BYJ & Kimchi

Kimchi

Kimchi, also spelled gimchi or kimchee, is a traditional Korean fermented dish made of vegetables with varied seasonings, most commonly referring to the spicy baechu variety. Kimchi is a mandatory presence on every Korean table. Koreans store the Kimchi in a buried huge earthenware jars in the ground up to the neck and cover the lids with straw until its needed. The ground maintains a constant temperature of 55 degrees. It's an ancient and honorable practise to refigerate the Kimchi while it ferments. Aside of its great taste, it can make an incredible difference in your health and longevity.

Leny: I lift this trans from BYJ Quit freeboard/freeboard by Tomato99 ( thanks to Tomato) and you can read this also in KOB by Myoce

[trans]BYJ Mgr’s Blog (43)　Publication
source: BYJ Mobile Official Site
BYJ Manager’s Blog

Publication
15 January 2009
by: Manager Yang Geun Hwan
Japanese to English: tomato99


Dear family, annyong　hasaeyo.
This is Yang Geun Hwan.

These days, Bae Yong Joon is devoting his energy to the book to introduce Korea.

He personally visits the pla*ces where he plans to introduce,
he would meet and interview Korea’s craftsman for the book.

Other day, he learnt how to make kimchi (kimjang) from a famous kimchi maker, and he even made homemade kimchi himself.

‘Kimjang’ is Korea’s winter tradition to prepare kimchi you eat during winter season.

Bae Yong Joon gave me kimchi that he made himself.

This is just between us, I did not have high expectations about its taste, but it was really delicious!

I even thought, I want to share it with everyone.

Leny: How I wish I could taste the Kimchi made by "Honey Baeb BYJ". I really envied Mgr. Yang :(

Kimchi recipe:

Engredients: 1 Large Chinese cabbage
12 cups water
250g sea salt or coarse salt

Stuffing:
1 daikon radish, peeled and cut into thin strips
5 tablespoons Korean chili powder (gochugaru) or to taste
10 cloves garlic, minced
4 tablespoons minced fresh ginger root
250ml (1 cup) fish sauce
1 onion, finely grated
1 bunch (100 g/ 3 oz) Chinese chives, cut into lengths

Procedures:
1. Remove the outer leaves of the cabbage and halve it lengthwise.
Rub a handful of salt between all the leaves. Set aside.
2.Combine all the water and remaining salt in a large pot and stir
until the salt is dissolved. Soak the cabbage in the salt water for
about 6 hours. Drain and briefly rince the cabbage with water,
allowing it to retain some of the salt water.
3. Prepare the stuffing by combining the daikon radish and chili
powder in a large bowl and mixing well. Add all the other
ingredients and stoe until well blended.
4.Separate the leaves of the cabbage halves again and spread
some of the stuffing betweeen each, making sure that all the
leaves are well coated on both sides.
5.Place the stuffed cabbage halves in an airtight container and
allow them to sit at room temperature for at least 12 hours
before serving or storing in the refrigerator. The Kimchi will
keep for 2-3 weeks.

DREAM HIGH - The drama, BYJ & JYP agreed to co-produce

“Keyeast and JYP Entertainment enter into agreement to jointly produce television series in 2009”

- First domestic television series about a performing arts school
- From large-scale auditions to producing, direct participation by Bae Yong Joon and Park Jin Young
- Discovery of new stars plus a new source of revenue. New business model that utilizes the strengths of both parties

In 2009, Bae Yong Joon and Park Jin Young will produce the first Korean drama based on a performing arts school.

The Asian cultural content company Keyeast (www.keyeast.co.kr) officially announced on January 6, 2009 that it has entered into an agreement to produce the television series with the music production and management company JYP Entertainment (www.jype.com).

The television series, which has tentatively been given the title “Dream High,” will show the growth of the school’s students as they share diverse experiences and overcome difficulties and conflicts. This project has attracted much attention in the entertainment world. Viewers are expected to see an entertaining program of singing and dance performances. In addition, people are excited about the prospect of being able to see what actually happens in the Korean entertainment industry.

The largest shareholders of Keyeast and JYP Entertainment, Bae Yong Joon and Park Jin Young respectively, have shown much interest in the project and they will directly participate in the production process. There is much anticipation as to the synergy effects resulting from the combination of two of the most influential stars in and out of Korea.

Bae Yong Joon will participate in the planning, scripting, and producing of the television series, while Park Jin Young will participate in the planning process plus the writing, composing, arranging of music and the vocal and dance training of the young stars. In addition, the parties are in talks, which have been going well, about the possible appearance in the television series by both of them.

Keyeast and JYP Entertainment will establish a limited liability company this month in which both companies will contribute capital and through which the parties will proceed with all matters related to the television series, such as casting, auditions, and production.

There are many reasons behind the excitement for this project. First, Keyeast and JYP Entertainment plan to discover new entertainers, who excel at singing and acting, through large-scale auditions. In addition, the two companies will work together in producing derivative sources of income by means of exploiting other areas of business, including merchandising, music sales, the soundtrack, copyright licenses, and set construction.

A spokesperson for Keyeast stated that “both companies are excited about and have agreed to create content, which is based on the Korean format but which will be popular worldwide, through the combination of the network and know-how of both companies, which are leaders in the entertainer management business and which have experience entering into the US and Japanese markets.” The spokesperson then stated that “through thorough planning regarding the domestic and foreign markets based on the management experience of both companies, we will create content which will have appeal in all parts of the world.”

A spokesperson for JYP Entertainment said that “we are very happy to be able to enter into the video entertainment field, for which we have always had much interest, with a reputable partner, and as an indication of the high level of our interest in this project, Park Jin Young has said that he wants to be personally in charge of the production and directing with respect to the music and choreography of the television series.” The spokesperson then went on to say that “we will devote all of our energies to the television series, which will be one of our key projects in 2009.”

The industry is very excited and curious about how both companies will approach this television show model, which has been utilized in other foreign markets to produce new stars and chart-topping soundtracks.

Keyeast and JYP Entertainment are planning to broadcast “Dream High” in the first half of 2010.

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