By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter
At the turn of the new millennium,
Harisu created a sensation as Korea's first transgender-transsexual entertainer. People were shocked to notice her Adams apple ― though it was actually digitally rendered ― in a makeup campaign, but mostly accepted the model-singer-actress as a "woman more beautiful than a woman".
First there is a need to clarify two often interchangeably used terms. A transgender is not necessarily transsexual, since gender refers to self-identification and social roles while sex denotes anatomical differences. The former refers to someone whose sexual identity can be best described as ambiguous since it does not conform to widely accepted gender roles and sexual norms, while the latter is someone who identifies him or herself as a member of the opposite sex.
Someone who was born female but feeling male all his life may prefer to be called a man, and this transsexual may undergo physical oper...
MoreTransgender Jang Chae-won, 26, who became a familiar face after appearing on a popular TV program, was found dead on Friday at her Seoul home in an apparent suicide, the police said.
Quoting her friends, the police said Jang had struggled after breaking up with her boyfriend recently. The police also suspect that the recent death of actress
Choi Jin-sil may have affected her decision to take her own life. Jang reportedly hanged herself, as did Choi, and was found by her friends in the bathroom.
The public an...
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Entertainer
Harisu, who was recently admitted to Jangan University's Entertainment Department with her husband Mickey Jung, will publish her collection of essays entitled '
Harisu Beauty' in Japan in late March.
The essay collection is a comprehensive guide to beauty, diet and fashion and contains photos of Ha shot by Japanese photographer Yamagishi Shin, who visited Korea in December last year.
Yamagishi said he was fascinated by her determination to pursue her desire...
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By Park Si-soo
Staff Reporter
A transgender entertainer unveiled her dream of running a social welfare facility in the near future.
The well-known singer
Harisu, 32, plans to build an orphanage in a rural area to nurture abandoned children and those reeling from financial hardship.
She recently purchased 3,300-square-meter-scale land in Janghowon, Gyeonggi Province, and has studied to win a license regarding community service.
"Running an orphanage has been one of my long-cherished dreams", Ha said. "My husband and mother-in-law, both of whom love to take care of children, also agreed on ...
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Harisu, a celebrity transexual singer and actress, had tears in her eyes last Saturday when she walked down the aisle. It was a dream-come-true day for Ha, who chose to change her sex in 1995. She asked her surgeon, Kim Seok-gwon, who was in charge of the operation, to officiate at the wedding ceremony.
Ha, 32, had a press conference before the wedding. "I want to be a good wife, who cooks well", she said. "I want to be sexy but also a friend to my husband". Ha said she plans to adopt two boys and two girls. "I wanted to adopt 10 kids, but my friends t...
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