Sin Ae-ra (신애라)

2008/01/31 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Cha In-pyo - Sin Ae-ra couple, who are well-known for their commitments to charitable works, have adopted their second child.

In 2005, they have adopted a month old girl and on 2nd January 2008, they have adopted their second daughter through Seoul Yek-sam-dong Dae-han Social Welfare Association.

The couple married in 1995 and had their first son Jung-min (10) and adopted their second and third child, Ye-eun and Ye-jin.

As devoted Christians, the couple named their child 'Ye-eun' meaning blessing from Jesus and 'Ye-jin' meaning the ultimate truth revealed by Jesus. On 28th, Sin Ae-ra said, "I'm delighted to give a young sister to Ye-eun. The correct terminology is the 1st and 2nd adoption and I think the process of 1st adoption is much harder and complicated while the 2nd adoption comes rather naturally".
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2008/01/30 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Married actors Cha In-pyo, 41, and actress Sin Ae-ra, 39, adopted a 3-month-old girl as their third child. The couple has named the baby girl Cha Ye-jin.
"Through adoption, a child learns love and so does her new family", Sin said.
The couple was inspired to adopt Ye-jin while volunteering at the Social Welfare Society, a government-funded organization. Cha and Sin are regular volunteers.
Ye-jin is the couple's second adopted child. In 2005, Cha and Shin adopted a baby girl and named her Ye-eun. She is now four years old.
Sin also has a biological son, Jung-min, 11.


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2008/01/29 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Celebrity couple Cha In-pyo and Sin Ae-ra have adopted another child following their first adoption of a baby girl.

The couple adopted a 100-day-old baby girl earlier this month.

Cha said he and his wife didn't publicize their adoption because it was their second adoption and they were sure the news would spread naturally.

The couple married in 1995 and had a son before they adopted a daughter. They named their first adopted child Ye-eun and their second daughter Ye-jin.

Both babies were adopted via the Social Welfare Society....

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2008/01/29 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

By Kwon Mee-yoo
Staff Reporter

Celebrity couple Cha In-pyo and Sin Ae-ra adopted a three-month-old baby girl, Jan. 2.

The baby, named Ye-jin, is the third for the couple -- they already adopted a one-month-old baby girl in December 2005 in addition to their first child, a boy born to them. The news was a surprise for Korean society where domestic adoption is still rare.

They have said that they gave birth to their adopted daughter not though their body but through their heart.

"We announced our first adoption to the public. But this is the second time and we expected the news to spread naturally", said Cha in a telephone interview with Yonhap News.

The two first met in the MBC soap opera "Love in Your Arms" (1994), where they starred as a couple. Married in 1995, the couple is known for their volunteer work as well as their acting career.

Both of their adoptions were through the Social Welfare Society, where Sin is a volunteer. She is also a goodwill ambassador for C...

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'Agnes of God' is a play by John Pielmeier which tells the story of a novice nun who gets impregnated by an unknown entity and gives birth. The newborn is later found dead in a convent room in a wastebasket, asphyxiated.

Two questions--'who killed the baby' and 'who is the father'--make for much of the mystery of the drama. The play also examines the unavoidable questions on the relationship between man and god, religion and science and the cruel realities women must face.

First staged in the United States in 1981, the play received rave reviews from around the world. The play was made into a Hollywood film in 1985, earning Anne Bancroft an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Mother Miriam Ruth. Meg Tilly, who played Sister Agnes in the film, received the New Actress Award.

The play was first staged in Korea in 1982. Celebrated stage actress Yoon Seok-hwa, who was a newcomer at the time, became an overnight star for her role as Sister Agnes. Other actresses have sin...

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