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[
Weekly
news - October 22nd to October 28th ]
25th, Korean version of Yunha's Japanese album
The first Japanese album of Yunha, "Go
! Yunha" was released in a Korean version today,
in which the singer re-recorded the
songs in her native language, Korean ! There are also
talk tracks in which yunha talks about many things
like her recording in Japan, or more general thoughts.
In Korea, this album is considered as her "1.5"
volume.
[Buy
the album "Yunha vol. 1.5 - Go ! Yunha (Korean
version)" with Yesasia]
21st, Big Bang in Daegu
Big Bang did a concert in Daegu, South Korea,
on October 9th. The concert was free, but some tickets
were sold for nearly 222$. Some fans waited two days
in front of the place of the concert to be sure to
be able to enter.
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[
Weekly
news - October 15th to October
21st ]
17th, BoA chosen by the Ministry of Culture
and Tourism
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism recently
selected the artists for the 2007 Culture Medal of
Honor and the 2007 Young Contemporary Artist Award.
It is the female singer BoA who will receive this
second award, being recognized for her work and success
in South Korea and Japan.
15th, Vasco revealed his cell phone number
The young
Korean rapper Vasco revealed his real cell phone number
in his new song, "Cu" ! In South Korea,
artists never reveal their addresses nor cell phone
numbers. However, it seems that the singer changed
his number just after the release of the song, since
nobody is answering when this number is called now.
Vasco said the reason why he did it is to accentuate
the realism since "Cu" talks about his private
life.
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[
Weekly
news - October 7th to October
14th ]
12th, Bae Seul Gi's second album
One year after her first one, Bae Seul Ki
is now releasing her second full-length album, "Flying"
on October 12th containing 12 tracks.
The production features the composer of Bi (RAIN).
The title song is called "Seul Gi Say" and
will be an hip hop song. The singer is now working
on the dance of this song. She will have her first
performance on October 14th in the music program Music
Bank.
[Buy
the album "Flying" with Yesasia]
10th, Tim comes back
After no release for four years and a half,
the solo singer Tim
will come back soon with a 4th album called "Love
is" on October 24th. The album will be featuring
the singer Son Hoyeong, and it will contain ballads
and pop songs written by a composer who also writes
for BoA or Dong Bang Shin Gi, and also James Jones
who is part of an American R&B group.
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[
Weekly
news - October 1st to October
7th ]
7th, SS501 teaching Korean to the Japanese
SS501 made its debut in Japan this summer,
and released a few time ago their first full-length
album. They are getting quite popular in Japan, and
they plan to use this popularity to promote Korea
in Japan. To do so, they are releasing this month
a book teaching Korean there, and they are planning
to release a video game teaching Korean to the Japanese
youngsters in December.
7th, Bi (RAIN) promoting the 13th Athletics
World Championship
The 13th edition of the Athletics World Championship
will take place in Daegu, the third main town in South
Korea, from August 27th to September 4th, 2011. Bi
will be the one in charge of the promotion, and in
order to do this he will give a concert in Daegu on
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