SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - AUGUST 5: South Korean pop star BoA answers a reporter's question during a news conference held for foreign media in August 5, 2005 in Seoul, South Korea. BoA is a South Korean pop star who goes by a single name that is as well known in Tokyo -- where she has been a top-selling artist since breaking into the music world five years ago at just 13 -- as it is in Seoul. BoA became big in Japan as a teenybopper star, repeated that success in South Korea and is now looking to break into the Chinese market, which has been quick to embrace actors and music stars who are part of the 'Korean wave' of talent sweeping Asia.

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