitter. A selfie taken at ‘2015 Melon Music Awards’ got more than 2.9 million views, and was selected as Twitter’s 2015 ‘Golden Tweet’ in South Korea.

Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/BTS_twt/status/662994883867611136

Global Competition Schedule:

5pm May 12th PST (9am May 13th KST)

Contest starts for global fans.

5pm June 10th PST (9am June 11th KST)

Contest ends, votes counted and top 5 countries identified.

5pm June 14th-16th PST (9am June 15th-17th KST)

BTS will post special videos for each of the 5 winning countries.

5pm June 17th PST (9am June 18th KST)

Thank you message from BTS for joining the global contest.

Currently, the most active countries are South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, the U.S, and Indonesia. 

What are you waiting for ARMY, let's go use the cute BTS emoji!

2ne1's Dara in a Hilarious Skit with The Walking Dead star Steven Yeun

 In a partnership with Funny or Die, CAA, and Korea’s largest PR firm PRAIN, Asia’s first celebrity studio BeFUNNYStudios officially launched its website, with its first skit featuring AMC The Walking Dead‘s Steven Yeun and 2NE1‘s Dara!

 

Based in Seoul and LA, BeFunnyStudio will be bringing Hallyu fans amazing content that will include collabs between fame stars in both Hollywood and Asia on one screen.

The series entitled 'What's Eating Steven Yeun?' is bound to get you rolling on the floor in laughter. It follows Yeun's pursuit of a career in Korea. But to get the huge attention that he needs to start his career, Yeun trains to become an "Mokbang" host/eating broadcaster, a current viral craze in Korea. He also needs to juggle a LDR with Dara, his love he left behind in LA. Content of the skits is both cute and funny and in both the local Asian-language and English-language as well.

Celebrating her 30th birthday yesterday, let us watch 2NE1's Dara put her acting talents on display  in a hilarious online skit series.

EP. 1

EP. 2

EP. 3

Enjoy, guys!


Oh, don't forget to follow and like BeFunnyStudios on their Twitter and Facebook!

2PM Junho Chopstick-Breaking Butt Talent!

GOV ‘Breaking chopsticks with the butt’ game!!! Have you seen this?

How many chopsticks can Junho break with his butt?

10 Chopsticks!

16 Chopsticks!

20!

24!!

28!!!

Source: http://oneday-everlasting.tumblr.com

PSY is Back & Very Drunk with His Hangover MV feat. Snoop Dogg (Video)

Almost two years after the success of Gangnam Style and Gentleman, Korean singing sensation

PSY is back in a "splendid collaboration" with American rapper Snoop Dogg (Snoop Lion).

 

Hangover, debuting online on Sunday, opens with a shot of Psy vomiting into a toilet before Snoop Dogg emerges from a bathtub behind him. Snoop dances in the tub then exits while repeatedly slapping the very ill PSY on the back, reminding him that the party “ain’t over” as the track’s chorus reiterates again and again and again.The next scene opens with both of them prepping for another day of drinking fun and guaranteed well, hangover.

 

 

 
Fellow K-pop stars CL and G-Dragon, leaders of super-popular groups 2NE1 and BIGBANG respectively, also made an appearance in the colorful video. But the combination of PSY and Snoop alone is already a fun to watch: two well-dressed rappers getting drunk and crazy and chaotic in various Korean culture scenes, from the sauna to a convenience store and to karaoke bar. And one can notice that basically almost everything that happened in this video happens every single night during a regular drinking spree in Korea. By the end of the MV, it was also announced that PSY will be releasing a new single titled DADDY this summer. 

To remind you, PSY reached international fame when his music video Gangnam Style hit the web. The MV currently holds the title of most watched video on YouTube, the first to surpass the 2 billion views. Given PSY's music history, surely the MV will soon be a smash hit...again. 

Below is the full MV. Enjoy!

with a few Korean celebrity cameos - G-Dragon, CL from 2NE1 - and random hijinks in public places. - See more at: http://www.tnp.sg/entertainment/psys-new-music-video-features-snoop-dogg-g-dragon-and-aunties#sthash.RKRwyN6F.dpuf

with a few Korean celebrity cameos - G-Dragon, CL from 2NE1 - and random hijinks in public places. - See more at: http://www.tnp.sg/entertainment/psys-new-music-video-features-snoop-dogg-g-dragon-and-aunties#sthash.RKRwyN6F.dpuf

with a few Korean celebrity cameos - G-Dragon, CL from 2NE1 - and random hijinks in public places. - See more at: http://www.tnp.sg/entertainment/psys-new-music-video-features-snoop-dogg-g-dragon-and-aunties#sthash.RKRwyN6F.dpuf

with a few Korean celebrity cameos - G-Dragon, CL from 2NE1 - and random hijinks in public places. - See more at: http://www.tnp.sg/entertainment/psys-new-music-video-features-snoop-dogg-g-dragon-and-aunties#sthash.RKRwyN6F.dpuf

with a few Korean celebrity cameos - G-Dragon, CL from 2NE1 - and random hijinks in public places. - See more at: http://www.tnp.sg/entertainment/psys-new-music-video-features-snoop-dogg-g-dragon-and-aunties#sthash.RKRwyN6F.dpuf

with a few Korean celebrity cameos - G-Dragon, CL from 2NE1 - and random hijinks in public places. - See more at: http://www.tnp.sg/entertainment/psys-new-music-video-features-snoop-dogg-g-dragon-and-aunties#sthash.RKRwyN6F.dpuf

Update: Hangover MV surpasses 10 million views in just 10 hours

Available on iTunes @ http://smarturl.it/PsyHangoveriT

Master's Sun's So Ji Sub to Kick Off his Asia Tour this June

 
Master's Sun's lead So Ji Sub, who has become even more popular overseas after starring in the said hit SBS horror-rom-com K-Drama, will go on an Asia tour, starting June 28.

The Hallyu star will hold his first fan meeting in Taiwan, 'SOJISUB 1st ASIA TOUR- Let`s have fun in Taiwan', at The Taipei International Convention Center (TICC) on June 28. He will then make stops in Kobe, Japan on July 18 and Yokohama, Japan on July 21. Last stop will be in Thailand, July 26.

According to news online, all 3,000 tickets for So Ji Sub's first fan meeting in Taiwan became sold out within three hours of ticket sales on the 1st, even crashing ticketing servers. It was also reported that the 33-year old actor-rapper is preparing special stages and surprises for his upcoming Asia tour for his fans' delight.

SISTAR to Make a Comeback this July

SISTAR will make a comeback this July! What a perfect news to hear on their 4th anniversary yesterday! 

Yes, it has been reported by many music insiders that SISTAR will make a comeback early next month if everything will be fixed in time. This will mark the Korean girl group's comeback in one year and one month since their 2nd full-length album Give It To Me.

Star News report: "SISTAR is currently recording the second-half of their new mini album... They are putting their all into perfecting their current title track and more... They are looking into making a comeback early July."

It was further revealed that the quartet will stick with their sexy and powerful concept for this summer album, displaying their distinctive charms.

SISTAR debuted with Push Push in June 2010 under Starship Entertainment and have become one of the most fame Korean girl groups on the K-Pop scene. They went on to succeed with subunit SISTAR19, solo debuts, and made their entrance into the acting world as well.

With a hiatus as a group, the members have been busy with their successful solo activities and have been involved in their own separate schedules. Hyorin released her solo album, Soyu was also involved with filming a melodrama and had a collab with Junggigo which was a hit while Dasom and Bora made appearances in Love Rides the Song and Doctor Stranger respectively.

Are you excited for a possible SISTAR comeback?


Source: StarNews

BIG BANG-2NE1 MVs Break 500M Youtube Views

 

As hallyu idols are overwhelmingly entering the foreign markets YG artists are showing off their overwhelming power worldwide through the music video market.

Big Bang has received a total of over 50 million views through music video of Blue, Fantastic Baby, Bad Boy in their 5th mini-album. According to YouTube the record received until April 25 for Blue is 19,280,000 views, Fantastic Baby received about 17,800,000 views, and Bad Boy received about 11,850,000 views. Considering that these music videos have only been released two months ago the number are quite astonishing. Also the first music video of the title song Blue broke through 10 million views within 10 days of its release.

2NE1 along with Big Bang is recording massive views of 40,350,000 through one music video I Am The Best released last year. The video has continuously been receiving one million views a day shortly after its release predicting its sensation. I Am The Best was awarded second place for Most Viewed Music Video and Top Favorited Video of the year in 2011 according to worldwide views. And recorded a total of over 1.6 million views in over two days also was placed in the top 10 most viewed in France, Hong Kong, Sweden, Taiwan and Mexico revealing their worldwide influence.

The information that was gathered at the time of Big Bang-2NE1 alone of various videos showed that total YouTube views have already broke through 500million. The total YouTube views last May recorded a total of 430 million views and if we included Big Bang’s 5th mini-album and 2NE1’s Lonely, I Am The Best then the total number of views will already swept beyond 500 million views.

Just as YouTube video site view proves their rising popularity beyond Korea reaching all over the world. Such result is possible through Big Bang and 2NE1’s musicianship that is acclaimed to be beyond idol’s limit and the fact that their music and performance videos have been recognized as worth noting by the worldwide music fans. The fact that YG’s music genre based off of hip hop is noted to be closest to the global trend has also played a large benefit as well.




Source: KPopNewsDaily

SNSD's Mr.Mr is One of TIME's '25 Best Songs of 2014'

Good news for SONEs, Girls' Generation song was listed in the US TIME Magazine's "25 Best Songs of 2014".

According to TIME, Mr. Mr was chosen as one of the 25 best songs of 2014 so far. The song was released as part of the mini album of the same name in February, topped album charts in and out of the country, as well as wining various music programs and finally peaked at Number 4 on Billboard’s World Digital Songs chart. Also known as SNSD, the nine-member Korean girl group is the only Asian artist to have their name on the list along side with other worldwide artists such as Micheal Jackson, Mariah Carey and Sam Smith.

Lily Rothman of TIME wrote, "Fans of K-pop juggernaut Girls’ Generation (a.k.a. SNSD) won’t be disappointed by their latest dance-friendly single, and the addition of a scratchy electronic bass line and a hint of darkness should even attract listeners who don’t dig their usual bubblegum sound."

SNSD was also chosen by the magazine and stayed in the top 5 of TIME’s "Top 10 of Songs of 2013" with I Got A Boy.


Source:  http://time.com/

2NE1 to Celebrate 5th Anniversary With MV Release of “Gotta Be You”

Following the success of their AON concert in the Philippines, famous Korean girl group 2NE1 will release a music video for their “Gotta Be You” on May 21 to celebrate their fifth anniversary since debut.

Gotta Be You comes from their album Crush, which was released in February. The song is the second title track of their album, and was performed live a few times.Previously from this album, music videos for HAPPY and the title track Come Back Home were released.

The four-member girl group was formed by YG Entertainment in 2009. The name, pronounced to anyone or twenty one, combines the phrases "21st century" and "new evolution^. Known for a unique and edgier style, the quartet consists of CL, Minzy, Dara, and Bom.

Dara's Cameo role in KDrama My Love From The Star (Video)

2NE1's Dara recently trended in the Philippines and worldwide over announcement of her guest appearances on ABS-CBN shows A&A, Showtime and Pinoy Big Brother, in line with the promotion of her wildly popular girlgroup's All or Nothing concert here in Manila on May 17. But will the Kapamilya actress-turned-Korean superstar also make some social media noise as she cameo on the finale of today’s hit Korean romcom, My Love from the Star currently airing on GMA?

  
In the episode finale of MLFTS, Dara will be featured as one of the top celebrities walking on the red carpet for an important event. Of course, Steffi Cheon (played by Jun Ji Hyun) and Lucy Yoo (Yoo In Na) will be walking down that red carpet, too. While walking down from her car and smiling sweetly for the cameras, Dara appeared wearing an evening gown and a black hat. Fans and netizens who have seen the episode noted that she is wearing the signature fedora which she used while promoting their album Missing You. This is also the same hat she was caught sporting during her A&A guesting.

In Korea, Dara’s cameo drew much attention, as she had previously admitted in an interview that she's a huge fan of MLFTS. In the Philippines, the Kapuso tagalize Kdrama has been watched by many Filipinos for the past few weeks. So surely, her appearance on TV (even if it is not a show of her mother network) will excite Filipino fans once again... even if she didn't say anything! ^^


Source:  various Internet sites

EXO’s Kris Asked for Contract Termination

Sina, a Chinese media source, earlier reported that EXO-M‘s Kris has asked his agency, SM Entertainment, for early termination of his exclusive contract.

Report from Sina says: Kris has filed a lawsuit to end his contract. There have been rumors since a month ago that Kris was going to end his contract. It is surprising and sad that a member will leave the group after two successful first years. His circumstances are similar to former Super Junior member Hangeng.

According to Sina's investigation, reasons why Kris wanted to terminate his contract are restriction of SM Town to family interaction and his position as the rapper of EXO-M. It was said the Kris has more other interests and loves to act. It was also said that in April, Kris started to become unhappy and not fit with the other members of the boy group.

Kris., real name Wu Yi Fan, was selected as a trainee in 2007 through SM Entertainment's Global Audition in Gwangzhou, China. He is currently the leader of EXO subgroup EXO-M.

A representative from SM Entertainment, on the other hand, told OSEN news, “We are currently looking into this situation and we are quite embarrassed. We are putting every effort into making sure EXO‘s activities are going well.

OSEN further reported that Kris hired a law firm to represent him in this contract termination.



Sources: osen.mt.co.kr,  news.sina.com.cn/

Confirmed: 2ne1's Dara Guesting in Gandang Gabi Vice

 
It was confirmed via Twitter account of Vice Ganda, the comedian-host of the late night show of ABS-CBN Gandang Gabi Vice (GGV) that Dara of 2NE1 will be guesting this Sunday.

It was also rumored that Dara will be a celebrity guest in the Pinoy Big Brother ALLIN, a reality show of the same TV station.

Dara and the rest of the famed girl group 2NE1 will be performing here in Manila this May 17 for their AON World Tour Concert. May 17 is also the 5th founding anniversary of the Korean quartet. 

JYJ, SuJu Members Enlisting in Military Service

Every year brings a new wave of K-pop male idols who enlist to fulfill their mandatory duty of two years in the military.  Below are a couple of big names who are definitely going to enlist this year, some who have already enlisted, and others who remain fuzzy, but are likely to go this year, if not, in early 2015.

JYJ's Jaejoong has revealed that he will be enlisting in the military this year after his drama, Triangle, which just started airing this May. His co-member, Junsu, was also rumored to be going to the military this year, but not much information has been given. JYJ will also be releasing an album in June, so it seems likely he will go near the very end of the year after promotions. 

 
Shindong of Super Junior was also revealed to be preparing for his enlistment, which was originally set for March 31, but it appears he successfully postponed it to June.  Before then, he is busy with various variety programs and more! Sungmin, his fellow SuJu member, remains an enigma on the other hand.  It was revealed that Sungmin was waiting for his results from the Seoul Police Public Relations Unit, so it does seem likely he will be enlisting this year regardless.


Source: allkpop

A-PRINCE Covers Daniel Padilla's Nasa'yo Na Ang Lahat (Video)

Korean boygroup A-Prince covers Philippines' Teen King Daniel Padilla's Nasa'yo Na Ang Lahat.



Source: A-PRINCE Official

Henry's Selca in Tacloban

Henry of Super Junior M is in Tacloban right now, volunteering for the Yolanda victims together with other Real Men casts ZE:A's Park Hyungsik, Kim Soo Ro, Seo Kyung Suk, Sam Hammington and K.Will for their six-day-and-five-night training from May 5-10.
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Credit: sophia.enage

EXO Overdose MV Released (videos)

EXO-K version

EXO-M version

Source: Youtube

It's #HappyBaekhyunDay !

It is May 6, meaning it's time to celebrate the birth of  EXO's main vocalist. 축하합니다, Baekhyun!

Baekhyun has just turned 22 and fans are wishing him a happy birthday on Twitter and other social networking sites, using hashtags #HappyBaekhyunDay and #PrinceBaekhyunDay. Be sure to greet him, too!

Watch out for his upcoming musical, Singin' in The Rain.  It will run from June 5 to August 8 at Chungmu Art Hall in Korea.
  

 

Real Name: Byun Baek-hyun (변백현)
Stage Name: Baekhyun (백현)
Nickname: Bacon
Place of Birth: Bucheon-shi, Gyeonggi-do
Date of Birth: May 6, 1992
School: Joongwon High School
Motto: Life is Only a Path Full of Efforts.

 
Baekhyun is member of EXO-K, the EXO Korean subgroup. While studying for his entrance exams, he was scouted by an S.M. Entertainment casting agent and was cast into the company through the S.M. Casting System in 2011. In January 2012, he was formally introduced as a EXO-K member with prologue single What Is Love is only sung by him and his co-member D.O.

Source: all-about-korea18, Tumblr for memes

Alex, the First Italian K-Pop Artist

 

The new Start-Up K-pop artist is proud to present the first Italian K-Pop singer.

His name is Alex and has Chinese origins and was already well-known in the Italian K-pop world, thanks to his dance and singing covers. In 2013, he took part at the First K-pop Dance Contest with the cover Where U At by Taeyang and at the K-pop Cover Voice Contest together with Isabella Laforgia with the song Going Crazy (Song Jieun ft. Bang Yong Guk), both organized by Oppa Oppa Magazine, Kaido Italia and K1995.

The Match is the name of Alex's EP, produced by Edac Studio Como.


 

Source: korea.com

T.O.P: BigBang’s New Album Coming Out in Mid-2014

 

The information about Korean famous boygroup BigBang’s comeback is once again assured as T.O.P has given some hints on a possible comeback album due in the second half of this year.

On MBC’s entertainment news program, Section TV, the rapper was interviewed on his current schedule and whereabouts on the episode aired yesterday, May 4.

 
During this interview, T.O.P revealed that that there is a possibility of a BigBang album to be released middle of this year. He also jokingly said,"We have to make a living too","Because may people have been waiting for BigBang so this time we will work hard and then come out quickly."

 

Q: When will BigBang come back?

T.O.P: Maybe at the 2nd half of this year..

 

Q: Will BigBang really come back? Even real?

T.O.P: Yes, we have to eat and live, too (earn money).

Source: ygunited