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Three pieces of Taiwan / Korea crossover news.

1. Lee Seung Gi was supposed to have a concert in Taiwan recently, but it was canceled. For a second time. Apparently his entertainment company was looking to have him only promote in Korea and Japan. Understandably the Taiwanese are angry. I am kinda angry on their behalf. But I've spoken about this issue before, and won't beat a dead horse. Either way, it gives not only Lee Seung Gi unfair negative attention, but it's almost like the company is saying Taiwan isn't important enough.

2. Da Mouth interviewing / talking to 4Minute! I love that 4Minute is promoting all over Asia. They visited Taiwan awhile back, and made the variety rounds (they even went on my favorite variety show, 100% Entertainment). I love this, mostly because I love seeing the multi-lingual interaction. Despite not understanding each other's language (for the most part), they get along well. I also just think the Da Mouth guys are adorable (especially Harry... I love Harry). And hell, if Aisa can speak Korean, I'm super impressed with her (she's Japanese, and obviously speaks fluent Mandarin). I'm also kinda amused they made fun of Aisa's age, and then tried to placate her. The 4Minute girls were adorable, and even spoke some Mandarin at the end! I love when Koreans speak Mandarin and vice versa (Mandarin sounds nothing like Korean, at least to me, so it's interesting to see how they pronounce each other's languages).


3. The No Wonder Girls are a Taiwanese Kpop parody group. I like them a lot, since they're fun, and actually apparently write the Mandarin versions of the songs themselves. But you KNOW the Kpop fans (at least international ones, I'm not sure about Korean fans) are on their ass. It's ridiculous. They're a cover band, it's supposed to be fun... *sigh*

I don't know if it's just me, but I have noticed Taiwan / Korea tensions before. Nothing huge, but enough to make me wonder about it. And it's rather odd being in the middle of it (Taiwan and Korea are the lands of my obsessions... but as much as I love Korean stuff, I love Taiwan more).

Date: 2010-03-21 01:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] airplanemusic.livejournal.com
re: Lee Seung Gi -- I had heard about that, and wondered why the fuck they had made plans for him to do a concert in Taiwan in the first place, if they apparently don't want him promoting there. It's sucky enough that Taiwanese (and other) fans can't see him without leaving the country, but it's shitty for the company to get their hopes up and then be like "nevermind."

Date: 2010-03-21 01:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] uisceros.livejournal.com
Dude, I know! I was all like "yeah, that's not going to get the Taiwanese to like you more..."
I'm continually irritated in how artists and companies seem to not want to go to Taiwan. WHY!? Taiwan is awesome!
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Date: 2010-03-21 02:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] uisceros.livejournal.com
It's okay! (I'm in a rush right now, so I'll get back to most of your comments later)

I haven't. Merry Go Round is actually a Hong Kong movie, and in Cantonese (I don't want Cantonese stuff because I get confused over the language). Her upcoming horror movie is also apparently a Hong Kong movie.

As for Spider Lilies, I never saw it. It's on my list ;P

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