Friday, December 23, 2011

Korea's Got Talent 2 teaser trailer!

드디어 공개된 코리아갓탤런트2 티저 예고편!!
2012년 1월 1일 지원자 접수가 시작 됩니다!!

Season 2 of Korea's Got Talent will be coming in 2012! Auditions will begin January 1st! I'm ready to see the new season! I'll be following it and blogging! I wish I had TVN in the USA!

Monday, December 19, 2011

Kim Jong Il is dead

The North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has died. He was 69 years old.

I wonder how this will affect North Koreans? Are they happy or sad that he is gone? I think South Koreans might think this is great news.

What does this mean for relations between North and South Korea? Will they be the same or will things improve? Will Jong Il's son rule differently?

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Top songs and albums of 2011

This was released by Naver Music and consists of data compiled from January 1-December 7.

Naver Music Overall

1. T-ara’s Roly Poly – 12.8%
2. Davichi’s Don’t Say Goodbye – 12.3%
3. SISTAR’s So Cool – 10.9%
4. miss A’s Good-bye Baby – 10.5%
5. Busker Busker’s Tokyo Boy – 9.4%
6. Huh Gak’s Hello – 9.3%
7. 2NE1′s Ugly – 9.2%
8. Leessang’s Turned Off the TV… – 9.1%
9. KARA’s Step – 8.5%
10. GG (Feat. Bom)’s I Cheated – 8.1%

Naver Music Streaming

1. T-ara’s Roly Poly – 12.7% **TIE**
1. Davichi’s Don’t Say Goodbye – 12.7% **TIE**
3. SISTAR’s So Cool – 11.0%
4. miss A’s Good-bye Baby – 10.3%
5. Busker Busker’s Tokyo Boy – 9.7%
6. Huh Gak’s Hello – 9.6%
7. 2NE1′s Ugly – 9.0%
8. Leessang’s Turned Off the TV… – 8.9%
9. KARA’s Step – 8.6% 10. Wonder Girls’ Be My Baby – 7.3%

Naver Music Download

1. Kim Bum Soo’s Please – 11.3%
2. GG (Feat. Bom)’s I Cheated – 10.9%
3. T-ara’s Roly Poly – 10.8%
4. Lazy Snail’s Apgujung Rascals – 10.1%
5. Hyun Bin’s That Man – 9.9%
6. 2NE1′s Lonely – 9.6%
7. Park Jung Hyun’s If It Were That Way – 9.5%
8. miss A’s Good-bye Baby – 9.3% **TIE**
8. Big Bang’s Tonight – 9.3% **TIE**
10. IU’s Good Day – 9.2%

Naver Music BGM
1. Hyun Bin’s That Man – 22.5%
2. IU’s Good Day – 14.2%
3. Jason Mraz’s I’m Yours – 12.6%<----I'm surprised one non Korean made it in!
4. Big Bang’s Tonight – 8.4%
5. Lee Sora’s Wind Is Blowing – 8.1%
6. Kim Bum Soo’s Please – 7.9%
7. IU’s Someday – 7.4%
8. Boohwal’s I Remember – 6.4%
9. SECRET’s Shy Boy – 6.3% **TIE**
9. IU’s Story Only I Didn’t Know – 6.3% **TIE**

Naver Music Live Album Chart Domination

1. Leessang’s Asura BalBalTa – 55 hours
2. IU’s Last Fantasy – 52 hours
3. Infinity Challenge’s Seohae Ahn Highway Song Festival – 12 hours

Naver Music Albums of the Year

Albums are selected based on a combination of votes by music critics and a netizen music panel.

1. Garion’s Garion 2 **TIE**
1. Lee Seung Yeol’s Whe We Fail **TIE**
3. Jang Giha and Faces’ Jang Giha and Faces
4. The Black Skirts’ Don’t You Worry Baby (I’m Only Swimming)
5. Jung Cha Shik’s Precipitous Man
6. The Moonshiners’ Blue Night’s BEAT!
7. Hwang Bo Ryung’s Mana Wind
8. The Koxx’s Access Ok
9. Park Joo Won’s Fiesta of Sorrow
10. MC Meta & DJ Wreckx’s DJ and MC

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Dutch Architects Spark Outrage with Design Resembling Twin Towers

Check out the story here: dutch-architects-spark-outrage-design-resembling-twin-towers

Americans are outraged over a high rise building that is proposed to be built in Seoul. MVRDV,a Dutch architecture firm, calls the building 'The Cloud'. Americans think that it resembles the World Trade Center on 9-11. The buildings are connected at the 27th floor which bears a resemblance to the debris from the World Trade Center. The firm has apologized saying that it wasn't their intent. Even though they have received a lot of angry comments and phone calls they haven't said they will change the design. The building is scheduled to be completed in 2015.