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Thank you for visiting. However, kindly refrain from asking questions through my chatbox, which is dedicated for personal friends ONLY. Any questions, please post it on the relevant blog posts, or at the following link. I'll definitely try my best to help answer your questions ^^
http://musical-bell.blogspot.com/2012/01/faq-everything-and-anything-about-korea.html

Sunday, January 1, 2012

[FAQ] Everything and Anything about Korea~

If you're thinking of travelling to Korea/Seoul
If you're thinking of going to the K-pop music shows
If you're thinking of studying in Seoul...

I accept questions here
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and i shall try my best to answer
(when I have free time)

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*disclaimer:
my answers would be purely based on my own experience
as time passes, things change, and my information may expire
so do do some research yourself as well

23 comments:

Miss SJ said...

Hi!
I'm Puteri from Singapore. :)

I wanted to ask if you already posted the tutorial on how to attend year-end music festivals? (SBS/KBS/MBC Gayo Daejun)

I hope you can guide me on how to get the tickets and attend these events or maybe, what are the things I need to bring if I have to queue to get in.

I'll really appreciate it if you can help me.

Thank you.

Yuekling said...

Hi Puteri,

I've posted the tutorial last year, here's the link:
http://musical-bell.blogspot.sg/2011/12/2011-sbs-korea-pop-music-festival-gayo.html

The information on ticketing etc for the year end music festivals won't be out so soon. They will only announce it in mid December. If you want, you can come back again on December, post a comment here and remind me again. If I have the time, I'll do a new tutorial again. ^^


Miss SJ said...

Thank you for your reply! ^^

OK noted! :D

Have a good day ahead!

Miss SJ said...

Hi!

It's me Puteri. :))

I found out that the 5th "MelOn Music Awards" is going to be held on 14th December, 7PM KST at the Seoul Olympic Park, Gymnastics Arena! :D

May I know if it's possible for me to attend and watch this award show? Or is it impossible?

If it's possible, how do I apply for/buy the entrance ticket?

Thank you, will be patiently waiting for your reply. ^^

Yuekling said...

Hi Puteri,

Sorry for the late reply as I was trying out the MelOn website. You can actually apply for tickets to enter the LIVE show, and even the backstage!! I tried to do a tutorial guidelines for that, but unfortunately, the website is having heavy traffic and I didn't manage to go through the entire application process.

You can have a look at the tutorial here and try you luck in getting the tickets:
http://musical-bell.blogspot.sg/2012/12/tutorial-2012-melon-music-awards-apply.html

Miss SJ said...

Thank you so much!!

I've followed your guides, but I'm also stuck halfway, I guess because of the heavy traffic too? T.T

I hope I can get through it somehow, soon. Wish me luck!

Thank you again!!

FxInfinityLove said...

Hello !
I am a singapore fan .
Here are some help i need .
1. How do i get tickets for immortal song 2 ?
2. Which music show is the easiest for foreign fan to get in ? And How?
Please help !! T_T Thanks !!

Miss SJ said...

Hello!
I'm here again hehe
This time I want to ask you about KBS/SBS/MBC Song Festivals/Gayo Daejuns, how to apply tickets for these three events. ^^
Last time you said the info will be out around mid-December.
Hope you can help me again. I'll really really appreciate it. Thank you.

p/s: I'm in Korea now! :D Ah it's too cold here lol

Thank you again, will be waiting for your tutorials. ^^

Have a nice day ahead!

S. MQ said...

hello! regarding the sbs gayo daejun, i followed your tutorial - apply for sbs first, then go to the gayo daejun page, click the apply link, but it didn't link me to the page that you showed.

whenever i click the 'fill up the blanks', it will just sorta refresh the page.. any idea what went wrong? is it possible for you to apply for me? =p

thanks!

Yuekling said...

Hi Puteri and S.MQ,

Sorry for late response. Here's the tutorial to 2012 SBS Gayo Daejeon:
http://musical-bell.blogspot.com/2012/12/2012-sbs-gayo-daejeon-ticket.html

Deadline for ticket application is tomorrow, hope it's not too late...

As for KBS show, I'm really really sorry but the deadline has already past. And for MBC one, I can't find much info on that...

Yuekling said...

Hi FxInfinityLove,

In order to enter Immortal Song recording studio, you would need to write an application essay on their website. Unless you are proficient in Korean language, or if you have a Korean friend, I don't think it's easy to get tickets to enter. Here's the website:

http://www.kbs.co.kr/2tv/enter/satfreedom/bulhu2/apply/index.html

As for music shows, you can actually just go to the braodcaster company during their show day, and queue there early morning. There's chance that they will give out free tickets on the day itself. Also, it'd be even easier if you can get help with the fan club, they usually have priority to get tickets.

But if you intend to get proper tickets to enter the studio, I personally think that SBS Inkigayo is the most convenient one. MBC and KBS are less foreigner-friendly unless you have a Korean mobile phone. Here's some of the tutorials that I've made before:

http://musical-bell.blogspot.com/2011/03/guide-to-sbs-inkigayo-live-show.html

Hope this helps ^^

Shanty said...

Do you know if it's possible to get tickets for All the K-pop variety show, for voice kids in Korea and other tv programs?

Cheah Ji Long said...

Hi Yuekling, I'm wondering how I can go to the live recording of immortal songs 2, and it'll be great if you can help me. :)

Unknown said...

Hello!(:
Your information is really helpful!!
For your tutorial on how to register for a KBS account here ...
http://musical-bell.blogspot.sg/2011/12/2011-kbs-korean-music-festival-gayo.html
you said it is required to upload a softcopy of your passport before submitting the form.
Where do I upload it at? I don't seem to see abutton for it. Or do I have to e-mail it to them?

Thank you! ^^

Unknown said...

Hi!
Do you know how I can purchase a song/album from Melon? I can't seem to understand it TT
Thank you ^_^

hhc said...

Hello,

Not sure whether you're still active in this blog, but I would like to ask you regarding the year end music festival (sbs, mbc, kbs gayo daejun).

I'll be going to Seoul this coming December 2014 and would like you to guide me on how to get the tickets to attend these events. Also, reading your past tutorial guide, it seems that without alien number I would be able to apply for SBS Inkigayo and SBS Gayo Daejun. Is there any other way to get the tickets?

Yuekling said...

Hi hui hui,

If you do not have an alien card and are currently outside korea, you could simply apply as "Foreigner Outside Korea" using your passport.

Unknown said...

Hello Yuekling, you're blog are awesome for international fans like me. Could you please make a quick post on recap of year end award (music, entertainment, and drama award) or any year end show for 2014 (plus the dates) like you did in 2013? I've tried googling but couldn't find the date of each show, since it's different from last year (gayo daejun sbs is 21st this year).
Been googling for days and this link http://saf.sbs.co.kr and http://program.sbs.co.kr/builder/programMainList.do?pgm_id=22000005902 is the only one i can found, but i still couldn't understand how to apply since it's all in hangeul. I couldn't find the link for the 31st mbc gayo daejun (but i can, however, register in mbc because of your post). Please hellpp.. I'll be in Seoul at 30 and 31st Dec 2014 and i would very much appreciated if i know how to apply.

Btw, hui hui world, you'll also be at seoul in the end of december? Got any email? Maybe we can chat on how to get some ticket to the award ^^,

Yuekling said...

Hi Rika Sania,

Here's the info on 2014 year end music shows and awards!!!

http://musical-bell.blogspot.sg/2014/12/kpop-2014-year-end-shows-and-awards.html


Not very complete, but hope it helps :)

Unknown said...

hi! im trying to apply for mbc music core's year end special and im having problems finding the link to click on to apply. would appreciate it if u could help me out here. thanks! :)

Anonymous said...

hi! was following your mbc ent awards tutorial but i keep getting a gibberish error (?) message after i hit the apply button. did you happen to get that too?

Yuekling said...

Hi phoenixpunch,

I've updated the tutorial, which include "decoding" of the gibberish error message. haha... so please refer back to the tutorial.. hope it helps :)

Yuekling said...

Hi phoenixpunch,

I've updated the tutorial, which include "decoding" of the gibberish error message. haha... so please refer back to the tutorial.. hope it helps :)