Thursday, January 19, 2012

[NEWS] BIGBANG ON EUROPEAN YOUTHS SURVEY ABOUT SOUTH KOREA & KPOP


The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) recently conducted a survey on the brand image of South Korea among young people in Europe. They surveyed 1208 youths, aged 18-30 years old, in five major European cities -- London, Paris, Frankfurt, Milan and Budapest.

When asked about what comes to mind they think of South Korea, the respondents answered North Korea (9%), K-Pop (6.9%) and Seoul (6.5%). Others mentioned war, Samsung, kimchi, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and taekwondo.

When asked about K-pop singers, the respondents cited BIGBANG (8.8%), BEAST (5.8%), Girls Generation (5.5%), Dong Bang Shinki (3.3%) and Rain (3.0%).

Awareness of South Korea and a preference for Korean culture and the country itself were highest in Hungary, followed by France, Italy, Britain and Germany.

Sources: KBS World, Japanese/French/Spanish yonhapnews (via bigbangupdates)

[VOTE] G-DRAGON & TOP'S "KNOCK OUT" NOMINATED ON THE 9th KOREAN MUSIC AWARDS




GD&TOP's "Knock Out" is nominated for Best Rap & Hip-Hop.


Source : koreanmusicawards.com

[CLIP] BIGBANG 2012 GMARKET "BIGBANG IS STARTING" SCREENSAVER








Source : Gmarket+negimax9,teambigbang

[CLIP] G-DRAGON , TAEYANG AND TOP @SUPER TRAXX CONCERT






Source : 2011SuperTraxx

[CLIP] G-DRAGON & TOP "OH YEAH" MV MAKING [ENG. SUBBED]


Source : bbvipchannel

[INFO] 2011 BIGBANG LIVE CONCERT BIGSHOW ON NAVER "LIVE MUSIC OF THE WEEK"


Live Music of the Week: 2011 BIGBANG Concert BIGSHOW
Check this out at NAVER: http://music.naver.com/todayMusic/index.nhn?startDate=20120117

Source : BIGBANG's Facebook,music.naver.com

[CLIP] 2012 BIGBANG CONCERT - BIG SHOW SPOT


'2012 BIGBANG CONCERT - BIG SHOW'

- Date: 2012 March 2nd (FRI) / 8PM 2012 March 3rd (SAT) / 6PM 2012 March 4th (SUN) / 6PM
- Place: Gymnastics Stadium at Olympic Park
- Ticket Price: all seats for KRW 88,000 (Tax included)
- Ticket Open: 2012 Jan. 31st (TUE) 8PM
- Age Rating: 8 years old and above
- Hosted by YG Entertainment
- Sponsored by G Market, Look Korea
- Homepage: http://bigshow.ygbigbang.com

Source : ygconcert

[NEWS] G-DRAGON & LEE HYO RI WEARING THE SAME COMICAL COSTUME


A photo of fashionista G-Dragon and Lee Hyori wearing the same costume recently surfaced on an online community site with the title, ‘GD vs Hyori, same costume, different feel.’

The photo is of both Hyori and G-Dragon who wore the same grey mouse costume on different TV programs.

The cute image that both top stars expressed in the photos evoked laughter amongst fans.

Netizens who saw the photos responded with comments like, “They are the real fashionistas. They look stylish wearing costumes too~“, “Both are so cute“, “The fan who found this really has a keen eye“, “So funny“, and more.

Source : TVReport via Nate