Seo Ji-Seok rumored to be at Hawaii's 11th Annual Korean Festival 2012

11th Annual Hawaii Korean Festival 2012 

Korea has oodles of festivals throughout the year.

It's as if they have much to celebrate.

 When you're in Hawaii however, there's only one Korean festival to inform you about the entire culture.

Who's rumored to be there?

 Thus, the 11th Annual Korean Festival will be this July 14th and you may not want to miss it. Madonna will be there... Korea's Madonna, that is,  Kim Wan Sun, whom ironically lived in Hawaii for three years while studying at the University of Hawaii.

Another celebrity guest rumored to make an appearance for an autograph session is Hallyu star, Seo Ji-Seok of

[* Video Pick Fridays* ] Korean Makeup Takes the World by Storm

Korean Makeup catches on 

So I've decided to do a video pick each Friday!

This week's video is from Arirang Today and it tells us how Korean makeup is taking the world by storm.

 In it, actress Min Hyo-Ryn (from the 2011 film Sunny, *remember the beautiful girl who gets her face cut?*) gives sheds the secret to great lipstick is concealer before applying color and a foreigner gets a makeover with Korean makeup artist who explains that application of a base with fingers (vs. a sponge)

'I AM' movie about SM Entertainment stars is released

I AM. movie poster 

 What is it like to train to be a K-pop star?

SM Entertainment, home of K-pop star bands like Girls Generation, SHINee, BoA and Super Junior, just released a movie this May, called 'I AM". It took over 90 00 hours of tapes to edit together a film documenting the lives, auditions, trainee periods and success stories of these stars up
until their Madison Square garden concert in New York. Will it make it's way out to theaters in Hawaii? Highly doubtful, but one can hope.

For now, stay tuned to mysoju.com and we'll wait and see.

 Here is a teaser of the movie

Kim Soo Hyun is the new face of Korea Tourism

Kim Soo Hyun of KBS' drama" Dream High"

 Guess who is the poster boy of Korean Tourism?

Kim Soo Hyun.

Whuh? We originally saw Kim Soo Hyun in Dream High (my favorite) as the reluctant hero who rises from a country bumpkin to a Rain-like K-pop superstar. You may have even seen him in Giant or as a child star in dramas such as, Father's House, Will it Snow for Christmas? or Jungle Fish.  But his following has been gathering a storm since MBC's drama ‘The Moon that Embraces the Sun‘ has