My first reaction was, “Huh? A tour for what? Is he jumping the gun on a singing career?” But as it turns out, Jang Geun-seok is planning a three-month (March through May) promotional tour through Asia to build buzz for the Asian broadcasts of his latest drama, You’re Beautiful, as well as the Asian releases of his recent films. The drama may only have garnered mania numbers in Korea, but it has enjoyed incredible popularity online and overseas — it’s been bought for broadcasting in 17 countries.
Jang hasn’t yet participated in official activities outside of Korea and Japan, but no matter; he’s heading to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, where he will hold fanmeetings. This is in large part due to the requests of overseas fans, according to the notice posted on the SBS homepage. Jang’s management also stated that he also plans on holding fanmeetings in Thailand and the Philippines sometime this year.
Jang will also be holding a fanmeeting on January 31 at Seoul’s Olympic Hall. After his Asian tour ends, he’ll get back to work picking his next acting project.
Via Chosun.com
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great photo of him! love the outfit AND the adorable smile ^____^
yay!! i totally love him….
If he comes to US, anywhere I will go…….. JGS, please come for a US tour please..
Happiest new for the day!!!! <3<3<3
Pls pls come to the Philippines! I'll skip classes just to see you! LOL
Philippines has so much love for korean dramas. 2 big tv stations are fighting for korean dramas. Korean actors and actresses are much even popular than philippine locals.
I’ll visit korea soon
I love watching korean dramas. I love javabeans 
i love Jang geun seuk, i love Kim sun ah, oh i love all koreans 
Pardon me, I am just crazy
yey! he’ll probably go to Philippines!
I’ll be looking forward to that, that’s for sure!
OMGSUN. Yes, please come here to the Philippines!
@20 shiro
I TOTALLY can see that you’d be commenting here. Now where’s the other girl? She’s not reading dramabeans, is she?
BUT, if JGS won’t come to Jakarta, you”re coming to Singapore, right!!! 1 hour flight won’t stop youuu!! Fighting!
Omo is he REALLY coming to Singapore? LIke, for real? I wanna go i wanna go i wanna go!!!
But then again, the tickets will likely be very pricey. When Lee Min Ho held his fanmeeting here in Dec, tickets were at S$100 – S$190. Which is considered very very expensive.
Eotteokhajyo… Eotteokhajyo…
The boy is LOVE!
If only I were in Asia…SIGH.
HAHA! I was also puzzled when I read the title. A tour?! He’s not even a full fledged singer! But now I see….Strangely though, the rest of the anjell aren’t going? I’m glad he’s coming to Singapore! I don’t think I will go down though, because there’s surely gonna be alottttttt of people, and I hate squeezing. hmpf. But, yes to YB on free-to-air tv!
I just fell in love with jang’s picture… made my day seriously….
@58 djes
You bet I’ll introduce her to this life-sustaining blog the moment I see her again… ^^
hahaha… and here I thought everyone reads dramabeans…
The schedule for the FM is not even out yet, and here I am already thinking about probably going to Singapore… lolz…
I really hope he can come here in the Philippines…And I also hope that if ever youre beautiful will be shown here and dubbed in Filipino language I hope ABS CBN will have the right……
YES I’M SO TOTALLY GOING FOR HIS FAN MEETING WHEN HE COMES TO SINGAPORE HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA
cheanne dear, ABS CBN got it already. thats maybe the reason why jgs might go there.
@16 Alert- Doesn’t it feel like you’ve achieved something great when you actually get people hooked onto You’re beautiful?;-) I keep begging and bugging people to see just the first two episodes and then they keep begging me to show them the rest of the episodes.The two episode trial works like a charm every time and I always have the last laugh.:-)
@34 Nom_Kitteh- You’ve echoed my sentiments exactly hehe.:-)Hmmm maybe a slight flight diversion might make him land up in my country.*dreams*
OMG!!! THIS MADE MY DAY!!!
LIKE SERIOUSLY!!!!! MAYBE I AM EVEN MORE EXCITED FOR HIS TOUR HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES THAN FOR PARAMORE!!! HAHAHA epicness
JGS…YOU’RE THE MAN!!!!!! ily
Oh my gosh!!!!!!!
I’m so so so so excited!!!!!!!!!!! I will be there! See you then, JGS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yay! I hope to see him in the Philippines!
I was mentally noting TW, HK or SG then I reached the end of the article and read Thailand and PHILIPPINES. Ohmy!!!
wow he looks hot in that pic! I’m jealous of all those Asian cities where his fanmeetings will be held!
@Anonymous
That’s also my problem. I really want to see him in person but so ashamed because of my age.
I have experienced going on fanmeetings but with those korean actors in their 30′s and whose fans are really ajuhmmas. But this time, I’m hesitating to go because JGS’ fans must be in their 20′s which is the age of my son. But still, I really want to see him coz he’s really so cute and a very good actor at his age.
Yeah! Can’t wait to see YAB being screened in Singapore.
I’m sure JGS’s popularity will increase after that. Any Singaporean fans here?
if India is being ignored then surely there is no point arguing about a tour in Nepal. But i am in USA right now.Come to Colorado… JGS loves snowboarding , right?
Yayyyy,more and more K-Actor and KPop Musician come to little red dot Singapore.Hope I can go for d fan meeting if the ticket is affordable.Thanks for sharing the news Sarah.
@mskmouse hi,i’m from Singapore too
GREAT GREAT GREAT NEWS!!!!!!
woaaahhhhhhhh…. i can’t stop screaming and smiling ^_____________________^
my ever dearest hottest JANG GEUN SUK will come to PHILIPPINES!!! (faints)
(rises up and rereads the post) ….this is just amazing…
@17 Rovi
korek ka jan!!!!! hinding hindi ko to palalampasin!!!!
(You are definitely right! I will never miss this for anything. )
I SWEAR!!!!!! (cross my heart)
ohh… i noticed there are a lot of filipino fans here
hello sa inyong lahat 
kitakits…hehehe
AHHHHHHHH~ OMG!!!!
Thailand, then Singapore… why not Malaysia in between??? XD
The pitstop in KL wouldn’t hurt!! LOL
But, but, but this is still AWESOME NEWS!!!
Thanks, JB! Me love you!
omo so many Singapore fans. me too! hi there, Singaporean commenters above. I wonder which station bought it. MediaCorp, StarHub Cable or SingTel Mio. And i’m usually so slow on the news, I may prolly miss his fan meeting. Will go too if it’s affordable and if i’m free
Dear Dramabeans,
May I know what are the “17 countries”? I really hope Singapore is on the list!!!
Singapore fan here too!
I hope it is Mediacorp Channel U instead of the cable TVs though, because this show will gain more exposure airing in a public channel. Still remember how much buzz BOF generated when it was aired on channel U?
im gonna start saving now! yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! im so so so so happyyyy! JGS oppaaaaaaaa so much filipino’s waiting for you hereeeeeeeeee!
To all pinoy here *wave*
Oh my goodness! KeunSuk, see you in Singapore! Can’t wait!
wot not england DISAPPOINTED
JGS you look way cute
finally to the PHILIPPINES! unfortunately, i won’t be around by then or to any other country he is visiting… oh darn! very very very unfortunate for me…. but anyway, thanks JB for sharing the good news c”,) as always!
YES! Another Singapore fan here! Am excited when I see Singapore is on the list hihi… Will beg for 1 day leave or whatever hours I can take if the fan meeting is on the weekday (a noona here *shy*) hahaha…
Omo he’s coming to Singapore?!! Anjell should all be on the tour! This is really exciting news! Thanks for sharing
i’m looking forward for jang geun suk’s fan meeting here in the philippines…..
i’m really excited…… i hope to see him in the philippines…. go jang geun suk..
Whoa, so many Singaporeans…which is a good thing! Can’t wait to see JGS in Singapore – we’re getting a fair bit of Korean celebrities coming through the country in 2010, which I never thought would happen! Does it mean they finally think we’re a market?? Suspect it IS Mediacorp who bought the rights…not that it matters much to me, since I’ve already finished the show, but I do hope it’ll do well so we get more of these people coming through!
(And I’d like to say, why isn’t Super Junior stopping on their way here in their tour even though they are performing in KL which must be less than half a day away by bus?)
yaaay!! he’s coming to the philippines!! my prayers are granted! hahahaha … i hve another wish too! i hope PSH will come too! or the whole ANJell!!! hahahahaa …
but unfortuantely, i think i won’t be seeing him .. i’d be out of the country by then .. huhuhu .. i’d fly back home if and when PSH will come with him too! nyahahahahaa.. talk about craziness.. i would surely make an effort.. first time for me ..haha.. i didnt even go and see the korean actors/actresses that went here .. lool ..
@42 looool .. i agree with you! hahaha..
#67 Ana
Yeah, it does feel so great to keep on adding more members to the ever growing YAB follower ( i’m a little YAB embassador hehe). And it felt even better when every time they talked about JGS and YAB, I could give my cocky smirk and say.. been there done that.. and I was even worse than you.. nothing beats watching the drama when it’s still hot.. and have thousands of faceless bffs to share your addiction.
And they would give me the jealousy look. which I love to get hehe.
From Singapore too! Is there any official fan club for him here? Or any way we can get the latest updates for his activities in Singapore?
Nice to see so many fellow Singaporeans here btw! (:
yeheeyyyy!!!!
He is going here in the Philippines… I’m sure, lot of Filipinos will welcome him!!!!! can’t wait!!!!! really like him to death…. LOL….
Wouldn’t it be nice if he ask to Shin Hye to tap along promoting and having (flirting^^) with him? I’ll jump out of joy <3 *** fan-girl scream***^^;;
They made such a lovely couple !!!
i love him so much, such a beautiful man and a great actor!! i’d like to see him, but in my country, italy, he’s not going to come
so sad
HEY JANG KEUN SUK!!!!PLS COME IN THE PHILIPPINES!!!
wooooooh!!!!!!!!!!he’s coming here in the philippines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i hope he’ll bring A.N.Jell with him……….
but seeing him in person is more than enough!!!!!!!!!!!
hehe…congrats to the whole yb team…17 countries?!!!!!!!!!!
YEY!!! first 4minute, then super junior now……
JGS IN THE PHILIPPINES?!? super excited!!!
i hope they’ll sell those pig-rabbit, those are just the cutest things!!!
and i’m glad abs-cbn got the rights for you’re beautiful, they (abs) are much better at dubbing..
and LOL @6 ANONYMOUS..gota love it!
@74 mskmouse and all other Singaporeans
Yupz i hope YAB will be shown on Channel U too. I dun have cable at home.
And YAB deserves to be as big a hit (if not bigger) than BOF! Really wish to go for his fanmeeting if it’s not as expensive as Lee Min Ho’s…