Korean pop star Rain has released a video clip of himself bare chested while rehearsing for the song “Only U”. The dance clip generates plenty of interest since it was first uploaded on Cyworld, one of Korea’s largest social networking sites.

Nice body shape and great flexibility; seems like his ninja training was working well…

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The 10th Mnet Korean Music Festival (MKMF) was held on Saturday (Nov 15) at Jamsil Olympic Stadium in Seoul.

The talk of the town goes to Lee Hyori and Big Bang’s special stage, where Hyori and TOP shared a little smooches… [more kissing pics on Kbites and K-popped]

Korean stars Lee Hyori and TOP sharing a kiss at MKMF 2008 in Seoul

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English subbed music video of “Rainisim”, second MV from Korean pop star Rain’s latest (same title) album. Although another MV “Love Story” was released earlier, it seems like Rainisim is the major promotional track instead…

“Love Story”, latest music video from Korean pop star Rain.

Nothing special, but a nice song nonetheless.

Some random news about Beijing 2008 Olympics

The power of love

Matthias Steiner of Germany was the men’s +105kg weightlifting champion on Tuesday. When I first saw the picture, I thought of how romantic this guy was… I only knew a day later that the woman in the picture was his wife Susann, who died in a car accident last year, and it sparked plenty of emotions…

Picture of German weightlifter Matthias Steiner with his wife photo at Beijing Olympics 2008
Matthias with his gold medal and a photo of his late wife (Image via Beijing2008)

This will probably be the most memorable Beijing Olympics’ photo for me… it draws love, sadness, romance, pride, commitment and loyalty. If I am a woman I would probably fall in love with this guy.

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Korean pop star Rain will be releasing his new album in October 2008 after a year of hiatus from his singing career.

The Korean heartthrob announced his plans during a gathering (named “Summer Vacation with Rain”) with more than 3000 fans at the Seoul Olympic Park’s Olympic Hall on Sunday.

Korean pop star Rain and MC Kim Jae-dong at fans meet in Seoul
Rain and MC Kim Jae-dong

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Korean superstar Rain was interviewed by Time with readers-submitted questions…


“10 Questions for Rain” video (transcript available at K-popped)

Some good questions, and good answers; definitely sounds better than the interview I made. Still need to improve his English obviously, but kudos for the effort… at least he tried.

Korean star Rain undergoing martial arts training for his starring role in Warner Bros Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ upcoming action film “Ninja Assassin”…

Korean pop star Rain training for movie Ninja Assassin

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