KPK Goes To KPOPCON on January 28, 2012!!!

KPOPCON University of California, Berkeley 2:00-3:30 p.m. Hello Hallyu!: Kpop Fictions, Facts and Fans in the Global Academy KPK Presenters: Crystal S. Anderson, PhD, Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, M.S.L.S., Mark Jaehoon Byon, Kuylain Howard All Kpop fans are tweenage Asian girls. Idols are manufactured and have no talent. Male Kpop idols aren’t “real” men. Kpop music is unoriginal. It doesn’t…

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G.NA

Click to jump to a section: BASICS FANFACTS VIDEOS DISCOGRAPHY: KOREAN RELEASES BASICS  Name G.NA (Pronounced “Gina”) [Choi Ji Na]  Debut  July 14, 2010  Status  Active  Label  Cube Entertainment (2010-present)  Fan Name  (Currently being voted on)  Origin of Fan Name Will be chosen as a result of a vote on her official fan cafe  Official…

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Fugitive: Plan B (2010)

Click to jump to a section: BASICS REVIEWS AWARDS BASICS  Title  Fugitive: Plan B/Runaway: Plan B  Genre  Action/romance/comedy  Episodes 20 Network KBS2  Main Cast Bi (Rain) as Ji Woo Lee Na Young as Jin Yi/Jini K Lee Jung Jin as Chief Detective Do Soo Yoon Jin Seo as Detective Yoon So Ran Daniel Henney as…

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The Unsung And The Unsaid In Kpop

Crystal S. Anderson, PhD Elon University Kpop is subject to a lot of criticism.  A LOT. The most repeated charge against Kpop is that it is manufactured.  But is that really true?  Usually when critics level this charge, they make sweeping generalizations about the whole landscape of pop.  In doing so, they perpetuate stereotypes about…

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Secret Garden (2010/2011)

Click to jump to a section: BASICS REVIEWS AWARDS BASICS  Title  Secret Garden  Genre  Romantic comedy  Episodes  20 Network  SBS  Main Cast Hyun Bin as Kim Joo Won Ha Ji Won as Gil Ra Im Yoon Sang Hyun as Choi Woo Young Kim Sa-rang as Yoon Seul Lee Jong Suk as Han Tae Sun Yoo…

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City Hunter (2011)

Click to jump to a section: BASICS REVIEWS AWARDS BASICS  Title City Hunter  Genre Action, Romance  Episodes 20 Network SBS  Main Cast Lee Min Ho as Lee Yoon Sung Park Min Young as Kin Na Na Lee Joon Hyuk as Kim Young Joo Kim Sang Joong as Lee Jin Pyo Chun Ho Jin as Choi…

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Hong Gil Dong (2008)

Click to jump to a section: BASICS REVIEWS AWARDS BASICS  Title Hong Gil Dong  Genre  Romantic Comedy, Action  Episodes  24 Network  KBS2  Main Cast Kang Ji Hwan as Hong Gil Dong Sung Yu Ri as Heo Yi Nok/Ryu Yi Nok Jang Geun Suk as Lee Chang Hwi Kim Ri Na as Seo Eun Hye Kim…

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My Lovely Sam Soon (2005)

Click to jump to a section: BASICS REVIEWS AWARDS BASICS  Title  My Lovely Sam Soon/My Name Is Sam Soon  Genre  Romantic Comedy  Episodes  16 Network  MBC  Main Cast Kim Sun Ah as Kim Sam Soon Hyun Bin as Kyun Jin-heon Jung Ryu Won as Yoo Hee-jin Daniel Henney as Dr. Henry Kim Kim Ja Ok…

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IVY

Click to jump to a section: BASICS FANFACTS VIDEOS DISCOGRAPHY: KOREAN RELEASES DISCOGRAPHY: JAPANESE RELEASES BASICS  Name  Park Eun Hye (IVY)  Debut  2005  Status  Active  Label Fantom Entertainment (2005 – 2009) De Chocolate E &TF  Fan Name  Origin of Fan Name  Official Website  Related Websites Click to Return to Top FAN FACTS Official Fan Color: …

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JOO

Click to jump to a section: BASICS FANFACTS VIDEOS DISCOGRAPHY: KOREAN RELEASES DISCOGRAPHY: JAPANESE RELEASES BASICS  Name  Jeong Min Joo (JOO)  Debut  2008  Status  Active  Label  JYP Entertainment  Fan Name  None  Origin of Fan Name  N/A  Official Website http://www.jype.com/#/joo/Profile.aspx  Related Websites Click to Return to Top FAN FACTS Official Fan Color:  Awards Television Appearances Concert…

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