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Justin Bieber held his first performance in Korea in 2013, and this is his first visit to Korea in 13 years.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Taesoo Lee = Pop star Justin Bieber made a surprise visit to Korea without notice on the 23rd.
On this day, Bieber posted a photo of himself traveling in a car in downtown Seoul on his social networking service (SNS), saying "I arrived in Seoul" (Made it to Seoul).
It has been 13 years since Bieber visited Korea for the first time in 2013. At the end of 2021, he participated in the music festival 'Weversecon' hosted by Hive through a video. His wife Hailey Bieber also joined him on this visit.
Considering that Bieber released a photo of his visit to the Seongsu-dong pop-up store of his fashion brand 'SKYLRK' on social media, it is presumed that his visit to Korea was related to this.
This pop-up store, which opened on the 22nd, will run until the 25th.
Bieber debuted with 'One Time' in 2009 at the age of 15 and enjoyed great popularity with songs such as 'Baby', 'What Do You Mean?', and 'Sorry'.
After his 4th album 'Purpose' in 2015, he shed his previous idol image and released hit songs such as 'Peaches' as a singer-songwriter. In July of this year, he appeared with the group BTS and others at the 2026 North and Central America World Cup Halftime Show.

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