Korea-Thailand Exchange Center did a survey on 27th February until 26th March.489 Thai's was surveyed four times on different categories.Based on the result of the survey,Bae Yong Joon gets 22.8% of the voting,becoming the most popular male actor!Won Bin and Kim Rae Won was the first and second runner up with 18.8% and 13.3% each.For female actor,Song Hye-Kyo won first place with 21.75% of the vote while Yoon Eun-Hye(20.4% and Lee Da Hae(20%) follows tightly at the back.They gained so much popularity because one of the TV channel in Thailand was airing <<>> and <<>>.For the singers category,Wonder Girls gets the crown with 17.2% of voting,becoming the most popular group in Thailand!Rain with 17%,Super Junior with 15.5%,Big Bang with 15% and DBSK with 14.5% follows up.During the survey,Wonder Girls held a successful concert and their popularity shot up tremendously.Based on the result of analyzing,the image of Korea was high affected by Kpop because 99% of the respondents said that Korea's image was better compared to five years ago.When they're asked for the reason,they said that its because they're affected by Korean drama and singer.

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[translation : ky.sunmi]
[source : epop(a malaysia magazine]