Park Eun-hye (박은혜)

Meet 100 celebrities at Korea 100 Sparkles Online Festival

Source | 2009/09/24 | 0 comments | Permalink |

The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO, CEO Lee Charm) has launched the second phase of its global tourism promotion campaign, which promotes Visit Korea 2010-2012 and enhances Korea's image as a tourist destination.

The first phase, Korea's Bright Sparks, was launched in July 2009 with Yahoo!, and it was participated in by 800,000 netizens from China, Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan. During the campaign, Park Yong-Ha, Jun Jin, and 'Andy' were voted as the Korean Hallyu stars that Asia's netizens most wanted to meet.

Capitalizing on the momentum generated by this first phase, the KTO is now launching the second phase of the campaign, 100 Sparkling Stories. Through the KTO and Yahoo!'s campaign microsite (http://www.korea100sparkles.com), this phase promotes various attractions such as the Visit Korea Year event, Seven Luck Casino, Incheon, Gangwon-do Province, and Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, and also contains travel columns on attractions such as beauty services. On this microsite, 100 ...| More

Stars Putting Their Fame to Good Use

Source | 2009/07/26 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter

Many events, organizations and public groups hire celebrities, both popular and up-and-coming, to act as spokespersons and goodwill ambassadors, and the reason is simple: They attract attention.

"It's all about the attention effect. The main goal for an advertisement or a promotion would be actual purchasing or participation. But before that, you have to attract people to get them involved. Hiring big stars is indeed one of the most effective ways to catch the public's attention", professor Kang Seung-koo of the Media Arts and Science Department at Korea Open University told The Korea Times.

One of the busiest stars here, 'Rain', already has three commercial contracts under his belt. He holds two important posts, as spokesman for both Seoul City and "hansik", or Korean food, tapped by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

"There have been various offers, and we choose depending on the image and cause. 'Rain' always menti...| More

Three Korean movies invited to the London Film Festival

Source | 2008/09/18 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Three Korean films, including the much-acclaimed "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" (directed by Kim Ji-woon), have been invited to the The Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival (LFF) to be held in Britain from Oct. 15 to 30.

According to the list of films invited to this year's festival released on the LFF Secretariat's webpage, "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" was invited to the "Film on the Square" division and two other Korean films, "Night and Day" (directed by Hong Sang-soo) and "Hansel and Gretel" (directed by Lim Pil-seong) were invited to the "World Cinema" division.

The "Film on the Square" section introduces noticeable new releases around the world, while the "World Cinema" division shows movies that reflect the current trends in cinema.

"The Good, the Bad, the Weird" was inspired by Sergio Leone's classic 1966 spaghetti Western The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, starring Clint Eastwood.

The story line follows three Korean men and their entanglement with the Japanese army,...| More

[ChanMi's star news] Actress Park Eun-hye will be a mom!

Source | 2008/07/25 | 0 comments | Permalink |

She married last April and is known to be expecting a honeymoon baby!

Park Eun-hye has been to Fiji Island for a photoshoot with her husband where she went to the hospital for a brief checkup where she foundout that she was 10 weeks pregnant! ...| More

Lee Young-ae, Park Eun-hye, Han Ji-min... "One man's women"

Source | 2008/07/03 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Inside of Director Lee Byeong-hoon's works, there are noticeable actresses.

Actresses such as Lee Young-ae, Hwang Soo-jeong, Park Eun-hye, and Han Ji-min have formed a upright image as a top star through Director Lee Byeong-hoon's historical dramas. Actresses that have gone through 'Midas' hands' are all brilliant.

MBC "Dae Jang Geum"is a rare work that has spread to the world. And Lee Young-ae is in the midst of that. Lee Young-ae, who has laid the foundation for her image as a court lady and a nurse in "Dae Jang Geum", became a national actress and a worldwide star.

Park Eun-hye is also a regular of 'Lee Byeong-hoon's historical dramas'. She fulfilled grave roles in "Dae Jang Geum" and "Yi San", and hardened her image as an all-around actress while acting in both historical and modern dramas. She said, "I am thankful to Director Lee. After "Yi San" ended, I went to him to thank him. He said that everything was good, so I was satisfied".

Hwang Soo-jeong also rose to stardo...| More