Sin Dong-yeop (신동엽)

Korea's 30 Most Influential Pop Culture Figures Released

2006/12/28 | Source | Permalink |

CJ Entertainment Vice Chairwoman Lee Mi-kyeong has been cited as the most influential figure in Korean popular culture, according to the results of the Herald Business Daily's survey of the country's top 30 pop icons released on Thursday.

The business daily said that the survey was conducted on a professional group of 30 film producers and distributors, management company chiefs, broadcasting producers, music producers and film directors, and its own culture and entertainment reporters.

Orion Group President Lee Hwa-kyung dropped from her top spot last year to second place this year. Getting closer to becoming a world star with his successful performance in New York, "Rain" made the most impressive progress by jumping to third place from 12th place last year. JYP executive and music producer Park Jin-young, who has been instrumental to Rain's success, came in 8th.

SM Entertainment executive Lee Soo-man grabbed the 5th spot, and SM Entertainment's teen idol group TVXQ came in a...| More

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Jang, Han Top Actors of 2nd Half

2006/12/14 | Source | Permalink |

Actor Jang Dong-gun and actress Han Ga-in have earned the most votes in a recent popularity survey. "Rain" and Lee Hyo-lee topped the singers' list and Yoo Jae-seok and Jo Hye-ryeon took the comedian vote.

The results come from a September survey conducted by a marketing research firm on 1,400 Korean men and women in five major cities.

Among actors, Jang, with 23 percent of the votes, again ranked atop the poll as he did in the year's first half. Trailing behind was Ahn Seong-gi (9.5%), Song Il-gook (8.9%), Lee Joon-ki (5.3%) and Han Seok-kyu (5.2%). Kwon Sang-woo, Kang Dong-won, Bae Yong-joon, Choi Soo-jong and Won Bin rounded out the top ten.

In the actress category, Han Ga-in led the group with 9.5 percent followed by Kim Tae-hee (8%), Lee Young-ae (7.9%), Kim Hye-soo (7.0%), Song Hye-kyo and Jeon Ji-hyeon with a tie, Lee Na-young, Lee Mi-yeon, Han Hye-jin and Jeon Do-yeon.

Among male singers, Rain garnered 20 percent of the votes trailed by trot singers Tae Jin-a (8.7%)...| More

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go song il gook and han hye jin. keep up the good work. mc24 2007-06-28 03:23:31 viv 2006-12-14 16:34:57 Keep up excellent work Kwon Sangwoo.