Lee Byeong-hoon (이병훈)

Korean actress Han Hyo-joo and singer/actor Lee Seung-gi at the promotional event for "Shining Inhertance" [BH Entertainment]

Korean actress Han Hyo-joo was in Japan last week to promote her hit TV series "Shining Inheritance", according to her agency BH Entertainment on Tuesday.

The actress arrived in Japan last Friday for the press conference of "Shining Inhertance" as well as a fan meeting and round table interview....More

Korean actress Han Hyo-joo [BH Entertainment]

Korean actress Han Hyo-joo will visit Japan this week to promote her drama "Shining Inheritance" which began airing in the country on Tuesday.

Her agency BH Entertainment explained Thursday that Han, who played the lead female character Go Eun-sung in the series, is scheduled to arrive in Japan on Friday with co-star Lee Seung-gi for a press conference, hold interviews with some 80 journalists and participate in an event with selected fans....More

The month of March may bring a dilemma to TV viewers deciding which channel to watch, as all three major television networks will start new drama series.

For hanbok-happy watchers, MBC offers the period drama "Dong Yi", while KBS features a present-day show about social climbers, "Birth of a Rich Man".

But in the most significant shift this season, both SBS and MBC will offer dramas with characters who are gay - or at least, in one case, pretending to be.

The historical drama "Dong Yi" is drawing attention for its producer Lee Byeong-hoon, who had a hand in other hit series including the hugely successful "Dae Jang Geum".

Dong Yi is set in the reign of King Sukjong (played by ...More

Entire cast consisting of +60 members came together; including Han Hyo-joo, Ji Jin-hee, Jeong Jin-yeong, Bae Soo-bin, Lee So-yeon, Kim Yoo-seok, Jeong Dong-hwan, Lee Kye-in, Choi Ran, etc.

- Director Lee Byeong-hoon - "I hope people feel happier in 2010 due to 'Dong Yi'".
- Scriptwriter Kim I-yeong - "I will try to write characters that everyone will be glad to portray".

This is the saga of Royal consort Choi, who despite her lowly birth becomes the concubine of King Sukjong and mother of King Youngjo, the 21st king of Joseon. The first script writing for "Dong-yi" was held on the evening of the 4th.

Taking place on the 10th floor of the MBC station in Yeoido, the cast and crew for "Dong Yi" showed their passion for the drama by staying past midnight to finish the reading. Particularly Han Hyo-joo and Ji Jin-hee stayed the entire time studying the script though they don't come out in the first couple of episodes....More

Actors Lee Jong-hyuk (left) and Ji Jin-hee of "Parallel Life" [Lee Jin-hyuk/10Asia]

If your life was exactly the same as someone else's from the past, what would you do? Is it a blessing or a curse -- without having to ride a time machine back in time -- to be able to know what your future holds for you by looking at someone else's life? The film "Parallel Life" begins with an anecdote about U.S. presidents Lincoln and Kennedy. Like the two presidents who lived very similar lives but existed 100 years apart, character Kim Seok-hyun (played by Ji Jin-hee) -- who is the youngest person to be appointed chief prosecuting attorney -- becomes increasingly aware that he is caught up in the whirlwind of the parallel theory. Every circumstance surrounding him runs exactly the same as they did for judge Han Sang-joon, whose entire family was murdered thirty years ago, and hence begins the mind games of Kim Seok-hyun who tries to protect his family....More