본문 바로가기
Dim영역

Bae Yong-joon promotes Korean learning with Nintendo DS

스크랩 글자크기

글자크기 설정

닫기
인쇄 RSS

Hallyu star Bae Yong-joon will be reprising his role as a virtual Korean language teacher for Nintendo DS, a popular hand-held game console created by the Japanese maker.

Bae's agency KEYEAST announced in a press release Thursday that the actor collaborated with Nintendo for the second time to follow-up on their hit software creation named "Learning Korean with Bae Yong-joon DS."
Last September, the Japanese video game developer had released a Korean learning game featuring Bae, which became a best-selling education software on the Japanese Amazon website and sold over 30,000 copies in just three months of its release.

"After releasing the beginner-level software, we had received numerous inquiries and requests whether we will be launching one for intermediate and advance level users," an official at KEYEAST was quoted as saying. "We hope that this software will further promote Korean language overseas and help many more foreigners to study Korean effectively."

The new software comes in two versions -- the "Dating" version and "Test" version. While the former version helps users learn the language in natural settings such as at the airport or dining out at Korean restaurants, the latter focuses on more academic elements of Korean learning for advanced-level users and includes a sample TOPIK (Test of Proficiency in Korean) exam.
The Hallyu star appears in the program as a virtual Korean teacher and provides easy, friendly explanations for users during the language lessons.

Bae, 37, shot to mega-stardom in Korea and throughout Asia with the success of 2002 KBS TV series "Winter Sonata" and gained a huge following in Japan in particular, where he earned the nickname "Yonsama".

He has also been actively promoting Korean culture in Asia, publishing a photo essay titled "Discovering the Beauty of Korea" last year, which contains self-taken photographs of various cultural artisans that the actor met during his year-long travel around the country.

The new Nintendo DS software will be released in Japan in August with advance sales orders starting this month.

Reporter : Lynn Kim lynn2878@
Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@
<ⓒ10Asia All rights reserved>


AD

함께 본 뉴스

새로보기

이슈 PICK

  • 이종섭 호주대사, 임명 25일만에 사의…윤 대통령 재가할 듯 [포토] 12년만에 서울 버스파업 "웰컴 백 준호!"…손흥민, 태국전서 외친 말…역시 인성갑

    #국내이슈

  • "애플, 5월초 아이패드 신제품 선보인다…18개월 만" 디즈니-플로리다 ‘게이언급금지법’ 소송 일단락 '아일 비 미싱 유' 부른 미국 래퍼, 초대형 성범죄 스캔들 '발칵'

    #해외이슈

  • 올봄 최악 황사 덮쳤다…주말까지 마스크 필수 [이미지 다이어리] 누구나 길을 잃을 때가 있다 푸바오, 일주일 후 中 간다…에버랜드, 배웅시간 만들어

    #포토PICK

  • 첨단사양 빼곡…벤츠 SUV 눈길 끄는 이유 기아, 생성형AI 탑재 준중형 세단 K4 세계 첫 공개 벤츠 G바겐 전기차 올해 나온다

    #CAR라이프

  • [뉴스속 용어]국가 신뢰도 높이는 선진국채클럽 ‘WGBI’ [뉴스속 용어]코코아 t당 1만 달러 넘자 '초코플레이션' 비상 [뉴스속 기업]트럼프가 만든 SNS ‘트루스 소셜’

    #뉴스속OO

간격처리를 위한 class

많이 본 뉴스 !가장 많이 읽힌 뉴스를 제공합니다. 집계 기준에 따라 최대 3일 전 기사까지 제공될 수 있습니다.

top버튼