Learn Korean on the Nintendo DS with Bae Yong-joon
November 13, 2008 by J!-ENT · Leave a Comment
Chosun reported:
A game targeting fans of top Korean Wave actor Bae Yong-joon who want to learn Korean will be launched in Japan in January next year.
The Busan Metropolitan Government announced Wednesday that multimedia company Mobilero has developed an educational Korean language game starring Bae with funds from it and the Korea Culture and Content Agency.
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Manga to be adapted into Korean drama and to star Bae Yong-joon
September 5, 2008 by Dennis Amith · Leave a Comment
Mainichi Daily News reported, “A Japanese comic that triggered a wine boom in South Korea will be adapted into a TV drama likely starring popular South Korean actor Bae Yong-joon, an entertainment production company of which the actor is a shareholder has announced.”
“The production company Keyeast said that it concluded a contract at the end of last month with Kodansha, the publisher of the comic titled “Kami no Shizuku” (Drops of God), for the copyright for the South Korean drama version.”
Yonsama’s “The Four Guardian Gods of the King” a big hit in Korea but in Japan…not so much
September 4, 2008 by Dennis Amith · Leave a Comment
Chosun reported, ““Taewangsasingi (The Four Guardian Gods of the King)” featuring Korean wave Bae Yong-joon as King Kwanggaeto the Great of the Koguryo Kingdom, was a hit in Korea last year with ratings up to 37.5 percent. The work of Kim Jong-hak and Song Ji-na, producer and script writer of a perennial hit “Sandglass,” “Taewangsasingi” was expected to draw as much popularity in Japan as it did in Korea, but on a terrestrial channel NHK at 11 p.m. on Saturday, its rating remains at around 7 percent. The last episode is to be aired on Sep. 27. Given such enormous popularity of Bae in Japan, where he is known as Yonsama, and more than 20 percent ratings for “Winter Sonata,” which made him a superstar there, the figure shows the predicament Korean soap operas are in at the moment.”
[JAPAN] Fans of Yonsama flock to Japanese temple
June 11, 2008 by Dennis Amith · Leave a Comment
Chosun reported, “According to Sunday’s Asahi Shinbum, the Koma Jinja has seen an endless flow of women aged between 30 and 70 since September last year, when Korean TV soap opera “Taewangsasingi (The Four Guardian Gods of the King)”, which stars Bae, began to air in Korea. After being aired on the NHK satellite channel in December last year, “Taewangsasingi”, which deals with the life of King Kwanggaeto the Great, known as the “Great Expander” of ancient Korean history, has been enjoying popularity in Japan, where it is now being shown once a week on regular NHK.”
[JAPAN] Thousands of fans greet S. Korean actor Bae Yong Joon
May 31, 2008 by Dennis Amith · Leave a Comment
JapanToday.com reported, “South Korean heartthrob actor Bae Yong Joon arrived to a huge reception at Kansai international airport on Friday afternoon, with some 3,000 fans—mostly older women—crowding the terminal to greet him. The 35-year-old star — still the most popular foreign celebrity in Japan — will attend an event for the NHK drama “Taioshijinki,” in which he stars, at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on Sunday.”
“Police said more than 3,000 screaming women besieged the arrival lobby as Bae emerged. Some women said they had flown to Seoul in the morning so they could take the return flight with Bae in the afternoon. Meanwhile, hundreds of fans had camped in the terminal from 6 a.m. to get the best possible vantage spot. Other women came from as far away as Tokyo on chartered buses. Around 400 police, including anti-riot squad members, were mobilized to control fans.”
