Lee Joon-hyeok (이준혁)

KBS2 "Three Brothers" star Korean actors Ahn Nae-song, Lee Joon-hyeok and Oh Dae-gyoo [KBS2]

KBS weekend drama "Three Brothers" took their fourth consecutive win on television charts last week to maintain the title as the most-watched televised show in the country, according to statistics on Monday.

Numbers by TNS Korea and AGB Nielsen Media Research indicated that the show scored viewership ratings of 35.7 percent and 36.0 percent, respectively, to remain on top of both charts for the week of March 8 to 14....More

The most-watched drama "Three Brothers" [KBS2]

KBS2 weekend drama "Three Brothers" took another win on television charts last week, remaining the most-watched televised show for the third consecutive week, according to statistics on Monday.

Figures by TNS Korea and AGB Nielsen Media Research revealed that the show held fast onto its position atop both charts with viewership ratings of 36.8 percent and 36.3 percent viewership, respectively, for the week of March 1 to 7....More

Korean actors Ahn Nae-sang, Lee Joon-hyeok and Oh Dae-gyoo from weekend drama "Three Brothers" [KBS2]

KBS2 weekend drama "Three Brothers" remained on top of television charts last week for the second consecutive time, polls showed on Tuesday.

Statistics from TNS Korea and AGB Nielsen Media Research revealed that the family drama held onto its position at No. 1 spot on both charts with 34.3 and 32.6 percent viewership ratings, respectively....More

KBS2 weekend drama "Three Brothers" [KBS2]

KBS2 weekend drama "Three Brothers" returned to the top of weekly television charts for the third week of February, according to polls on Monday.

Statistics from TNS Korea and AGB Nielsen Media Research indicated the family drama reclaimed the No. 1 spot on the both charts with viewership ratings of 35.3 percent and 36.2 percent, respectively.

The most-watched TV show focuses on the lives of three brothers played by actors Ahn Nae-sang, Oh Dae-gyoo and Lee Joon-hyeok....More

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Funnyman Im Chang-jeong returns opposite yet another screen beauty, Park Ye-jin, in the slapstick "Fortune Salon". It appears difficult for the "Sex Is Zero" star to shed his typecast character in this half-way sex (rather than romantic) comedy, which rather strenuously tries to show that love (or lust) can prevail in the face of cruel destiny.

But more often than not, fate laughs at chance.
It's a shame because the movie could have done so much more with the classic premise of fate versus free will set against the exotic shamanist subculture that exists in modern Korea. Instead, it makes a disgrace out of one of the oldest traditions/religions here.

South Korea has long been rooted in shamanist beliefs. The fortune-telling market here amasses up to 3 trillion won annuall...More