| Korean Wave: The New Generation (Source) |
2010/04/23 |
Official poster for SBS TV series "Shining Inheritance" [SBS]
Korean dramas stir new waves in Japan
Fuji TV's program "Hallyu Alpha" (Mon-Fri 2:07~3:00), which started airing on January 11 in hopes of creating 'a new Hallyu generation', has been receiving positive feedback. Back in 2004, Fuji TV had arranged a program called "Saturday Hallyu Wide Hour", airing dramas such as "Stairway To Heaven" and "Sad Love Story" but had cancelled it due to low ratings. This time, "Hallyu Alpha" tried to differentiate itself from other programs by playing uncensored versions of dramas, providing bilingual broadcast (in Japanese and Korean) and adding special features s... |More
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| [ChanMi's star news] "The Influence" stars Han Chae-young and Lee Byeong-heon (Source) |
2010/01/31 |
Actor Lee Byeong-heon and Han Chae-young are going to become sad lovers!
The digital film, "The Influence" will be starring these stars as the main charactes.
Characters in the film will be traveling through time from 1907 to 2010 of 100 years! In the still pictures, we can see Lee's shorter hair style and his black sleek suit with a dandy look. The three episodes of different settings in generation and situations shwo dramatic story with sensitive emotions.
The mystery character, J is acted by ##Han Chae-young. She seems like she came out of a commercial shoot in the red dress. Her destiny to save W will cause her to be stuck in time for 100 years! The gentle acting and great expres... |More
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| So Ji-sub in Tokyo for 1st Japan Drama (Source) |
2009/10/05 |
A preview for a Japanese drama starring hallyu (Korean wave) star So Ji-sub will take place in Tokyo next week.
The show, "I am GHOST", will be featured on BEE TV, a mobile phone broadcaster, starting Oct. 20. The preview will be held at the Tokyo International Forum Hall in Yurakucho, Oct. 13.
So, 32, who plays heroine Mitsuki Tanimura, director Toshiro Sonoda and other staff members will give a full account of the filming process during the preview, according to Yonhap News.
"I am GHOST", BEE TV's first action drama, consists of 24 five-minute episodes.
The drama tells the sad love story of a young girl (Mitsuki Tanimura) who contemplates suicide, and a wounded ghost (So Ji-sub).
So Ji-sub debuted as a model for a clothing company in 1995. Two year later, he made his television acting debut in the SBS drama "Models". He gained fame in 2004 when the KBS drama "Sorry, I Love You", co-starring actress Im Soo-jeong, became a smash hit.... |More
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| Actress on Magazine Cover With Daughter (Source) |
2009/08/19 |
Kim Hee-seon, one of South Korea's top actresses, has unveiled a photo of her baby daughter through a Seoul-based fashion magazine.
Kim, 32, appears on the cover of the September issue of Marie Claire Korea, the South Korean edition of international magazine Marie Claire, with her daughter Yeon-a.
Kim, a hallyu (Korean wave) star who gave birth to her baby in January, had stopped short of showing any more than Yeon-a's hands and feet on her blog.
The cover featuring Kim and her daughter will also be used in other Asian Marie Claire editions, according to press reports.
Kim married businessman Park Ju-young in October 2007 and has starred in numerous TV dramas with hallyu stars like Lee Dong-gun in "Smile Again" (2006); Kwon Sang-woo and Yeon Jeong-hoon in "Sad Love Story" (2005); and Ryoo Si-won in "Propose" (1997).
She has also appeared in several movies, including the martial arts fantasy "Bichunmoo" and "The Myth" alongside Chinese superstar Jackie Chan.... |More
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| Former Miss Korea Kim Ties Knot in August (Source) |
2009/04/01 |
By Kim Rahn
Staff Reporter
Actress Kim Yeon-joo, 29, a former Miss Korea, will get married to an unidentified businessman at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul at 6 p.m. on Aug. 28.
Kim and the would-be-husband met at the end of last year following a friend's introduction, according to Kim's agency.
She started her entertainment career after winning first place at the beauty pageant in 1999 as a college student.
She starred in movie "Shinsukki Blues" and several soap operas including "Sad Love Story", "Pearl Necklace" and "Ice Flower".... |More
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