Reporter : Park So-Jung
Editor : Jessica Kim
Shinhwa [Shinhwa Company]
Male band Shinhwa is planning to make a comeback to the local music scene next March, making it the first time in four years they will come together to resume their activities as a group.On Monday, an official with Shinhwa leader Eric's agency Top Class Entertainment said, "The heads of the members' respective agencies are talking on them releasing an album in March and appearing on television together as well as holding concerts."This is not the first time their return to the K-pop scene as an entirety has been mentioned -- the boys themselves had expressed their hopes to pursue their activities as Shinhwa again and they recently finished setting up their own agency named Shinhwa Company.Shinhwa, one of Korea's most popular boy bands since their debut in 1998 which also gained recognition overseas a few years later, had put a halt to their singing career as a six-man band in March 2008 to pursue individual activities and join the military to complete the two-year duty required of all Korean men.Jun Jin and Andy will be discharged from their posts this October and Lee Min-woo in February of next year while Eric and Kim Dong-wan have fulfilled their military duties. Shin Hye-sung is exempt from serving his duties for medical reasons.Since then, Eric has been working on a mini-album while currently starring in KBS TV series "Spy Myung-Wol," Kim stars in musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and Shin has released an album in Korea with another set to be released in Japan in October.※ Any copying, republication or redistribution of 10Asia's content is expressly prohibited without prior consent of 10Asia. Copyright infringement is subject to criminal and civil penalties.10 아시아 Reporter : Park So-Jung nineteen@10 아시아 Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@<ⓒ즐거움의 공장 "10 아시아" (10.asiae.co.kr) 무단전재 배포금지>