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Grace Park Fresh Vancouver

June 28, 2012 by Yein Jee

Korean-Canadian actress Grace Park is featured in June/July 2012 issue of Fresh Vancouver Magazine. Image by photographer Florence Leung…

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Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Asian women, Canada, Grace Park, Korean women, Magazine photos, Vancouver City

Hwang Mi-hee DTP Autoshow Interview

August 18, 2011 by Yein Jee

Popular Korean racing model Hwang Mi-hee interviewed by AX3 during her recent visit to Vancouver for the DTP Autoshow 2011. She talks about car shows and how she got started etc., short video but interesting chat if you are a fan.

Filed Under: Offbeat Tagged With: Asian videos, Hwang Mi-hee, Korean women, Vancouver City

Winter Olympic Gold for Kim Yuna

February 26, 2010 by Yein Jee

Kim Yuna wins gold at Vancouver 2010 Winter OlympicsKorean figure skater Kim Yuna has won the gold medal of women’s figure skating at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Official results here.

Kim scored 150.06 points in the free program on Thursday night (local time) and a new world record total of 228.56 points to earn South Korea its first ever Olympic gold medal in figure skating.

Japan’s Mao Asada and Canada’s Joannie Rochette retained their position from the short program to win the silver and bronze.

The term Grand Slam is not often used in figure skating, but it’s worth mentioning that Kim is the first ever lady to hold the title of 4CC, World Championships, Grand Prix Final and Winter Olympics at the same time.

Time to claim my free beer from the Korean guys lol. Image from Chosun [Kr]

Kim Yuna series – Previous: TV commercial collection | Next: Maeil yogurt CF

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Asian pop culture, Canada, East Asia, Joannie Rochette, Kim Yuna, Korean pop culture, Mao Asada, Olympic Games, South Korea, Sports and athletes, Vancouver City, World records

Korean ice queen Kim Yuna leads in Vancouver

February 24, 2010 by Yein Jee

Korean athletes have been doing quite well at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, but all eyes were on 19-year-old world figure skating champion Kim Yuna’s record breaking performance in the short program on Tuesday.

Korean figure skating champion Kim Yuna at Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics
Kim Yuna at the short program in Vancouver. Image by Xinhuanet [Cn]

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Canada, Kim Yuna, South Korea, Sports and athletes, Vancouver City

Kim Yuna sets figure skating world record

February 7, 2009 by Yein Jee

Korean figure skating star Kim Yuna has set a new world record for the ladies’ short program en-route to winning the women’s single title at the 08/09 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships (4CC) in Vancouver, Canada…

The 18-year-old sensation scored 72.24 points on Wednesday, the highest total for a short program under the new judging system. Her performance at the long program was not as impressive but it’s enough to claim the overall title.

On the other hand, Chinese figure skaters Pang Qing and Tong Jian won the pair skating title, making this event a pretty successful outing for the Asians.

[Feb 2010 Update] Kim has broken the record on numerous occasions since this story was first posted. The latest record was set at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Kim Yuna series – Previous: Maeil Milk commercial | Next: Yuna sings for Hyundai

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Canada, Kim Yuna, Korean pop culture, South Korea, Sports and athletes, Vancouver City, World records

SM Entertainment Global Audition 2008 (US & Canada)

August 11, 2008 by Yein Jee

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.

Poster of SM Entertainment Global Audition 2008 featuring Korean group TVXQ

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.

Check SM’s website for details and updates. Good luck if there is any taker here.

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Auditions and Talent Search, Canada, Go Ara, Hawaii State, Henry Lau Hin Wa, Hero Kim Jae-joong, Kangta Ahn Chil-hyun, Kim Jun-su, Korean showbiz, Lee Yeon-hee, Los Angeles, New York City, Orange County (CA), Park Yoo-chun (Micky), Province of Ontario, San Francisco, Shim Chang-min (Max), SM Entertainment, South Korea, State of California, Super Junior, TVXQ Korean Group, U-know Jung Yun-ho, United States, Vancouver City

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