Popularitas Hallyu Tingkatkan Ekspor Konten Kreatif Korea

Pada 22 September lalu, Ministry of Culture and the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) merilis sebuah gambaran untuk paruh kedua tahun 2011 dan menemukan bahwa total penjualan yang dibuat oleh industri ini berjumlah sekitar $27.500.000.000 USD, sebuah peningkatan 15,6% (atau sekitar $ 4 milyar USD) dibandingkan rekor tahun lalu.
Dalam segi ekspor juga telah mengalami peningkatan 27,2% dibandingkan tahun lalu, dimana total sekitar $ 2 milyar USD. Hasil yang seperti terlihat di seluruh papan, sebagaimana keuntungan usaha meningkat sebesar 18,2%, 95,9% dari penyiaran, dan iklan dengan 104,3%.
Penyiaran melihat mengalami peningkatan tajam terutama karena popularitas drama seperti ‘Daemul’, ‘Ginat’, dan ‘Secret Garden’. Banyak drama populer Hallyu yang diekspor, menambah total penjualan. Semester pertama tahun 2011 mengalami peningkatan 379,3% dalam penjualan.
Penjualan internasional untuk SBS Content Hubs total sekitar $ 38.200.000 USD. Kementerian tersebut menyatakan, “Dengan popularitas yang luas dari Hallyu, ekspor konten Korea telah meningkat. Kami berharap untuk melanjutkan momentum ini dengan meningkatkan upaya kami dalam menciptakan produk-produk berkualitas tinggi.”

Girls’ Generation to Release Third Full Album “The Boys” on October 5th

Girls’ Generation will be making their comeback on October 5th.
Girls’ Generation will be releasing their third official album’s title single “The Boys” on October 4th. The full album itself will be released on iTunes in Korea, as well as the rest of Asia, Europe, and the Americas, at the same time on October 5th.
As Girls’ Generation has grown as a girl group that gains attention, not only in Asia, but all over the world, they have planned a fitting “worldwide” concept. They are planning on revealing both Korean and English versions of ‘The Boys”, for both the song and music video.
“The Boys” was written and composed/arranged by Teddy Riley, who was Michael Jackson’s producer, as well as the founder of “New Jack Swing” and Black Street member in the 1990s. He is currently known as one of the best producers all around the world, and has garnered even more attention after it became known he was working with Girls’ Generation.
Starting with Taeyeon on September 26th, teaser images will be released in order. It is predicted that the anticipation amongst fans will grow regarding their new single and performance.

Girls' Generation (Korean: 소녀시대, Hanja/Kanji: 少女時代; Sonyeo Sidae) is a nine-member South Korean girl group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2007. The nine members are: Taeyeon (Leader), Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona and Seohyun. They are often referred to as SoShi (소시, Hanja: 少時), or SNSD; the first is an abbreviation and the second, mainly used outside Korea, is an acronym of the group's Korean name So Nyuh Shi Dae.

The SNSD group has released two Korean full albums, three Korean mini-albums, one Japanese full album and various singles. Their 2009 hit single "Gee" holds the record for being the longest running No.1 song on KBS's Music Bank, having held the No.1 chart ranking for 9 consecutive weeks. Gee was named song of the decade by the Korean music site, Melon.^[1] The group also won various awards in 2009 and 2010, including consecutive Artist of the Year (Daesang) awards at the Seoul Music Awards, Golden Disk Awards, Melon Music Awards, and the Korean Cultural Entertainment Awards.

The group began a foray into the Japanese music scene in late 2010 under Nayutawave Records, a part of Universal Music, with the Japanese remakes of their 2009 Korean hits "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" and "Gee".^[2] 2009 saw the group reach considerable success in Korea after winning the prestigious Disk Daesang (Album of the Year), Seoul Music Awards, and Melon Music Awards respectively.