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Lee Na-young in a leather jacket, on a motorcycle
2012/01/25, Source,
Actress Lee Na-young was praised for her action performance.
She took on the role of a female detective in the movie "Howling" and has done firearms training, motorbike riding and such,...More
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From obscurity, a star is born
2011/06/28, Source,
With a recording contract, singer Cha Ji-yeon is finally seeing success
Cha Ji-yeon
Within a month, Cha Ji-yeon, 29, has gone from obscurity to renown in the music industry. That may seem like an instant in a world where stars are born and flame out quickly, but Cha's whirlwind success has actually been years in the making. It all started in May when she appeared as a backup singer with Yim Jae-bum on "Survival: I Am a Singer", a popular reality TV show. Though the segment was short, Cha managed to captivate the audience,...More
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Director Jang Jin, "I have been rejected by Jeon Ji-hyeon for 13 years"
2011/03/20, Source,
Director Jang Jin from the movies, "Good Morning President" and "Someone Special" confessed being rejected casting by some of the best actors and actresses in Korea.
In the recording of SBS TV program "When It's at Night", he spilled out, "I have been rejected by Lee Jeong-jae 7 times, Song Kang-ho, Cha Seung-won and so many other actors and actresses".,...More
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Super Seaweed
2011/03/16, Source,
by Suzy Chung on March 16th, 2011
Roasted gim and a mixed miyeok dish are served with other banchan
First of all, I'd like to know why it's seaweed. Lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, arugula, celery, spinach, etc.; they're all edible plants that grow on land and we call them vegetables. So why is it when edible plants grow underwater that they're all lumped together as weeds? Weeds are bad, weeds are pests, weeds are things we don't want, but the sea vegetables (yes, I'm going to call them sea vegetables) that Koreans put on the table? I'm telling you, they're far from being weeds. On the contrary, they're so good for you that they should be called super vegetables.
Being a peninsula, Korean cuisine has many dishes relying on the sea's bounty. It's not only about fish and shellfish, however. Various sea vegetables are incorporated in a variety of dishes from simple banchan (side dishes) to whole meals centering on the vegetable itself. You can find them deeply sunken in seawater tubs in traditional markets, at the dried seafood store, or commercially prepackaged in supermarkets.
A salad of sea vegetables
Sea vegetables are the most natural "health food" you could get; full of iron and minerals, they are known to be good for balancing body metabolism and ameliorating blood circulation. They are highly recommended in the spring, when sudden temperature changes confuse the body and after-meal drowsiness ferociously attacks,...More
