All In (Drama - 2003)

Korean actress Song Hye-kyo [SidusHQ]

Korean actress Song Hye-kyo may be returning to the big screen through a new film by director Lee Jeong-hyang , best-known for 2002 hit pic "The Way Home".

"She is considering appearing in director Lee Jeong-hyang 's new film but it has not been finalized", an official at Song's agency Eden 9 Entertainment told Asia Economic Daily over the phone on Tuesday. "It is hard to decide on her next project since we have not been notified of when the movie she is currently filming in China will end"##.

Lee Jeong-hyang 's upcoming movie, which remains untitled, is a story about the conflicts and growth a television producer exper... |More

Actress Song Hye-kyo [Lee Ki-bum/Asia Economic Daily]

Song Hye-kyo's agency has again denied a report that the actress has been cast in a Chinese film alongside American actor Wentworth Miller.

"It is not true that she has received an offer to be cast in the movie", an official at Song's agency SidusHQ told Asia Economic Daily over the phone on Tuesday, responding to an article by local sports daily Chosun Sports saying the actress was being considered for a role in "Ji Xian Feng"##.

"We didn't even know such a movie existed and found out that it was going into production only through other news reports", added the SidusHQ official.

The report by Ch... |More

Lee Byeong-heon [Asia Economic Daily]

Hallyu star Lee Byeong-heon's former girlfriend has requested for a new date of pleading to be set last minute, resuming a half-year long legal battle against the actor which was thought to have been withdrawn.

"In the afternoon, we received a mail from her containing an application for a third trial regarding the compensation suit she filed against Lee", Judge Jung Hyun-myung at the Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office said late on Monday, adding a new date of hearing would be set the following day##.

The court had decided earlier in the day to conclude that a civil suit that Lee's ex-girlfriend, a Canadian-American woman... |More

Actor Lee Byeong-heon [Asia Economic Daily]

Top Korean actor Lee Byeong-heon's legal woes surrounding a former girlfriend have been settled, his agency said on Monday.

According to BH Entertainment, the Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office concluded that a civil suit, filed against Lee last December by a Canadian-American woman identified only by her last name Kwon, has been withdrawn##.

The court made its decision based on its judgement that Kwon no longer intends to take legal action -- Kwon has not returned to Korea since leaving for Canada after suing the actor on December 8.

Her absence from the country has led to her missing two dates for pleadin... |More

Actor Lee Byeong-heon [Asia Economic Daily]

Korean actor Lee Byeong-heon has been cleared of illegal gambling charges filed against him last year by his former girlfriend.

The Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office ruled Friday that "there is no evidence" Lee had been involved in habitual gambling overseas, an allegation made early December by the Korean-Canadian woman identified only by her last name Kwon.

A legal dispute between the two fired up when Kwon lodged a complaint to court saying she was allured into having a sexual relationship with the actor on his false promises of marriage and demanded she be compensated for physic... |More