Cyworld Korean Popular Social Networking

Nov 1, 2009 Author: admin | Filed under: Korean Cyworld

Facebook now is a new phenomenon in the world, the world number 2 website, replacing Yahoo and still behind Google. But in Korea, Facebook is not so popular since it is in English and too plain. Korean peoples usually the youngs generation prefer http://cyworld.com where we can post pictures, decorate your homepage, chat with friends, play music on their homepage, etc.

Even if Koreans do have Facebook, they don’t use it much.It’s like a Korean Myspace. Almost every Korean has it. Even Korean celebrities. Koreans prefer cyworld better than Facebook or myspace.

Cyworld (Hangul: 싸이월드) is a social networking website launched on Sep 1, 1999. Cyworld is a South Korean web community site operated by SK Communication.

Cyworld is South Korea’s most popular social networking site. Cyworld has claimed more than one third of Korea’s entire population as members, while achieving incredible penetration of Korea’s young adult market: 90% of Koreans in their 20s are members of Cyworld. Korean Celebrities are also known to have their own Cyworld.

Here are the list of popular cyworld pages. Kim Hee Chul has the most popular cyworld page. He is a member of Super Junior :

1 Kim Hee Chul (ê¹€í¬ì² ) : 22455755 www.cyworld.com/yuri9doo
2 Ock Ju-Hyun (ì˜¥ì£¼í˜„) : 18331628 www.cyworld.com/5ck
3 Kim So Yeon (ê¹€ì†Œì—°) : 16695879 www.cyworld.com/soypower
4 Lee Hye Young (ì´í˜œì˜) : 14965272 www.cyworld.com/lop8888
5 Lee Jun Ki (ì´ì¤€ê¸°) : 13898750 www.cyworld.com/start006
6 Kim Hee Seon (ê¹€í¬ì„ ) : 13137365 www.cyworld.com/kimheeseon
7 Lee Sun Oong (Tablo) (ì´ì„ ì›…) : 12468766 www.cyworld.com/tablo
8 (ì‹œì›Œë‹ˆ) : 12448419 www.cyworld.com/jolla106
9 Kim Hye Soo (ê¹€í˜œìˆ˜) : 12023661 www.cyworld.com/claire0905
10 So Yoo Jin (ì†Œìœ ì§„) : 11892443 www.cyworld.com/miniyujin

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Korean Artist in Fashion Magazine Photos

Jun 10, 2009 Author: admin | Filed under: Korean Celebrities, Korean Magazine

Some Korean celebrities are so fashionable, therefore a lot of fashion magazines take the artist as a model. Such as Lee Min Jung will take her photoshoot as a model in Vogue Girl Magazine, so as Min Hyo Rin in Nylon Magazine

Lee Min Jung in Vogue Girl

Min Hyo Rin in Nylon

Son Ye Jin in a recent LG ‘African Dream’ photoshoot.

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Bae Yong Joon is Korean Richest Celebrities

May 25, 2009 Author: admin | Filed under: Korean Belt

Besides the usual performance and endorsement deals, many artistes are also likely to invest. According to Korea media reports, actor Bae Yong Joon is currently the richest South Korean celebrity. With the rebound of the Korean stock market this year, celebrities who dabbled in the stock market benefitted significantly in terms of wealth.

According to Korean media reports, there are currently five South Korean celebrities with stocks worth over 1 billion won (about S$1.16million); among them is Bae, who owns the largest portion, 34.8%, of the shares in Korean listed company KeyEast. As compared to the first trading day of this year, KeyEast’s share price has soared by over 50 percent with Bae earning about 6 billion won (about S$7 million) from it, making him into the richest South Korean celebrity at present.

Second in line is the entertainment company which manages the famous South Korean boy band Tohoshinki.* Third is Asian superstar Rain, who owns 13.36% of the shares of J.Tune Entertainment, which shares have hit a market price of 3.6 billion won (S$4.3million).

Korean #1 Richest celebrities : Bae Yong Joon