SM Entertainment: Looking for the Next Hallyu Star

Do you have it takes to be the next star in K-Pop groups like Girls’ Generation, f(x), SHINee, Super Junior or TVXQ? Well, Korean giant SM Entertainment are looking for a few good people who have what it takes to be Asia’s next rising star! The talent agency will be kicking off its global audition [...]

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K-Pop Singers Meet Thai Princess

Top K-pop groups SHINee and KARA, and Ryan from the boy band Paran appeared in an event Wednesday organized by Thai Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya ― the eldest daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
The Korean stars performed in the opening gala show of the Thailand Entertainment Expo 2009, Siam. They also greeted the princess and delivered gifts [...]

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SHINee to Release SHINee NIGHT Picture Book

Top boy band SHINee will release their second photo book “SHINee NIGHT” on Sept. 23, just one month after the release of their first book.
In the previous photo book, SHINee said they emphasized purity by focusing on nature, farms and valleys.
This time around, pictures of “SHINee NIGHT” were taken from the exotic and stylish streets [...]

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f(x) Enters the Race of Female K-Pop Bands

SM Entertainment, the creators of TVXQ, Girls’ Generation and SHINee, has introduced another girl group, f(x), adding fuel to the already heated race between female performers.
The showcase for the new five-member girl group was held last week at the Fashion Center in southern Seoul, hosted by Girls’ Generation member Sunny and Super Juniors’ Lee Teuk.
Although [...]

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Rino Nakasone Behind Girls’ Generation, SHINee’s Moves

Behind the powerful performance and dance skills of many manufactured K-pop bands, there is a woman: Rino Nakasone, a Japanese dancer and choreographer. She is best known for choreographing several songs of popular Korean music bands SHINee and Girls’ Generation but also recently choreographed one of songs of SM Entertainment’s new girl group f(x).
Nakasone was [...]

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Restaurants go Hallyu (Part I): TVXQ, SNSD for Space “e”

The tourist boom fueled by the Korean Wave is nothing new. Nor is the impact of the hit television series “A Jewel in the Palace” on the popularity of Korean cuisine abroad. Hallyu stars and their dramas have become an effective medium through which to attract tourists, primarily from Japan, China and Southeast Asia.
The continual [...]

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Stars Join 2008 Hanareum Hope Festival

Actors Jang Geun-seok, Eric Moon and Park Hae-jin, and singers Super Junior, SHINee, Jang Yoon-jung, Crying Nut and others, will be taking part in the “2008 Hope Festival with Academic Credit Bank System” (Hanareum Hope Festival) on September 23rd and 24th at the Olympic Park in Seoul.
The “Academic Credit Bank System” is a system implementing [...]

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