On September 9 in 2017, Incheon K-Pop Concert, as known as INK Concert, was held in Incheon City. This event started from 2009, and the purpose of this event was put in place to promote Incheon as the city of hallyu. This year’s INK Concert was the 9th of the INK concert series and many popular K-Pop artists were part of this event. This year’s INK concert was supervised by SBS and the concert was broadcasted live on channels SBS Plus, SBS Plus UHD, SBS funE and SBS MTV. An estimated of 40 thousand people from Korea and 10 thousand people from all over the world attended INK 2017.
 
This year, INK Concert had various concept stages. The concert started with boy group WANNA ONE, who was the final debut group from programme Produce 101 Seasons 2.  After Wanna One’s opening stage, special stages were performed by Golden Child, Wiki-Miki, and A-Jax. There were also special stages for solo artists such as Sunmi, Minzy, and Lee Ki Kwang. The rest of the concert line-up consisted of more K-Pop artists; T-ara, Highlight, B.A.P. VIXX LR, Red Velvet, Laboum, Lovelyz, DIA, The East Light, VICTON, Momoland, Myteen, Samuel, On&Off. Girl group Girlfriend was also in the lineup but they could not attend INK 2017 due to a car accident that occurred on that very day.
 
INK Concert is held annually by Incheon City and foreigners get free admission, so do not miss out next year’s INK Concert in Incheon, Korea!
 
For more HD photos from the event, please check out our facebook page.

Thanks to SBS for the invitation! Official photos credit: SBS

KCON 2017 Japan was held from 19 – 21 May 2017 at the Makuhari Messe. Eager to see the star-studded line-up, K-Pop fans waited with much joy and excitement for their favorite idols to perform and interact with them  during the convention.

This three-day extravaganza had a wide array of activities to promote the Hallyu culture in Japan. Ranging from a day-time convention that promoted anything K-related; K-POP Music, K-DRAMA, K-BEAUTY, Korean FOOD, right down to one of Korea's Famous Music Show MCOUNTDOWN, where many artistes brought about spectacular performances.

During the course of three days of the convention, several K-Pop groups came on stage to make an appearance and answered some questions from the media.

Two members of CLC, a girl group under Cube Entertainment, came on stage with their mini cooking show and they made Rice Pizza on the spot. Similarly, under Cube Entertainment, boy group SF9 revealed that they will be having their debut in Japan on 7th June with their single “Fanfare”. Each member showed their special talent and did a successful “Random Play Dance”!

8-member female group, LOVELYZ, mentioned that they would like to debut in Japan someday and they have been preparing as much as they can. Fans were excited to hear and can't wait for them to do so!

Red carpet sessions were held for all three days of KCON 2017 Japan.

For more pictures from the convention, do check out our Facebook page!

KCON 2017 in Japan is taking place in May this year, on a bigger scale, with many more artistes are part of the line up this year!

KCON 2017 in Japan is segmented to mainly 2 parts this year.

1.  CONVENTION
There will be a showcase of anything K-POP, K-DRAMA, K-BEAUTY & K-FOOD to promote the K-culture!
Venue: Makuhari Messe Hall 5-6
Time: 10am - 6pm

2.  KCON x MCOUNTDOWN
Venue: Makuhari Messe Hall 9
Time: 7pm


LINEUP

DAY 1 (19th May):  SF9 / BTOB / ASTRO / JUNHO (From 2PM) / PRISTIN / DAY6 / VICTON / Apeace 

DAY 2 (20th May): MONSTA X / Apink / CNBLUE / GOT7 / Heize / CLC / Bablyon / Lovelyz / Tiger JK / yoonmirae / Zeebra

DAY 3 (21st May): Block B / PENTAGON / SEVENTEEN / GFRIEND / K.will / boy 24 UNIT BLACK / CODE-V / Space Girl (WJSN) 

There will be various meet-and-greet sessions as well and here are the details:
DAY 1 (19th May) - ASTRO , BTOB, SF9
DAY 2 (20th MAY) - MONSTAX, Apink, CN Blue
DAY 3 (21st MAY) - BLOCK B, PENTAGON, SEVENTEEN

For more updates, check out the official site for KCON 2017 in Japan here: http://kconjapan.com/​

1 March 2016 - KCON in Japan 2016 is nothing but a star-studded line-up this year!

The event will be taking place on 9th and 10th April 2016 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Tokyo, with the following artistes gracing the event:


DAY 1 9th april: 2PM, Boyfriend, MonstaX, TWICE

Day 2 20th april: INFINITE's Kim Sung Kyu, Block B, Lovelyz.

AOA, Winner and DAY6 will also participate in KCON in Japan 2016!

Emcees: Han Seungyeon (former KARA member) & Supernova's Yoonhak.

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August 28, 2015 – In its 3rd running year, the Korea Brand and Entertainment Expo (KBEE) was held in Shanghai after its 2 years in London and Brazil respectively. This year’s expo saw a star-studded line-up at the Shanghai Intex.

Honorary Ambassadors of KBEE 2015, boy band INFINITE graced the opening ceremony alongside Asia’s Prince and also cast of Running Man, Lee Kwang Soo. A lighting ceremony launched the opening of KBEE 2015 and as a mark of friendly China-Korea relations, the artistes brought about a Chinese song titled “Friends”. “Friends” was originally a song sung by multiple award-winning Singer-Songwriter, Wakin Chau. 

After a short break, LOVELYZ, a girl group under Woollim Entertainment who is also parent company to INFINITE, performed their hit song “Candy Jelly Love”. The cute and lovely girls continued on with a rendition of “Tian Mi Mi”, a well-liked Chinese tune by the late Teresa Teng, and their splendid performance did get the crowd cheering!

KCON will be making its way into Japan this year! With a fabulous line-up of artists to grace the event, this is one event not to be missed!

KCON started it's first in USA, California in 2012 and it will be their first overseas show-up this year!

This annual event not only features a large-scale concert by many Hallyu stars but also include many other activities such as a cover contest, beauty sessions, drama and all things korean to provide Hallyu lovers the best! 

KCON 2015 in Japan this year will feature both an indoor and outdoor stage with the respective artists:

Outdoor stage: CODE-V, High4, SHU-I, TAHITI, and 5tion.


Indoor stage (M! Countdown stage): GOT7, M.I.B's Kangnam, MYNAME*, Nicole, Lovelyz, Boyfriend, Block B, SISTAR, INFINITE, 2PM‘s Jun.K, and Supernova.


Event details:

Date: 22 April 2015 (Wednesday)
Venue: Japan, Tokyo, Saitama Super Arena


Organised by: CJ E&M /CJ E&M Japan
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