Kim Hyun Joong to further his studies in America

The newly minted Hallyu icon mentioned in a recent interview his intentions of going to the US. With regards to concrete details, Kim Hyun Joong is still in talks with DSP Entertainment but he has said that the company has given a green light. He is set to leave Korea for 6 months by summer, at the earliest.

While still tackling a packed BOF schedule and oncoming SS501 activities, the singer-actor has expressed hopes of returning to K-pop with a bang. Also harboring a 2-year dream to learn English, it was therefore feasible and timely to take a step overseas. In his time in the US, he will train under dance instructors to the stars - like Justin Timberlake and Usher - and juggle singing/vocal classes on the side.

Kim Hyun Joong’s had is heart set on this for years and has even said that he would go ahead as planned, at the expense of having to do round-a-bout trips to fulfill his SS501 schedules. These include the group’s Asia tour concerts starting in July.

Maybe at the end of his study trip we’ll hear less of that annoying “This is more than the present…” intro to their songs. And with his rising popularity, a tip in the scales of K-pop’s most favorable boybands?

In other KHJ news, it was reported that the hardworking star has also shown a filial side by splurging his recent paychecks on cosmetics for his mum. For fear of her stressful life as an apparel shop owner at the Dongdaemun market giving her wrinkles, he showered her with beauty products. Mrs Kim said in an interview that as he gave them to her, tears were welling up in his eyes.

Taken from the words of his Ssangchu half, maybe KHJ isn’t that type B of a person with an expressionless life after all.