

Live recordings from these concerts were compiled into her first special live album in CDs and DVD. At the end of 2002, a "best of" album was released and she played a series of concerts.

The South Korean government select Park to represent South Korea in the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. In 2002, her song " 꿈에" (In a Dream) was a big success and enabled her to enter foreign markets, such as Singapore. More comfortable with the media, she became much more accessible for talk shows and performances. Park's third album, Naturally, was mixed in both South Korea and the United States.Īfter a yearlong break from singing because of her studies in the United States, she came back in 2002 with her album called Op.4. It also was well received by both fans and the critics. She did not speak Korean very well at the time, which made it hard for her to connect with fans. Park released her first Korean album, Piece, in 1998.

Career 1998–2002: Piece, A Second Helping, Naturally and Op.4 in English and Comparative Literature in 2010, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She later transferred to Columbia University School of General Studies, where she graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. Park attended UCLA for one year before beginning her singing career in 1998. She won several singing contests before recording an amateur gospel album in 1993 when she was 16 years old.
