Yeo Woon-kye (故 여운계)

Korean actor Lee Byeong-Heon at 2009 KBS Acting Awards [KBS]

Top Korean actor Lee Byeong-Heon won three awards -- including the grand prize -- at the 2009 KBS Acting Awards, held at KBS Open Hall on December 31.

Lee was awarded the top acting prize of the year for his role in blockbuster drama "IRIS" and also won the Best Couple and Netizens' Choice awards.

"I started acting at KBS", said the actor in his acceptance speech. "When I had just debuted at KBS I heard about the acting awards.. I wondered if I would ever be able to go up on that stage. The very next year, I won the Best New Actor award".

He went on to say, "And now I've won Grand Prize on this stage. I'm very touched". He thanked the staff, actress Su-ae who -- believing Lee would win -- sent him a congratulatory text message in advance and his mother....More

Scenes from the movie "Actresses", which stars Yoon Yeo-jeong, Lee Mi-sook, Ko Hyeon-jeong, Choi Ji-woo, Kim Min-hee and Kim Ok-bin, have drawn viewers' attention with their true-to-life portrayals of the actresses' lives. Sometimes it is even hard to tell the difference between fiction and reality.

Ko Hyeon-jeong says actresses cannot always pretend to be on good terms with one another because reality is very different. Here's what these top actresses had to say about their lives in accounts that were sometimes amusing and sometimes moving.

◇ Generation gap
Kim Ok-bin, who is the youngest, waits in her car when she arrives at the film set early. When Yoon Yeo-jeong arrives, she calls her "Master Yeo Woon-kye". When Yoon Yeo-jeong mentions her drama "Chang Hee-bin", Kim Ok-bin asks her what role she played in it. When the two meet in the hall and ...More

Top actress Lee Young-ae has surprised even the show bisuness world with the news about her secret wedding. Even people close to her learned about her wedding, which she thoroughly kept under covers, from the news.

Actor Oh Jae-hyeong, who is close with Lee, said in a telephone interview with Yonhap News on August 25 that he was very surprised and that he hadn't heard from Lee since last year.

Fashion columnist Shim Woo-chan, who worked with Lee on her photo album, was also surprised to hear the news.

The actress was able to keep her wedding under wraps by holding the ceremony in the U.S. and staying away from the public eye since her last movi...More

A big star, Yeo Woon-kye who brought the audience joy and entertainment through her acting has left us after a battle with lung cancer.

She has been fighting this disease since 2007 and has been worsening in her conditions.

The funeral will be held on the 25th and many stars have already come to say their farewells in the hospital....More

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Actress Yeo Woon-kye, who had been battling lung cancer, passed away around 8 p.m., Friday, at Incheon Catholic Medical Center. She was 69.

In 2007, the veteran TV personality had been diagnosed with kidney cancer while shooting the SBS drama "King and I", but continued taking on her signature feisty grandmother roles. She had apparently recovered, and the husky-voiced actress had been starring in the ongoing "Janghwa and Hongryeon" (KBS2).

She had to quit the show however due to pneumonia, which was later determined to have been a side effect of cancer metastases. The kidney cancer had apparently spread to her lungs and Yeo was checked into an intensive care unit earlier this month. According to local re...More