Unforgettable week indulged in the great K-performances and Korean celebrities' appearance in Malaysia. We bet you're still in the celebration yet exciting mode, so let us throw back some highlights of this week event happen in KL: K-Wave Music Festival 2017, Puma Night Run 2017, The Battleship Island Malaysia Star Tour and YG Republique KL Grand Opening.

The week of August kicked off with an impressive lineup of K-Pop Idols' performances in K-Wave Music Festival 2017 which held at Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach on 5 August. Featuring 6 K-Pop idols groups - HIGHLIGHT, Apink, B1A4, BTOB, Teen Top and Victon, Malaysian fans went wild screaming and chanting for their favourite idol groups in showing support. Each idol groups showed off their dynamic dance performance and delighted each fans at the venue.

Not only that, the organiser Mcalls dropped a teaser on K-Wave 2 Music Festival which will be coming soon~

On the same day of 5 August, actor Lee Jae Yoon joined the annual Puma Night Run 2017 at Cyberjaya, Putrajaya. Lucky fans even bumped into him and had a fun night running together with the actor.

Up next was the star-studded The Battleship Island Malaysia Star Tour features the appearance of the cast - Hwang Jung Min, So Ji Sub, Song Joong Ki and also the director Ryoo Seung Wan. The cast and director came to promote the movie, The Battleship Island which has been receiving rave reviews ahead of its release in Korea and gained immense interest overseas including Malaysia.

More than 6,000 fans swarmed to the main entrance of Pavilion on 9 August just to grab a great spot to see Hwang Jung Min, So Ji Sub and Song Joong Ki up close! Although it was a short appearance but the fans were more than satisfied to see them real close.

Right after the Mall Appearance, the actors and director went to the Gala Premiere and greeted the invited guests once again. The next day, they attended the press conference and answered various questions about the movie. The Battleship Island will premiere in cinemas starting from 17 August, do check out the historical movie that talks about roughly 400 Korean people who attempt to escape from the forceful coal mining at the Battleship Island during the Japanese colonial era.

 

Lastly was the most recent event happened last Friday (11 August), YG Republique KL Grand Opening which welcomed the impressive special guests: BIGBANG's Seungri, Jung Joon Young, FT Island’s Jonghoon as well as DJs Danu, Glory and TPA, and YG KPlus models Yeon Hui and Soh Hee.

 

All the special guests had dinner at the restaurant then head to Zouk right after. YG stans have now a new hangout spot as YG Republique KL is now open to public for dine-in. *Do note this is a non-halal restaurant. 

Currently, we are still in the post-syndrome mode after seeing most of our favourite celebrities within a week. Let's rewind this wonderful week before starting the Monday blues. 

*Photo source: GSC, MCalls, Galaxy Group, YG Republiqe KL

BONUS PHOTOS:

B1A4's Gongchan vs BTOB's Eunkwang

 

YG Republique @ TREC KL was recently launched, with special appearances by BIGBANG’s maknae; Seungri, Jung Joon Young, FT Island’s Jonghoon as well as DJs Danu, Glory and TPA, and YG KPlus models Yeon Hui and Soh Hee.

Partitioned into two sections, YG Republique is a combination of a Korean BBQ grill restaurant (Samgeori Butcher’s) and a pub (K-Pub).

With the appearance of the Hallyu stars, the Samgeori Butcher’s section was unfortunately closed off to accommodate their dinner before they headed over to Zouk for their next programme. However, GoKpop was able to explore the K-Pub!

YG Republique was very tastefully designed, with its modern casual street hip hop style which certainly has the YG feel to it.

This restaurant is the perfect hangout spot for YG stans as posters, paintings and photos of YG artists are plastered on the walls and even in the washrooms! What’s more is that upon setting foot in the bar, you will be greeted by YG artists’ music with their music videos playing on the TV screens.

YG Republique KL will officially open to public starting from 12 August! Do indulge yourself with great BBQ in the K-atmosphere. 

*note: This is a non-halal restaurant

special thanks to writer: Shuk Yin