Korea Observer

K-pop girl group Crayon Pop, whose car engine cylinder-like choreography in their music video became viral last year, became the opening act for pop star Lady Gaga’s concert the US. Read more at http://www.mb.com.ph/crayon-pop-opens-for-lady-gagas-us-concert/

K-pop concerts have spread from East Asia and Southeast Asia including the Philippines to other regions in the world in the last four years. Read more at  http://www.mb.com.ph/k-pop-concerts-spread-around-the-world/

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Link to my original article on Manila Bulletin online:To contact the author, send email to sangchusan(at)gmail.com

Link to my original article on Manila Bulletin online:To contact the author, send email to sangchusan(at)gmail.com

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin 2NE1′s Manila concert slated tonight at the Mall of Asia Arena falls on the same date as their debut performance five years ago on SBS “Inkigayo.” The group members are thrilled with the coincidence.

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By JONATHAN HICAP  The world came together to help the victims of super typhoon “Yolanda” (international name “Haiyan”) which devastated many parts of Leyte and Samar, killing 6,300 people, and causing P89.6 billion in damages. A Filipino-Korean, Jasmine Bacurnay-Lee, the first naturalized Korean to get a seat in the National Assembly, immediately worked to persuade South Korea’s National Assembly to pass a resolution to give assistance to the victims. Read more at  http://www.mb.com.ph/jasmine-lee-a-filipino-in-south-koreas-assembly/ To contact the author, send email to sangchusan(at)gmail.com

Link to my original article on Manila Bulletin online:To contact the author, send email to sangchusan(at)gmail.com