Bae Yong-joon has now ventured into the Japanese stock market. Key East (http://www.keyeast.co.kr), which deals in media content projects related to Bae, will be the first KOSDAQ company to do business on the Japanese bourse. Bae is Key East’s largest stockholder, owning 33.49% of the company's shares.

Key East will begin stock transaction services through Japan’s largest online trader E-Trade Japan (http://www.etrade.ne.jp) on Tuesday. Japanese investors can place their orders at the E-Trade Japan site, which will be executed by E-Trade Korea.

Key East has been very active in content business related to Bae, such as marketing Bae Yong-joon figures and providing mobile services. Key East has also concluded a contract with Japan’s NHK to air a historical drama starring Bae next May.

Key East’s CEO said he will do his best to take this opportunity to sharpen the company’s competitiveness in the Asian media content market.

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The film 'April Snow' starring Bae Yong-Joon and Son Ye-jin will be screened in Japan for the third time. On Wednesday, the online edition of Japan's Nikkan Sports daily reported the decision to rerun the Korean melodrama starring heartthrob Bae, whom Japanese fans adore as "Yonsama."

Since its September premiere, a director's cut of the movie was screened during the following two months, and that same version will be shown again this month. Three runs of the same film is considered highly unusual. A director's cut is usually only found on a DVD release, which points to the Korean actor's runaway popularity in Japan.

Bae on Tuesday thanked fans for their love and support, saying he's happy to meet them again through the movie and that he hopes April Snow will remain a pleasant memory.

 

Actor Bae Yong-joon, Japan’s favorite son-in-law who is nicknamed "Yonsama," demonstrated unflagging popularity despite a long absence when he attended the opening ceremony of the “Hallyu (Korean Wave) Expo in Korea” on Jeju Island on Wednesday.

Having participated in the shooting of new drama “The Four Gods” for several months on Jeju island, Bae arrived at the expo 10 minutes late sporting a ponytail and a grey suit. Upon his arrival, his Japanese fans who came to the event to see him cheered and waved, which caused Jeju Governor Kim Tae-hwan to pause while delivering the opening speech.

The media also showed great interest in covering Bae. When Bae emerged from behind the stage and not from the entrance where he was expected to appear, cameramen destroyed the photo line to scramble toward him, causing havoc. And later when he left the stage, reporters even scuffled with the event’s staff trying to chase after him.

Bae’s Japanese fans showed their passion for the Korean actor by staying until he left, despite cold weather. A wife from Tokyo even said that Bae had saved her life. Having fought with breast cancer since 2005, she said she had experienced a "three-part miracle," with the first part being her healing of the spreading cancer, and the other two parts her complete recovery after she fell in love with the actor.


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Actor Bae Yong-jun has released an album of classical music productions that he personally selected.

The Nikkei Sports reported November 8 that Ba’s first classical album, entitled “BYJ Classics Hero” will go on sale December 25.

The newspaper wrote that the album will be sold in the form of a special edition (costing around 67,000 won) and a standard edition (costing around 27,000 won), and that each edition will include Bae’s latest photos and a booklet explaining what scenes should be watched to better understand certain classical music compositions.

The actor is currently filming the MBC epic drama “Taewang-sashingi,” which will premiere early next year. He and actress Lee Young-ae are also the PR ambassadors of the Hallyu EXPO in Asia that will open November 29 in Jeju.


Taken From KBS Global Media