Choi Sung-Bong: Korea’s Answer to Susan Boyle

I can't imagine he had been wandering on the street for 10 years!
If what he said were true, I really think he had a bitter life.
But now, I think his life is going to change....but i hope he won't be carried away by fame.

(http://youtu.be/BewknNW2b8Y)



I’m going to warn you now: The following video will make you cry. On the first episode of Korea’s Got Talent, we’re introduced to 22-year-old Sung-Bong Choi. He tells his story (and we assume for now that it’s legit) about being in an orphanage until he was five, which he then fled after being beaten there.

He has lived alone ever since, selling drinks on the streets for ten years and sleeping in stairs or public toilets. Choi says that the first school that he attended is high school. And while it doesn’t say so in the video, that school is reportedly an art/performance high school.

Nevertheless, the story is a moving one. Korea’s Got Talent’s original video clip has racked up over 170,000 views, and unless this turns out to be a massive fraud those numbers should continue to climb. Check out the subtitled version of the video below. You’ll hear Choi explain all about his difficult childhood, and then have a listen to him sing.

I recommend that you grab a few tissues first.

From - http://www.penn-olson.com/2011/06/06/koreas-got-talent-sung-bong-choi/

韩「男版苏珊大婶」 孤儿出身唱哭评委

我无法想象他在街头流浪了10年！
如果他说的话是真的，我真的觉得他过着一个痛苦的生活。
但是现在，他的人生即将改变....但我希望他不会被名利冲昏了头。

(http://youtu.be/ncIJ3dIWsho)



【新唐人2011年6月9日讯】英国“苏珊大婶“开启了世界各地的选秀圆梦风潮，近来“韩国有人才“（韩国有塔伦）节目也出现一名奇男子，22岁的崔成奉虽然样貌平凡，却以厚实高亢的歌声感动在座评审及观众，更让两名女评审热泪盈眶，同时获得晋级下一回比赛的机会。

崔成奉(音译)外表老实，却身世坎坷。3岁时被送進孤儿院，由于常常遭人殴打，于5岁时逃离，从此过着孤苦无依的生活；他为了养活自己，有长达10年时间在街上贩卖口香糖及提神饮料，夜里则睡在楼梯间或公共厕所。崔成奉从没接受过教育，但仍凭自学努力，考上大田艺术高中，然而负担不起学费，他最后没有就学，现在从事体力劳动工作。

崔成奉谦虚的说，他并不是很会唱歌，但却十分享受在歌唱时能够忘却生活庸碌的那份感觉；不过当他开口演唱声乐版《奇幻梦境》时，极富感情的唱腔充分诠释歌曲意境，歌唱技巧也犹如职业歌手般成熟却不带一丝匠气。

评审之一宋允儿听完后久久说不出话来，最后才以哽咽声音说出：「我只想拥抱你。」其他评审也热切表示，希望他可以接受更多训练，往歌唱事业迈進。

现在崔成奉已成为韩国的传奇人物，还有人特地成立facebook粉丝团，替他加油打气。

From - http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/gb/2011/06/09/a544362.html

「灭共复国」吓坏中共 'Eliminating CCP' Slogans Frightened CCP (W/ English Subtitles)

(VIDEO IN CHINESE, WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES)


新唐人电视台 http://www.ntdtv.com

「灭共复国」吓坏中共 绿岛吁中放轻松

【新唐人2011年6月11日讯】海峡两岸协议的检讨会已经展开，包括大陆遊客来台自由旅行等议题都在讨论之列。期间传出台湾台东绿岛乡因为有反共标语，被中共列入旅遊封杀名单。这是怎么回事呢？本台记者采访了台东县政府观光旅遊处处长陈淑慧女士，让我们一起去揭开绿岛神秘的面纱吧。

绿岛是个火山岛，在台东东边30多公里的太平洋上，只有16平方公里大，风景点全都分布在19公里长的环岛公路边。绿岛的最高点叫火烧山。随着「绿岛小夜曲」这首歌的流行，大陆人也听说了这个小岛。

台东县政府观光旅遊处处长陈淑慧介绍，绿岛是很好的生态旅遊观光景点。

陈淑慧：「另外一个是冒险性的水上活动，有漂亮的珊瑚礁，热带鱼，还有很多频临绝种的生态都在绿岛」。「它又有一个最漂亮的海岸，你潜水啦，另外全世界只有三个海底温泉，一个在意大利，一个在日本，一个在台湾的绿岛。」

可惜绿岛的特色和美景，大陆人很少有机会一饱眼褔。陈淑慧介绍，去年有120万大陆遊客到台湾旅遊，其中六成的人会到台东，不过到绿岛的大陆 客不到百分之一。尽管北京海旅会后来澄清，但陈淑慧在6月7号台东县议会上表示，绿岛已经被大陆高层列为不推荐景点。

陈淑慧认为，这是和岛上的人权纪念园有关，这个纪念园的原型是岛上的政治犯监狱。

从1972年到1987年间，台湾国防部在绿岛上建立了绿岛感训监狱，就是现在的绿洲山庄。时至今日，在斑驳的监狱高墙上依旧可以看到全副武装的军人画像和「坚定反共」的字样。更显眼的是，在绿洲山庄的入口处，还保留着斗大的「灭共复国」的标语。

岛上另一座监狱是新生训导处。1951年5月17号，在台湾威权时代，第一批政治犯被投入火烧岛，直到1965年，这个集中营里关押的都是政治犯。

陈淑慧：「主要就是因为高层领导觉得，它是不是有点敏感？绿岛又叫火烧岛，基本上是我们人权的监狱的所在。比较早期就有那标语，在石壁上比较醒目就有那四个字，高层领导就觉得比较敏感，就不建议。」

台湾政府从2001年起开始建立绿岛人权文化园区。2007年12月10号世界人权日，台湾当时的总统陈水扁与副总统吕秀莲，共同主持了这一人权纪念园对外开放的开幕式。园区复原了这个集中营里第3大队的原貌，其中用60多尊蜡像，栩栩如生的表现了当时政治犯的真实生活。

吕秀莲本人就曾被关押在这里，台湾前考试院长姚嘉文，高雄市长陈菊，也都曾是这里的囚犯。台湾女诗人张香华曾为她的丈夫——著名人权作家柏杨写过一首诗，「我的爱人在火烧岛上」。透过这些展示，台湾政府希望人们理解台湾人权的发展史，珍惜现有的民主和自由。

近年来，赴台遊览的大陆遊客不断增加，到过绿岛的民众不少都喜欢在「灭共复国」的山壁前拍照留念。『台湾大纪元时报』分析，目前中国人正是退党热，中共对此神经紧绷，任何有关「灭共」的字眼都一律杜绝，所以封杀绿岛旅遊。

陈淑慧：「这整个其实我觉得那就是历史记忆了。绿岛是有那四个字“灭共复国“，其实我觉得那都是一个历史的过程，一个记忆。我觉得可以用一种比较轻松的态度，来看这个整个历史过程噢。」

绿岛乡政府表示，这些标语都是过去无法抹去的历史，也是两岸人民的共同记忆。陈淑慧呼吁中共当局敞开心胸，尊重历史。她表示绿岛欢迎大陆遊客。

陈淑慧：「因为这个事件应该会让更多人看到绿岛，比较关注它，我想至少也是一个宣传效应吧，应该有一些遊客，会更好奇，更想要亲自去看看。就是把它当成历史记忆，轻松一带（而过）， 我们还是非常欢迎来自中国的朋友来到台东。」

绿岛乡公所不打算抹除或用树林覆盖掉这些标语。他们每隔一段时间，都会给标语重新上漆，迎接遊客。

新唐人记者 梁珍 赵心知 黄容 采访报导

'Eliminating CCP' Slogans Frightened CCP

Review seminar of cross-strait agreement commenced. Issues, including mainland tourists traveling in Taiwan,
are discussed. It was said that Green Island, Taitung was blacklisted as a non-travelable place for tourists
by the Communist Party (CCP) for its anti-CCP slogans. Regarding this, NTD interviewed Ms. Chen Shuhui, director of Taitung County tourism bureau.

Green Island is a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean, 30 km east of Taitung. It is only 16 square kilometers.
Its highest point is called Fire-Burned Mountain. From the popular song "Green Island Serenade", the mainland Chinese have also heard of this island.

Green Island is like a boat, swaying in the moonlight…Taitung County Tourism Director Chen Shuhui said,
Green Island is a very good eco-tourism destination.

Chen Shuhui: It is adventurous, with pretty coral reefs, tropical fish and many species on brink of extinction.
It has the most beautiful coast. You can dive here. There are only 3 undersea hot springs on the world:
one in Italy, one in Japan, and one on Green Island.

Chen said out of the 1.2 million mainland tourists that visited Taiwan in 2010, 60% came to Taitung,
but less than 1% came to Green Island. Although Beijing's Strait Tourism Bureau later clarified,
Chen said on a Taitung County meeting, Green Island was by CCP as a “not-recommended destination”.

From 1972 to 1987, Taiwan National Defense Ministry built a prison here, which is now Oasis Resort.
On the prison's mottled walls, portraits of soldiers and "firmly anti-CCP" signs can still be seen today.
At the entrance, a prominent slogan was preserved: "Eliminating CCP and Restore Republic of China".

Another prison here was for educating new comers. On May 17, 1951, in the authoritarian era of Taiwan,
the first political prisoners were sent here. Until 1965, all prisoners here were political.

Chen: High-level CCP officials find it to be sensitive. Green Island is where human rights prisons located.
There are those slogans from earlier times. The high-level CCP officials find them too sensitive,
and do not recommend it to mainland Chinese.

Taiwanese government started building Green Island Human Rights Cultural Park in 2001.
On December 10, 2007 Human Rights Day, then-President Chen Shui-bian and then-VP Annette Lu
co-hosted the opening ceremony of the park. With restored 3rd Battalion and over 60 wax figures,
the real life of political prisoners is shown.

Annette Lu was imprisoned here, and so were ex-director of Exam Dept. Yao Chia-wen
and Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu. The Taiwanese government hopes people to understand the development of human rights and cherish democracy and freedom in Taiwan.

Let my inner feelings continuously tell you…

In recent years, mainland tourists to Taiwan increased. Many enjoy taking photos in front of the slogan
"Eliminating CCP and Restore Republic of China (ROC)".

Epoch Times in Taiwan analyzed that as the Chinese are quitting the CCP in large number,
any "Eliminating CCP" messages make CCP nervous. So it blocked tourists from going to Green Island.

Chen: They are words on a cliff in Human Rights Park. I think they are historical memories.
Green Island has "Eliminating CCP and Restore ROC", as historical memories.

Green Island township government said these slogans are indelible collective history of people across the Taiwan Strait. Chen urged Chinese authorities to open their heart, and respect the history. She welcomes mainland tourists.

Chen: The CCP should not mind such things. They should just open their heart.
Just regard it as a historical memory. We warmly welcome friends come from China.

Green Island Township Office does not intend to erase or overwrite these slogans.
They often re-paint them to greet tourists.

NTD reporters Liang Zhen, Zhao Xinzhi and Huang Rong

From - http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/gb/2011/06/11/atext545017.html
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大家都来看"九评共产党" ( VCD, 书)!
Let's find "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party"(VCD, books)!
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/4/12/13/n746020.htm

快上大纪元声明退出共产党和共产党其它组织(/团/队)，抹去邪恶的印记!
Quit the Chinese Communist Party or its affiliated organizations today!
http://tuidang.epochtimes.com/

I like Movie “Destined” 我喜欢电影《机缘》

I like watching this Movie “Destined”. Although the actors and actresses are unknown in the Chinese entertainment circles, but I thought their actings are natural. They look fresh, and a new breath of innocent faces among the many beautiful actresses and actors out there.


The love story in this movie is somewhat innocent and sweet too. A guy protecting a gal whom he loves. Wow…that is a fairy tale and romantic storyline which every gals like.


Most importantly, the movie reveals a dark secret which is still happening in China today.


What will you choose if you were a policeman in China? Will you choose to follow your ‘CONSCIENCE’ like the lead actor in this movie, or will you choose to follow the rules blindly, and with no human feelings attached, like what the lead actor was initially.


Watch this movie to find out more …


我喜欢看这部电影“机缘”。虽然不认识那些演员，但我认为他们的演技很自然。在众多美丽的演员中, 他们看起来很新鲜， 为华人娱乐圈引进新的气息。


这部电影中的爱情故事真甜蜜。一个男孩保护他所爱的女孩。哇…这是一个浪漫的爱情故事，每个女生都喜欢。


最重要的是，影片揭示了是今天仍然发生在中国的一个黑暗的秘密。


如果你是一个中国警察, 你的选择是什么 ？你会选择跟随自己的 ‘良知’，像在这部电影的主角。


还是你选择没有人性地盲目遵守规则?


请看这部电影，你会了解更多…

电影《机缘》Movie "Destined"

电影《机缘》片花 (1) Trailer 1 of Movie “Destined”

(http://youtu.be/8h_sU0vG5do)



电影《机缘》片花 (2) Trailer 2 of Movie “Destined”

(http://youtu.be/7mio6Jien04)



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