Official Korean cheering song for London Olympics 2012

PSY (싸이) - Korea (코리아)




I love that Korea likes to have songs to cheer on their teams. Psy wrote this years cheering song for the London Olympics. He also wrote a songs in the past.

I think this is great and it would be cool if the USA had a cheering song!

Hopefully I'll keep up with the Olympics and post any Korean results!

Movie Trailer: R2B:리턴투베이스 (R2B: Return To Base)

R2B:Return to Base is a Korean movie that will be released on August 15, 2012. I like Rain (bi) and he stars in the film. The movie is a remake of Red Scarf (1963). The main roles are played by Rain (Jung Ji hoon) and Shin Se-Kyung. Jung Ji Hoon plays the role of  Tae-Yoon (fighter pilot). Shin Se-Kyung plays the role of Se-Young (mechanic). Other actors in the movie are: Yu Jun-Sang, Lee Ha-Na, Kim Sung-Su, Lee Jong-Suk, and Jung Suk-Won.



Plot:

Tae-hun is an Air Force pilot who is transferred to a combat flying unit after a dangerous air show demonstration. On the first day he meets Cheol-hui, the unit's top gun. Cheol-hui follows the rules, but Tae-hun is more free-spirited which causes conflict between them. Tae-hun becomes friends with his other colleagues. He falls in love with Se-young who is a mechanic. Tae-hun continues to be free-spirited and gets suspended. During a mission Dae-seo dies and Seok-hyeon disappears. Tae-hun blames Cheol-hui for the tragedy, but they eventually come to an understanding. Then they try to stop the war and rescue their missing comrade.

UPDATE March 31, 2013: The DVD was released in the USA under the name "Black Eagle" in March of 2013. The DVD has English subtitles. (I've added this to my Netflix list, but it hasn't been released on Netflix yet)

Black Eagle Trailer:

Toilet theme park in Korea

Korea is a fascinating place. I think I just found a new stop to add to my Korea trip in 2014.

Read about here:http://en.rocketnews24.com/2012/07/12/toilet-theme-park-opened-in-korea-there-is-a-rational-explanation-for-this/

Korea has the world's first toilet theme park. The "The Restroom Cultural Park" opened on July 4th in Suwon.

The park was built to honor the recently deceased mayor who was known as "Mr. Toilet". His mission was to improve the conditions of toilets in Korea. He had a toilet shaped house in Suwon which was donated to the city after his passing.

After "Mr. Toilet" died citzens donated money to build the toilet themed park. The park has various toilet exhibits and fun facts about poop.

Audio Teaser: EvoL (이블) "Magnet"

This teaser was in my YouTube subscription list so I decided to listen to it. I really like it.

EvoL is a girl group that will debut in August. I don't have much information about the group yet since they haven't debuted.They are represented by Stardom Entertainment. Stardom also represents Block B. Some people are saying that EvoL is the femaile version of BlockB.

Clips from Korea's Got Talent2 Ep. 7 Collaborations (July 2012)

I picked out my favorite performances. I'm ready to see who will make it to the top 21. My favorites are: The little boy from the 4th video, all the dancers from the 3rd video.

The second chance! "Bi-Bim-Bap" -비빔밥

They gave them a 2nd chance, but it doesn't look good when you have to look down at the lyrics. I think the cute singer ruined his chance.



Korean traditional music reborn! -한쿠스틱(English Subs)

I enjoyed this performance!



Best meets the Best -5 elements (English Subs) 

I liked this performance. They are really talented. They put all the best dancers together and it was great! That one guy is so flexible.





No limits in Singing! "Seven Gates" -세븐게이츠 (English Subs) 

I enjoyed this performance.

Clips from Korea's Got Talent2 Ep. 6 Talent Week results

These aren't all the results. I chose my favorites.

Singing Group A-Pop Vocal

I like the little boy who was coughing in his first audition. (he made it through)




Singing Group B-Singers with instruments



Singing Group C-Classic, Musical



Dance Group D-Solo Dance (English Subs)

The first boy was so cute, but he didn't make it. I think he could still be a pop star someday! The guy in the blue silk suit did a good job. (he made it)





Dance Group E-Small Group (English Subs)

Khan is cute and a good dancer.(they made it) BWB also did a good job, but I liked their other performance better.(they made it)

Clips from Korea’s Got Talent2 ep. 6 (July 2012) Collaborations

This week they had to collaborate with others. 

One team from the beginning - 소울하모나이즈 (English Subs)

This group is made up of “Solists” and “Morning of Owl”. B-boy meets acappella. They named their group “Soul Harmonize”. I think its very interesting.




Vocal Trios! "Bella voce" -벨라보체

The middle guy reminds me of Joel Osteen. haha. I wish this on had subs. I want to know what they are saying because it seems like the one guy is having a hard time agreeing on a song.



Collaboration performance "Bi-Bim-Bap" - 비빔밥

I wonder what the outcome will be from this performance. The cute guy messed it up. He might have lost his chance. They were having trouble in all the practices. I think they should have picked another song.  I would be upset if he ruined my chance.

Music Video: Super Junior "Sexy, Free & Single"

Super Junior is one of my favorite K pop groups.  I have their 3rd album in my car. I've been listening to it a lot. I don't keep up with them as much now that I'm back in the states, but I know they had a new project coming up.

They just released their 6th album titled "Sexy, Free, and Single". Kangin is back for this album after leaving the army.



Tracklist:

01. Sexy, Free & Single
02. 너로부터 (From U)
03. NOW
04. Rockstar
05. 걸리버 (Gulliver)
06. 언젠가는 (Someday)
07. 달콤씁쓸 (Bittersweet)
08. 빠삐용 (Butterfly)
09. 머문다 (Daydream)
10. 헤어지는 날 (A ‘Good’bye)