SM Town Youth Star Audition 2012

SM is famous for producing many of Korea’s top K-Pop stars, such as BoA, TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, SHINee, and f(x). A few of those stars were discovered through the SM Global Auditions, such as Super Junior-M‘s Henry, a finalist of the 2006 Global Auditions, and f(x)‘sAmber, who participated in the 2007 U.S. auditions, and more.
For this year, SM will be holding a new audition catered towards the youth of the world in their ‘Youth Star Audition‘ for those ranging from 8 to 20 years old. The auditions will take place in seven countries including South Korea, Japan, China, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, and is open to all nationalities and genders.
Check out more details at the official ‘Youth Star Audition’ site here, and check below for the list of the North American dates and locations!

July 29th – Los Angeles, CA, USA
August 4th – New Jersey, USA
August 28th/29th – Toronto, Canada
September 1st – Vancouver, Canada
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The agency has also unveiled a few promotional videos for the upcoming auditions, so check them out below if you didn’t catch them before!

Kim Hyun Joong Can't Escape Hong Kong's Media

Kim Hyun Joong has proven his popularity with not only fans abroad but press outlets abroad.

On May 13th, Key East Entertainment revealed, “Kim Hyun Joong left for Hong Kong on the 11th for his fan meet. His visit, press conference, and fan meet reports were the topic of headlines in major Hong Kong media outlets like ‘Wenweipo‘, ‘Sing Tao‘, and ‘The Sun‘.”

Media outlets dedicated several pages focusing just on his activities within Hong Kong. One reported, “Thousands of fans gathered at the scene of his press conference. Kim Hyun Joong made sure that nobody was hurt without losing his smile.” The ‘Sing Tao’ wrote, “Although his accent was still that of a foreigner’s, Kim Hyun Joong tried his best to converse with his fans in Chinese.”

His popularity was evident in the next day’s press as various pictures and articles on Kim Hyun Joong’s arrival in Hong Kong were seen. Having completed his second Asia fan meet, Kim Hyun Joong will be traveling on to Taiwan and China in the coming month.