Jeong Hoon-tak (정훈탁)

iHQ Co-produces English Language film with Taiwan

2007/10/19 | Source | Permalink |

Korean iHQ chose the Pusan International Film Festival to present the Taiwanese Co-production project Island. The English language film is slated for next year summer.

Taiwanese Leste Chen will direct the scenario of Korean KO Jeong-woon about two couples who visit a deserted island. The island replicates its visitors and adds a murderous touch. KO previously penned "Bystanders" ("Diary of June").

iHQ is joined by Korean Generation Blue and Taiwanese Three Dots Entertainment. iHQ's JEONG Hoon-tak ("Teddy") will be executive producer together with Peter Kimcho of Generation Blue.


Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)...| More

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Jang Dong-gun, Bae Yong-joon and others awarded at the First Annual Hallyu Awards

2007/05/16 | Source | Permalink |

The Korean Entertainment Industry Society selected Jang Dong-gun, Bae Yong-joon, and 21 others to be awarded at the first Hallyu Awards.

In the star category, Jang Dong-gun and Jeon Ji-Hyeon (movie), Bae Yong-joon and Lee Young-Ae (drama), "Rain" and BoA (music), Kim Nam Cheol (game) and others were awarded.

In the production planning category, Director Bong Joon-Ho (movie), Production Director Yoon Seok-Ho (drama), SM Entertainment CEO Lee Soo-Man (music), NCSoft CEO Kim Taek Jin (game) were selected while Kim Kwang Soo of Mnet Media (drama), JYP Entertainment CEO Park Jin Young (music), Nexon CEO Kwon Joon Mo (game) were awarded under the marketing category.

Also, in the corporation category, SidusHQ CEO Jeong Hoon-Tak and CJ Entertainment CEO Kim Joo-Sung (movie), CEO Kim Jong Hak of Kim Jong-Hak Productions (drama), SM Entertainment CEO Lee Soo Man (music), and Webzen CEO Kim Nam Joo (game) were awarded.

The special contribution award was presented to Designer Andre Kim...| More

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what about kwong sang-woo? Exasperated! ah mar 2007-05-22 18:29:55 eilyn510 2007-05-21 21:51:39 why is song hye kyo not included in the awards? just curious...

Korea's 30 Most Influential Pop Culture Figures Released

2006/12/28 | Source | Permalink |

CJ Entertainment Vice Chairwoman Lee Mi-kyeong has been cited as the most influential figure in Korean popular culture, according to the results of the Herald Business Daily's survey of the country's top 30 pop icons released on Thursday.

The business daily said that the survey was conducted on a professional group of 30 film producers and distributors, management company chiefs, broadcasting producers, music producers and film directors, and its own culture and entertainment reporters.

Orion Group President Lee Hwa-kyung dropped from her top spot last year to second place this year. Getting closer to becoming a world star with his successful performance in New York, "Rain" made the most impressive progress by jumping to third place from 12th place last year. JYP executive and music producer Park Jin-young, who has been instrumental to Rain's success, came in 8th.

SM Entertainment executive Lee Soo-man grabbed the 5th spot, and SM Entertainment's teen idol group TVXQ came in a...| More

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'Windstruck' to Premier in Hong Kong

2004/05/28 | Source | Permalink |

All eyes are to Hong Kong as Chow Yun-fat is expected to attend a premier of the Korean movie "Windstruck" which will be held at the IFC building at 9:00 p.m. on Friday (local time). The movie starring Jeon Ji-hyun and Jang Hyuk is the first Korean movie to hold its premier abroad.
Chow Yun-fat, one of Hong Kong's most famous actors, was invited to the premier by Bill Kong, head of Hong Kong's Edko Films, which is a producer and distributor of the movie. He will also have a brief meeting with Jeon and Jang after the premier.

Jeon and Jang were warmly welcomed by more than 1000 Hong Kong fans at the Chep Lap Kok International airport upon their arrival on Wednesday. On Thursday, they appeared in a special program on TVB, Hong Kong's major broadcasting company, and had time to introduce the movie and talk with their fans. This video-recorded program will be broadcasted in two series next week.

Jeong Hoon-tak, head of the Korean producer iFilm, said, "For the first ti...| More

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