Moon Geun-yeong (문근영)

We came face to face with the original version of a top masterpiece drama called "Closer".

"Closer" is back with its story that sings a variation of tangled love stories of four men and women.

The play has been attracting public attention as actor Eom Gi-joon and actress Moon Geun-yeong play the main characters Dan and Alice respectively.

[Interview : Cho Haeng-deok, Director] "The literary side of this play is brilliant, though it may be difficult for the average audience to understand at first. But, one should be able to understand it fully after watching it twice. Our play should be able to reveal the desires that we all possess, but like to keep to ourselves".

Dan has entered the writers' world by writing a novel about his lover, Alice. But, at the photo shoot for his book cover, he falls in love at first sight with Anna, the photographer.

Alice has a sexy and arrogant impression. She is a carefree strip dancer, and lives with her boy friend Dan. But she falls into a state of confusion as she watches Dan trying to start another love relationship with Anna.

In "Closer", four men and women meet coincidentally, fall in love as if by fate, and get hurt as a consequence of love. The play candidly and sensuously depicts complex emotions like lust and obsession and how they are expressed in real life.

[Interview : Moon Geun-yeong, Actress Role of "Alice"] "I found "Closer" to...More

They're not just pretty boys, yet they're not your typical "beastly", manly men either. So what are they??

There's been a new wave of poster boys in the k-pop industry that have created a new fusion of a category: pretty-beasts (???). Gone are the guys that simply had pretty, delicately-featured faces. Gone are the men that simply boasted their buff arms and abs so defined that they resembled chocolate bars (hence the nickname Koreans use, "chocolate abs"). Demands are rising as now the trend is to have both.

Example number one : BEAST's Lee Ki-kwang
He has that clear milky complexion and moon-shaped eyes when he smiles that's enough to make any young (or old!) woman go weak at the knees. Don't let that baby-face fool you though because as soon as the shirt comes off, it's clear that a big portion of his days are spent at the gym. He's been fast rising not only on the music scene with his group BEAST, but on the small screen as well. He's gained popularity as Kang Sae-ho on "High Kick Through The Roof" and more recently on the new variety programs "Hot Brothers".

Example number two : ...More

Actress Moon Geun-yeong speaks during a press call for play "Closer" held at the Art One Theater in Seoul, South Korea on August 10, 2010. [Lee Ki-bum/Asia Economic Daily]

Korean actress Moon Geun-yeong has confessed that she has been in love before.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday during a press call for play "Closer" in which she takes on the role of strip dancer Alice, the former 'nation's little sister' remarked, "It's not like I haven't ever loved someone before, it's just that I haven't talked about it"...More

Moon Geun-yeong [Lee Ki-bum/Asia Economic Daily]

Actress Moon Geun-yeong poses during a photo session of a press call for play "Closer" held at the Art One Theater in Seoul, South Korea on August 10, 2010...More

In the play "Closer" Moon Geun-yeong's character is a strip dancer.

On one hand, she has a cigarette and is posing holding on to a beer bottle.

Although the cigarette is a fake one, she doesn't really match with her femme fatale look.

She is more appealing when she has the pure innocent childish look....More