Wonder Girls Show The Way To Avoid Another H1N1 Pandemic

I posted this before and I'll post it again this year, partly as my humble contribution as a health warning to the community and more honestly, because it's a great excuse to replay this infotaining video taken from the MrBrown Show of Singapore. An article in the local paper today reviewing the recent Wonder Girls Concert held in Genting Resorts reminded me of this hilarious youtube clip and I couldn't resist reposting this.



On a more serious note, though - a bit of googling indicated that while there's no cause for alarm, there are grounds for caution.  See below. 
November 17, 2010

" Actress You Dong-sook, 37, died last Thursday from the H1N1 flu at a Seoul-area hospital after catching the virus at the Fifth International Rome Film Festival last month while promoting her low-budget film “My Heart Beats.” You was given the leading role in the film directed by Huh Eun-hee and was invited to the extra competition session of the Rome festival.You was a theater actress for most of her career.
She started feeling flu symptoms - body aches and respiratory difficulties - when she returned to Korea on Oct. 31. She was hospitalized Nov. 2 at the Korea University Anam Hospital, and died nine days later from complications due to H1N1."


Elsewhere and more recently:
" A group of children at an elementary school in Daejeon were found to have been infected by the virus. A total of 16 students in fifth and sixth grades suffered from fever and tested positive for influenza A, last Friday, the authorities said.  A school in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, also closed its doors as a student was confirmed to be infected with the disease and another 100 students showed flu symptoms.

Health authorities said the flu is unlikely to be fatal but stressed that people should have flu shots and wash their hands regularly. “The number of reported flu cases is about one tenth of last year’s but children, the elderly and the physically-weak need to get flu shots as preventive measures,” an official from the Health and Welfare Ministry said. "

For my original posting, click here.

sources:
http://www.mrbrownshow.com/2009/05/26/fan-created-wash-your-hands-too-videos/
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2928491
http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=110238&code=Ne2&category=2
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/12/113_77906.html
http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/12/14/music/7612868&sec=music

Suju's R n B vs Dance version of Sorry, Sorry

Do you prefer the new R&B version of Super Junior's Sorry Sorry

OR

The Dance version below?



I'm not a fan of Super Junior ( but I'm no anti- either!) and I was annoyed with myself when the tune of Sorry,Sorry kept running through my head while I was exercising outdoors (That's what comes of listening to too much Kpop music on KBS World Radio!) But I was intrigued to read the article below on the KBS World Radio Webpage. Is this a trend in Korean pop music scene - to have fast number hits reworked as slow ones as with the Wonder Girls' "Nobody"?

" Idol group Super Junior has released online the R&B version of the group’s hit “Sorry, Sorry.” The new ballad version is titled “Sorry, Sorry? Answer.” In addition, the remix version of another hit “It’s You” will also be released online. SM Entertainment, which manages Super Junior, has announced that the music video of “Sorry, Sorry? Answer” will be disclosed on the group’s official homepage and other video sites."

source:
http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/entertainment/enter_chart_detail.htm?No=11003
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R_wrbxIy6Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6QA3m58DQw&NR=1

Can KNTO use this to boost Korean tourism despite H1N1?

Some creative people in Singapore have done a hilarious version of the Wonder Girls' hit song, Nobody. In light of the many cancellations of various festivals around ROK, and the frustrations of the KNTO in trying to promote Korean tourism at this time, I'd suggest Charm Lee approach the folks behind the MrBrownShow and JYP to see if KNTO can use this in their marketing strategy!

Thanks for the tip-off, Sarah Jun! (Kpop Connection, KBS World Radio.)