To Asian Fans,

There will Korea Festival 2008 which will be held from November till March next year. The inaugural Korea Festival 2008 encompasses a variety of traditional and contemporary events, from fine arts to popular culture and mainstream music. This series of events aims to promote the Korean culture (food, music, dance, sports, arts, film), entertain and engage a wide range of audiences residing in Singapore.

The related Festival events are listed as follows:
1. Korean Flavour Fiesta: 1 - 2 Nov, 2008; VivoCity Amphitheatre (L3)
2. K-Pop Concert: 4 Nov, 2008; Singapore Indoor Stadium
3. Korean Traditional Dance Performance: 5 Nov, 2008; University Cultural Centre, National University of Singapore (NUS)
4. Taekwondo Performance: 9 Nov, 2008; Toa Payoh Sports Hall
5. Korea Film Festival: 1 - 9 Nov, 2008; Isetan Lido Cineplex (TBD)*
6. Charity Golf Event and Fund-Raising Dinner: 18 Nov, 2008; Singapore Island Country Club
7. Haan Trio Classical Music Recital: 29 Oct, 2008; The Esplanade
8. Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition: 7 Nov, 2008 - Mar, 2009; Singapore Art Museum .

Ticketing:
Tickets for events like K-Pop Concert, Korean Traditional Dance Performance, Taekwondo Performance, Korea Film Festival, Charity Golf Event and Fund-Raising Dinner and Haan Trio Classical Music Recital, will be distributed through the Korean Embassy.

Website: Korea Festival 2008

Shared by: bluecookies88 (reader/sg vip)

List of the performing artistes: WonderGirls, Andy and JunJin, Jewelry, VOS, Kim Jong Wook, U-Kiss, 2PM and Peter.

Credit: sookyeong.wp

~momovip (wordpress FC!)

if only Big Bang DBSK, SS501 etc. would come too.. oh well but there's still gonna be some nice artists coming:P

ALSO..

There has been much interests from the Japanese press about Big Bang’s debut album ‘Number 1′ release and the start of their Japanese promotional activities.
NikkanSports did a large-scale report on Big Bang’s Japanese debut on 10th October with the news article ‘Korea’s Hip Hop unit to debut in Japan’. Big Bang was introduced as ‘Korea’s EXILE‘ and ‘a 5-member group with the average age of 19.5′.
EXILE is a highly popular 7-member groups which does dance and vocal, and they have released 2 consecutive million-seller albums in Japan. And recently, they have also been featured as character models in a animation production.
In the news article, Big Bang was said to be the group, ‘which took the Kpop scene by storm with the release of the song ‘Lies’ last year’ and ‘they have accomplished perfection in Korea, and is preparing for their debut in Japan’.
It was also added that Big Bang ‘has already gained popularity amongst many fans in Japan’ with 3 songs out of the album within the top 10 positions for mobile phone music download. Amongst of the members, TaeYang is also able to speak in Japanese for interviews.
‘There will be an event in Tokyo Ikebukuro for their album release, and it is confirmed that more than 2000 fans will be present. And for the coming live performance on 1st November, the status of tickets sales is nearing sold-out condition of 16,000 tickets sold.’

wooohooooo:)

from: http://sookyeong.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/big-bang-hailed-as-koreas-exile-by-japanese-press/#comment-2878

Labels: big bang, dbsk, kim jong wook, korean, SS501, wondergirls