Korean Cultural Center (KCC) and Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Philippines brought "Visit Korea" A Cultural Tourism Fair in the country yesterday (September 1).

To strengthen the enthusiasm and love of Pilipino in Korean culture, the event brings Miso Musical and rookie Korean boy group Block B in the Philippine to perform.

The event was started with an astounding performance from Miso Musical. It is a love triangle story between Chunyang, Moryong and Hakdo. The strong depiction of Korean music and traditional dance embraced the hearts of Pilipino viewers. The colorful "hanbok" and graceful movements from the cast are very well executed. The whole performance has a dazzling touch of Korean culture including their traditional dance, instrumental music featuring their traditional folk musical act like "phungmulnori" and "pansori". There's also audience participation from the cast that makes it more entertaining. The stroke of humor, which is most loved by Pilipino, made them more captivated.


After a big round of applause for Miso musical, the much awaited performance stage from Block B followed. Rookie Boy group Block B composed of 7 members Taeil, B Bomb, JaeHyo, U Kwon, Kyung, Zico and P.O. entered one by one and performed two songs.

After the performance, they are interviewed and had a question and answer portion. They stated that when they heard Miso Musical will going to perform in the Philippines for "Visit Korea", they volunteered themselves to perform in the country and thanked everyone for huge support even though they haven't started promoting outside Korea yet. Kyung said he can talked English but said "Mahal Kita (I love you)"instead that uproars the scream of fans. When asked who they think is the most handsome, Kyung pointed himself and said he don't have to explain himself and brought laughter. In terms of vocals they all pointed to B Bomb who stood up to dance and project a cool pose. Zico also said that he looked like a vegetable but handsome. They talked about the youngest member P.O. Taeil revealed that although P.O. has a deep voice but is the most cute, cuddly,sweet and kind among the members. U-Kwon shared his "unique" talent, he said he can imitate sounds of animals and gave lots of examples. He imitated the sounds of dog, cat, bird, pig and even a monkey.

In the middle of the interview, fans requested for them to sing a melodic piece and they granted, they all stood up and sing a mellow song with their skilled vocals. After the interview, they choose few fans to come up on stage and did a "rock paper, scissor.." game. Whoever wins will get a hug from them.

The boys are very hyper and friendly all throughout. They also became judges for Philippine dance cover groups together with the main cast of Miso Musical. The cover groups that battled were Elfinity, Infiknights, Off Limits Crew and Mister E. Block B and Miso musical cast gave the victory to Off Limits Crew. Congratulations!

Before the event conclude, Block B called up on stage twice for their last two performances.

Thanks to Korean Cultural Center and Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Philippines for making the event possible and successful.

Hope we can continue strengthen the bond between Philippine and Korean Culture.

Written by shaynekay@dkpopnews.net
Photos by franceslim@dkpopnews.net

Thanks to KCC for granting us privilege to cover the event.

NOTE: PHOTOS and VIDEOS to follow.