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Actress Lee Seung-yeon Weds Businessman

Source | 2007/12/28 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter

Actress Lee Seung-yeon, 39, married a 37-year-old businessman at Sol Beach Resort in Yangyang, Gangwon Province, Friday.

The couple met two years ago through one of their friends. Her husband Kim Moon-chul is an aspiring fashion entrepreneur based in the United States.

About 400 visitors, including her close celebrity friends, blessed the wedding ceremony, which was not open to the public.

Actor Yoon Da-hoon hosted the ceremony and veteran actor Lee Soon-jae officiated.

The newly weds will take a one-week honeymoon trip to the U.S. after staying at the resort for a day.

Lee is renowned for her role in the movie "3-Iron". She started her acting career after winning third place in the 1992 Miss Korea beauty pageant.

She took roles in TV soaps such as "Our Heaven" (1993) and "First Love - 1996" (1996). Lee also starred in the TV dramas "Perfect Love" (2003), "Love and Ambition" (2006) and "Moonhee" (2007).

Lee also debuted on film ...| More

Actress Lee Seung-yeon to Wed

Source | 2007/11/23 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Kwon Mee-yoo

Lee Seung-yeon, 39, heroine of the movie "3-Iron", will wed Dec. 28.

Looking both nervous and happy at a press conference held Thursday, a tearful Lee said that she will be a good wife, daughter-in-law and daughter. Lee also said she wants to have two children and continue acting after the marriage.

Lee met her fiance Kim two years ago at a social gathering. Kim is a fashion entrepreneur based in United States and is two years her junior. Kim, however, did not attend the press conference and Lee wants to keep information about her husband-to-be from the public.

The couple plans to wed outside Seoul city. Their wedding will be held at Sol Beach Resort in Yangyang, Gangwon Province.

Lee only started her acting career after proving herself as one of Korea's top beauties. After taking third place in the 1992 Miss Korea beauty pageant, she soon made it to the screen, starting out with roles in TV soaps such as "Our Heaven" (1993) and "First Love - 1996" (1996)...| More

60 Korean dramas now go on air in Japan

Source | 2005/08/16 | 0 comments | Permalink |

A recent survey shows that over 60 Korean dramas are on TV in Japan. Prime time broadcasting is also known to be increasing.

According to the KOFACE (Korea Foundation for Asian Culture Exchange), total of 23 channels including terrestrial, local cable and satellite television present over 60 Korean dramas as of August 2005.

In terrestrial channels, 'All in', starring Lee Byeong-heon and Song Hye-kyo, is shown once a week on NHK since April 2004. Nihon TV presents 'Secret', starring Kim Ha-neul, Ryoo Si-won and Ha Ji-won, every morning from Monday through Thursday. On top of that, 'Sad Love Story' is on Fuji TV every Saturday afternoon.

As for the broadcasting stations across the metropolitan area, Tokyo MXTV presents 3 dramas; 'Love Letter', 'Yurihwa' and 'Did We Really Love' once a week. Meanwhile 'Happy Together' and 'Beautiful Girl' are on Chiba TV and TVK, respectively.

The KOFACE (Korea Foundation for Asian Culture Exchange) adds that NHK consecutively airs 'Dae ...| More

'Winter Sonata's heroin 'Choi Ji-woo' to hold 'Drama Concert'

Source | 2005/06/09 | 0 comments | Permalink |

To commemorate the 40th Anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties between Korea and Japan, 'Winter Sonata's heroin 'Choi Ji-woo' holds 'Drama Concert' in the afternoon on June 24 at the Littel Angels Performing Arts Center, Seoul.

KNTO expects tourism income over minimum 5 billion won as Japanese tourists over 1,000 people at the minimum are forecast to visit Seoul with the view of seeing this 'Drama Concert'.

In this 'Drama Concert', popular singers sing theme songs of Korean dramas, which are gaining popularity in Japan along with drama screening of 'Beautiful Days', 'Stairways to Heaven' including 'Winter Sonata'.

Choi, on one hand, has come to release her photograph collection and DVD collection for the first time for a Korean actress in Japan following Lee Byeong-heon, Jang Dong-gun, Won-bin and Bae Yong-joon.

In her collections, whose picture-taking was proceeded in four countries such as Italy, South Africa, Cuba and the U.S. from April this year, a total of 3 billio...| More

Bae Yong-joon's official photograph postage-stamp

Source | 2005/04/26 | 0 comments | Permalink |

A postage-stamp to commemorate Bae Yong-joon is to be sold from the forthcoming May 15.


IMX, to which Bae Yong-joon belonged, said that Bae Yong-joon's official photograph postage-stamp will be sold in Internet site as well as post offices throughout the nation in Japan.

Internet site begins preengagement from May 15 and post offices throughout the nation in Japan receive precontract from the beginning of June.

A total of 30,000 sets were manufactured and the price is 4,935 yen per set (approx. 50,000 won).

Since he made his first debut in KBS drama in 1994, dramas in which he starred, include 1997 KBS "First Love - 1996", 1998 KBS "Youth", 1999 MBC "Did we really love?", 2001 MBC "Hotelier", 2002 KBS "Winter Sonata", and various commercial.

The Source : Koreacontent News Team...| More