Jaejoong, The Most Popular Idol Star Abroad

In an industry saturated with young, beautiful, and charming talents, is it even possible to name the "best" one?

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Pop, a Taiwanese entertainment magazine, attempted it by ranking the most popular entertainers in Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and America today. Kim Jae-joong of JYJ was the highest ranked Korean star.

Kim Jae-joong has definitely been keeping busy since first debuting as a part of the popular group TVXQ. He's now part of the trio JYJ, which saw much success with their first album "The Beginnings". There were 520,000 copies out in pre-orders alone! JYJ also were featured in a Billboard article and ranked as number five for this year's album. Kim Jae-joong's non-musical activities thrived as well. He earned much attention for his role in the Japanese drama , "Can't Be Honest". He even signed a deal with an entertainment agency in Hong Kong to start his activities there.

On a related note, ex-Super Junior member, Hankyung, also made it on the list due to his popularity in China.