[JAPAN] SMAP’s Kusanagi Tsuyoshi chats with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on NEWS23

JapanToday.com reported, “Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, 33, a member of the popular idol group SMAP, chatted in Korean on Monday with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on the news program NEWS23. In the program, Kusanagi appeared as a representative of about 100 audience members.

Kusanagi told Lee: “I started learning the Korean language because I want to work with Korean actors who I respect.” Lee wished him well, telling him, “I hope you’ll be popular in South Korea as well.”

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