| [TALK OF THE TOWN] Dongbangsingi sweeps Mnet KM awards as Big Bang melts hearts |
2008/11/18 |
The 10th Mnet KM Music Festival was held at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium in central Seoul last Saturday.
The gold prize went to Dongbangsingi, Big Bang and Wonder Girls.
Dongbangsingi, a pop group consisting of five members, won the most awards - five, including the Album Award and Mobile Popula... |More |
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| Actor Kim Wins Top Prize at Korea Drama Festival Awards |
2008/11/02 |
By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter
Actor Kim Myeong-min won the top prize at the 2008 Korea Drama Festival for his role as Maestro Kang (affectionately called "Kang Mae") in the hit drama "Beethoven Virus".
The Korea Drama Awards opened the five-day festival, which kicked off Saturday in Jinju,... |More |
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| [ChanMi's drama news] Eom Tae-woong - Lee Yeong-jin couple in new drama, "Matjjang" |
2008/09/30 |
Star couple Eom Tae-w... |More
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| [ChanMi's star news] Kim Ji-soo wipes away orphans' tears |
2008/09/28 |
Actress Kim Ji-soo wipes away orphans' tears.... |More
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| Actress Hwang Sin-Hye to Host Talk Show |
2008/09/21 |
A dazzling South Korean actress Hwang Sin-Hye (sometimes Hwang Cine or Hwang Shin-Hae) met with her fans in a Seoul studio on Sept. 22, 2008.
During her meeting Hwang said that she would be the host of a variety talk show "The Queen" to be aired on Sept. 23, 2008 by a local cable channel "tvN".
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| Actress Hwang Sin-hye to Host Talk Show on tvN |
2008/09/10 |
Actress Hwang Sin-hye will host a new talk show entitled "The Queen" on the cable channel tvN.
"The Queen", which will begin airing on September 23 at 11:00 p.m., is a variety talk show that will feature behind-the-scene stories of celebrities, social issues, latest trends and fashion.
Other c... |More |
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| '180 Minutes' Offers Experimental Show |
2008/09/07 |
By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter
Korea boasts a number of variety shows in both network and cable channels. The longest, and hopefully entertaining, one will greet fans every Saturday night with cable channel tvN's "180 Minutes". The three-hour show will bring three colorful sections: "My Wife Go... |More |
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| Horror TV Programs to Chill Summer Nights |
2008/07/15 |
By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter
Do you need a break from the hot summer season? Public and cable television broadcasters have prepared horror programs just for the occasion.
The Korea Broadcasting System (KBS) is offering a polished version of "Korean Ghost Stories", a local horror program th... |More |
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| Investigation Program to Boom on Cable TV |
2008/05/20 |
By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter
Investigation dramas are the trend on cable television screens. But instead of the ordinary cat-and-mouse plots, various headways are under way.
Korean fans have been loyal to these programs ― from "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", and "Cold Case" to "With... |More |
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| Reality Programs Hit Cable Television |
2008/04/29 |
By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter
The trend on television these days is "reality" and these are beginning to dominate productions.
Reality shows depict the stories of people of their lives. Unlike a drama or a talk show, the flow is more natural and most importantly, unpredictable. The programs... |More |
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| Actor Hong Seok-Cheon to Host 'Coming Out' |
2008/04/13 |
By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter
Hong Seok-Cheon, the first Korean actor to publicly "come out of the closet", is hosting his own television talk show, "Coming Out", a program that features the lives of homosexuals.
Hong will be hosting the program with actress Jeong Kyeong-soon on cable chann... |More |
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| Bae Yong-joon's guarantee is equal to the sum of Rain and Boa's annual salary!! |
2008/02/28 |
"He is not a mere actor; he is Bae Yong-joon!!"
The Korean Wave star, Bae Yong-joon's annual income was revealed to be around 43.2 billion-won (~$US 43,200,000).
A cable channel, tvN's "E-News" released a list of annual incomes of a number of celebrities and Bae Yong-joon was ranked 1st in th... |More |
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| Everyone loves a good TV murder |
2007/11/28 |
Korean sleuths outdo American 'CSI' as crime shows reveal Korean underworld
Investigating a crime scene is no longer the jurisdiction of just the police. Thanks to the never-ending supply of criminal investigation television series, viewers are now armchair experts on fingerprinting, reading bl... |More |
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| [TV Review] A conversation about age has a serious side |
2007/06/20 |
"Love Roulette, Older Women and Younger Men", a new matchmaking show. [tvN]
On a recent Friday night, I had no desire to discuss the future of Korea, but that was exactly what I ended up doing, after my boyfriend's professor started asking me how I rate the hopefuls in the presidential election.... |More |
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| Popular cable shows target single women |
2007/06/12 |
Women in their 20s and 30s are now in control of the remote and the commercial market.
While Korean network television is still struggling to air new entertainment for the masses, cable television is blazing its own trail, capturing audiences with a mix of foreign and local programs in tune with ... |More |
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