Eun Ji Won helps travel agency KRT experience a spike in sales

Eun Ji Won is currently serving as an endorsement model for a travel agency, and it has been reported that the company’s annual revenue surpassed $86 million USD.

The singer signed a year-long contract with travel agency KRT last November, and thanks to the ‘Eun Ji Won Effect’, the agency’s annual revenue surpassed $86 million this May. It has been reported that the company’s sales have jumped an impressive 30% after signing Eun Ji Won as an endorsement model. Consumers had previously utilized the agency mostly for European travels, but the company saw a spike in consumers’ travels to Guam, Saipan, and Cebu after Eun Ji Won began modeling for their brand.

Through ‘1N2D‘, Eun Ji Won had developed an image centered around all things travel-related, and has personally advertised new travel goods via his personal Twitter page in addition to official advertisements. Thanks to his efforts, the agency has seen an increase in sales and earned the public confidence.

“After I became a model, I hoped that the advertisements would be effective, and I worked hard to do everything I could on top of the photo shoots,” Eun Ji Won said. “I feel proud that the company who selected me to become a model is doing well. I will continue to work hard so that the my advertisements are fun and attention-drawing.”

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’1N2D’ to broadcast new episodes starting this weekend

With the difficult decision made by Choi Jae Hyung PD to return to filming after joining the labor union strike, variety program ‘1 Night 2 Days‘ has announced the airing of new episodes in the upcoming weeks.

KBS stated through a press release on May 11th, “For two weeks, on the 13th and 20th, a ‘Special 1N2D, Investigation into Nature Project’ will be airing.”

This will be the first new episode since Choi Jae Hyung PD returned from the strike to continue on with the show after witnessing major drops in viewer ratings.

On the new episodes, the ’1N2D’ members, who haven’t seen each other for the past six weeks, will be showing us Jeju Island once more with a special feature on the dolphins that can be found near the island.

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’1 Night 2 Days’ faces low viewer ratings due to lack of a new episode

The latest episode of KBS‘s variety show, ‘1 Night 2 Days‘ saw a major drop in viewer ratings.

According to AGB Nielsen, the 29th broadcast of ‘Happy Sunday’, which is a 2 hour block of programming consisting of ’1N2D’ and ‘Qualifications of Men’,  recorded a measly 9% in viewership ratings.  This is a significant difference when compared to the previous week, which drew in 15.3% when ’1 Night 2 Days’ aired a new episode.

Due to the ongoing KBS labor union strikes and lack of original episodes, KBS was forced to air older episodes (even airing episodes from 2007) as well as highlight reels.  This week’s “special” faced extremely low ratings, mostly caused by the lack of new material.

Meanwhile, in the same time slot, SBS‘s ‘Good Sunday‘ (a block of programming that includes the popular ‘Running Man‘ and ‘Laws of the Jungle 2‘ shows) recorded 14.9% and grabbed first place among competitors.  MBC‘s ‘Our Sunday Night’ recorded 1.9% for ‘Exploration of Genders’ and 8.2% for  ’I Am a Singer 2‘.

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’1 Night 2 Days’ will not be airing new episodes for the next 2 weeks

As it was speculated earlier, it has been confirmed that KBS 2TV‘s ‘1 Night 2 Days‘ will not be airing a new episode this weekend nor the next weekend.

On April 25th, a representative of KBS revealed, “It has been confirmed that ’1 Night 2 Days’ will not air a new episode for 2 weeks.” They stated that this was because with the main production director, Choi Jae Hyung, and the production staff joined the union strike, the show was unable to capture enough footage to broadcast an episode.

Without PD Choi, ’1 Night 2 Days’ tried to enforce recording under other executives, but the recording was cancelled, and thus, the program delay was inevitable.

The KBS representative stated that on April 29th and May 6th, ’1 Night 2 Days’ will substitute their time slot with special broadcasts. However, the concept of the special episodes have not been decided yet. They also revealed that the ’1 Night 2 Days’ members have been notified about the delay.

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Strike causes delays for ’1 Night 2 Days’

On April 20th, KBS producer Park Joong Min revealed that ‘1 Night 2 Days‘ might not be able to make the deadline for the next broadcast.

He revealed, “The filming that was originally scheduled for the 20th was canceled due to internal matters. This week, we’ll be broadcasting footage from Jeonnam, Kangjin. We are still in discussion for next week’s broadcast. We’ll have to work out the schedules of the cast for the next filming so nothing has been decided yet.”

Originally, the ’1 Night 2 Days’ cast was meant to work with executive PDs (producing directors) to make up for PD Choi Jae Hyung, who is participating in the ongoing strike.

Unfortunately, filming has been abruptly canceled, leading to a possible no-show for the April 29th broadcast.

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