These are the people who have made HALLYU possible. Thank you!
Below are the global members of the HALLYU team. There are also many others outside of the organization that have helped made the HALLYU Magazine dream a reality, so do stop by our affiliates where we say a big thank you to them. Our staff is ever changing and each person has made an impact on HALLYU, those who are no longer included can be iquired about via Contact Us form or you can check out our credits page inside our magazine. Thank you!
More importantly, we say a big thank you to our readers who have chosen us as part of the Korean Wave experience.
Nadezhda Hope
Editor-in-Chief
Nadezhda Hope is the mastermind behind HALLYU Magazine. She was born in Russia, raised in USA and currently residing in Seoul, Korea. A huge animal lover she has five cats Khaleesi, Ginie, Nabi, Dot and Shina, who are HALLYU's mascots. The latest HALLYU mascot is her puppy Cherry and London. She loves Korean Drama OSTs. Favorite K-Drama is Goblin.
Lilian Calulot
Art Designer/Layout
Phillippines Representative
Media Photographer
Lilian is our front liner in Media events in Philippines and South East Asia.
She designs our magazine in and out.
Ryann Ellis
Writer
A full time college student in Texas majoring in Pharmacy, Ryann plays the french horn, trumpet, piano, trombone, and flute. She is such a devoted lover of K-Pop music and Korean culture that she plans on auditioning for J.Tune Camp, YG Entertainment, Cube, and JYP Entertainment, and to eventually live and work in Korea after receiving her Masters' Degree, assuming she doesn't make it into a company.
Dina Panderd
Lead Manager
Media/Designer
Highly regarded member of HM Family. She is the Lead Manager and oversees that all of HALLYU come together. Dina Panderd is aslo a designer of idolwear brand PANDERD who is now working for HALLYU Magazine. She designs custom clothes for HALLYU's Interviews, photoshoots, Music Videos, Concerts and other performances of the artists that HALLYU is associated with. She also films and does behind the scenes of HALLYU. Her playlist includes BTS, WINNER, GEEKS, GD, M.I.B and other hip-hop style songs.
June Saladino
USA Photographer/Media
USA Representative
June Saladino is HALLYU Magazine's key HM Family member. She is the USA Representative and Photographer. June is a resident in Las Vegas and covers an array of KPOP events on USA's West Coast, such as KCON, INFINITE Concerts, and VIXX in USA. You can also find her on panels at KCON every year!
Oktantri Putri A
Indonesia Representative
Head Representative of Indonesia Division of SouthEast Asia Branch.
Darren Kwok
SouthEast Asian Representative
Darren lives in Singapore, the centre of attention for the Korean Wave in Southeast Asia. He spends his time reading, writing, working and thinking about Girls Generation as well as DAVICHI in his spare time. Darren is currently majoring in Communications and Media Management.
Soizic Cistac
Europe Representative/
Media Photogrpaher/Writer
Soizic is HALLYU's Europe Representative, she provides event coverage for HALLYU Magazine. She is our staff Photographer and Writer.
Asel Designs
Art Designer/ Adviser
Yuzu Lida
Media/Photoshoot
Asel is a the original member of HM Family. She contributes to creative ideas, topics and the beauty of what you see published. She is HALLYU's top creative contents professional. She is a self established artist with multiple skills. You can check out her website www.aseldesigns.com
Yuzu is cute and quite possibly the youngest member of the HALLYU family, everyone calls her our Gwiyomi or Baby Maknae. She is the Korea-Russia Media and Photoshoot staff. She has worked on many idol interviews and photohoots for HALLYU Magazine such as A-PRINCE, TOUCH, WASSUP, A.CIAN, AlphaBAT and many more.
Korapun Stritongsuk
SouthEast Asia Media/Photographer
Korapun is part of HALLYU Magazine's international media staff, taking splendid photographs of events such as Korean Music Wave, MTV Awards, Super Show 4&5, SMTOWN, The 27th Golden Disk Awards, and many, many more all throughout SouthEast Asia.