The ’2011 Asia Song Festival’ is an international disgrace?

The ‘2011 Asia Song Festival‘, which was held at the Daegu Stadium on October 15th, is being interpreted by many as a complete disaster, due to its many technical flaws.

This year’s festival celebrated its 8th anniversary, and the event was a highly-anticipated one due to its elite line-up of representative performing artists. In addition, there were plans to award trophies for ‘Asia’s Best Rookie‘ and ‘Best Artist‘ to the deserving artists. Due to the event’s international exposure, even a small problem would be interpreted as ‘unprofessional’, which was the case for this year’s event as a number of stage disasters occurred over the night.

U-KISS’s Soohyun impresses by singing 3 songs live in spite of vocal cord nodule

On October 15th, U-KISS‘s Soohyun moved fans and impressed officials at the ‘2011 Asia Song Festival‘ by singing three songs live — a normative feat, to be sure, but Soohyun was diagnosed with a vocal cord nodule.

The boys returned to ‘Asia Song Festival’ as acknowledged Hallyu stars after winning their rookie award at the same festival two years ago. They demonstrated their global growth by greeting fans and press members in Korean, Japanese, and Mandarin-Chinese.

Soohyun stated, “I’ve been resting after being diagnosed with vocal cord nodule. Today, however, I’m willing to die on stage.” He went on to sing “Neverland“, “0330“, and “Manmanhani” in perfect unison with the rest of his members, impressing everyone at the event.

Super Junior to fly in a private jet in order to meet all their schedules

Idol group Super Junior plans to book a private jet in order to complete their schedules on time.

On October 15th, the boys will board a private jet from Yeongam to Daegu. They’re scheduled to start their activities at 3:20PM in Yeongam, where they’ll attend the ‘F1 Korea Grand Prix‘ and MBC ‘Music Core‘. Wrapping up at 6:00 PM, they have to fly out to Daegu for the ‘2011 Asia Song Festival‘.

Super Junior’s Donghae: “I want to be a father soon”

Super Junior‘s Donghae has revealed that he dreams of becoming a dad.

On October 11th, Donghae attended the UNICEF envoy appointment ceremony alongside SNSD’s Seohyun. Celebrities become UNICEF spokespersons through active work with charities, or through donations.

During the event’s interview segment, a reporter asked Donghae whether he likes children. Donghae responded,

Photos from Seohyun and Donghae’s ‘UNICEF’ envoy inauguration ceremony

On October 11th, SNSD‘s Seohyun and Super Junior‘s Donghae attended their inauguration ceremony in Changseong-Dong, Seoul, where they were officially appointed the positions of UNICEF envoys.

The appointment is a great honor, as only those who have a respectable reputation receive the opportunity to become goodwill representatives.

SNSD’s Seohyun, SuJu’s Donghae release duet single, “Dreams Come True”

On October 11th, SNSD‘s Seohyun and Super Junior‘s Donghae released their digital single “Dreams Come True“, which will be used as the theme song for the ’2011 Asia Song Festival‘ in Daegu.

’2011 Asia Song Festival’ will feature 13 teams

The ‘2011 Asia Song Festival‘ will be held on October 15th at the Daegu Stadium at 6PM KST.  It has been reported that 13 teams from 6 countries, including Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Thailand, will be present for the event.

The three Kpop idol groups who will be representing Korea will be Super Junior, SNSD, and B2ST.

Furthermore, Super Junior’s Donghae and SNSD’s Seohyun will be performing a live duet for the theme song, “Dreams Come True“.  All sales from the theme song’s digital single will be donated to UNICEF.

Super Junior and SNSD to take part in 2011 Asia Song Festival

Super Junior, SNSD, dan kelompok lainnya akan berpartisipasi dalam Festival Lagu 2011 Asia.

Pada 24 Agustus, Yayasan Pertukaran Kebudayaan Korea Internasional mengumumkan, “Super Junior, SNSD, serta grup Jepang, Parfum, penyanyi Taiwan / aktor, Peter Ho, Zhou Bichang, dan artis lainnya akan muncul di 2011 di Asia Song Festival . Festival ini akan berlangsung di Stadion Daegu pada tanggal 15 Oktober “.