Gunpo - Figure Skating Star, Kim Yun-a

Gunpo - Figure Skating Star, Kim Yun-a
Figure skating star, Kim Yuna, was born on September 5, 1990 in Gunpo and raised there. Currently a student at Gunpo Suri High School, Kim Yun-a is the first Korean to win in an international figure skating competition. In 2008, she placed second in the ISU Senior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. Since winning at a national athletics competition at the age of nine, Kim entered the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in 2006 and ranked top place. The same year, she achieved outstanding results in the senior competition and rose as the new star in the world figure skating arena. Kim has been the PR ambassador for Gyeonggi-do since 2006 and in September of 2007, she was appointed as the PR ambassador for Korea by the Government Information Agency, which no longer exists now.


December 10, 2008 - Kim Yun-a chosen talk of the town for 2008 by Internet users
Kim Yun-a ranked number one in the poll "Who is the figure talked about the most on the Internet in 2008?", which was carried out from December 2 to December 9 by portal site DC Inside (http://www.dcinside.com/, CEO Kim Yu-sik). Out of a total of 5077 votes, Kim received 1504 votes (29.6%).

Kim Yun-a rose to stardom and became the most popular sports celebrity after she won the ISU Grand Prix Series and Finals. Kim is the first Korean to achieve such outstanding results in an international competition. At each competition, Kim has put on full-fledged acting and a stable technical performance, always accompanying the "Coyotes", who are Kim's devoted fans. A large number of Kim's performance and parody videos can be found online.

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[South Korea Gyeonggi-do] Korean Folk Village_Yongin(Summer Night Hanmaeum Concert)

VJ Choi Ji-hye

I am here today at the Korean Folk Village, located at Yongin, Gyeonggi Province.

This is where the Summer Night Hanmaeum Concert will be held for the 830,000 citizens of Yongin City.

I invite you all to this exciting scene.

Harmony of 830,000 citizens of Yongin City

-Summer Night Hanmaeum Concert

Which singers have joined us today? Let’s go see who they are~!!

Baby Vox, Moon Ji-ae, Oh Jong-hyeok, Park Hyeon-bin, JOO, Overaction, Sweety, Yang Hee-eun, Shinji, VOS,

And Yongin citizens that fill up the seats

Q_How was the concert today?

Yoo Nam-hee

- It was so exciting, and I hope there will be more of such opportunities in the future.

Q_How was it?

Kim Ga-young

Yes, it was a great opportunity for me to see many visiters to such a nice concert.

at the Korean Folk Village.

And the fireworks at the ending were so magnificent.

The highlight of Hanmaeum Concert was the fireworks that lighted up the sky of Yongin~!!

How was the Summer Night Hanmaeum Concert?

The concert was so amazing that it blew away the hot weather.

There is a variety of cultural events prepared at Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, besides Hanmaeum Concert,

so you had better visit the website of Yongin City to get lots of useful information on various cultural events.

[South Korea Gyeonggi-Do] Ilsan_Hallyu-wood Start Festival// Big Bang

the source - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpV5_av1jt8

Hallyu-wood Start Festival
Ilsan Hallyu-wood project commences with plans to invest 280 billion won to develop culture-tourism complex

The project to build Hallyu-wood, the Mecca of Hallyu-based tourism has begun.

On May 29, 2008 on the Hallyu-wood construction site, Gyeonggi-do held the "Hallyu-wood Start Festival", the ground-breaking ceremony for Zone 1, which consists of a theme park and commercial facilities.

Unlike other ceremonies, the event was run like a cultural festival taking into account that Hallyu-wood is a culture-tourism complex. The event consisted of a Hangeul (Korean) fashion show, which showcased more than 20 models, a concert by the Goyang Philharmonic Orchestra, characters shows introducing Korean characters such as Dooly, and performances by singers such as the famous Jewelry.

A wide range of guests participated in the event, including PR ambassadors Jackie Chan and Choi Jiwoo, more than 20 Korean celebrities such as Kim Yun-jin, Kim A-jung, and Big Bang, cultural figures such as director Im Kwon-taek and leading figures in politics and economy. PR ambassadors Jackie Chan and Choi Ji-woo stated they would take the initiative in spreading Hallyu (Korean Wave) worldwide and making Hallyu-wood the Mecca of theme parks for people all over the world.

Participants at the cornerstone-laying ceremony at the "Hallyu-wood Start Festival", held on the Hallyu-wood site in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do on the 29th. Numerous people including PR ambassadors Jackie Chan and Choi Ji-woo and celebrities such as Kim Yun-jin and Kim A-jung, as well as director Im Kwon-taek participated this day. <Photo - Goyang Tourism & Culture Complex Development Center)

The Hallyu-wood project is about developing a culture-tourism complex consisting of a theme park, commercial facilities, a residential complex, hotel, contents-support center, EBS Korea Communications Commission broadcasting facilities, etc. on a site covering 994,756m2 in the area of Janghang-dong, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do. Zone 1 will hold a theme park and commercial facilities, Zone 2 will hold a luxury residential complex and hotel, and Zone 3 will hold a contents-support center.

The theme park in Zone 1, where the ground-breaking ceremony was held, won't be like existing amusement parks. It will be built as a city-oriented theme park of an entirely new concept. It will consist of facilities such as the 'Hallyu Studio', where drama and film-making experiences are offered, 'Animasia', a fusion of animation and entertainment facilities, 'Asian Garden' where events and festivals will be held year-round, etc.

The commercial facilities will include shops selling Hallyu merchandise, a Korean art school, a Korean cooking school, a Hallyu museum, a children's educational play facilities, a Korea gallery, a live performance arena, a multiplex cinema, and more.

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