“Happy Birthday, Daesung”

South Korea’s popular boy band ‘Big Bang’ member Daesung, center, blows out candles on his birthday cake from other band members, Taeyang, left, and TOP, right, look on during a media conference to promote their new CD “Alive” in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
Daesung Gets Birthday Cake

South Korea’s popular boy band ‘Big Bang’ member Daesung, second from right, gets a birthday cake from other band members, Seungri, left, Taeyang, second left, and TOP, right, during a media conference to promote their new CD “Alive” in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
Big Bang Promote New Album in Taiwan

South Korea’s popular boy band ‘Big Bang’, from left, G-Dragon, Seungri, Taeyang, Daesung and TOP, wave to fans before a media conference to promote their new CD ‘Alive’ in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
Big Bang Promote New CD in Taiwan

South Korea’s popular boy band ‘Big Bang’, from left, G-Dragon, Seungri, Taeyang, Daesung and TOP, wave to fans before a media conference to promote their new CD ‘Alive’ in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
2PM play dress-up for fans

Members of K-pop boy band 2PM host a mock talk show at their fan-only gathering on Sunday, at the Grand Peace Palace of the Kyunghee University in Hoegi-dong, eastern Seoul. Taecyon, who did most of the speaking for the evening, is on screen. / Courtesy of JYP Even with just about 4,000 in the Seoul […]
Leader of K-Pop Group Meets Press

Tae Yeon, header of South Korea’s pop group Girls’ Generation, answers questions during a press conference for foreign media in Seoul, capital of South Korea, on Nov. 1, 2010. <Xinhua/He Lulu> news@theasian.asia
K-Pop Singers Before the Foreign Press

SEOUL – Yoon A, left, and Yuri of South Korea’s pop group Girls’ Generation answer questions during a press conference for foreign media in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 1, 2010. <Xinhua/He Lulu> news@theasian.asia
K-Pop Girls’ New York Holiday

NEW YORK – Members of the Korean Pop band Girls Generation, from left, Seohyeon, Sunny, Taeyeon, Yoori, Tiffany, Hohyeon, Sooyoung and Yoona make an appearance at a Best Buy store in New York on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia