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Park Ye-jin, joins Bae Yong-joon at BOF

Source | 2007/05/30 | Permalink |

Actress Park Ye-jin who is currently starring in the KBS drama series 'Dae Jo Yeong' has joined Bae Yong-joon and Lee Na-young and others at BOF.

Bae Yong-joon's agency BOF announced on the 29th, "We have signed an agency agreement with Park Ye-jin". BOF currently manages Bae Yong-joon, Lee Na-young, So Ji-sub, Heo I-jae, Hong Soo-Hyeon, Shim Ji-Ho, and others.

Park Ye-jin who debuted in 1998 through the movie 'Memento Mori' also starred in 'Something Happened in Bali' and other various series and is currently playing a strong female fighter in 'Dae Jo Young'. Park Ye-jin has also been cast as the main female lead in the upcoming tvN drama series 'The Great Catsby', and will be co-starred by MC Mong and Kang Kyeong-Joon....| More

Call for cartoon, animation, and character works: Korea Cartoon-Animation-Character Awards

Source | 2006/11/02 | Permalink |

Hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Minister: Kim, Myeong-Kon) and the Korea Culture and Content Agency (KOCCA, CEO: Suh, Byung-Moon), the 2006 Korea Cartoon-Animation-Character Awards is now calling for the best cartoons, animations and characters.

Those who want to participate in the awards may download the application form on KOCCA's website ( http://www.kocca.or.kr ) from Nov. 8 to 10, 5 PM. All the specified requirements along with the fully accomplished application form should either be personally submitted or mailed.

Results will be announced in mid-November on KOCCA's website. The awarding ceremony will be held on Dec. 6 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

Last year's Korea Cartoon-Animation-Character Award honored "The Great Catsby" (Kang, Do-Ha), King of Cards: MIXMASTER (Sun Woo Entertainment) and Pucca (VOOZ).

The Source : Koreacontent News Team...| More

Korean Manhwa Takes on Japanese Manga in New York

Source | 2006/04/10 | Permalink |

Korea has made extraordinary progress in translating and introducing its vital tradition of comics and graphic novels right here in the United States. Whereas the Japanese pronunciation "manga" had been the only term that American aficionados of Asian comics knew for Asian comics, the Korean term "manhwa" is increasingly heard in metropolises like New York.

Just duck into Midtown Comics in Manhattan, a Mecca for comics lovers right in the Big Apple, and you will see the experts swarming around the Korean manhwa. One diehard fan of Japanese manga who has been a regular at Midtown Comics confessed that when he savors the most recent Korean manhwa, he finds himself in another world, oblivious to the passage of time. "Unlike Japanese manga, manhwa are read from left to right. This oddly similar feature gives a fresh cultural shock to the reader", he explained.

As soon as he enters the enormous comic book room on the second floor, this savvy reader picks up the best-seller "Priest". T...| More