Chuseok (추석 - Full Moon Harvest) is a Korean festival celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month in lunar calendar (Sept 14 in 2008).
Chuseok is one of the two biggest holidays in Korea (the other is Seollal the Korean New Year). It is considered the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving and a time to honour ancestors with newly harvested grains and fruits [more on KoreaNet]
As for Korean entertainment fans, it’s the season to see their favourite Korean celebs in traditional Hanbok wishing everyone a happy Chuseok. Sharing a few pics of some all-girls Korean pop groups (image from Newsen and Star)…
The 2nd Chungmuro International Film Festival (CHIFFS) opens in Seoul on Wednesday (Sept 3) with A-list Korean stars and celebrities gracing the red carpet and opening ceremony.
The 2008 event will run on September 3-9 and will feature 170 films from 40 countries. Some red carpet photos below [from Newsen]…
SM Entertainment, the Korean talent agency that boost the likes of BoA, Kangta, TVXQ, Super Junior, SNSD, Ara and Lee Yeon-hee etc. will be holding the “08 SM Entertainment Global Audition” in Sept/Oct 2008.
The auditions will be held from September 19 to October 25 in Hawaii, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Orange County (CA), New York, San Francisco, Toronto and Vancouver. Nationality doesn’t matters, but it seems like they are looking for Asian faces only.
It’s funny that SM is calling it a ‘global’ audition when in fact the locations are limited to US and Canada. Regardless, it’s a chance for young Asian talents to try their luck if they are interested with the entertainment business.
Set aside the publicity purpose, SM do mean business with the auditions. If not mistaken Tiffany from SNSD and Henry from Suju-M were discovered from previous auditions… there might be a few more that I’m not aware of.
Make sure you register by email before going to the audition, check SM’s website for details and updates. Good luck if there is any taker here.
Korean pop group Girls’ Generation (SNSD) is appointed the product ambassador for Nexon, the Korean company which operates MapleStory, a popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
Some Maple-Style promotional photos released by Nexon, pretty cute…
KBS Music Bank’s special stage on July 4, featuring two popular Korean girls group, Wonder Girls and Girls’ Generation (SNSD). The Wonder Girls performed SNSD’s “Kissing You”, while SNSD performed WG’s “Tell Me”…
Some 35,000 fans attended the “I Love You, Korea! 2008 Dream Concert” at Seoul’s Jamsil Olympic Stadium on June 7.
The annual Dream Concert,, jointly organised by the Korean Entertainment Producers Association and Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), is celebrating its 14th edition this year, and featured the likes of Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, Jewelry, Wondergirls, MC Mong, Buga Kingz, Epik High, MC Mong and Maya etc. K-1 fighter Choo Sung-hoon also made a special appearance.
