Hallyu future?

We've been saying this for some time now. K-entertainment needs a change, dramas need new ideas (main station dramas, somehow cable is doing just fine), Kpop needs new visuals.

I'm not saying every drama should look from now on like Game of Thrones (second season) but yes, we've been bitching about repetitiveness of those. New motifs, new plots (this is why I loved Evasive Inquiry Agency - no goddamn love-line!). Oh, and a new set of fangirls and netizens would be good too.

And if I may be viscious again - just when a band appeared that brings freshness and originality to to pop music, fans disregard their latest album as 'not MAMA-like'. Go to hell. And stay there.

Global Flashmob Day

The "Global Flashmob Day" happened on July 30th, 2011 at 3PM in every timezone across the world. The official cities/countries that participated were Rio De Janeiro, Mexico City/Guanajuato, Montreal, Cebu City/Manila, Warsaw, Malaysia, Düsseldorf, Perú, Buenos Aires, Trinidad & Tobago, Los Angeles, Indonesia, Las Vegas, and Bangkok.

The most popular songs were Super Junior's "Sorry Sorry," Girls' Generation's "Gee," SHINee's "Ring Ding Dong" and "Lucifer," f(x)'s "Nu ABO," TVXQ's "Balloons" and "Mirotic," and Brown Eyed Girls' "Abracadabra."

(koreaboo)

Japanese netizens... oh boy

Fuji TV building

 

On July 23rd, Japanese actor Sousuke Takaoka wrote some controversial comments about Hallyu on his Twitter account. He said, "I don't really watch channel 8 (Fuji TV) anymore. It sometimes makes me wonder if it's a Korean channel. Japanese people want traditional Japanese programs", later adding, "It feels like Korean programs brainwash you, and it really makes me feel bad. Broadcasters need to realize its negative effect." Since then, hostility towards the spread of Hallyu culture has been growing in Japan.

Takaoka's comments have prompted the largely underground anti-Hallyu movement in Japan to voice their support for him, organizing a group boycott on Fuji TV. They are organizing an event on August 8th to suggest tuning out of Fuji TV during the whole day to bring about a massive drop in the channel's rating. A tweet read, "To protest Hallyu overboard, lets boycott FujiTV for one day on 8/8. If you support these views please join us. Also please spread on Twitter #nofujitv88". The date August 8th was picked because Fuji TV, the Japanese channel that broadcasts the most Korean TV shows, is on channel eight.

These netizens are saying, “No more Hallyu!” “Let’s show the power of Twitterians”, “Our goal is to make 0% TV ratings”, and “Japan is going through a tough period, and there’s no need to watch a broadcaster that supports other countries.”

Source: @tkok_sosk_8228 and @NoFujiTV88

Uhm... only few things I have on my mind on this article. 

SMEnt concert

PARIS (Yonhap News) -- Five South Korean pop bands held their first concert in Paris on Friday, making a successful debut on the European stage in front of more than 7,000 eager fans.

Popular acts TVXQ, Girls‘ Generation, Super Junior, SHINee and f(x) put on a three-hour performance at Le Zenith de Paris concert hall, singing a total of 44 songs for the fans, who had come from all parts of Europe, including France, Spain, Italy and Poland.

A survey

   I'm an English speaking fan, and I don't favor neither SuJu, nor Big Bang.

Korean pop, or K-pop, is driving the Korean Wave abroad and Asian women in their 20s make up the majority of overseas hallyu fans, a survey found on Monday.

The Korea Tourism Organization conducted the online hallyu survey on 12,085 non-Korean visitors from 102 countries to its website (www.visitkorea.or.kr) from May 11 to May 31, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the website. The survey asked seven questions related to the Korean Wave in eight languages ― English, Japanese, traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, German, French, Spanish and Russian ― on the site, via e-mail and on social networking services such as Twitter and Facebook.

Hallyu in Europe

Cut of the news show on KBS.
For all SHINee lovers out there... ekhem...

Korea magazine: Hallyu

I just received my printed copy of it, but you can download it from below here.

OK, the thing is: they are talking mainly about the Hallyu. And we see who? Lee Min Ho. Yes, my dear readers, Lee Min Ho rose as the star of a new Hallyu. On the bad side: it has also 2 pics of Kim Hyun Joong. Oh, ladies, not too fast! Don't block the bandwith, let the others to download too! Buahahaa!!

This issue is very interesting.

First entry

This is my first attempt to write a blog. I decided to do this not because I want to show myself to the world, I want to show something else to the world. I'd like to introduce a little bit of Korean culture (yes, I know, Hallyu is reaching even such remote parts of world as the one I'm in).
And this will be my experiment in writing in three languages.

私は日本語の先生だ。日本語だけでなく、日本文化とか日本の社会について授業もある。４年前に日本学科を出てから、アメリカに行った。国に帰ったら、大学で教えるのを始めた。

나는일본어의선생님이예여.대학교에서일해요.한국어는어렵지만재미있어요.