TV personalities, actresses use star power to persuade fans to lead more eco-friendly lives
With their packed schedules, celebrities undoubtedly have a lot to worry about. But some have managed to find time for an interest entirely unrelated to fashion disasters or TV show shoots - the planet.
Most recently, actress
Kim Hyeon-joo, who appeared in the TV dramas
"The Partner" and "
Boys over Flowers" last year, spent time with 200 fans at a small club located in Sangsu-dong near Hongik University, in central Seoul. There, she demonstrated how to make eco-friendly shopping bags with a sewing machine.
The 32-year-old actress often says, "You can care for the environment by maki...
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Actress Park Ye-jin has been called as an guardian angel for the babies waiting to be adopted.
She was promoting the event "Angel Letters - Hug" that also opened the "Gallery of Love" for the 7th time. The photographer Jo Se-hyeon has ...More
Actress Kim Hyeon-joo has been touring Canada!
Before starting the drama, "The Partner" this photoshoot was planned, she could finally go there after the drama.
The concept was to be clean and natural. The magazine SURE starred this actress on its October issue.
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By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter
Supporting actors appearing in local dramas have begun unleashing their charms, and more viewers are starting to recognize their presence.
MBC's hit drama "
Queen Seon-deok" boasts a lineup of interesting characters surrounding the main character, Deok-man, played by
Lee Yo-won, who later becomes the first queen in Korea's history.
Lee is not the only actress enjoying the spotlight, as many viewers have taken notice of the villain, Mi-shil, played by
Ko Hyeon-jeong.
Mi-shil dreams of becoming queen, but fails when Seondoek makes a splash in political circles. Ko, who is well known for her sweet and tender roles, has successfully transformed herself into the ambitious Mi-shil, who tries to scheme and threaten her way to the throne.
MBC explained before the drama's airing that Ko was originally offered the role of Seondeok, but she actually chose to take the part of the femme fatale after reading the script.
"I thought acting a very clear character would be better for me. I'm breaking out of my original roles, which were balanced and had a certain rhythm. I will do my best not to lose the viewers' attention", Ko said at a press confer...
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Staff Reporter
Which will it be _ teenage love and friendship, or the real, yet humorous lives of ruthless lawyers? Television fans will now have the chance to explore the two different worlds with the new dramas "Friends, Our Story" on MBC and
"The Partner" on KBS2.
With heartthrobs
Hyeon Bin and
Kim Min-joon as the attractive, yet troubled protagonists, "Friends, Our Story" is the drama version of the mega-hit film
"Friend" (2001). The sequel will offer the same dramatic plots revolving around teenage friends and move on to their love lives and other untold stories that were absent in the movie. In the film, top Korean actor
Jang Dong-gun played the part of
Hyeon Bin, and
Yoo Oh-seong appeared as Kim.
The movie-turned-drama was made possible after
Kwak Gyeong-taek, the director of the film and now the drama, decided to bring the popular plot back, this time to television screens.
"While I was thi...
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