Arts and Culture

It's the beginning of another week and to help you plan a week full of arts, culture and fun, we have our very own arts and culture reporter Michelle Kim in the studio to give us the inside scoop on the latest events. Hello, Michelle.

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[Reporter : Michelle Kim] Hello Conn-young and hello to all of you watching.

[Reporter : ] First off, I have news from overseas, to start off this week.
JYJ, the famous Korean idol group, finished two successful concerts in Peru and Chile.
Even though it was their first concert in South America, the group's concerts were completely sold out thanks to thousands of fans, eagerly awaiting their performance.
Here are the details of this event.

JYJ are the first K-pop artists to hold an exclusive concert in Latin America.
The group landed in Chile on March 8th.
Their flight was delayed by 40 hours, but they were still greeted by 400 fans at the airport.
JYJ held a press conference before their first show.

[Interview : Kim Junsu, JYJ member] "We began collecting songs for our exclusive concert; we also naturally began writing songs, and recording them. Soon we performing these songs at venues from Korea, to Japan to the rest of Asia. We began to tour North America as well as Europe, and now we find ourselves in South America, and somehow the label of world tour does not seem so awkward anymore, but rather appropriate..."

The group have now completed their World Tour, which began last year, performing in 15 countries and wrapping up in Chile and Peru.

[Interview : Kim Kim Jae-joong, JYJ member] "It was 5 years ago when we first discovered we also had fans from Chile, Mexico and Peru. We have always kept these fans in mind, for the past 5 years, and we hope that fans here will greet us with the same enthusiasm they had for us then. We want to show them our passion and gratitude when we take to the stage..."

In Chile, more than 3,000 tickets were sold for the March 8 concert..
In Peru, the original 5,000 tickets completely sold out and 1,000 tickets had to be added to make up for the high demand.
The March 11 concert was also JYJ's final date on their world tour.
The group were both thankful and surprised about the enthusiastic reaction they received from their Latin American fans.

[Reporter : ed:paul] The members of JYJ are now getting ready to pursue solo activities, with Junsu playing the role of Tod in the new musical "Elisabeth", while Kim Jae-joong and Park Yoo-chun will each be starring in a new drama.