Choi Jeong-yoon (최정윤)

Actress Lee Min-jeong and actor Jeong Kyeong-ho shoot a scene for TV series "Smile, Love" at a repair shop in Seoul, South Korea on February 5, 2010. [SBS]

SBS TV series "Smile, Love"
- Have you ever seen an outdoor wedding held in subzero weather?

One February day which feels about ten degrees below zero celcius, guests are filling up the front yard of "Seungri Car Center" where a biting wind is blowing from the nearby Han River. Character Jung-in (played by Lee Min-jeong), who met Hyun-soo (played by Jeong Kyeong-ho) the day she broke off her engagement with Han-se (played by Lee Kyoo-han), will finally be wearing a wedding dress again....More

Actresses are busy picking dresses for award ceremonies especially as the year is ending and the dates are coming up. Recently, Yoo Jin and Choi Jeong-yoon wore the same dress. The two even were MCs for the ceremonies with this dress on.

Yoo Jin wore this for the 3rd 2008 Seoul Drama Awards. Choi Jeong-yoon wore this on the 8th at the 2nd Seould International Family Film Festival....More

Hit American television dramas are now being challenged by their Korean counterparts. Recently, a string of Korean dramas that include characters like federal investigators, police chiefs and emergency room doctors are appearing one by one. The dramas, being compared to the American dramas they modeled their plots around, are stirring up controversy and generating both negative and positive feedback.
On the one hand, some viewers say that these dramas present a fresh and innovative format.
Others however, are criticizing the producers saying they are ripping off ideas and that these dramas lack quality. The producers defend themselves by saying that as Hollywood has been making dramas for decades, the subject matter and formats are bound to overlap with Korean dramas. They also said that the important thing to look for in these dramas is how they adapt American elements to fit Korea.

Korean Network Television vs. American Dramas

The MBC drama "H.I.T" (Homicide Investigation Team) has been compared to the American drama "CSI (Crime Scene Investigation)" from the get go. At present, the drama is holding steady with a 16 to 18 percent viewership.
Since the long-running show, "Susabanjang", centering around a police station, went off the air in 1989, there hasn't been a hit crime drama on Korean television.
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