Lee Soo Man, the manager of SM Entertainment talked about this on ahead the First Arena Tour Concert "“TVXQ 3rd LIVE TOUR 2008 ~T~" 16th public performance at the media conference on 5th May in Japan.
"With just 3 years into the Japanese market, Dong Bang Shin Ki has been the energy of Korea and its citizens. [I think he is trying to meet pride of the citizens?]
Dong Bang Shin Ki has topped last months' Oricon Weekly Single Chart and he commented that "this is the 2nd time that Dong Bang Shin Ki break the record, they are leading with these impressive results among the singers who ventured overseas market".
"We see that with the strong competition between the 2, it is not easy as female
solo singers and male group singers in the industry. And Dong Bang Shin Ki can do so well in Asia, they are the energy of the country and its citizens, isn't it?""BoA is like the artiste who represents our Korean citizens. Now Dong Bang Shin Ki is also doing that. Artistes who venture markets abroad makes us proud to appear as Koreans".
Lee Soo Man then envisions Asia magnifying its talents to the whole world. And he hopes that this will very soon take forms.
But, now that Dong Bang Shin Ki is back to Korea, they will meet up with fans whom they had missed out for this period of time.
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