** First airs: October 10, 2009
MBC's latest weekend drama "
Creating Destiny" has a new heroine
Yoo Jin who spoke up about her latest project.
The official poster shoot was on the 13th. Singer-turned-actor
Yoo Jin showed up with a clean, bright smile and captivated everyone on the set.
Her character Sangeun immigrated to Australia at a young age and is a promising law student. She has a fiance in Korea, Yeojun (
Ki Tae-yeong), with whom she initially develops a love-hate relationship a la Tom and Jerry. Their love story will be light and entertaining.
Following is the interview with
Yoo Jin.
Q : How does it feel to make a comeback in the MBC weekend drama timeslot after 3 years?
A : "
Really Really Like You" was in the weekend drama timeslot but it had more of a miniseries feel. There were a lot of outdoor scenes and its target audience was a younger crowd. In comparison, "...
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Underground Rendez-vous"), a film set in the 1980s and directed by
Kim Jong-jin, attempts to make it at least a meaningful place where families gather together in a peculiar way.
In the film, Young-tan (
Im Chang-jeong), who lives on an obscure island, has a big dream: becoming a teacher in a big city. Befitting his ambition, he cannot stand anybody near him committing an immoral act. He is, after all, a paragon of morality and virtue who sets high standards in society -- a core quality that he believes he needs to be a good teacher.
The trouble is that he fails to pass every exam he takes to become a teacher. Apparent...
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Staff Reporter
With the two Korean leaders slated to meet for talks in late August, the release of the heartfelt drama "
Underground Rendez-vous" is most timely. Free of political commentaries, the film celebrates universal values of love with a delightfully comical edge as it portrays a family forced to live under unnatural separation.
Set during the early 1980s, "
Underground Rendez-vous" tells the hilarious story of Yeong-tan (
Im Chang-jeong), an aspiring schoolteacher who, caught along a series of mishaps, ends up teaching children in a small mountainous village. Meanwhile, the "real" teacher (Ryoo Seung-bum) who was supposed to move into town is trapped in the middle of nowhere, unable to move his right foot after stepping on a landmine.
All seems swell for Yeong-tan, and he even falls in love with an angelic beauty, Seon-mi (
Park Jin-hee), the sister in law of the town chief (
Im Hyeon-sik). One day, Ye...
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Singer Position (Lim Jae-wook) will participate in the "
Dae Jang Geum" concert slated for August 11 in Japan.
The concert will be dedicated to the popular Korean TV drama "
Dae Jang Geum" and will take place at the Tokyo Dome. Performers will include Shin Seung-hoon and Japanese folk star Ryoko Moriyama.
Position has been staying in Japan since June after giving a solo concert in Korea. He is currently preparing to release a new album in Japan.
The singer's agency said Position will sing "I Love You" at the upcoming concert in Tokyo.
Part one...
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Dae Jang Geum Festival', featuring music and dance, videos, etc. of the most popular Hallyu drama series '
Dae Jang Geum', will be held on August 11th at Tokyo Dome.
The event which is being sponsored by the Korea Tourism Organization will feature the main actors and actresses including
Lee Young-ae,
Ji Jin-hee,
Im Ho,
Kyeon Miri,
Yeo Woon-kye,
Im Hyeon-sik, Jo Jeong-eun, Kim So-i, and others who will greet fans on stage and deliver a mess...
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