KCON 2014 To Feature Double The Music This Year!

Largest Fan Convention for All Things Hallyu Now Boasts Two Concert Nights and More Artists than Ever Before

M COUNTDOWN Returns to Los Angeles to Curate the Massive Lineup with

Artist Announcements to Begin Next Week

After last year’s two-day sold out success, KCON will return to Los Angeles this August as the biggest annual fan celebration of Korean entertainment and culture. This year’s celebration will increase number of marquee acts for two massive concerts over two days. For a second year in a row, the concerts again will be produced by #1 K-pop chart show, M COUNTDOWN, which is known for drawing the biggest names in Korean pop music.  Artist announcements will begin rolling out next week.

Over 20,000 fans from all across the world attended last year, doubling attendance from the previous year, and KCON is excited to welcome even more fans this summer.  For more information and updates on the convention please visit, www.kconusa.com.

VIDEO TRAILER TO KCON 2014 –

“For two days, Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena becomes the capital of Korean pop culture in North America and we are thrilled to be able to bring that ultimate experience to fans year in and year out,” said Sang Cho, president and CEO of Mnet America. “We are excited by every expansion that KCON makes as we push our convention to new heights.”

KCON 2014, a two-day event, will be packed with activities aimed at giving attendees the unique access that only KCON can offer. Before each night caps off with a star-studded concert extravaganza, fans will be able to fill their days with artist meet-and-greets, photo ops, celebrity panels, contests, fan workshops and gaming competitions. Everyone from the super-fan of Hallyu to those ready to be initiated into the global Korean Wave movement, will get lost in an experience unlike any other in the country. KCON is set to take place on August 9 and 10 in Downtown Los Angeles, California.

KCON is produced by Mnet America , a youth entertainment brand for all things Asian cool, which includes the biggest national, English-language lifestyle network in the U.S. for fans of Asian pop culture. Mnet America is a division of CJ Group, Korea’s leading lifestyle and culture company.

ABOUT KCON

KCON is the largest North American convention dedicated to ‘All Things Hallyu’ and includes celebrity panels, autograph sessions, contests, fan workshops, amazing food and a star-studded K-Pop concert. The convention launched in 2012 with over 10,000 fans attending. The second annual event in 2013 expanded to two days and moved to Los Angeles attracting more than 20,000 fans. KCON is now established as the annual flagship event for American fans of Hallyu and Asian pop culture, providing the largest forum for fans to directly connect with each other as well as artists and professionals from the Korean entertainment industry in person.

ABOUT MNET AMERICA

Mnet America (www.mnetamerica.com) is a youth entertainment brand for all things Asian cool. It uses video, digital, experiential and social media channels to reach Millennials with lifestyle content inspired by Asian pop culture and entertainment. This includes the leading 24/7 English-language television network in the U.S. targeting fans of K-pop music, anime and other genres of entertainment growing in popularity throughout Asia and around the world. An advertiser-supported network – distributed in over 30 DMAs through Comcast Cable, Time Warner cable, FIOS TV, Cox cable, Charter Communications and via TV Everywhere – Mnet America is the first U.S. television property of CJ E&M, Asia’s leading entertainment company and a unit of the CJ Group. Mnet America is headquartered in Los Angeles and can be found on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/MnetUSA), Twitter (@MnetAmerica), Tumblr (http://mnetamerica.tumblr.com), Instagram (@MnetAmerica) and YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/MnetAmerica).

ABOUT CJ E&M

CJ E&M produces and distributes content for the broadcast, film, music, live entertainment, game, and smart media sectors. Seeking to promote the globalization of Asian pop culture through a strategic “one source, multi-content” approach, the company was formed in 2010 from a merger of leading content makers CJ Media and On Media (broadcast); CJ Entertainment (motion picture); Mnet Media (music); and CJ Internet (game). Through the years, these predecessor firms were instrumental in modernizing as well as winning a following for Korean contents from fans across the world. Headquartered in Seoul and with branches in Asia and the US, CJ E&M currently has over 2,000 employees worldwide and is traded on KOSDAQ under the ticker 130960. For more information, please visit: http://en.cjenm.com.