Charice will be all over Asia this coming March with 5 concerts in 3 key countries: Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore.  And now, South Korea will also be a stop on her Asia Infinity Tour.

Two event ticketing websites have put up pages for Charice’s concert, Playdb.co.kr and Interpark.com. These websites might be in the Korean language, but we could easily understand the essential details about Charice’s first ever solo concert in Korea:

Date:  March 21, 2012 (Wednesday)
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Venue: AX Korea (광장동 악스 코리아)

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, 18th January 2012, 5:00 pm. Additional details will be posted here as soon as they become available. So don’t forget to keep checking Charicemania.com for updates.

A concert in Seoul is really a great thing, not just for Charice’s Infinity album and career, but also for the fans who first saw her transform into an international star through South Korea’s tv show, Star King. Who would ever forget that moment, right?

By Sofia Carrera, charicemania.com

The world has seen numerous rising stars through various reality shows and competitions on the small screen, but Charice may be the face, or voice, to remember.

When Korea first got a glimpse of the girl with the big voice on local talent show “Star King’’ in 2007, Charice looked like any other 15-year-old, bashfully smiling to the audience and cameras, dressed in pink from head to toe. Read the full story

English translation:

The singer Charice visited Korea to promote her debut album “Charice”.
She dropped by SBS studio where the TV show “StarKing” which made her dream come true was being taped.

Charice thanked them very much and said “My life has changed dramatically since I appeared in this show.”

She also sang the song, “Pyramid” from her worldwide debut album released last May. Read the full story

AUGUST 10 UPDATE: SK VIDEOS W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES &
JULY 25 UPDATE: VIDEO – CHARICE PERFORMS AT KOREAN SHOW ‘CHOCOLATE.’

Finally, Charice’s appearance on Star King aired on Korean television on July 24th. It marked the third appearance for Charice on the popular Korean television show and was highly anticipated as this is where her road to stardom began Read the full story

Charice’s powerhouse voice has taken over the airways and building a fan base of 13 million and growing!

Charice’s amazing rise to fame story has struck a chord with the world. Her recent appearance on Oprah further launched Charice into the spotlight and she is becoming a household name for up and coming superstar talent. Read the full story

YES! MAGAZINE INTERVIEW NOVEMBER 2009 ISSUE

Part 4 Next Stop: TV

After the town-fiesta singing contest in Batangas and Laguna, the next stop was television. Charice began as a contestant on Filipino local channel, Channel 9’s Bulilit Kampeon [Little Champion], a little-known singing contest hosted by Pilita Corrales. Charice won as third runner-up and eventually became one of the program’s co-hosts. After the show folded up, she joined two other TV competitions: Birit Bulilit [Little Belter] on Channel 13 (where she was first runner-up and the “MTB Popstar” segment of Magandang Tanghali BayanM [Good Afternoon People], where she won second place. Read the full story

Without even trying, Charice is winning hearts over in S. Korea with her energetic Dance Party video which now has over 27,000 hits in 5 days and counting. “Sorry Sorry” is a very popular song in Korea and THE TOP K-pop song in the Philippines. (I guess K-pop = Korean pop?) It seems Charice knew what she was doing by posting the video on her YouTube channel. It will only gain her more popularity with the Koreans and the Asian market, and in fact is being viewed by countries around the world. Read the full story

With Charice just wrapping up a visit to Korea on several television shows which will air later this month, this Korean documentary has resurfaced on YouTube which featured Charice way back in early 2008. We were asked to post it at Charicemania so here it is, the article we wrote awhile back Read the full story

While we’re waiting for news/feedback on her upcoming performance at the Carousel of Hope, let’s re-live just a few of Charice’s most endearing moments! (Photo Art by Shark_221)

Toss that mic, Cha! Read the full story

Seoul, Korea – Star King’s , King of Kings edition featuring Charice Pempengco on her return encore performance and the honor of being the No.1 choice of Koreans as the overseas guest they would like to see again. She belts out “I Will Survive”, short acapella version of “Listen” and then a duet with Park Jung Hyun (Lena Park) of “I Will Always Love You”. Read the full story