K-pop star is serious about farming

Minah, a member of the idol group Girl’s Day, has acquired an operator’s license for small-sized excavators.

The singer will show off her skills on the first episode of the SBS reality show, “Are We Having Fun?” which airs Sunday.

The program involves celebrities who attempt to build houses in rural area and live there for a period of time.

In the episode, filmed in Taean-gun, South Chungcheong Province, Minah said she worked on crop fields by removing stones and turning barren ground into cultivable soil. She added that the license was “not hard to earn so anyone can easily get it.”

Comedian Kim Byung-man, who also appears on the program, said he was surprised to see the singer’s delicate handling of the equipment.

Ahead of shooting, the singer was persuaded by the show’s program director to get the license. She thought being able to operate the equipment would help to change stereotypes about female pop stars.