Kim Hye-ja (김혜자)

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  Ha Jeong-woo, Ha Ji-won Voted Most Popular Movie Stars
  2012/05/21, Source,
  Ha Jeong-woo and Ha Ji-won have been voted the most popular actor and actress in Korea in an email poll by the Chosun Ilbo and the nation's largest film ticketing site MaxMovie. Some 25,784 people voted from April 18 to May 5. The two drew 10.1 and 13.7 percent of the votes respectively. But Song Kang-ho and Jeon Do-yeon were chosen as the best -- as opposed to most popular -- actor and actress, with 18 and 23.3 percent. Since the poll targeted online users of MaxMovie who had been to the cinema at least once last year, it probably reflects moviegoers' preferences more accurately than other surveys,...More

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  In with the old, out with the new
  2012/04/18, Source,
  Actresses in their 20s, who once dominated K-dramas, are hard to come by on the small screen, as of late. Experienced actresses in their 30s, 40s and even 50s have held on to the spotlight, reversing a trend that dictated casting for decades. Above left, Kim Hee-ae, 45, plays a lead role in JTBC's "A Wife's Credentials" and above right, Kim Nam-joo, 41, plays a lead role in KBS2's "My Husband Got a Family". [JoongAng Ilbo] Back in the 1980s and '90s, Korean dramas adopted the principle "the younger, the better" when casting heroines. Heartthrob actors in their 40s were often coupled with youthful beauties in their early 20s, at the expense of more experienced actresses,...More

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  Pop diva Patty Kim ends 54-year career
  2012/02/15, Source,
  Renowned pop singer Patty Kim announced her retirement from the stage Wednesday, ending an illustrious career that has spanned 54 years. Since her 1958 debut at local U.S. military bases, she established herself as one of the nation's first generation of pop icons. The 74-year-old is recognized for numerous hits that display a multi-tonal range and for impassioned live performances here and abroad,...More

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  Kim Hye-ja fined for tax evasion
  2012/02/09, Source,
  Actress Kim Hye-ja has been fined a whopping 500 million won ($447,775) for falsifying a report to the Mapo District Tax Office last year. On Wednesday, the Mapo District Tax Office said that it would fine the actress for declaring that her house in Seogyo-dong was her sole place of residence in 2006, when she was actually living with her son. The residence was sold last March for 3.075 million won and Kim paid around 100 million won in transfer tax. She would have been heavily taxed if she had declared she was actually living at a separate residence,...More