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• Big stars, small screens and a boom in musicals
  2006/12/31 (Source)
  The year 2007 is all about major stars and even bigger budgets.
  Although the Korean pop wave hallyu is losing steam overall, more singers and bands hope to reach all-time high abroad. Local broadcasters have a lineup of top movie stars set to appear in television dramas. The film industry is busy m,...More

• Korea-Japan Pop Culture Exchanges Flourish
  2006/12/31 (Source)
  With Headphones On, Korean, Japanese Teenagers Discount Animosity
  
  By Cathy Rose A. Garcia
  Staff Reporter
  
  When Japanese pop group Arashi arrived for a press conference at Incheon International Airport last July 31, about 2,000 screaming teenage girls greeted them. It was hard to tell who was ,...More

• After 'Battle', Andy Lau Sets Sight on Korean Film
  2006/12/31 (Source)
  By Kim Tae-jong
  Staff Reporter
  
  Hong Kong movie star Andy Lau expressed his hope to star in a Korean film after working with Korean actors in a joint project between three countries: Japan, South Korea and China.
  
  "As the Hong Kong film industry has suffered from the lack of interesting stories,...More

 

• Rain, Jeon Ji-hyeon Top on Fantasy Spouse List
  2006/12/30 (Source)
  A recent survey to uncover the number-one heartthrob for unmarried people shows that single men would most like to marry actress Jeon Ji-hyun and single women would sooner be hitched with singer Rain than any other man.
  
  In the poll of 437 (217 men, 220 women) single members of the matchmaking fir,...More

• Healing Movies
  2006/12/30 (Source)
  It happened once again. People tear apart my heart countless times all throughout the year and I also unconsciously hurt others. And they are mostly someone very close to me.
  
  It is now time to heal these wounds and to prepare for a new year. So, how about wrapping up the year while watching movie,...More

• A wind blew, generations fought, a poet died
  2006/12/29 (Source)
  December 30, 2006 ㅡ It was a quiet year for the publishing industry. No major incidents took place, no shouting between North and South Korean writers on the peak of Mount Baekdu like last year. Nevertheless there were ups and downs. Here are sone key words that sum up Korea's literary scene ,...More

 

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  Korean film industry has lost some sparkle
  2006/12/29 (Source)
  The Korean film industry seemed to be in full bloom in 2006 with hits such as "The Host" and "The Ro,...More

• Korean Singer Star Holds No.1 Song in China
  2006/12/29 (Source)
  Chinese Internet users chose a song from a Korean TV series sung by rising Korean singer Star as the best song from an OST.
  
  In a survey on Korean pop culture, Chinese respondents voted "I think I", the theme song of the Korean TV series "Full House", as the No.1 theme song of the year.
  
  Conduct,...More

• Here Comes 2007
  2006/12/28 (Source)
  By Han Eun-jung
  Staff Reporter
  
  
  More celebrated here than the Western new year is the traditional Korean new year, the first day of the lunar calendar year that falls in February.
  
  This, however, doesn't stop many Koreans from welcoming the first day of the Gregorian Calendar's new year, whic,...More

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