Tuesday, 23 March 2010

R16 Southeast Asia Final in Kuala Lumpur!


R16, one of the biggest B-boy competitions is in town! We would like to invite all B-boys who want to pit their skills on a world's stage to register for the Malaysia Audition on the 24th April, 1pm to 6pm at the Berjaya Times Square.

Two best crews will be invited to represent Malaysia to compete against six top crews from Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand in the R16 Southeast Asia Final on 15th May from 7pm to 11pm at the KL Life Centre.

The winner of R16 Southeast Asia Final will automatically qualify for the R16 B-boy World Championship in Seoul, South Korea.

R16 Malaysia Audition and R16 Southeast Asia Final are presented by LG Electronics, organised by Korea Tourism Organisation and managed by GFW. The official media is 8TV. Berjaya Times Square and KL Life Centre are the venue partners.

We welcome brands and companies who want to work with us.

For more information, visit the R16 Southeast Asia Final.

Media Release

‘Korea Be Inspired’ Festival 2010
R16 Southeast Asia Final

In conjunction with ‘Korea Be Inspired’ Festival 2010 and ‘Visit Korea Year 2010 – 2012’, the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) is organizing R16 Malaysia audition and R16 Southeast Asia Final in Malaysia. LG Electronics is the Presenter of the audition and R16 Southeast Asia Final.

The objective of festival is to promote the Visit Korea Year 2010- 2012, the R16 urban youth culture and the Korean wave (Hallyu).

KTO and Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism created R16 in 2007, to support grassroots youth culture such as Hip-hop & B-boy.

Since 2007, the 4-days event has regularly attracted more than 300 artists, musicians, dancers and promoters from all over the world to South Korea. R16 is rated as one of the top 5 B-boy competitions in the world which included the Battle of the Year, UK B-boy Championship, IBE and Freestyle Session.

Malaysia audition will be held on 24th April at Berjaya Times Square. Two top Malaysian B-boy teams will be selected to compete in the regional final.

All Malaysian B-boy teams who are interested to join the audition are welcome to register themselves at the Korea Plaza, Ground Floor, Menara Hap Seng, Jalan P.Ramlee, Kuala Lumpur or visit www.r16seasia.com to download a registration form or send their particulars to asthy@gfworld.com.my.

Each team is allowed to register a maximum of 8 crew members. Registration is free and begins from 16th March to 17th April 2010.

The winner of R16 Southeast Asia Final will be invited to compete at R16 World B-Boy Masters Championships in South Korea.

Besides, KTO will also be launching a special R16 tour package targeted to people who are interested to watch the final in South Korea in July 2010.

R16 Southeast Asia Preliminary and ‘Korea Be Inspired’ Festival will be held on 15th May from 2pm to 11pm at KL Life Center, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur. Event managed by GF World (GFW).

For more information on registration and event, kindly contact:

Ashty Tan
Project Manager
GF World Solutions
Email: asthy@gfworld.com.my
Contact: +603 7960 9604

For general information, kindly contact:

Valene Tan
Communications & Events Manager
Korea Tourism Organization
Email: valene.tanjj@gmail.com
Contact: +603 2143 9000
Website: www.visitkorea.or.kr

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