Head of YG Entertainment, Yang Hyun-suk revealed that when the group Big Bang, belonging to his agency was caught up in the infamous scandals last year, he had a seizure...More

So Ji-sub and Han Hyo-joo

To mark the Japanese premiere of their hit film "Always", actors So Ji-sub and Han Hyo-joo will attend a meet-and-greet event with fans on June 7 in Tokyo.

The announcement was made on Saturday through the official Web site of the Korean movie that is set to open in cinemas in Japan on June 30...More

Actor Lee Joon-ki revealed pictures from his recent trip to Canada, just months after being discharged from the Army.

Shots of Lee's downtime in British Columbia can be seen in the June edition of beauty and lifestyle magazine Allure Korea...More

Makeup artist Kim Sun-hee, left, shows an audience the distinctive styles of Korean actresses and pop singers during a Hallyu Makeup Class held at the Seoul Global Culture and Tourism Center in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, Thursday. Korea Times

Hallyu boosts interest in Korean makeup skills

By Kim Bo-eun

There was a buzz of excitement in the room, where a dozen or so women of diverse skin colors and facial features waited for the hallyu, or Korean wave, makeup class to start.

The event was held Thursday by the Seoul Tourism Organization at the Seoul Global Culture and Tourism Center in Myeong-dong, central Seoul, to meet the growing interests of foreign tourists in Korean beauty products and makeup skills...More

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

Singer Son Dam-bi (left) and actress So Yoo-jin pose at the wedding of comedian Jeong Joon-ha at a hotel in Seoul on Sunday...More

It's been more than a decade since the Korean Wave started to gain momentum in the Philippines, and saying that it's reached mainstream success would be an understatement.
For university students like Bianca, what started as an infatuation a few years ago has evolved into a deep passion for Korean culture.

[Interview : Bianca, College Student] "I think that Korean culture sticks to their tradition and that's what I see through the music and through the movies and the dramas that I see"...More

For weeks, paper lanterns have been going up along streets, around temples, and in many other public spaces all across the country. Bearing a passing resemblance to Christmas lights, these lanterns celebrate the birthday of Prince Siddhartha Gautama (Gautama Buddha), the spiritual teacher on whose teachings the Buddhist religion is based. Last week marked the beginning of Yeondeunghoe, Korea's main Lotus Lantern Festival.

The festival offers many events leading up to Buddha's Birthday, which falls on May 28 this year...More