Monday, September 9, 2013
SHINee, EXO-K, Dal Shabet on ‘sinigang,’ fans and the Philippines
By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin
K-pop boy band SHINee’s main vocalist Jonghyun wants to
try “sinigang,” a popular Filipino dish, while EXO-K’s Baekhyun wants to go to
Baguio with other members of the group.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Winners at the Seoul International Drama Awards 2013
By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin
A drama series from Israel won the
grand prize while Hollywood actress Lucy Liu won as best actress in the Seoul International
Drama Awards 2013 held on Sept. 6 at the National Theater of Korea.
“Prisoners of War 2,” which became the
top rated drama in Israel, bagged the top prize selected among all the nominees
for TV movie, mini-series, serial and series categories.
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| Kim Yun-jin, Lee Jun-ki, Suzy and Jaejoong at the Seoul International Drama Awards 2013. (Photos by www.newsen.com) |
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Korea's 'Rooftop Prince,' EXO, SHINee, SNSD top Google searches in the Philippines
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| (Clockwise from top left) Cast of "Rooftop Prince," SHINee, EXO and Girls' Generation |
By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin
The Korean drama "Rooftop Prince"
became the most searched TV show in the Philippines for the first half of 2013,
according to Google Philippines, which released its Google Zeitgeist list for
January to June 2013. It is a list that showed what Filipinos searched online
on Google.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
2013 Hallyu Forum to focus on film, cooperation between Korea, Philippines
By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin
The film industries in South Korea and
the Philippines and the cooperation between the two countries will be the main
topics at this year’s Hallyu Forum, which will be held on Sept. 17 at Pandanggo
Hall of the historic Manila Hotel.
Korean Cultural Center in the
Philippines (KCC) will be holding the Hallyu (or the Korean Wave) Forum as the
launch pad for the 2013 Korean Film Festival in the country.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
JYJ to visit the Philippines in November
By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin
K-pop boy band JYJ will visit
the Philippines in November as honorary ambassador to promote the 17th Asian
Games that will be held in Incheon, South Korea, next year.
The popular group is scheduled
to do a roadshow to promote the Games in four countries starting this month.
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| JYJ members Junsu, Jaejoong and Yoochun with Asian Games Organizing Committee President Kim Young-soo (Photo courtesy of 2014 Asian Incheon Games website) |
Monday, September 2, 2013
Super Show 5 in Manila Q & A on ticketing + seat plan by Happee Sy
For fans who have questions regarding Super Junior's Super Show 5 in Manila slated on Oct. 24 at the Mall of Asia Arena, Happee Sy of Pulp Live has
posted answers to common queries regarding the concert.
posted answers to common queries regarding the concert.
C-JeS Announcement on JYJ's Activities as Honorary Ambassadors for Incheon Asian Games 2014
This complete translation is from http://jaetaku.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/130902-cjes-announcement-as-regards-activities-of-honorary-ambassadors-for-incheon-asian-games-2014/
Hello.This is CJeS Entertainment.
JYJ are currently working as honorary ambassadors of the Incheon Asian Games 2014 (hereafter IAG).
Hyori gets married + wedding pics; model-golfer couple divorced
By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin
K-pop diva Lee Hyori, 34, and her
boyfriend, musician Lee Sang Soon, 39, secretly got married in a private
ceremony on Sept. 1.
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