| Jang Dong-gun officially announces May 2 wedding (Source) |
2010/03/08 |
Hallyu star Jang Dong-gun at his fan meeting held at COEX Auditorium in Seoul, Korea on March 6, 2010 [AM Entertainment]
Top Korean actor Jang Dong-gun announced at his fan meeting over the weekend that he will wed his actress girlfriend Ko So-young on May 2.
The Hallyu star gave the much-awaited confirmation in front of some 1,000 local and overseas fans at Seoul's COEX Auditorium on Saturday, keeping his promise that they would be the first to hear about any news regarding his marriage.##
"On May 2, I am getting married to Ko So-young -- my best friend, colleague and the woman I love", the actor said, reading off from a statement he had prepared for the e... |More
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| [Century] Cool Korea: Creative Wave Rolls Across Asia (Source) |
2010/03/07 |
By Andrew Salmon
Korea Times Columnist
This is the 10th in a 60-part series featuring 60
major events in Korea's modern history from 1884 till now. The project is part of the 60th anniversary of The Korea Times, which falls on Nov.1.
For South Korea, the last three years of the millennium would produce a parade of unthinkables.
At the end of 1997, a regional economic tsunami had threatened to swamp the achievements of the previous three decades.
Unemployment arrived in Korea, but by the end of 1998, the banks appeared to have
stabilized: Was the crisis over? No. In 1999, Daewoo Group, considered "too-big-to-fail", collapsed under debts of $80 billion. A second financial crisis cut a swath through the investment trust sector.
Things looked more promising politically. Kim Dae-jung won the presidency at the end of 1997, the first opposition politician to reach the Blue House.
His brave new "Sunshine Policy" of engagement with North Korea bore its first fruit in 19... |More
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| Jang Dong-gun to announce May 2 wedding at fan meeting (Source) |
2010/03/04 |
Top Korean actor Jang Dong-gun [Asia Economic Daily]
Top Korean actor Jang Dong-gun will reveal during his fan meeting this weekend that he will tie the knot with his actress girlfriend Ko So-young on May 2, according to multiple sources.
Although the couple have yet to make an official announcement, sources close to both actors said the two will hold a private wedding at The Shilla hotel in Seoul which will be attended only by family and close friends.
An official at Jang's agency AM Entertainment did not deny news of their marriage, saying that "an official statement will be made in an appropriate way to the media too" around the time of his fan meeting to be held at Seoul's COEX Au... |More
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| "Avatar" becomes biggest blockbuster in Korea (Source) |
2010/03/02 |
Korean official movie poster of "Avatar" [20th Century Fox]
James Cameron's Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" has become the most-watched film in Korean box office history, according to estimates by the official Korean Film Council over the weekend.
Statistics showed that the animated picture, which opened in theaters mid-December, had garnered over a total 13.04 million admissions by Saturday to rise above former record holder "The Host" with around 13.02 million viewers.##
"The Host", a Korean thriller pic by top director Bong Joon-ho, had taken the domestic box office by storm during its run in 2006 and won rave reviews from both local and foreign film crit... |More
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| Book Features Korean Film Renaissance (Source) |
2010/02/26 |
By Chung Ah-young
Staff Reporter
In recent years, it has become more likely for Korean cineastes to be placed under the international spotlight at major film festivals worldwide.
Over the past decade, Korean cinema has proven to be commercially viable both on local and overseas markets, enjoying a renaissance and appealing to cinephiles on the festival circuit.
"South Korean Film Renaissance: Local Hit Makers, Global Provocateurs" written by Choi Jin-hee in English probes how the Korean film industry turned an economic crisis into a cinematic renaissance through globalization based on historical reviews of the industry.
In the late 1990s, the Korean blockbuster established itself as a feasible production/marketing strategy on the domestic market, with the commercial success of such films as "Shiri" and "JSA - Joint Security Area". Since then, box office records have been constantly exceeded by subsequent movies, including "Silmido", "Taegukgi", and "The Host", which attra... |More
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