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I always have predicted he will marry someone like Song Hye Gyo or Choi Ji Woo..... This news is really a real surprise.... But I think may be he choses her over the other famous actresses because the

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hi all winter sonata this is the first korean drama ia saw and first time i saw bae young joon from 4 years ago and i repet it whatching it more than 5 time and every time  i saw it i fell like it the first time and i cry again >. he got the look the acting the worm smile omg

me and my sister are big fan of winter sonata and  after i saw the series i love winter i love white colore .

is thre any neows for a new drama for him

sorry for my english

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arjoon said:

hi all winter sonata this is the first korean drama ia saw and first time i saw bae young joon from 4 years ago and i repet it whatching it more than 5 time and every time  i saw it i fell like it the first time and i cry again >. he got the look the acting the worm smile omg

me and my sister are big fan of winter sonata and  after i saw the series i love winter i love white colore .

is thre any neows for a new drama for him

sorry for my english

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OMO! wuri Yong Joon is already back in Korea!

source: Koo's blog/twitter: tomato/itsagoodchoice/misstikusa/BYJ Gallery:Kwon Oh-kyung
much thanks for sharing... :)>-

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○The choices. @_itsagoodchoice 3時間
@misstikusa @_tomato99 excuse me for late reply. my twitter push was off.
the restaurant was "August" east village NY. hope it was helpful. (damsu: wuri Yong Joon visited the restaurant "August" in east village NY.)

○tomato99@_tomato99@_itsagoodchoice
thank u for sharing info.
on restaurant @misstikusa share ur story when you go.
btw, YJ has already returned to Korea.

and it seems someone got lucky to be on the same first class (cabin) flight as wuri Yong Joon. and a cabin crew got lucky to be able to get an autograph from him.

욘사마와 함께한 일등석 비행

일등석 라운지에서도 못 알아봤는데 ㅎㅎ

저와 같은 비행기 같은 줄에 배용준씨랑 탑승했더라구요 ㅎㅎ

어릴때 진짜 좋아했었는데 차마 뛰어가서 말 걸지는 못하고 ㅋ

승무원님 통해서 싸인 받았어요...

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from koo's blog:

ヨンジュンの帰国は8/8(早朝の直行便で発って夕方仁川着)ですが、
サインの日付は多分現地時間で書いたのでしょう、8/7となっていますね

wuri Yong Joon returned to Korea on August 8. (Left the US early morning and reached incheon on the evening.) the autograph was dated 2012/8/7 local time.

damsu: i guess he left the US on the 7th of august and arrived in korea on the 8th. :P
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id="story_title"Caught up in a Korean wave id="story_byline"By HARIATI AZIZAN
sunday@thestar.com.my

It has been 10 years since Hallyu hit Malaysia, but it still shows no sign of ebbing.

NOT since Zorro's “Z” has a letter evoked more passion in the popular psyche than “K”. The “K” here, of course, stands for Korea, and it has grown to be a top prefix in today's popular culture from K-pop (music), K-drama and K-movie to K-tech.

Its popularity has made it a coveted prefix for various local arenas other than culture and entertainment too, such as business and politics.

At the recent One Million Youth Gathering 2012 in Putrajaya, K-pop acts were featured to attract young voters, while many politicians have not hesitated to K-pop name drop on their social media network to hip up their image.

In Malaysia, this craze for Korean pop culture, known as the Korean Wave or Hallyu, is thought to have begun with the debut of the Korean hit drama Winter Sonata on TV3 in August 2002.

While the term Hallyu, coined in 1999 by Chinese journalists when China started being flooded by Korean TV dramas and pop music, was not yet widespread then, South Korea had already gripped people's imagination by becoming the first Asian team to finish in the last four of 2002 FIFA World Cup tournament that June, which it also co-hosted with Japan.

Once captivated by South Korean World Cup hero Ahn Jung-Hwan, many Malaysians especially women were quick to fall for the charms of Winter Sonata's main lead Bae Yong-Joon, elevating the series, along with Bae, to a cult status. (His co-stars Choi Ji-Woo and the late Park Yong-Ha also garnered a big following, but not as big as Bae's.)

By the time Jewel in the Palace and Autumn in My Heart arrived on Malaysian shores, the Korean drama trend had spread like wildfire, especially with Japan catching the fever in 2003 to drive the Yon-sama (as Bae was tagged in Japan) frenzy higher.

Korean Tourism Organisation (KTO) Kuala Lumpur managing director Yun Jae-Jin affirms that Winter Sonata helped to promote South Korea and its culture to the world.

Not surprisingly, KTO, the Korean government and many of the republic's businesses have been quick to ride the rising wave to sell the country and their products globally.

According to Yun, the surge of Hallyu can be divided into three stages the spread of Korean drama series and movies (approximately 2002-2007); K-pop (circa 2008 until now); and the not-so-well-known aspects of Korean culture like computer games, animation, history and traditional arts.

“It's a long-term effort of branding South Korea and, as you can see, Winter Sonata has been successful while K-pop is now pushing the brand further,” Yun says, highlighting that the Korean government is in the midst of planning for the development of the infrastructure for stage three of Hallyu.

One industry that Winter Sonata has clearly helped to boost is the country's tourism, particularly to Nami Island near Chuncheong, Gangwon Province, where it was filmed.

Some 90,000 foreign tourists visit Nami Island each year, notes Yun, adding that Malaysia is the fastest growing inbound market for Korea with a 40% growth in 2011 (156,281) and 44% in 2010 (up to 113,675 from 80,104 in 2009).

KTO expects the number of Malaysian travellers to reach 200,000 by the end of this year due to the growing number of Hallyu fans.

Jumping from the Hallyu platform, KTO now hopes to promote other tourist attractions of Korea, particularly its natural wonders, traditional culture, local festivals (Korea has more than 1,000 traditional festivals in a year) and historical sites.

K-pop swing

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The higher demand for more Korean programmes prompted Astro to launch its second Korean channel in high-definition One HD in October 2010.

Ricky Ow, executive vice president of Sony Pictures Television's Networks Asia (which runs One HD), says that since Winter Sonata sparked the wave, Korean entertainment has been growing exponentially over the last decade.

“We see the adaptation of Korean movies in Hollywood, we see K-pop topping the charts as far away as Europe and Latin America and even more evident is the fact that Korean dramas have been delivering stronger ratings than local dramas on terrestrial stations,” says Ow.

Power appeal

Many have tried to explain the appeal of K-drama and K-pop, especially the Winter Sonata phenomenon.

Most fans would admit now that they found the 2002 melodrama overly mushy with its convoluted plot and starring an actor with a dodgy fashion sense. Revolving around the love of two high school sweethearts who discover that they might be long-lost siblings, Winter Sonata's plot was as dated as it was far-fetched.

The inexplicable appeal, however, and the rippling effects it caused, could not be denied.

According to culture critics, one pull is the escapism value.

Winter Sonata was therapeutic, Korean culture critic Lee Young-mi told the Korean daily Korea Herald, especially after the “collective trauma of the 1997 financial crisis”.

In Malaysia, like many South-East Asian countries, escapism is a major appeal of Korean dramas, not only for those who aspire to a better lifestyle but also for those looking for safe entertainment which has no explicit scenes that you would normally get in shows from the West.

While academics grapple with the psycho-sociological aspects, industry players like Yun put it down to the production standards the Korean drama industry upholds, supported by the huge capital investment poured into it by both the government and corporate sector.

Ow agrees, and cites another “winning formula” which is a big factor a strong cast and a good script.

Whether it's a Hollywood or Korean production, the winning formula remains the same, he says.

“And what is interesting in Asia, and Korea in particular, is that there are still a lot of good stories to tell, and the strong pull for the audience are that these are stories that the current Asian viewer can easily relate to.”

K-drama content is constantly evolving to appeal to a wider demographic, he notes.

“We have seen a change in content catering to what used to be a largely mature, female demographic (the highly popular tragic dramas in the Winter Sonata era) to a wider demographic such as the young working adults (City Hunter) and the teens (Rooftop Prince).”

As they say, success begets success.

The success of the Hallyu has thus resulted in a higher volume of more sophisticated, quality dramas produced on a bigger scale with a bigger production budget.

“Ultimately, it's not the topics that matter, but how the stories are told a skill that the Koreans have mastered well, in creating a wide variety of material that resonates with the audience,” says Ow.

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you can read the whole article here:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/8/12/nation/11844064&sec=nation
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Let’s send birthday message to BYJ!

August 13, 2012By tomato99 ♥

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Source: BYJ’s official mobile site
Date: 2012.08.10
Japanese to English: tomato99@LoveBaeYongJoon

Bae Yong Joon’s 40th birthday is coming up on August 29.

This year, we are calling for your post card birthday messages.

Create your cards decorated with your words, illustrations and photos to celebrate Bae Yong Joon’s birthday!

Post card mailing address:
c/o Bae Yong Joon birthday message
Digital Adventure Inc.
8F Kearny Place Shiba,
4-5-10 Shiba, Minato-ku Tokyo, 108-0014
Japan

Deadline:
Reach by Wednesday, 29 August 2012

Note:
Post card size must be 100mm X 148mm (approx. 3.94inch X 5.83inch).

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You can always send your messages directly to Keyeast in Korea.

KEYEAST, Inc.
6F AMERICAN STANDARD BLDG.
110-1 SAMSUNG-DONG GANGNAM-KU SEOUL (P.C.135-090), Korea
Mr. Bae, Yong Joon

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:-<  :-<  :-<

not much news about wuri Yong Joon except about his company in japan, DATV, having entered into a service agreement with japanese cable TV SO J-com and  KE shares soaring.
another thing is his sommelier friend donating to unicef all the money from his wine and people book and thanking his brother and friend wuri Yong Joon for the suggestions and for taking part in the planning of the book. 
also....
according to anjela's blog, wuri Yong Joon was spotted last saturday august 18 somewhere in gangnam wearing a black hat and sunglasses, white t-shirt, gray cardigan, black pants and white sneakers. :) no pictures though. :)

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