| Song Il-gook to meet Kazakhstan president today (Source) |
2010/04/22 |
Korean actor Song Il-gook [Asia Economic Daily]
Korean actor Song Il-gook will be attending a state dinner today held in honor of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev's visit to Korea.
The actor -- who rose to fame in 2006 thru MBC TV series "Jumong" -- was invited to the presidential event, which will take place at the Blue House this evening##.
"I heard that the viewership rating for 'Jumong' reached as high as 80 percent in Kazakhstan when it aired from December 2008 thru April 2009", a source close to the actor was quoted as saying. "The Kazakhstan president was very interested in the show so naturally, Song Il-gook was invited to the dinner".
Song, 38, is t... |More
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| "Strike Love" eyeing homerun with Japanese audience (Source) |
2010/04/08 |
The cast of Korean sports drama "Strike Love" [Green City Pictures]
Korean baseball drama "Strike Love" may be set at scoring big in Japan with recent indicators revealing that it is winning the race against other popular Korean dramas aired in the country, according to the show's producer Green City Pictures Inc. on Thursday.
The sports drama, aired every Thursdays at 8 p.m. on Fuji TV's CS channel starting March 18, has been the most-searched Korean show for two consecutive weeks on Fuji TV's official website##.
Other Korean dramas currently broadcast in the country include 2009 smash hit series "Queen Seon-deok" (MBC, 2009), "Friend, Our Legend... |More
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| [Comics] Comics Evolve Into Source for Pop Culture Contents (Source) |
2010/03/11 |
Satisfies pop culture's appetite for fantasy
Show off true value in various fields such as films, musicals, dramas, online games, etc.Korean comics have come under the spotlight as a source material for pop culture including films, musicals, dramas and games.
After the success of the 2003 drama Damo , which was based on Bang Hak-gi's comic strip, comic books such as "Full House" (Won Soo-yeon), "Princess Hours" (Park So-hee), "The War of Flower" (Heo Yeong-man) and "Le Grand Chef" (Heo Yeong-man) have been reborn as various formats. This is known as OSMU (One Source Multi Use).
In particular, comics are noted for their ability to satisfy pop culture's recent appetite for fantasy, as reflected in the popularity of Avatar.
Comic-based films pour out
The film version of Hyung Min-woo's "Priest", produced by Sony Entertainment, will be released in Hollywood this October. It fuses the Western genre with a battle between God and the devil. It is the first Korean comic whose fi... |More
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| Two Heroes to Captivate Drama Fans (Source) |
2010/03/02 |
By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter
The Winter Olympic Games are over, but that doesn't mean the excitement of television is over as well. MBC and KBS are preparing big budget dramas featuring heroes for this weekend, ushering viewers to another competitive race between top stars and strong scripts.
Hero 1: Tough and God-Like
MBC is airing "A Man Called God" (working title), starring Song Il-gook as fearless spy Choi Kang-ta who seeks revenge on his parents' killers.
Based on the popular namesake comic by the late cartoonist Park Bong-seong, "A Man Called God" aims to bring some real action to the small screen, with a budget of 10 billion won. Local viewers have seen a lot of cartoon-remakes, but none match this one, both in scale and expectations.
Because the original comic book was for readers aged 18 and over, the director Lee Hyeong-seon had to turn the content down a notch to widen the potential pool of audience.
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| Choi Jeong-won celebrates long-awaited college graduation (Source) |
2010/02/19 |
Korean actress Choi Jeong-won at her college graduation [Asia Economic Daily]
Korean actress Choi Jeong-won received her college diploma on Friday, graduating 10 years after having entered Dongguk University in Seoul.
"I feel like I have become a real member of society", the actress said, sporting her graduation cap and a big smile. "I am very happy because I'm graduating after ten years. I was the last to graduate in my class and my parents couldn't be happier".##
Choi, 28, debuted in 2001 in the KBS2 TV series "Cool" and has since appeared in many dramas including "All In" (SBS, 2003), "Famous Princesses" (KBS2, 2006) and "Land of Wind" (KBS2, 2008). ... |More
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