TVXQ attracts 390,000 fans to their concert tour

Korean boy band sensation TVXQ (known as Dong Bang Sin Ki in Korea and as Tohoshinki in Japan) has proved its popularity across Asia once again.

According to TVXQ's agency SM Entertainment, the band's huge fan base across Asia, riding on the Korean Wave or Hallyu, has attracted about 390.000 people to their second Asian concert tour (entitled “TVXQ 2nd ASIA TOUR CONCERT 'O') and two concert tours in Japan.

It said the band attracted 184,000 fans to their 13 concerts in six Asian cities--Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur since February 2007 and 205,000 people to their two concert tours in Japan held in 2007 and 2008.

Tickets sold out almost immediately as soon as the box offices opened in the Asian cities.

In Thailand in particular, the band set a record two years in a row, becoming the most popular international artists to attract the largest number of people.

Last year, the group became the first Asian band to win the Thailand Music Awards for both Best Music Video ("Rising Sun") and Favorite Asian Artist. They also won the Popular Vote Asia Artist award at the 2006 Virgin Hits Awards in Thailand.

TVXQ is now getting ready to thrill Korean fans this fall with some new songs.