Week 2!

Yess!!! My shameless begging for more comments seems to have worked! hehe :-P

Thanks to all who have visited and/or commented.

Did you catch last week's Korean Pop Interactive? I hope you did! As I've mentioned a few times, Chris and I were able to sit down and chat with R&B singer Gummy. We've added a new segment to KPI called "Star Chat." The interview is also available on video on the KPI/KPOP Connection homepage. So far, we only have the Gummy interview up, but we're interviewing hip-hop duo Mighty Mouth this week, so look out for that, too :)

After a lot of rainfall last week, it seems the weather is clearing up a bit... Oh, I can't wait until I can picnic in the park! This island girl needs some sun!

Listener Love

Hi all!

I don't know exactly how many people are looking at this blog, but I hope there are many of you AND I hope you decide to leave a comment :) (Does it seem like I'm begging shamelessly? :-P)

Anyway, one of the best things about my job is being able to communicate with listeners from all over the world. I'm always amazed to hear from listeners from places like the US, Japan, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sweden, India, Australia, New Zealand and even Iran! I'm even amazed when we hear from listeners here in Korea! I guess I'm just extremely grateful and humbled that there are people who actually choose to listen to the shows and even enjoy them! haha
Thank you to all for the support. I love hearing feedback from you guys, so please don't hesitate to email or write a message on the board.

Here are some pictures from KBS.

Sometimes we get snail mail and I've collected all the cards and letters I've received. Sometimes we get goodies, like this:

Here we are in the shirts sent to us by Adilah and Shi Eun from Teranganu, Malaysia

Sometimes listeners visit us at KBS World:

Here's Marc from Japan (next to me) and two random people that just walked into the picture. Just kidding! You all know Chris :D Standing next to him is Joseph Pacillo (another KBS part-timer).

We promptly put Marc to work :-P
This is our old studio.

And sometimes we meet celebrities (this will be happening every week now that we've added Star Chat, our KPOP star interview segment, to Korean Pop Interactive):

Here's my buddy Yoon Do-Hyun, from the rock group YB and the KBS show "Yoon Do-Hyun's Loveletter." Ok, he's not really my buddy; this is actually the first and only time we've met. :-P

This is Paul T. (a listener who is originally from California but now resides in Korea) and Yoon Do-Hyun.

Marie from Australia also visited us and we chatted with her on the show. Unfortunately, I don't have pictures from that visit, but Marie, if you're reading this, please email them to us.

Ok, that's it for now!

안녕~!

p.s. Don't forget to listen to KPI on Sunday to listen to our interview with 거미/Gummy!

A New Beginning!

Hi everyone!

Since KBS World Radio's program reshuffle goes into effect today, I thought I'd start a blog, like Abby.

It's a new beginning and Spring is all about new beginnings. I know, I know, the spring season actually began a few weeks ago, but better late than never, right? hehe

For those of you who don't know me, I host 2 KPOP shows:KPOP Connection and Korean Pop Interactive. KPOP Connection is broadcast every Monday through Saturday. My co-host Chris Dykas and I bring all you KPOP lovers 30 minutes of entertainment news, the latest hits, interesting (well, we try, anyway) cultural information and your song requests.

Korean Pop Interactive is the hour-long Sunday version of KPOP Connection, which also features "Artist Spotlight" and song translations and also introduces you to popular Korean dramas.

As I mentioned in the beginning, the program reshuffle goes into effect today and there are some exciting changes!

Firstly, Korean Pop Interactive will now feature a hot star interview each week! This week will feature an interview with the beautiful and talented R&B singer 거미/Gummy! Be sure to check it out this Sunday!

Secondly, KBS World Radio now features a third channel that is exclusively dedicated to KPOP! Both KPOP Connection and KPI will be broadcast several times a day, so it'll be easy to tune in ^^

Thirdly, this blog was started to reach out to all of you out there. Whether you're an avid listener or you've just stumbled onto this blog, I hope you enjoy it. You can also directly contact me at sarahjun@kbs.co.kr or kpop@kbs.co.kr.

Alrighty, that's it for me today!
Annyung~!