...Hallyu began roughly 12 years ago when the rest of Asia discovered Korean soap operas. One of the breakthrough dramas was a series 'Winter Sonata' starring Choi Ji-woo & Bae Young-Joon. After that, more Korean dramas saw their way to foreign shores and Korean films and music started to follow suit. Korean marketing people started to see a Korea-centric trend. They dubbed this flow "The Korean Wave" or Hallyu....
17.3.11
[NEWS] Rain offers some words to his Japanese fans while his fanclub raises 15 Million Won for charity
[NEWS] Rain offers some words to his Japanese fans while his fanclub raises 15 Million Won for charity
cr: koreaboo
In an aid to cheer his Japanese fans up after the recent earthquake, tsunami and nuclear explosions in Japan, Rain offered some words on his official website. Posted on the 14th of March, Rain updated his official homepage with the title "Hi, Everyone. This is Rain."
On the said update, Rain wrote: “First of all, I would like to offer my heartfelt condolences and consolation for all the people in Japan. I know that they’re having a very hard time due to such a tremendous natural disaster. I feel as if it could happen to me and my heart bleeds a lot more for them, especially as I’ve often visited that country. I am sure that if we combine our strength, these difficulties could be overcome.”
Further more, he encouraged his fans with a final statement stating, “I hope all of Japanese Cloud fans are all right, and I’d like to offer words of consolation again.”
Meanwhile, following in their idol's footsteps, Rain's official fanclub "The Cloud" has conducted a charity campaign to help the earthquake victims in Japan. Boasting members from other countries such as United States, Canada, Germany, Poland, China, Hong Kong and many others, the fanclub was reported to have reached an estimate of 15 million won for their website charity campaign.
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