Sunny (Movie - 2008)

Female Film Producer Jung Dies

Source | 2009/05/17 | Permalink |

By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter

Jung Seung-hye, the head of movie production company Achim and a famed copywriter, died Sunday from colon cancer. She was 44.

Jung has been suffering from the illness since 2006 and was hospitalized last month after her condition worsened.

"She struggled against the disease, but as the cancer spread to her lungs, her condition got worse", said Lee Joon-ik, director of the hit movie "The King and the Clown" (2005) and Jung's friend of 20 years.

Jung started working in the movie marketing business in 1989 at film company Shin Cine with the film "Happiness Does Not Come From Grades".

She moved to Lee's Cine World and produced numerous films including "The Spy" (1999), "Anarchists" (2000) and "HwangSanBul" (2003).

When the film "The King and the Clown" hit the mark with more than 10 million viewers, she flew solo with her own company Achim in 2005 and continued to produce popular films including "Radio Star" (2006) "Shadows in the Palace (...| More

Hallyu at Risk? K-POP Japan Concert Proves Otherwise

Source | 2009/02/02 | Permalink |

10,000 fans gather for 6 Korean bands

The popular Korean wave, or "hallyu", of Korean dramas may be on thin ice but the hallyu of K-pop is well alive.

Six Korean singers (Sin Hye-seong, Jun Jin, Wheesung, 'Tei', SG Wannabe, Super Junior-Happy) held the joint concert entitled "3rd K-POP Super Live" in Tokyo on Jan. 31.

The singers talked with the audience in Korean and Japanese and the viewers cheered passionately with glowsticks and signs when their favorite singers came to the stage. Despite the lack of any fancy stage setting or special effects, audience members stood up and cheered from the very first song.

The most spectacular response was for Sin Hye-seong and Jun Jin, members of the Korean idol group Sinhwa, who command a large fan base in Japan. Japanese fans spent the night at the hotel lobby where the two singers stayed and cheered their performance waving luminous orange-lit glowsticks.

Jun, who performed the concert's closing, showcased powerful dance and ball...| More

[ChanMi's star news] Soo-ae receives Highest Actress Award!

Source | 2008/12/05 | Permalink |

Actress Soo-ae was awarded as the Best Actress this year at the 28th Actors Award.

She was awarded for the movie "Sunny" for which the female character goes to Vietnam in search for her husband serving as a soldier.

Congratulations to this star!...| More

Planning Series 1 Course of Education Center Marketer in Foreign Office

Source | 2008/11/27 | Permalink |

"The lecture rooms are 'So Hot' due to active trade of cultural business between Korean and the U.S".

An American branch office ( Head Chief: Hee-Seon Seo )of Korea Culture & Contents Agency has conducted education three times (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) for 4 weeks from November 3rd to 24th to train special marketers of cultural industry between Korea and America.

It has been conducted in a lecture room in LA Korean Cultural Center. It gave a good chance that people can understand cultural industries of Korean and America. The main purpose of this course is training specialists for cultural industry between Korea and America in the future.

This lecture has been conducted for Korean students and Americans (around 25 people) who have big possibilities to work for cultural businesses. It has been conducted with 10 topics including the present conditions of Korean and American cultural industries with Korean cultural enterprises' strategies in American market and potential of ...| More

[ChanMi's star news] Soo-ae awarded the Artist Award of the Year!

Source | 2008/11/24 | Permalink |

Actress Soo-ae has been awarded by the Korean Arts Judge Association for their 28th year for being the Artist of the year.

She has received this award for her movie "Sunny" which received high praise in 7 different criteria judged. She is receiving for the films part, and other parts are dance, philosophy, music, and arts.

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