Oh Kwang-rok (오광록)

From left, actors Kim Chang-wan, Lee Yeong-ha and Oh Kwang-rok [Chae Ki-won/10Asia]

Press conference for the play "A Nap"

The meeting of a film director and a theatrical play. The press conference for the play "A Nap" -- the second project of the "Director comes to the stage" series -- was held February 9 at Seoul's Baekam Art Hall. Based on the short story of the same title by Park Min-gyu, "A Nap" is a theatrical play directed by filmmaker Heo Jin-ho, who is known for his unique lyricism seen in films such as "Christmas in August" and "One Fine Spring Day". The play depicts a romance between two characters in the twilight years of their life -- the shy boy Young-jin and the girl Yi-sun who was everybody's sweetheart -- and goes back and forth in time, from the past to the present. The play has drawn much attention not only because it is directed by filmmaker Heo Jin-ho but also because of its cast; veteran actors Lee Yeong-ha, Kim Chang-wan and Oh Kwang-rok will play the lead role of Hahn Young-jin while Super Junior member Kim Ki-beom has been cast to portray the boy version of Young-jin....More

Actor Oh Kwang-rok has been taken to court for his use of drugs!

He has been released from the detention jail last July...More

April of 1997, the Lee Tae Won Hamburger murder scandal is the main story of this new film, "The Case of Itaewon Homicide". The teaser poster with Jang Geun-seok as the psycho killer is out!

This scandal has been a big issue in that year that a college student has been killed for fun. The mystery story is about Korean American teens who blamed each other as the killer and the truth to be revealed through this survival game.

Here, Jang is the Korean American young man Pearsen who has...More

By Kim Rahn
Staff Reporter

Actress Kim Boo-seon's calls on national TV for marijuana use to be legalized are causing a public uproar.

In a pre-recorded interview on MBC's live morning show on Friday, the 46-year-old, who has advocated the legalization of the drug, said, "Marijuana is not a narcotic; it is technically an Oriental herbal medicine which Koreans have used for 5,000 years".

Kim, who has been arrested for marijuana use several times, launched a campaign for the drug's legalization in 2004 after being sentenced to a suspended jail term. She then filed a petition with the Constitutional Court for a revie...More

By Bae Ji-sook

Staff Reporter



Popular actor Oh Kwang-rok, most famous for his role in "Taewangsasingi" ("The Legend")' as a wise man, was arrested Thursday for smoking marijuana, police said Friday. 

According to Namdaemun Police Station, Oh is suspected of having smoked marijuana on several occasions, including once in February at his house in Seoul. He allegedly smoked with the head of an unidentified information-technology ...More