On 15th Oct, Dunkin Donuts in Gangnam branch held a Lee Min Ho’s autograph session. Drawing a huge crowds of female fans. The autograph session started at 12pm, however there were already fans who started queuing up on the day before for this one and a half hour autograph session.

Dunkin Donuts’s Mascot Man also took part in the autograph session. Some fans get to receive Lee Min Ho’s autograph and took photos with him.

From 16th Oct to 22 Nov, Dunkin Donuts will be holding a 38 days promtion activities. The activities are divided into 2 parts. One is to enter in the coffee receipt number online named ‘The 7 Secrets of Dunkin Coffee’ and the other part is to strip apart the Dunkin coffee ring to see if customers win any prizes.

Latest Lee Min Ho’s Dunkin Donuts CF

Source From: Joynews

Video From: Youtube – meoluvdenmi

In order to get closer to the customer, the ad campaign will show how financial connects with our daily life and linked them up in stories. There are 3 different ads altogether. ShinHan Financial also expressed this ad campaigns will be delivered out in an interesting way.

Targeting for young people – ‘Saving investment’ – Goo Hye Sun’s version. Linked a love story and savings investment plan together to create a humorous advertisement.

‘Decentralized investment’ – Yoo Jae Seok’s version. Hide his savings in every corner in the house, stressing the importance of investment diversification.

‘Risk management’ – Cha Tae Hyun’s version. Describes life stories dealing with crisis situations, emphasizing the important of risk management.

Be sure to look out for the new ads!

Source From: Yonhap

Photos From: Etude House

Etude House commercials

Making of Etude House CF

Etude House CF Interview

The commercial ads was debut in South Korea on 22nd August. Their commercial images were completely different from their images in ‘Boys Before Flowers.’ They both styled a cool and funky hairstyle.

In the commercial, Kim Hyun Joong asked Lee Min Ho: “Minho, which star are you from?” Lee Min Ho replied: “I don’t know, all I remember is this…” and he started to draw circles (the shape of the planet). Kim Hyun Joong began to feel very touched, he pointed to his phone and shouted: “Me too, BROTHER!” Finally they hugged each other and identified each other on earth.

In fact, Kim Hyun Joon is the funniest members in SS501 and F4 because he always talked without making any sense. Getting along with Kim Hyun Joong for a long time, Lee Min Ho also has a sense of humor. They both have a mutual understanding and performed a super funny show. The commercial shooting was completed with just one take, no NG.

Both of them sacrificed their flower boys images and performed such a good comedy show, fans just loved it!

Watch Lee Min Ho and Kim Hyun Joong’s funny ads here!

More Funny Anycall Magic Hole ads here!

Video From: iBreatheLifeMusic

Goo Hye Sun is so talented that she even sings in her DOUTOR commercials ads that she endorsed. This really caused the fans and audiences to be in a high spirits.

Japan coffee brand, DOUTOR has recently launched in South Korea with Goo Hye Sun humming the melody of the music in the commercial ad. Audiences expressed Goo Hye Sun’s adorable and petite image goes so well with the atmosphere shown in television ad.

Not only will Goo Hye Sun performs in her TV ad, she would also be debuting her first album by end of this month. Many fans and audiences are really concern and looking forward to see her strength as a singer.

Goo Hye Sun would also be having a piano recital performance named ‘Over the rainbow’ on the 5th September together with the Japan great music master, Isao Sasaki.

Source From: IsPlus

Goo Hye Sun’s DOUTOR commercial – 15s

Goo Hye Sun’s DOUTOR commercial – 30s

Making of the commercial

What in the world is QOOK?

Many television viewers were asking the same question after watching a series of teaser advertisements that feature a dirty and fatigued Byeon Woo-min ― a middle-aged actor portraying a bumbling, wife-betraying scumbag in a recent hit miniseries ― getting pummeled in the streets after trying to steel a pedestrian’s wallet.

Another commercial shows a shivering Eom Hong-gil, the country’s most famous mountain climber, mixing mucus and noodles in a snow-blitzing field that is supposed to be part of Mt. Everest.

Well, QOOK is neither the latest electric rice cooker or gas stove, but the new brand name for the telephone and broadband Internet services of KT, the telecommunications giant that is desperate to inject new life into its bread-and-butter household business.

KT’s goofy advertisements are in stark contrast of those of its cooler rival, SK Telecom, which employs teenage heartthrobs Rain and Jang Dong-gun to combine their unruffled looks with annoyingly addictive songs.The commercials seem to be direct reflections of the reputations the companies have developed throughout their industrial rivalry in recent years.

KT, reeling from declining fixed-line sales, was seen as an old and hapless telecommunications giant whose best days were clearly behind it. SK Telecom, which controls more than 50 percent of the country’s mobile telephony users, looked to be close to becoming the new king who was smarter, nimbler and had the more influential technology.

So here comes QOOK, and KT could only hope that “cheesy and humble” wins more customer hearts than “cool but snooty”.

“We have a lot of ambitions for QOOK, which will be our flagship brand in an industry where bundled products that combine fixed-line, mobile and Internet services are becoming the center of competition.” said Noh Tae-seok, KT’s vice president of domestic services.

The bundles will combine various services, saving customers time and money, the companies claim.

Under its new Qook brand name, KT will provide Internet, IPTV (Internet protocol TV) and home phone services. Price incentives will encourage users to subscribe to more than one of these services, in any combination.

For example, a Qook package for Internet, home phone and IPTV service will cost 32,000 won ($26) a month. KT estimates this amounts to a 20 to 40 percent savings over purchasing separate services, while customers who decide to add KT mobile service to this deal would receive an additional discount of up to 50 percent off the bill for their new cell phone.

KT’s fixed-line telephone service is now renamed ‘QOOK Phone’. while its broadband Internet service is ‘QOOK Internet’. The Mega-TV Internet protocol television (IPTV) is now ‘QOOK TV’ and KT’s voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) is ‘QOOK’ Internet phone.

KTF’s wireless service ‘Show’ gets to keep its name, as KT was reluctant to discard a brand that has been gaining popularity among third-generation (3G) users.

The company will provide various discounts and free trials for new QOOK subscribers through May 31.

Source From: Koreatimes & JoongAngDaily

Qook TV Ads (5 of them)

On the 30th June Hotsun company expressed: “Staring from 25th June onwards, the one day special date with Kim Hyun Joong has bring together more than 10,000 female fans. The activities on the first day alone has received 32,632 applications online, causing the company website down.” They added: “As the event has more than 10,000 applications, there was an increase of 30% in sales.”

Hotsun started opened their website on 25th June for online orders. Customers are to purchase a Hotsun fried chicken in order to get the application form to participate in the activities. Hotsun would then select 70 lucky customers to enjoy the special day with Kim Hyun Joong.

The event planning staff expressed: “They already knew how popular Kim Hyun Joong was, however they did not expect the responses are so overwhelming.”

Besides, there was a fan who purchased 100 Hotsun fried chicken on the 18th June and donated all to the nursing homes and orphanages.

Source From: MyDaily

In year 1994, Dunkin’ Donuts 던킨도너츠 (An american brand) was introduced into the Korea Market. It is now one of the biggest donuts brand in Korea. Currently there are 500 outlets in Korea and their prices are moderate.

Dunkin’ donuts have a lot of nice design on their donuts. However they are not just Number 1 in their different designs of donuts but also in their different tastes and different promotions they have.

Dunkin’ donuts always have new taste of donuts coming out almost every month. (Wah, how I wish I can have a taste of them all!) Their coffee is also one of the best coffee that Koreans like most.

Recently, Dunkin Donuts invited Lee Min Ho as their spokeperson. Besides having photoshoot session in Apgujeong on 24th February, they also have Lee Min Ho traveled to Thailand on 18th May for 4 days for the commercial shoot at one of the local beach.

Due to the popularity of the Korean TV Drama ‘Boys Before Flowers‘ in Thailand, more than 200 fans gathered at the filming site to catch a glimpse of their favorite idol in person. 

To commemorate Lee Min Ho’s participation, Dunkin’ Donuts will release a new taste of donut with a flower-shaped Berries Donut and call it the Flower Tart, hoping to ride on the success of Boys Before Flowers.

PS: Dunkin’ Donut is still eligible and taste as nice till the next morning if you didn’t put it into the fridge.

Price Range: Between 1000W ~ 1200W (each donut)

Branches:

• Myeongdong
• COEX
• Daehangno
• Sinchon
• Incheon Airport and more

Website: www.dunkindonuts.co.kr

Opening Hours: 08.00 ~ 24.00

Lee Min Ho – Dunkin’ Donuts Commercial

With a business mind, Shinhwa propose to the company that they are interested to join in the partnership of the business while they were discussing about the commercial contract in 2005. Kyochon accepted their proposal straight away.

In this Kyochon outlet in Apgujeong, the store displays a lot of Shinhwa’s photos, posters, T-shirts, CDs and palm prints of the six members. Besides that, the store also broadcast their songs and MV whole day long.

If you are a Shinhwa fan and are planning to go to Seoul, Korea, don’t miss this opportunity to visit their store!

• Price range: About 15,000W (A meal for 2 person)

• Address: 서울시 강남구 신사동 640-5 1층

• Opening Hours: 13.00 ~ 24.00

• Website: http://kyochon.com

• Tel: 02-547-9945

Direction:

• Take Subway Line 3 to Apgujeong Station
• Exit from exit number 2
• Go straight and cross over road
• On the second street
• Walk about 3 minutes more to reach

Shinhwa – Kyochon Commerical Video in 2005