Winter Sonata (Drama - 2002)

• Bae Yong-joon (배용준) Kang Joon-sang/Lee Min-hyeong (강준상/이민형)

• Choi Ji-woo (최지우) Jeong Yoo-jin (정유진)

• Park Yong-ha (故 박용하) Kim Sang-hyeok (김상혁)

• Park Sol-mi (박솔미) Oh Chae-rin (오채린)

• Lee Hye-eun (이혜은) Kong Jin-sook (공진숙)

• Ryoo Seung-soo (류승수) Kwon Yong-gook (권용국)

• Yoo Yeol (유열) Radio DJ (라디오 DJ)

• Kim Hae-sook (김해숙)

• Jeong Dong-hwan (정동환)

• Park Hyeon-sook (박현숙)

• Jeong Seung-woo-I (정승우) Secretary (비서)

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  "Hallyu", Korean wave, will not last 5 years
  2012/05/18, Source,
  Top, Girls' Generation, a popular K-pop group, pose with actor and co-guest Bill Murray on "The Late Show with David Letterman" on January 31. / Bottom left, K-pop girl group T-ara take part in a photo shoot. / Bottom right, Lee Byeong-Heon poses for the cameras at a press launch for a TV drama. "'Hallyu' will cool down in four years". Six out of 10 foreigners believe the recent fad for Korean culture - K-pop, movies and TV dramas and soap operas - will decline over the next few years,...More

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  K-Pop Expands the Hallyu Wave: SHINee, Wonder Girls, SNSD, 2PM Captivate World
  2012/05/17, Source,
  Girls' Generation (SNSD) SHINee is the new Beatles of Asia. The Wonder Girls made their debut on Nickelodeon. Girls' Generation (SNSD) brought "The Boys" song to Late Night with David Letterman and Live With Kelly. 2PM became the new sexy icons in Japan. What do all these artist have in common? They have brought K-pop to the global scale. South Korea began expanding its entertainment industry with the release of dramas like "Winter Sonata" and "Stairway to Heaven" in the early 2000s. Television stations airing these dramas began appearing all over the United States,...More

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  Culture Minister Speaks on Korean Wave : "Korean Wave Is Key to Tourism, Exports"
  2012/05/09, Source,
  Mr. Choe Kwang-Shik Calls It "Road of Korean Wave" South Korea's Culture Minister Choe Kwang-Shik "South Korea's cultural influence is now spreading across Asia and to the rest of the world", said South Korea's Culture Minister Choe Kwang-Shik at a recent forum in Seoul. The breakfast forum was held on May 3 (Thursday), 2012 by Chairman Chang Man-Key of Korea Human Resources Development Institute (KHDI) at Lotte Hotel in downtown Seoul. Minister Choe said that the Korean Wave had been limited to mostly Asian countries including Japan and China until last year. "The Korean Wave was limited to Asia and its contents were mostly dramas up until last year", he argued,...More

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  Current Status of Korean Pop Culture
  2012/04/20, Source,
  In today's "In the Spotlight" segment, we take a closer look at the phenomenon of Hallyu , or the Korean Wave. Now garnering attention globally, the Hallyu really got its start in the mid-1990s, When Korean dramas like "Winter Sonata", and "Dae Jang-geum" caught on first in Korea, then throughout Asia. Now, of course, when we talk about Hallyu the dramas are only part of the story. K-pop, Korean food and Korean movies are all part of the growing Korean Wave. Arirang News correspondent Park Ji-won joins us live from our newsroom to give the latest on this key Korean export. Good evening to you, Ji-won. Let's talk about Hallyu,...More