South Korean TV series “Cheese in the Trap” is gaining strong following not only in its home country but also in China. Recently, the tvN drama series based on the webtoon of the same name ranked number one in Weibo’s Korean-Japanese TV drama chart for January 2016.
Aside from having pursued an acting career in the Philippines before their international stardom, Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach and K-pop girl group 2NE1 member Sandara Park, who is professionally known as Dara, have one more thing in common. They are both friends with Filipino actress and TV host Pauleen Luna.
K-pop stars Kwon Ji-yong, who is professionally known as G-Dragon, and Sandara Park, who is professionally known as Dara, are set to serve as the newest representatives of Moonshot, a beauty brand owned by YG Entertainment.
Among the most popular K-pop girl bands of today Girls’ Generation, 2NE1, 4Minute, miss A and f(x).
Big Bang, EXO and Super Junior appear to be the most popular K-pop boy bands of today. Currently, the 10 K-pop male artists with the most followers on the online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing, and social networking service Instagram are from these three male groups.
Choi Si-Won’s more than 3 million followers on Instagram may agree that he is the most handsome K-pop star of today. The 29-year-old South Korean actor and singer is a member of the K-pop group Super Junior and has starred in a film with Hollywood stars Jackie Chan, John Cusack and Adrien Brody.
More than a decade after playing Jinsuo in the TV series “My Fair Princess,” Fan Bingbing, 34, made her debut as a Hollywood actress. In 2014, the Chinese actress and singer played Blink in “X-Men: Days of the Future Past.”
Australian singer William Singe, 23, is the latest international celebrity to admit that he is a fan of Nicomaine Dei Mendoza, 20. Better known as Yaya Dub, the Filipino celebrity is dubbed the Dubsmash Queen of the Philippines.
Jayda Avanzado, 13, is set to perform in a concert titled “3LOGYINMANILA” with British pop band The Vamps and William Singe, 23, on Jan. 30, Saturday, in Pasay City, Philippines, at the SM Mall of Asia, the world’s 11th largest shopping mall. Dubbed as the Ariana Grande of the Philippines, the teenage Filipino singer is the daughter of Filipino singers Dingdong Avanzado, 46, and Jessa Zaragoza, 36.
Liza Soberano, 18, can be Miss Universe, Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, 26, believes so. The former is the lead star of the upcoming Filipino TV series “Dolce Amore” opposite Enrique Gil, 23.
