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  [NEW RELEASES] Various "All That Masterpiece Series"
  2011/07/04, Source,
  Although K-pop groups with flashy outfits and slinky dances are seeing immense popularity overseas, there was a Korean rock and ballad renaissance in the 1980s and 1990s among local bands. Ybmusic, a small Korean music producer, has digitally remastered and released five albums featuring five musicians who were at the pinnacle of their popularity in that era,...More

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  Famous artist celebrates 20 years of making history
  2011/03/01, Source,
  Musician, activist, impresario Kim Min-gi has inspired a generation of young artists   "I will continue to produce more plays and musicals until the day Hakchon closes", said Kim Min-gi, who has settled in Daehangno for 20 years. "These days, production companies reach out to produce musicals for commercial reasons. This act as a barrier for a new culture to form". [YONHAP] When Koreans think of Kim Min-gi, 60, the legendary folk-rock musician and composer, most think of his song "Morning Dew", which broke barriers in Korean music. Kim is also recognized as the father of the Hakchon Theater, a small experimental theater in Daehangno, Seoul's theater district, that is celebrating its 20th anniversary next month,...More

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  Hwang Jeong-min's Music Picks
  2010/11/10, Source,
  Actor Hwang Jeong-min [10 Asia] If you asked what actor Hwang Jeong-min's biggest concern is, he would answer: “I want to be able to act better". This may be an incomprehendable to some actors whose acting need some real improvement, the ones who have issues such as not even able to pronounce their lines properly. After all, this was the man who appeared as the charismatic boss of a gang in the film “A Bittersweet Life" (2005), the same guy who won rich praise from critics and viewers with his acting in film “You are my Sunshine" (2005) which he literally put his soul and might into. And that is how he came to say the famous line “I merely laid a spoon on the table. [He credited his win as best actor for his role in 'You are my Sunshine' to the film's director and crew.])” at the Daejong Film Awards -- yet that very man is worried about his acting right now,...More

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  Actress Han Hyo-joo Song Picks
  2010/10/27, Source,
  Actress Han Hyo-joo [MBC] Actress Han Hyo-joo -- we all love to refer to her as "Candy", that bright, spunky girl from the Japanese animation series of the same name who always hangs on. That was her character in "Shining Inheritance" (SBS), a girl who kept her spirits high and strong despite being kicked out of her house by her stepmother and left to tend to her autistic younger brother. The same can be said for the character she played in MBC period drama "Dong Yi" in which Han started out as a lowly palace maid who rises as the king's favorite concubine,...More