[ARTICLE] SPIN MAGAZINE: "SEOUL TRAINED: INSIDE KOREA'S POP FACTORY"

Over the past ten years, Korea has perfected a fruitful system for producing top-flight pop stars. Now, as K-pop focuses its careful aim on the American market, that same formula appears to be just as ripe for export.

You would never guess that this is where they live. Lisa Jo is casually pointing to it from her office just across the street: a squat, red-brick apartment building whose only distinguishing mark is the grimy noodle shop tucked into its ground floor. Thousands of houses just like this one carpet Seoul’s hilly northern half, most of them dwarfed by the skyscraping residential towers that line the Han River and virtually every major avenue in the city like teeth. 

The article will appear on the March&April Issue.

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T.O.P - #1 Sexy Charisma Idol ‘chosen by Female University Students’ @ 120424 MBC Music Live!

2NE1 on 2012 MTV VMAJ Promo!

*NOTE: 2NE1 mentioned around 1:19

MTV JAPAN: “{ MTV VMAJ 2012 line-up announcement part 1! } Live perfomances from: EXILE / Kato Miliyah / 2NE1 / 2PM / Sandaime J Soul Brothers 

Guest celebrities: AAA / Kaneko Nobuaki (RIZE) / ROLA / SCANDAL / Tsuchiya Anna / w-inds. “

BIGBANG #2 on FORBES KOREA’s “TOP 20 Celebrities of Korea”

In celebration of their 9th year of establishment, Forbes Korea has reported this year’s list of the top 40 ‘Power Celebrities’, and Girls’ Generation has topped the list for the second year in a row.

‘Celebrity’ refers to an individual who is widely known by the masses, and Forbes takes 100 of these celebrities and ranks them based on income, influence, fame, and professionalism.

This format is the same that Forbes in the United States uses for their ‘Celebrity 100′ list, and the list is reported on an annual basis.

1.) Girls’ Generation

2.) BIGBANG

3.) IU

4.) KARA

5.) Kim Yuna (World Champion Figure Skater & Olympic Gold Medalist)

6.) Lee Seung Gi (Actor / Singer)

7.) Park Ji Sung (Midfielder for Manchester United & former Captain of Korean National Soccer Team)

8.) Kim Tae Hee (Actress / Model)

9.) B2ST

10.) Park Tae Hwan (Champion Swimmer & Olympic Gold Medalist)

11.) 2PM

12.) Kang Ho Dong (Comedian / MC)

13.) JYJ

14.) Shin Se Kyung (Actress)

15.) TVXQ

16.) Super Junior

17.) T-ARA

18.) Shin Soo Choo (Major League Baseball Player for Cleveland Indians, Silver at World Baseball Classic, Gold at Asian Games)

19.) Yoo Jae Suk (Comedian / MC)

20.) Lee Chung Yong (Footballer for Premier League club Bolton Wanderers)

Source & Image: JoongAng via Naver

Translated by: AKP