As One (Movie - 2012)

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  Ha Ji-won
  하지원
  As
  Hyeon Jeong-hwa
  (현정화)
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  Bae Doona
  배두나
  As
  Ri Boon-hee
  (리분희)
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  Han Ye-ri
  한예리
  As
  Yoo Soon-bok
  (유순복)
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  Choi Yoon-young
  최윤영
  As
  Choi Yeon-jeong
  (최연정)
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  Park Chul-min
  박철민
  As
  Coach Lee
  (이코치)
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  Kim Eung-soo
  김응수
  As
  Coach Jo
  (조감독)

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Political Scapegoating and Posturing in Moon Hyeon-seong's "As One"
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  2012/06/26, Source
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  [HanCinema Special Report] Ha Ji-Won Dazzles in Los Angeles
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  Ha Ji-won's love for "As One"
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  Actress Ha Ji-won showed love for "As One" even while she is abroad for a photo shoot. Ha Ji-won is at the Sheraton Hotel in Los Cabos, Mexico for a fashion magazine photo shoot. She heard there was a location where wishes came true and she went there to wish for the success of "As One",...More

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  CJ ENTERTAINMENT Goes for the Gold with "AS ONE"
  2012/05/24
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  Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2012.05.18 ~ 2012.05.20
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  Little women of Korean cinema
  2012/05/17, Source
  Isabelle Huppert, left, and Jung Yu-mi in "In Another Country", a film by Hong Sang-soo. It is one of 22 entires for the competion category at the Cannes Film Festival. It opens in theaters nationawide on May 31. / Courtesy of Jeonwonsa Cannes publicity ignores chronic lack of interesting roles for actresses By Kwaak Je-yup No one can dispute that the Korean film industry is flourishing. Investment and return are both on the upside. The sheer number of productions is rising, spawning hits and, of course, misses. This year, the local press is abuzz about two homegrown works vying for awards at the world's most prestigious cinema showcase, the Cannes Film Festival, namely "In Another Country" by Hong Sang-soo and "The Taste of Money" by Im Sang-soo,...More

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  Updated Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2012.05.11 ~ 2012.05.13
  2012/05/15, Source
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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2012.05.11 ~ 2012.05.13
  2012/05/13
  HanCinema's Korean Box Office Review (2012.05.11 ~ 2012.05.13) It was another moneymaking weekend for "The Avengers" as the crowds continued to stream in for Marvel's record-breaking blockbuster. The long awaited comic book film raked in another 995,156 admissions and now sits as the highest grossing film released in Korea for 2012 with 5,447,728 admissions. That's almost a million more than the Korean film "Nameless Gangster", which it dislodged at the top,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2012.05.11 ~ 2012.05.13
  2012/05/13, Source
  The number one movie this week is "Marvel's The Avengers",...More

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  Added new images for the Korean movie "As One"
  2012/05/08, Source
  Added new images for the Korean movie "As One",...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2012.05.04 ~ 2012.05.06
  2012/05/06
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  Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2012.05.04 ~ 2012.05.06
  2012/05/06, Source
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  "As One" beaten by "The Avengers" on the first day
  2012/05/03, Source
  Movie "As One" directed by Moon Hyeon-seong rose to the top ranking in As Onen movies. However, it couldn't step over "The Avengers" and took second place in the box office. According to the As Onen Films Commissions, "As One" rose to second place of the box office with a total of 68,529 audiences in 534 theaters nationwide,...More

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  Korean movies opening today 2012/05/03 in Korea
  2012/05/03, Source
  Korean movies opening today 2012/05/03 in Korea "As One" and "Just Friends - 2010",...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Korean Weekend Box Office 2012.04.27 ~ 2012.04.29
  2012/04/29
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  Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2012.04.27 ~ 2012.04.29
  2012/04/29, Source
  The number one movie this week is "The Avengers",...More

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  Added new stills and videos for the upcoming Korean movie "As One"
  2012/04/27, Source
  Added new stills and videos for the upcoming Korean movie "As One",...More

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  Bae Doona "US movie shoot was relaxing"
  2012/04/24, Source
  "It was comfortable" Bae Doona revealed behind story of filming the Warchowski Brothers new movie "Cloud Atlas" which was taken in Berlin, Germany, in an interview with Star News on the 24th,...More

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  Added music video for the upcoming Korean movie "As One"
  2012/04/23, Source
  Added music video for the upcoming Korean movie "As One",...More

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  Lee Jong-suk "Ha Ji-won is quite unreachable"
  2012/04/19, Source
  Actor Lee Jong-suk expressed Ha Ji-won as the 'unreachable type'. On the KBS 2TV program "Happy Together" on the 19th, Lee Jong-suk said, "We are in the same company, we did "Secret Garden" together as well but she is still unreachable to me",...More

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  Happy Together Ha Ji-won "Fridge kiss" is the most memorable
  2012/04/19, Source
  Actress Ha Ji-won said that the refrigerator kiss scene was the most memorable. KBS 2TV "Happy Together" aired on the 19th was broadcasted as the movie "As One" special.,...More

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  Added new images and 30s spot for the upcoming Korean movie "As One"
  2012/04/18, Source
  Added new images and 30s spot for the upcoming Korean movie "As One",...More

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  Today's Photo: April 17, 2012
  2012/04/17, Source
  Ha Ji-won and Bae Doona pose at a press event for their new film "As One" in Seoul on Monday,...More

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  Added trailer and new still for the upcoming Korean movie "As One"
  2012/04/10, Source
  Added trailer and new still for the upcoming Korean movie "As One",...More

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  Sports flick 'As One' targets patriots
  2012/04/10, Source
  Actresses Bae Doona, left, and Ha Ji-won in a scene from the new movie "As One" (Courtesy of CJ Entertainment) It was the beginning of 1991, when the South and North Korean governments made an unprecedented attempt to warm relations by fusing their national sports teams together. After a couple of months, the unified Korean table tennis team broke the Chinese stranglehold on the highest podium of the world championships,...More

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  Added characters trailer for the upcoming Korean movie "As One"
  2012/04/06, Source
  Added characters trailer for the upcoming Korean movie "As One",...More

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  Ha Ji-won: 'I Want to Share Feeling of Reunification'
  2012/04/06, Source
  The movie "As One" held a production presentation. Actress Ha Ji-won revealed her feelings about playing the real life table tennis player Hyeon Jeong-wwa of the unified table tennis team in the movie "As One" at the production presentation held at Apgujeong CGV on April 4, saying, "I have not been interested in reunification or inter-Korea relations before, but I seem to have had a little change inside me while filming "As One". I want to share those feelings with friends". She continued, "When I read the script, I cried after finishing reading it. The power of the script was huge enough to make me feel like playing the current table tennis coach Hyeon Jeong-wwa". She explained how she decided to appear in the movie,...More

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  Ha Ji-won, what can't you do?
  2012/04/02, Source
  She was a stunt woman in the SBS drama "Secret Garden", she is a war fighting female sergeant in MBC drama "The King 2 Hearts" and in the movie "Korea" she is a member of the national table tennis team. What sport can't she do? Known for her motor nerves, Ha Ji-won has pulled off all the characters she's done so far involving ones where she had to move a lot,...More

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  Added poster and new stills for the upcoming Korean movie "As One"
  2012/03/27, Source
  Added poster and new stills for the upcoming Korean movie "As One",...More

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  Added new stills for the upcoming Korean movie "As One"
  2012/03/22, Source
  Added new stills for the upcoming Korean movie "As One",...More

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  Teaser released for the upcoming Korean movie "As One"
  2012/03/20, Source
  Teaser released for the upcoming Korean movie "As One",...More

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  Korean drama starting today 2012/03/18 in Korea
  2012/03/18, Source
  Korean drama starting today 2012/03/18 in Korea "Hero - Drama - 2012",...More

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  Added new images for the upcoming Korean movie "As One"
  2012/03/13, Source
  Added new images for the upcoming Korean movie "As One",...More

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  North and South inter-Korean table tennis film "As One" to be released in May
  2012/03/12, Source
  The movie "As One", based on the true story of a 1991 North and South inter-Korean table tennis team, will be released this coming May. "As One" shows behind-the-scenes stories regarding the inter-Korean table tennis team that participated in the 1991 Chiba Worldwide Table Tennis Championships for 40 days. Ha Ji-won takes on the role of South Korean table tennis player Hyun Jung-hwa and Bae Doo-na takes on the role of her North Korean rival, Ri Boon-hee,...More

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  Upcoming Korean movie "Mr.K"
  2012/02/27, Source
  Added the upcoming Korean movie "Mr.K"'s page to HanCinema database,...More
• Is Korean fashion next in the Korean Wave abroad?
  2012/02/18, Source
  More than 540 journalists and fashion buyers flocked to the fashion show Concept Korea Fall/Winter 2012 at The Stage at New York's Lincoln Center Friday to see fall and winter clothes by Korean designers. All seats were filled due to the unexpected large number of participants. In its fifth year, the fashion show is organized by the Korean Culture, Sports and Tourism Ministry to help Korean designers enter overseas markets,...More

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  Ha Ji-won studies North Korean and grows her hair
  2012/02/16, Source
  Actress Ha Ji-won is currently engrossed in learning the North Korean dialect with her drama come back in a year coming up soon. She is going to be in the new MBC mini series, "The King 2 Hearts" starting this March. Her role in the drama is Kim Hang-ah, a North Korean Special Forces sergeant,...More

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  [Spoiler] Added episode 24 captures for the Korean drama 'Lights and Shadows'
  2012/02/15, Source
  Added episode 24 captures for the Korean drama "Lights and Shadows",...More

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  [Spoiler] Added episode 14 captures for the Korean drama 'Salaryman'
  2012/02/15, Source
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  Trailer released for the upcoming Korean movie "Stateless Things"
  2012/02/15, Source
  Trailer released for the upcoming Korean movie "Stateless Things",...More

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  Korea's most anticipated films of 2012
  2012/02/10, Source
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  [Spoiler] Added episode 6 captures for the Korean drama 'The Sun and the Moon'
  2012/01/20, Source
  Added episode 6 captures for the Korean drama "The Sun and the Moon",...More

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  [Spoiler] Added episode 6 captures for the Korean drama 'Wild Romance'
  2012/01/20, Source
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  Korean drama starting today 2012/01/20 in Korea
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  Korean drama starting today 2012/01/20 in Korea "I Remember You",...More

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  Ha Ji-won heats up this spring with "As One"
  2012/01/15, Source
  "Action is hard but it's alluring, so I don't fear it" (Lee Na-young from movie "Howling"). "I want to become like Ha Ji-won" (Go Ara from movie "Pacemaker"). It's unusual for actresses to have a thing for action. Most women pick Ha Ji-won as their role-model. There are well-known stories of her practicing to walk on a tightrope in front of her house for a scene that lasted only 3 minutes in the drama "Hwangjin-i" and practicing how to ride a motorbike for ten days in preparation for a scene in the movie "Sector 7",...More

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  Ha Ji-won and Bae Doona in "As One", still cuts
  2012/01/12, Source
  Actress Ha Ji-won and Bae Doona's "As One" released still cuts from the movie. In the pictures, Ha Ji-won is being trained one-on-one by former National table tennis athlete Hyun Jung-hwa. In another picture, Ha Ji-won and Bae Doona are standing along a table with passion their eyes,...More

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  Big-budget films to open in 2012
  2012/01/05, Source
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  'Bali couple' Jo In-sung and Ha Ji-won meet again
  2011/12/08, Source
  Cast for MBC drama "The King" Ha Ji-won and Jo In-sung are getting together again for the first time in 7 years. The two have confirmed to lead star in the MBC drama "The King",...More

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  Korean drama starting today 2011/12/04 in Korea
  2011/12/04, Source
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  Upcoming Korean documentary "The Show"
  2011/11/28, Source
  Added the upcoming Korean documentary "The Show"'s page to HanCinema database,...More

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  Lee Jong-suk and Bae Doona take picture together
  2011/11/28, Source
  Jong-suk and Bae Doona have been seen looking very friendly. Jong-suk posted pictures on his mini homepage on the 26th saying, "Now I found it! While filming the movie "As One" in the hot summer, with my beloved Doo-na. I am such a fan!",...More

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  Son Ye-jin, "I am glad to have Ha Ji-won by my side"
  2011/11/23, Source
  Actress Son Ye-jin (29) said, "I met Ha Ji-won recently and we became sisters". The two are part of a group called the 'Ha Son Kim' which stands for Ha Ji-won, Son Ye-jin and Kim Ha-neul, the top possible leading actresses that CJ, Lotte Entertainment and others love. With the release of movie "Spellbound" coming up soon, Son Ye-jin said, "I have been in movies for the past 10 years but only met up Ha Ji-won for the first time recently and exchanged phone numbers".,...More

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  Ha Ji-won becomes a writer, will release a book next year
  2011/11/20, Source
  Actress Ha Ji-won (33) is a writer now. She is currently working on a manuscript to release next year. It should be autobiographical, with her views on acting and a discussion of other peoples' view of her,...More

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  Added first stills for the upcoming Korean movie "The Grand Heist"
  2011/11/08, Source
    Added first stills and updated cast for the upcoming Korean movie "The Grand H.I.T",...More

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  Korean drama starting today 2011/11/06 in Korea
  2011/11/06, Source
  Korean drama starting today 2011/11/06 in Korea "Drama Special - Behind the Scenes of the Seokyeong Sports Council Reform",...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] Putting the 'Han' in Korean Cinema: Meta-narratives and Cultural Identity
  2011/11/05
  Where are Korea's happy endings? If you have ever watched a Korean film you will know that they don't always conclude as they might have done if produced by Hollywood. The characters and their stories seem to be influenced by an invisible force that marks a film as typically "As One". From its melodramas to revenge thrillers, there is something tragic and constant driving the Korean film culture, but what exactly? How can one begin to understand Korean cinema in its entirety, as a product of cultural influences and collective consciousness? The exclusively Korean notion of 'Han' might provide some clues as to why Korean cinema has produced the type of films it has,...More

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  Upcoming Korean movie "Yeosu"
  2011/11/01, Source
  Added the upcoming Korean movie "Yeosu"'s page to HanCinema database,...More

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  Chungmuro actresses: 30's peak, but a lack of those in their 20's
  2011/10/27, Source
  It looks like actresses in their 30s are about to take over the theaters. One thing that's obvious in romantic comedies nowadays is that the actress is older than the actor. With it, we can see that their prevalence is becoming more noticeable,...More

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  [Updated] Hwang Jung-min, Jung Woo-sung 'screen stars'
  2011/10/26, Source
  Coming back with general service channel dramas. All those actors and actresses who were in theaters are now returning to TV,...More

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  Interview: Ha Ji-won and Korea's first 3D movie
  2011/08/08, Source
  Korea's biggest action star says she misses melodramas and romantic comedies By Hyo-won Lee 8 August, 2011 Despite her new tomboyish image, Ha Ji-won is still a girly girl inside. Groundbreaking 3D IMAX visuals, successful international sales and highly criticized story aside, action flick "Sector 7" -- which opened on August 4 and broke this year's domestic box office records with 1.4 million viewers in four days-- has quickly become the film du jour for creating a new archetype for Korean female screen personas. To date, Korean cinema has remained largely conservative in terms of female leads, largely in the manner of 1950s Hollywood. Women are usually portrayed as either an asexual Audrey Hepburn or a sultry Marilyn Monroe, with a small gray zone for a few quirky, intelligent Katharine Hepburn types,...More

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  Ha Ji-won: 'I Might Have Been Warrior in My Past Life'
  2011/08/02, Source
  Actress Ha Ji-won said, "I have always wanted to play a female warrior, and I studied how to play the character 'Gil La Im' while I was filming the movie 'Sector 7'". She came to a hotel located in Kwanghamun on July 27 for an interview, and she expressed her love for action acting by saying, "I sometimes think that I might have been a warrior in my past life. When I perform an action using a sword just like I did in the drama 'Damo', I feel really great". For actress Ha Ji-won, action does not seem to be something that she understands with just her head, but it seems to be a natural movement coming from inside. Since her debut, Ha Ji-won has appeared in many works on TV and the silver screen, and she has become one of the best actresses in Korea. In particular, she has been described as an "actress who can perform action acting" because of her enthusiastic acting,...More

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  Bae Doona In Talks With Hollywood
  2011/07/18, Source
  Actress Bae Doona may just be making her debut in Tinseltown. According to Starplux Entertainment on July 18th, Bae has been in talks for taking on a role in Hollywood film "Cloud Atlas" for about a month. The final decision will be made around September,...More

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  Ha Ji-won reveals party picture, "Thanks for the birthday wishes"
  2011/07/03, Source
  Actress Ha Ji-won showed her appreciation to the fans who wished her happy birthday. She uploaded some pictures on Me Today with the words, "I truly appreciate everyone who wished me a happy birthday. I got to know you being born in this world, and I won't forget the love I am receiving and always do my best. I love you".,...More

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  Lee Jong-suk works together with Shin Se-kyung, Ha Ji-won and Bae Doona
  2011/06/27, Source
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  Ha Ji-won and Bae Doona are better than pros in table tennis
  2011/06/02, Source
  Actress Ha Ji-won and Bae Doona are training for their roles as table tennis players. Ha Ji-won and Bae Doona have the roles of table tennis players in diector Moon Hyeon-seong's movie "As One" and it's being said that they are almost as good as pros.,...More

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  Upcoming Korean movie "As One"
  2011/05/11, Source
  Added the upcoming Korean movie "As One"'s page to HanCinema database,...More

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  Bae Doona and Ha Ji-won 'actress in 30s' no make up love
  2011/04/27, Source
  Actresses Bae Doona and Ha Ji-won's naked faces enviable to women in their 20s have the netizens attention. Bae Doona uploaded a picture of Ha Ji-won and herself on her mini homepage under the title "Ji-won♡Doo-na" on the 26th.,...More

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  Actors get sick while working out, 'why?'
  2011/04/17, Source
  It's confusing if they are an athlete or an actor. Actors and actresses work hard to master a specific sport in a given amount of time for their roles in movies and dramas, beyond working out for their health,...More

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  Ha Ji-won "I want to act with 2PM Ok Taecyeon"
  2011/04/10, Source
  Ha Ji-won expressed that she wanted to act with 2PM's Ok Taecyeon. On the MBC "Section TV" on the 10th, Ha Ji-won spoke about 2PM Ok Taecyeon who chose her as his female type, "I want to act with him, killing and killing each other".,...More

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  Kim Ha-neul VS Ha Ji-won VS Son Ye-jin, who's the best?
  2011/03/30, Source
  Three top actresses who are difficult to distinguish in public popularity and acting are attacking the screens this year. Kim Ha-neul in the movies "Blind" and "You Pet", Ha Ji-won in movies "Sector 7" and "As One", Son Ye-jin in "Spellbound" and "Tower". Kim Ha-neul is the lead role in the thriller movie, "Blind". It is about a one and only witness who is blind, but sees a terrifying crime scene. Kim Ha-neul is an attractive police academy student who is outstanding in every sense but sight and holds the key to the case. Her partner is Yoo Seung-ho and he will act as her eyes,...More

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  [Exclusive] Bae Doona, lead female in "As One"... counter wit Ha Ji-won
  2011/03/16, Source
  Actress Bae Doona is positively looking over the female lead part for the movie "As One" and is about to compete against Ha Ji-won in table tennis. This movie is based on a true story of the North and South Korean team that won the Chiba World Table Tennis Championships in 1991.,...More

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  Ha Ji-won plays table tennis with Hyun Jung-hwa... why?
  2011/03/13, Source
  Actress Ha Ji-won is deep into playing table tennis for her new role. Her new movie "As One" (directed by Moon Hyeon-seong) is a sports movie about the Korean female table tennis players who won over the Chinese in the World Wide Table Tennis Championships in Chiba, Japan in 1991.,...More
• Progressive Media City Seoul stakes its claim
  2010/09/05, Source
  "Singing Cloud" by Shilpa Gupta is comprised of thousands of microphones and emits song-like sounds based on one's cognitive process during sleep. Above, a still from "Primitive" by Apichatpong Weerasethakul ― winner of the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival ― is seen. The fi,...More
• Hating 'The Korean Wave'
  2007/10/07, Source
  Comic Books: A sign of New Nationalism in Japan?
  
  Rumi Sakamoto and Matt Allen (internews)
  
  The Internet has become an increasingly influential medium throughout East Asia. In this article we examine the case of Kenkanryu ('"Hating 'The Korean Wave'"), a manga published in 2005 in hard copy, bu,...More
• Lee Honey Still Plans to Showcase Korean Beauty
  2007/06/04, Source
  Lee Honey fell short of her goal to take home the 2007 Miss Universe crown, "but I'm still happy", she said. Lee returned home from Mexico on Friday, her impressions of ranking fourth place in the pageant still fresh.
  
  Lee arrived at Incheon In,...More
• New Govt. Plan to Promote Korea's Image at Home & Abroad
  2007/02/15, Source
  Korean pop culture has spread rapidly abroad especially in Asia through the phenomenon called the Korean Wave.
  The government seeks to create a second Korean Wave with a new plan to promote the country's cultural treasures at home and abroad.
  Kim Duyeon tells us more.
  The brand is "HanStyle".
  "H,...More
• Actor Jo Han-sun Appointed "Goodwill Ambassador for Switzerland"
  2006/04/26, Source
  Actor Jo Han-sun, a rising hallyu star popular for his role in the film "Now and Forever", has been appointed a "Goodwill Ambassador for Switzerland".
  
  The Swiss Tourism Bureau,...More