...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....
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[News] Jang Keun Suk’s 8 Page Newspaper Advertisement in Japan.
[News] Jang Keun Suk’s 8 Page Newspaper Advertisement in Japan.
Cr. - soompi
Jang Keun suk has moved the hearts of his Japanese fans with an 8-page advertisement in a major newspaper, Asahi Shimbun.
On May 30, one fan uploaded a picture of the life-size newspaper ad on her twitter account. The full body shot of the picture took up four pages, in addition to four more pictures, each taking up a page.
Asahi Shimbun often publishes advertisements in unique ways, but this is their first time devoting eight pages to promote an artist.
Japanese netizens reacted, “Keun-chan is on a totally different scale,” “Went to convenience store to buy it, but failed. Limited batch of only 500,000,” and “I’m anticipating his album sales too.”
Internet and TV programs have been broadcasting news about his album for days. Japan’s number one streaming site, “NicoNico Live” provided a special 24-hour broadcast celebrating Jang Keun Suk’s “Just Crazy” album.
On the morning of May 30, many programs are reporting his explosive popularity and album sales.
so creative and such a cool idea!
ReplyDeletehow i can buy 8 pages of Thairath??? ha haa