Park Jae Bum Opens Up On ′Taxi′

Wonder what former 2PM member Park Jae Bum′s life was like after 2PM?Park shared some of his story on the November 10 broadcast of tvN’s Taxi and revealed what he went through after coming to Korea from the States, going from trainee to 2PM leader to solo artist. The hosts of the talk show brought up the issue of Park leaving 2PM, saying, “We heard the story from the media, but we want to hear from you personally.” Park Jae Bum left for the States in 2009 after he was swept into a controversy over his negative remarks on Korea.

Mnet Airs 2011 Hallyu Dream Concert

Let’s get this K-Pop party started!

How did you spend Korea’s birthday? If you didn’t attend the 2011 Hallyu Dream Concert on October 3, then you missed out on one spectacular show!  MCs Park Shin Hye, 2PM’s Taec Yeon, and SHINee’s Min Hohosted the music filled celebration that left Korea speechless. 

Top Stars Gather for “Rainbow Project” To Support Underprivilged African Children

Top stars including the likes of Bae Yong-joon, Park Jin-young, Rain, Jeon Ji-hyun, Jo In-sung, and Sohn Ye-jin are all coming together for a common cause.

According to related officials, the stars have gathered for The Rainbow Project to inspire children from the slums of Africa to have dreams and more importantly achieve those dreams.

SHINee, 2PM, & B2ST’s performances on ‘Music Japan’

The latest episode of NHK’s ‘Music Japan‘ hosted an all-star lineup of male K-idol groups currently promoting in Japan.

On August 28th, SHINee, 2PM, and B2ST performed “JULIETTE“, “I’m Your Man“, and “BAD GIRL” respectively, drawing screams from fangirls all throughout the show.

Check out their performances below!
SHINEE – “JULIETTE”

2PM – “I’m Your Man”

B2ST – “BAD GIRL”

source: allkpop via enkorea

‘K-Pop Cover Dance Festival’ will air in September on MBC

On the 28th, MBC said that they will air the eight-part special program, K-Pop Road Show 40120, that features the ‘K-Pop Cover Dance Festival’. The first part will air on September 22 at 11:00 p.m.

Singer Yoon Do Hyun is the host and 2PM, Super Junior, SNSD, B2ST, SHINee, KARA, miss A, T-ara, and many more will appear.

The festival is sponsored by the Visit Korea Committee and the winner will appear on the ‘Korean Wave Dream Concert’ in October in Gyeongju.

Over 1400 teams from 62 countries competed in the preliminaries by uploading videos on the event website. The finals will be held in America, Russia, Brazil, Japan and other countries next month. Juries will consist of popular Korean idol stars.

Source: YNA from Nate
via enkorea

Performances from ‘K-POP All Star Live in Niigata’ Concert

On August 20th, MBC hosted the ‘K-POP All Star Live in Niigata‘ concert in Japan for their 50th anniversary, which boasted a brilliant line-up of the top K-Pop artists in the industry.