Kwon Hyeok-jae (권혁재)

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  'Punch' pushes actor into next phase of his career
  2011/10/20, Source,
  Yoo Ah-in plays a timid young man struggling to come to terms with a family secret in "Punch". By Kwon Hyeok-jae The new film "Punch" does not have an exciting story line, a swirling climax nor a vengeful villain at its center. But it does have the talents of an engaging young actor named Yoo Ah-in, who appears to have lost a bit of his boyish arrogance and is entering a new, more serious phase of his career,...More

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  Korean films at NYAFF 2011 back with a 'Vengeance'
  2011/09/19, Source,
  "Korean films are catching Hollywood's attention", declared Goran Topalovic, "because they are best known for their raw humanity". Topalovic should know. He is a co-founder of the annual New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), one of the city's most singular film festivals focusing on cutting-edge films from Korea, China, and Japan. And this year, with the support of the Korean Cultural Service of New York, the festival introduced an unprecedented number of Korean thrillers, 11 in total, under the synoptic banner, 'Sea of Revenge'.,...More

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  The next K-pop sensation... could be you
  2011/09/13, Source,
  Public ravenous for stars from their midst as reality TV shows saturate market Kim Yong-bum, chief producer of "Superstar K3", said the popularity of eliminator TV shows here is a welcome development, but one that makes his job more pressurized. By Kwon Hyeok-jae After the third episode of Mnet's reality show "Superstar K3" aired on Aug. 26, online portals were brimming with postings trying to guess the secret of one of its contestants, American Chris Golightly. During the preliminary rounds of the eliminator show, which promises to produce Korea's next singing star, clips from Golightly's past were shown from his time as a contestant on another show, "American Idol",...More

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  Japan's 'Cleopatra' heads back to her roots
  2011/08/23, Source,
  Ethnic Korean theater actress Kei Aran to perform in Shakespearean romance in Seoul Kei Aran by Kwon Hyeok-jae The name Kei Aran may not ring a bell to many Koreans, but across the East Sea, the Japanese actress has risen to star status. In 2007, Aran became the first person of Korean descent to assume a lead role in the Takarazuka Revue, one of Japan's leading women's musical theater troupes. Playing a charismatic male character, she quickly grabbed the attention of middle-aged Japanese women,...More