Roh Young-sim (노영심)

Sung Si-kyung Bids Farewell to Fans Before Military

2008/06/16 | Source | Permalink |

A farewell with a promise to meet again can be more heartrending than a permanent goodbye as it must last throughout the waiting period. For Sung Si-kyung (29), who is about to start his military service, his just-released sixth album "Here in My Heart" is just that: it's bye for now, but we'll meet again.

In an interview with the Chosun Ilbo, he seems tired. "I'll probably start duty in July, though the date isn't exact", he says. On May 12, he quit the MBC FM late night radio show "Blue Night with Sung Si-kyung", which he had hosted for two years and seven months.

Sung Si-kyung. /Courtesy of Jellyfish Entertainment

"A late-night radio show brings you close to the listeners but further from the world. I quit it early to prepare for the album and concert and look after my health", he says. He has a thesis left to submit to complete his master's at the Korea University Graduate School of Journalism and Mass Communication: it's about the music selection on FM radio.

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Cha, Ha To Bring Tears, Laughter

2008/01/29 | Source | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

As Spring draws near, star actors Cha Tae-hyeon and Ha Ji-won will warm up the season with director's Kim Jeong-kwon's ("Ditto", "A Man Who Went to Mars") latest movie "BA:BO", a heart drenching drama slated for release Feb. 28.

"Fool" is a film adaptation of the explosively popular online cartoon "Babo" (which means "fool" or "oaf" in Korean) by Kang Full. It had millions of Netizens in tears, and the director, also a big fan, describes the movie version as being faithful to the original.

"I cried my eyes out when I read the cartoon", Cha told reporters during a promotional event at a Seoul hotel Monday. "After I was cast for the movie, I thought long and hard about how I would act out the role", said the face of romantic comedies like "My Sassy Girl" and "My Crazy First Love".

Cha takes his goofy guy-next-door image to play the town's jester, Seung-ryong. Once a bright young boy, he suffers a fatal accident, and at age 27 he has the intelli...| More