Rin's World - June 2012 - 1.6

Volume 1, Issue 6

June 2012

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Kpop Concerts in Yeosu Korea Facebook’s most beloved KActresses

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Facebook’s most beloved k-Actor Korean dramas coming in JULY Learn Korean In the spotlight: eat your kimchi Visits California Learn Japanese Facebook’s most beloved male & female kpop groups Credits

Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea K-Pop Concert ☞ Time: 20:30 – 22:00 ☞ Venue: K-pop Stage (Gate 2 – Cruise Terminal), Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea ☞ Admission: Free for Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea admission ticket holders ☞ Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea Homepage: www.expo2012.kr (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, French)

Starting June 16th, the venue for the K-pop concerts scheduled during the Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea period (May 12-August 12, 2012) will move from the Big-O Floating Stage to the K-pop Stage located near Gate 2 – Cruise Terminal.

The Yeosu Expo K-pop Concert series will resume at the new location with the Expo Pop Festival 1 featuring the global Kpop sensation, Rain. Subsequently, the series will present 10 more concerts featuring some of today’s biggest K-pop stars such as SHINee, 2AM, 2PM, miss A, Super Junior, MBLAQ, and FT Island. All concerts begin at 8:30 p.m., and are free for the Expo visitors. <K-Pop Concert Schedule > Date

Title (Sponsors)

Line-up

June 16 (Sat)

Expo Pop Festival 1

Rain

June 17 (Sun)

Expo Pop Festival 2

Kim Jang-hoon

June 18 (Mon)

Expo Pop Festival 3

YB Band

June 19 (Tue)

Big Wave Concert 3

2AM, B1A4

June 20 (Wed)

Expo Pop Festival

Park Wan-gyu, Jaurim

June 21 (Thu)

Expo Pop Festival

Kim Beom-soo, Ulala Session

June 22 (Fri)

Expo Pop Festival

Secret, Kim Gun-mo

June 23 (Sat)

Expo Pop Festival

Sung Si-kyung, DJ DOC

June 24 (Sun)

Expo Pop Festival

Park Jae-beom (Jay Park), Seven

June 25 (Mon)

Expo Pop Festival

Bobby Kim, Gummy

June 26 (Tue)

Big Wave Concert 4

INFINITE, SHINee

June 27 (Wed)

Expo Pop Festival

Lee Seung-gi, Lee Sun-hee

June 28 (Thu)

Expo Pop Festival

APink, Huh Gak, U-Kiss

June 30 (Sat)

Expo Pop Festival

Jang Sa-ik

Source: http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/FU/FU_EN_15.jsp?cid=1628236

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Facebook’s Most Beloved Korean Actress(es) Park Min Young 박민영 Born

4 March 1986 (age 26)

Nationality Occupation

Seoul, South Korea Korean Actress, Model

Years active

2006 - present

Agent

King Kong Entertainment

Height

1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) Website http://kingkongent.com/star/pmyeong/

Yoon Eun-hye Born

October 3, 1984 (age 27)

Alma mater

Seoul, South Korea Kyung Hee Cyber University

Occupation Years active Height

Im Yoona Birth name

Actress, singer, model

Also known as

1998 - 2005 (group) 2005-present (solo) 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Sung Yu Ri

Korean name Hangul

윤은혜

Hanja

尹恩惠

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Information Source: Wikipedia

Birth name

Sung Yuri

Born Origin

March 3, 1981 (age 31) Tübingen, Germany South Korea

Genres

K-pop, R&B

Occupations

Singer, Actress

Years active

1998–present

Born Origin Genres Occupations

임윤아 Yoona YoonA, Deer Yoona, YoonAh, Nam Choding, Him Yoona, Alligator Yoona, Yoong May 30, 1990 (age 22) Seoul, South Korea K-pop, dance-pop Singer, actress, dancer, mo del,TV Presenter, TV Host

Labels Associated acts

2004 (model); 2007-Present (singer & actress) SM Entertainment Girls' Generation

Website

Official website

Years active

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Facebook’s Most Beloved Korean Actor

Jang Keun-suk (Hangul: 장근석; Hanja: 張根碩) was born on 26 September 1987 in in Danyang County, Chungcheongbukdo, South Korea. He is a South Korean actor, singer and model. He is best known for playing the role of band leader Hwang Tae Kyung in the 2009 drama You're Beautiful, with Lee Hongki, Jung Yong Hwa, Park Shin-hye and Uee. As well as the role of Kang Mu Gyul in the 2010 romantic comedy series Mary Stayed Out All Night, with Moon Geun Young.

BIOGRAPHY Jang started working as a child model at the age of five after he was discovered by a talent agent. At that time, Keun-Suk's parents were selling their house and the agent, who was a prospective buyer, saw Keun-Suk. Seeing his potential, the agent advised Keun-Suk's parents to allow him to try a career in modeling.

Jang made his acting debut in the 1997 HBS sitcom Selling Happiness (Haengbokeul Pabmoda). He then continued to work in television as a child actor. In middle school, Keun-Suk heard the music of Japanese pop singer Ken Hirai. He was inspired enough by these bands to start learning Japanese by himself. In junior high school, Keun-Suk went to school in New Zealand to learn English and Japanese. Because of his studies in New Zealand, he can carry casual conversations in both languages.

Even though Keun-Suk wanted to continue his studies in New Zealand, a job offer brought him back to South Korea, a role in the popular MBC sitcom Nonstop 4. After his work in Nonstop 4, Born Keun-Suk fell into a self-perceived slump and didn't think his acting was good enough. He deOccupation cided then to re-devote himself to becoming a true actor.

In 2005, Keun-Suk's portrayal of the president's son in the SBS drama Lovers in Prague became a hit and was well regarded by drama fans.

4 August 1987 (age 24) Seoul, South Korea Actor, Singer, Dancer, Model 1992-present

Years active

Korean name

Hangul 장근석 In 2006, Keun-Suk made the jump to the big screen in the Japanese horror film One Missed Hanja 張根碩 Call: Final where he played the role of a deaf boy. Using his past experience with the Japanese language, Keun-Suk was able to communicate with his Japanese co-stars with ease. He Revised Romanization Jang Geun-seok also learned sign language in preparation for his role.

McCune–Reischauer

Back on the small screen, he next played the role of Kim Eun-ho, Hwang Jin-yi's first love in Information Source: Wikipedia the TV drama Hwang Jin-i. Keun-Suk's performance gained the attention of many female http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Keun-suk fans.

Chang Kŭnsŏk

Website http://www.princejks.com

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H O O R AY F O R L O V E

Revised romanization: Dodookdeul Hangul: 도둑들

Director: Choi Dong-Hun  Writer:  Producer:  Cinematographer:  Release Date: July 25, 2012  Runtime: Distributor: Showbox/Mediaplex  Language: Korean COUNTRY: SOUTH KOREA

Once Macao Park (Kim Yun-Seok) and Pepsee (Kim Hye-Soo) pulls off their next big heist the couple plans marry. But, while pulling off their heist, there is a mysterious crash. Pepsi winds up going to prison, while Macao Park leaves for Macau. Pepsi is then released from prison on a special pardon given on a special day.

Pepsi, Popie (Lee JungJae) and Enicall (Gianna Jun) then travel to Macau to steal a diamond worth 42 billion Won ($37 million USD). In Macau, the group runs into Macau Park who they thought went missing.

Hooray for Love, also referred to as Long Live Love, is about a woman who falls in love with the lawyer she hired to invalidate her divorce.

Airs: July 16, 2011 to January 29, 2012 Genre: Romance Broadcast Network: MBC Air Time: Saturday and Sunday 21:45 Director: Joo Sung Woo Screenwriter: Park Hyun Joo Episodes: 57

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Hello Everyone. No worksheets just yet. Now it’s time to introduce some online resources that will help you to learn Korean on your own through the use of video or interactive programs online. Seemile and Busy Atom utilize people in their videos to give you a connection with a teacher. The rest of the resources are all interactive either using video, worksheets, forms, audio, etc. to help you practice reading, writing and listening in Korean. I would use them in the order listed. But it really doesn’t matter since they all start at a beginner’s level. If you click on the pictures you will be directed to their websites.

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Welcome to Eat Your Kimchi, the most awesome couple in South Korea that blogs about South Korea.

Shame on you if you don’t know who they are, because you should.

They are Simon and Martina, the cool couple living in South Korea that review Korean Music and travel around South Korea to give insights on Korea that show their love of this country.

Simon and Martina have been blogging about South Korea for over five years. They have gained a somewhat celebrity status since the popularity of Korean pop has risen in recent years. And in June 2012 were invited by Google to attend the Kpop concert given in Mountain View, California. Not only were they invited to attend the concert but to also interview some of the Kpop Idols that performed. In this issue I will share some entries from their site about these interviews in which you can read on the next few pages. If you haven’t already you can view their live interviews and read their full blogs in the links provided. Thanks for reading Rin’s World. Enjoy!

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So, let’s just say how happy we were to do this interview. Not just because we were able to sit down with one of the most famous, most influential Kpop bands in the universe (though that IS hella awesome). We were just really happy during the interview because the Wonder Girls are so level headed and fun and easy going, and by no means as inflated as they should be. Seriously: THEY’RE THE WONDER GIRLS! They should be like “PFFFT Go Away!” in their best Snape voice, but they didn’t have a drop of arrogance to them. They laughed with us, were giggling with each other at our cheesy jokes, and were able to speak with openly and casually. They made us feel so comfortable, and had such a warm sincerity about them that gave the interview a really relaxed vibe to it. We had a great time with them. Wonder Girls, if you’re reading this, thanks!

Credit: Eat Your Kimchi Source: http://www.eatyourkimchi.com/our-interview-with-the-wonder-girls/

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W e had a pr etty hec tic sc hed ule to g et to Sis tar , s inc e we wer e dr iv ing fr om YouT ube he adq uarters to Goog le he adq uar ter s and we ha d ze r o tim e betwee n ev ents . In fact, they ov er lappe d, s o we were tearing out o ur ha ir tr ying to g et ther e for the 5:30pm liv e br oadc as t. After br eak ing s om e s peed lim its (I m ean, follo wing the r ules of the r oad per fec tly leg ally) we ar r iv ed at Goog le hea dq uarters j uuus t on tim e, and as we wer e r unning into the b uild ing we r an r ig ht pas t MBLAQ c hilling in the park ing lot s tanding bes ide their tr ans por tatio n. I was lik e, “ Oh, is n’t that MBLAQ? NO T IME RIGHT NOW!!! ” Yes. It was cr azy.

W e r an up to film ing ar ea and I r an into the k itc he n to g et water but I r an s tr aig ht into Sis tar! It was s o funny, we’r e all lik e, “ OH! HI! ” and s tarted g r eeting eac h other awk war dly. B ut s oon we s tarted talk ing abo ut m y pink ha ir , and m atc hing nails , and tattoos , and it tur ned into a funny c onv er s ation abo ut us ing Kor ean s lang , s o that br ok e the ic e. But, s oon after war ds we wer e all r us he d onto a tiny c ouc h wher e we a ll s q uis hed tog ether ( oohh I was touc hing Sis tar ’s leg s wit h m y leg s ) and s tarted broadc as ting liv e befor e any of us k ne w it! Haha, s uc h a f unny s tar t to the inter v ie w!

Credit: Eat Your Kimchi Source: http://www.eatyourkimchi.com/our-interview-with-sistar/

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W e put the inter v ie ws out in t his or der to be fair , s inc e the y wer e t he las t g r oup that we interv iewed in a totally fr eak ing hec tic da y. It was a g ood hec tic , of c our s e, but an ex ha us ting one. If yo u hav e n’t s een o ur Be hind t he Sc e nes with W onder Gir ls , Sis tar , and MBL AQ v ideo, t he n c hec k that out. T hat was all in o ne da y. All of the inter vie ws hap pe ned wit hin, lik e, thr ee hour s . W e r an fr om the W onder Gir ls fr om YouT ube Headq uar ter s in Sa n Br uno ov er to our Sis tar liv e c hat in Goog le Headq uarters in Mo unta in V ie w. W hile r unning in t he par k ing lot to g et to Sistar , we s aw MBLAQ s itting in t he p ark ing lot, but d id n’t ev en hav e a c ha nc e to s ay hi. T he n, whe n we finis hed with Sis tar , we r a n do wns tairs to inter v iew MB LAQ. BOOM! W e wer e exha us ted by the e nd of it all, b ut did n’t feel it, m ostly bec a us e ev er yo ne that we were interv iewing wer e a lot m or e exha us ted than we wer e. Hell: all we had to do was j us t s it down a nd c hat with t hem . T he y, on t he ot her ha nd, had to s it down a nd c hat with us AND pla n for , yo u k no w, a HUGE FREAKING CONCERT the next da y. So, yea h, we’r e all a b it dead. W e’r e g lad that the y ag reed to our CRY sk it, thoug h. Ha! T hat was …em barr ass ing and a wk war d ( but whe n ar e we NOT em barrass ing and awk war d? T hat j us t how we r oll! ).

Credit: Eat Your Kimchi Source: http://www.eatyourkimchi.com/our-interview-with-mblaq/

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Facebook’s Most Beloved Male Kpop Group

Background information Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Genres

R&B, dancepop, electropop, K-pop 2008–present

Years active Labels Associated acts Website

SM Entertainment EMI Music Japan Avex Taiwan SM Town Korean Japanese Youtube Facebook Members

Onew Jonghyun Key Minho Taemin Information Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinee

Shinee (ʃaɪniː/ shy-nee; 샤이니; Japanese: シャイニー; Thai: ชายนี่; stylized as SHINee) is a South Koreancontemporary R&B boy group[1] formed by SM Entertainment in 2008, one of the largest entertainment companies in Asia. The group consists of Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, and Taemin. They made their debut on May 25, 2008 on SBS'sInkigayo with their single, "Replay" (Korean: 누난 너무 예뻐 (Replay)).

Since their debut, Shinee has released three full-length albums, four mini-albums, one live album and various singles. They have also won many awards, held a concert tour and starred in their own reality shows. Shinee is considered to be a fashion icon having started the "Shinee Trend" [2] and are known for their highly synchronized and complicated dancing. They made their Japanese debut on June 22, 2011 by releasing a Japanese version of their single, Replay,[3] followed by their first Japanese studio album, The First on December 7, 2011.

Information Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2ne1

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Facebook’s Most Beloved Female Kpop Group

Background information Origin

Seoul, Republic

Genres

Pop, R&B, hip hop, electropop, dancepop, pop rock, electronic

Years active

2009–present

Labels

YG Entertainment, Avex Group, and Will.i.am

Associated acts

Teddy, Big Bang, YG

Website

Official Website Official Facebook Official Youtube Members

CL Bom Dara

2NE1 (Korean: 투애니원; two-ae-ni-won) is a four-member South Korean hip-hop/pop girl group formed by YG Entertainmentin 2009.

The band consists of four members: CL, Minzy, Dara, and Bom. The name 2NE1 combines the phrases "21st century" and "new evolution",[1] and is pronounced "twenty-one" or "to anyone".[2] They first appeared in "Lollipop", a commercial campaign with Big Bang for LG Electronics, and their debut single "Fire" was released on May 6, 2009. Since then, the group has released two extended plays, 2NE1 and 2NE1 2nd Mini Album, and one studio album, To Anyone. Their first EP, 2NE1 spawned the number-one single "I Don't Care", which won them the "Song of the Year" award from the Mnet Asian Music Awards. Their follow-up singles, such as "Go Away", "Lonely" and "I Am The Best" were similarly successful, with "I Am the Best" winning 2NE1 their second "Song of the Year" award.

2NE1 officially debuted in Japan in September 2011 with a mini album titled NOLZA, which contained re-made versions of their Korean songs. Since then, the group has released one mini-album, one studio album and two physical singles in Japan.

Representing South Korea, 2NE1 emerged as the winner in the voting competition for "Best New Band in the World", which was an international competition held by MTV Iggy. The band was officially crowned the winner on November 10, 2011.

The Fanclub of 2NE1 is called Blackjack, which is a reference to the card game Blackjack, also known as Twenty-one. 2NE1's official color is Hot Pink and their official fanlights are shaped like white-winged spades.[citation needed]

Information Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2ne1

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We would like to let everyone know that the newsletter will continue, however it would be a lot easier with help. We will add thiis incentive: anyone willing to help contribute will receive a free poster or wall scroll of their favorite actor, actress or kpop group.

This will on apply if your article is chosen to be included in the newsletter. With that said, break out the pen and paper and join the newsletter team!

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