Good Morning Panda

The first Hallyu Star I fell for, Song Hye-kyo, has been appointed as Asia's first panda goodwill ambassador by the Chinese government in June. Song will shed the light on the pandas' hidden world and the threat of their extinction during the documentary, 'Good Morning Panda,' co-produced by South Korea and China. It will be broadcast through EBS TV's Docu Prime Wednesday.

Song, who visited a panda habitat in Sichuan Province after becoming a goodwill envoy, has been working to publicize the need to preserve pandas across Asia while calling for international support for the project.

(source: Korea Times)

Ninja Assassin

Jeong Ji-hoon or better known as Rain, said that he did over 90 percents of stunts on his new Hollywood movie 'Ninja Assassin' himself. Actually it's his second Hollywood movie after his supporting role in 'Speed Racer' which was a flop.

Ninja Assassin is a ninja movie set in modern world, full of action and graphic violence so it's definitely a movie for fans who love martial arts and action. I am looking forward to seeing this in the cinema but I think I have to wait a bit longer since it won't be showing in my city till next year.

'Bump Bump!'

BoA has released her 28th single, "Bump Bump!" in Japan on Oct.28, a dance with jaunty rhythm. She plans to hold Christmas concerts in Tokyo Dec.4-5 and in Osaka Dec.8.

Here is BoA with her fresh look, some says her short hair cut just looks like Utada Hikaru's style.

Hallyu Festival in Tokyo

The craze for Hallyu stars has spread all over Asia and especially in Japan, some Korean stars have huge number of fanatic fans since the success of Winter Sonata which triggered the Korean wave culture in Japan. In recent years, the wild success of Korean dramas driving up the popularity of Korean actors in Japan.

Four Korean drama stars: Lee Byung-hun, Jang Dong-gun, Song Seung-hun and Won bin will take part in a special 'Hallyu' festival in Tokyo in this December. The event, to take place December 17 at Tokyo Dome, will be directed by renowned Japanese writer-producer Yasushi Akimoto. The four actors will give a theatrical performance set to an audiovisual piece by acclaimed Korean director Hur Jin-ho. The top stars will also introduce fans to their latest films and TV dramas and take part in an interview session.

(source: Korea Times)