Korean Stars to Headline Benefit Concert

2007/01/04 Source

Korean movie stars and singers will appear on January 23rd at a massive benefit concert in Osaka to raise funds for the International Vaccine Institute.

Stars taking part in the event are actors Song Seung-heon and Jung Joon-ho and singer Kangta, along with music groups SG Wannabe and Shinhwa.

The benefit concert is expected to draw some 30-thousand Japanese fans, along with two-hundred special guests including the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and IVI Director-General John Clemens.

The IVI is the first international organization based in Korea and was created in partnership with the U.N. Located on the campus of Seoul National University, the IVI was established in 1997 as the world's only international research organization devoted solely to accelerating the development of vaccines for children in developing countries.

Reported by KBS WORLD Radio

Source : english.kbs.co.kr...

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