...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....
24.8.11
[News] Popular Japanese idol star shows off his friendship with Jang Keun Suk
Popular Japanese idol star shows off his friendship with Jang Keun Suk
Cr.- en.korea
Popular Japanese idol group Kanjani8′s Yokoyama Yuu recently showed off his friendship with actor Jang Keun Suk.
On the 19th, Yokoyama appeared on Japanese Asahi TV’s Music Station, and talked about an episode with Jang.
Yokoyama said, “I visited Korea a few days ago and just happened to meet Jang on the street. We talked little and exchanged our phone number.” Since Jang is very popular in Japan, other panels were surprised at the episode.
Yokoyama added, “Jang called me yesterday and said he saw me on TV. We are friends now. Jang, are you watching?”
The MCs for the show asked for details about the episode and Yokoyama replied, “When I offered to shake his hand, my manager stopped me but Jang said it was okay. He speaks Japanese very well.”
People responded, “When did Yokoyama come to Korea?” “I’ve never met any entertainers in my entire life, how did you meet Jang on the street? That’s amazing.” “Jang is so popular that famous idol star is showing off his friendship with Jang.”
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