Finding fame and family: AleXa's chasing her K-Pop dream

AleXa (C), who recently won the American Song Contest, and her dancers rehearse the choreography for her song 'Wonderland', ahead of their performance before the start of a baseball match between South Korean teams Kiwoom Heroes and LG Twins at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. Photos: AFP

Korean-American K-pop star AleXa has wanted to be on stage since she was a kid, but her search for fame in South Korea was also fuelled by another reason – to help her mother find her birth family.

Adopted from South Korea by an American family, her mother knows little about her birth culture nor does she speak the language.