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    Daesung Waves to Taiwanese Fans

    South Korea’s popular boy band ‘Big Bang’ member Daesung reacts to fans during a media conference to promote the band’s new CD “Alive” in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia

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    Daesung Gets Birthday in Taiwan

    South Korea’s popular boy band ‘Big Bang’, from left, G-Dragon, Seungri, Taeyang, Daesung, and TOP, cut a birthday cake for Daesung during a media conference to promote their new CD “Alive” in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia  

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    “Happy Birthday, Daesung”

    South Korea’s popular boy band ‘Big Bang’ member Daesung, center, blows out candles on his birthday cake from other band members, Taeyang, left, and TOP, right, look on during a media conference to promote their new CD “Alive” in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia  

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    Daesung Gets Birthday Cake

    South Korea’s popular boy band ‘Big Bang’ member Daesung, second from right, gets a birthday cake from other band members, Seungri, left, Taeyang, second left, and TOP, right, during a media conference to promote their new CD “Alive” in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia

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    Big Bang Promote New Album in Taiwan

    South Korea’s popular boy band ‘Big Bang’, from left, G-Dragon, Seungri, Taeyang, Daesung and TOP, wave to fans before a media conference to promote their new CD ‘Alive’ in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia

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    Big Bang Promote New CD in Taiwan

       South Korea’s popular boy band ‘Big Bang’, from left, G-Dragon, Seungri, Taeyang, Daesung and TOP, wave to fans before a media conference to promote their new CD ‘Alive’ in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, April 10, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia    

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    Nepalis Enjoy New Year Festival

    KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepalese devotees watch a procession during the Bisket Jatra Hindu festival celebrations on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 9, 2012. During this festival, also regarded as a New Year festival, images of the god Bhairava and his female counterpart Bhadrakali are enshrined in two large…

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    African Women in Festival

    NALUT, Libya — Women in traditional costume take part in the opening ceremony of the Nalut Spring festival in Libya’s Western Mountains of Nalut, on April 5, 2012. The Spring festival will last from April 4 to April 6, 2012 in Nalut, where more than 23,000 Berbers live. The Berbers…

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    2PM play dress-up for fans

    Members of K-pop boy band 2PM host a mock talk show at their fan-only gathering on Sunday, at the Grand Peace Palace of the Kyunghee University in Hoegi-dong, eastern Seoul. Taecyon, who did most of the speaking for the evening, is on screen. / Courtesy of JYP Even with just…

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    Leader of K-Pop Group Meets Press

    Tae Yeon, header of South Korea’s pop group Girls’ Generation, answers questions during a press conference for foreign media in Seoul, capital of South Korea, on Nov. 1, 2010. <Xinhua/He Lulu> news@theasian.asia

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