On 22nd, Kim Hyung Jun participated in the 5th Love’s Santa Claus Festival held at Seoul Jung-gu Youth Center, donated 2 tonnes of Love’s rice and personally delivered Love’s rice as presents to families with difficult circumstances together with Youth Center staff in Santa Claus costumes.

On this day of Love’s Santa Claus Festival , more than 100 Youth Center staff visited 111 beneficiary families within Jung-gu to deliver Love’s rice and presents..

The 2 tonnes of rice Kim Hyung Jun donated came from Kim Hyung Jun’s local and overseas fans who have sent rice bouquets via Dream Rice to congratulate and support Kim Hyung Jun’s showcase and birthday party. At Kim Hyung Jun’s request they were accumulated at Dream during this period.

Meanwhile Kim Hyung Jun is currently filming for the upcoming KBS drama ‘Glowing She’ which will be broadcasted in the coming January 2012.

(Omitted the part about him having fanmeeting at Jamsil Stadium on 21 January. Reporter mixed him up with Hyun Joong)

Source: Starnews
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It has been reported that Kim Hyun Joong has secretly donated 100 million won to help people in need.

On December 26, a spokesperson for the Red Cross reported that Kim donated 50 million won to the Red Cross in early November before his concert tour in Japan.

Kim also donated 50 million won to the Briquette Delivery of Love. After secretly donating total 100 million won, he went to Japan for his two-week concert tour.

A spokesperson for the Red Cross said, “In early or mid-November, Kim’s manager visited us without any previous notice and donated 50 million won to help people in need. He asked us not to let other people know about this.”

Regarding this, a spokesperson for Keyeast, Kim’s agency, said, “Because he did it personally, we didn’t know about it. We think he just didn’t want to make a big deal out of it.”

Kim has been very popular in this year, releasing two mini albums and ranking first in domestic music charts and TV music programs. He is also releasing a single album in Japan through Universal Japan on January 25 next year. He is already receiving attention from the Japanese music scene and advertising industry.

Kim is holding a fan meeting in Seoul in January next year, and then, he is going to start performing and promoting his first Japanese single album.

On December 16th, the musical ‘Goong‘ created another round of success through its performance at the Tokyo International Forum C Hall!

SS501‘s Kim Kyu Jong and Supernova‘s Sungmo play the role of the crown prince together. As they’re both members from two of the representative Hallyu groups in Japan, their double casting brought about huge success in tickets even before ‘Goong’ hit the stage.

All 1,400 seats were completely filled, and the Japanese audience members were reported to be dazzled by the Korean traditional costumes and props, and laughed and cried over the musical’s witty lines. Many were seen exiting the theater while humming the musical’s main theme songs.

‘Goong’ was originally a popular manhwa (comic) series before it became a hit TV drama under the same title. Continuing off of the success, the musical version was launched last year with TVXQ‘s Yunho as the leading role.

Kim Hyun Joong will be spending the new year with his fans through his new fan meeting event called ‘2012 Kim Hyun Joong Fanmeeting in Seoul‘.

He’ll be performing songs from his “Break Down” and “Lucky” mini-albums, as well as hold discussion sessions to talk about what 2012 will be like for him and his fans. Since the event is open to fans from all over the world, the diverse turnout is expected to cement his status as a Hallyu superstar.

Reservations for tickets opened up on December 21st, and in moments, the pages were flooded with 10,000 fans, claiming every last seat in just under 30 minutes. Fans that weren’t so lucky are still scrounging on boards and hoping that more dates will be added to the fan meet.

A representative of Key East expressed, “He’s counting down the days to meeting his fans. Even amidst busy preparations for year-end shows, he’s working hard to come up with ways to make the event memorable for his fans.”

After his fan meet, he will be preparing for the release of his Japanese single and promotions.

Credit: hyun-joong.com
Translation: Wonderrrgirl @ wonderrrland.wordpress.com

Hello^^~~ Good Morning keke
Two hours ago I woke up, ate ramen, put them away, washed up and just like this I came on here to greet everyone.

I got through this week in a hectic manner therefore it seems like I slept soundly. From the Japan Music video volume 2, Photoshoot for jacket (cover of the album) to the end end-of-year performances…… It’s not far-fetched to say that I really live through this week with my two eyes wide open and awake. ^^;;;;;; keke

Anyway I went to Hongkong yesterday and received four awards, therefore my fatigue vanished as well, thank you very much (–)(___)(–)kekeke

However I “kekeke” <– this… it doesn’t mean anything special, don’t misunderstand, it is also not some silly laugher, just a habit of mine.. when I write a sentence and type this, I sometimes write this at times when it is not suitable which caused a lot of misunderstandings keke.. ah!! Once again it came out like a habit.. keke.. ah again… _____;;

Now that I have received the present from everyone. During the end-of-year events, I will now go and prepare in order to bring for everyone a shocking performance.^^

During end-of-year performances, I will show everyone a handsome stage as an eye-feast for everyone ^^

It has become colder now, and even though it is empty at the side of my body… do live happily

Merry Christmas ^^ Happy New Year

When I returned to Korea I heard the song ‘Closer’ by Kim Yeon Woo-nim, and I really like it, so from this morning I’ve been listening to it continuously ^^

I hope everyone will go and try listening it too..

For a long time and right now, thank you for loving me ^^

I hope everyone will live the last month of the year lively and meaningfully.

Kim Hyun Joong was honored with four trophies at the ‘2011 Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards‘, proving once again that he’s the one of the leading Hallyu stars of Asia.

The awards ceremony takes in data gathered from Yahoo!’s search engine throughout the year to honor the hottest stars in Asia that were popularly searched.

Held at the Hong Kong Convention Center on the night of December 20th, Kim Hyun Joong came away with 56 million online votes, earning him the trophies of ‘Asia Top Buzz Solo Artist‘, ‘Korea Top Buzz Solo Artist‘, ‘Hong Kong Top Buzz Solo Artist‘, and ‘Taiwan Top Buzz Solo Artist‘. It was a special moment for fans, as it marked his 3rd consecutive year winning at the ceremony.

Kim Hyun Joong thanked his international fans in English upon receiving the awards. “I’d like to thank my fans for their endless love and support throughout my promotion. I hope to repay you with a better image next year.”

A Korean broadcasting official added, “Kim Hyun Joong earned great popularity with his solo promotions all year long. He’s made a name for himself not only as a singer, but also as an actor, all over Asia, and I predict that his popularity will only reach greater heights.”

Fellow K-Pop star Super Junior also came away with four awards at the same event.