Many fans are crying out for their Apop idols to crossover and debut in the states, but there has been effort or success in these unfamiliar grounds. However, this year that has changed. In comparison to recent years, there have been quite a few crossovers and like many fans, I’m cheering them on.

So now I present the crossover highlights of 2008!
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Tags: BoA, gsoul, harlen boys choir, jlim, jyp, liljon, min, rain, Se7en, Speed Racer, the wondergirls, whiteday

Sunday’s weather for the 26th Annual Korean Harvest Fest in Flushing Meadows Park couldn’t have been better. The first day of autumn in New York, presented a true Indian summer of bright sun and warm breezes. The weather must have known to prepare for the attendees that came out in droves. Korean Americans from the tri-state area, and various other ethnicity’s local to New York came out to support local businesses that set up shop along a makeshift market in the middle of the park.
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Tags: chuseok, g-soul, j-lim, jyp, min, wondergirls

As Americans have Thanksgiving, Koreans have Chuseok. Every year on Chuseok, Korean families visit their hometowns and have a large feast with their families in this three-day holiday. But this year in NYC, we got our own experience of Chuseok although it wasn’t exactly traditional. This year at the Chuseok Festival in NYC, we got to see amazing performances from the talents from JYP Entertainment.

Upon arriving from the train station, we came across a park. We decided the logical thing was to follow the Koreans even though some of them didn’t know where they were going either. After walking for several minutes we decided that pathways were for squares and just walked on the grass. The whole time walking, we ranted and raved about the performance we were so excited to see. We found the festival in the up diagonal-ish direction in the park. After our experience with arrows, we decided that arrows are deceiving and evil.
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Tags: chuseok, david hou, fan girls, festival, flushing, gsoul, hoc poeng, interview, Jessica Dawson, jlim, jyp, korea, lan nguyen, Lara Visconti, mia lerda, min, new york, ningin, wondergirls

Title is pretty self explanatory. 140+ Photos. Included in this gallery are lots and lots of Wonder Girls, lots of JYP, and a good amount of J-Lim, G-Soul, Min. There’s some added atmosphere shots as well. Enjoy!

Photograph credits: Lan Nguyen, Lara Visconti.

One thing of note is we’re trying out a new gallery system. Let us know what you think. Our interview and videos of the performances are coming soon. It took some time to translate and sub them and there were some issues beyond our control. Still, we got some good videos to post later!

Enjoy this in the meantime:
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Tags: chuseok, event, festival, g-soul, gallery, j-lim, jyp, min, taekwondo, wonder girls