Category: TV/Film

May 24, 2006
One of the Korean Wave’s best-known faces, actor Bae Yong-joon, has confided that he received psychological treatment for insomnia. In an interview in the June edition of men’s magazine GQ Korea, the actor disclosed he had difficul

May 24, 2006

The Korean animation "My Beautiful Girl, Mari" directed by Lee Sung-gang will be shown on Japanese broadcaster NHK. The animation is scheduled to be aired

2006, May 24

"A Better Tomorrow" (1986), a representative film noir in Hong Kong, will be remade in Korea.
According to Hollywood Report on May 24, Finger Prin

2006, May 23

A contract has been signed with SPO, a film distribution agency in Japan, regarding the export of the melodramatic film "A Summer Story" starring Lee

2006, May 22

The Japanese daily Sankei Sports introduced young Korean actress Goh A-ra to its readers as a rising Korean star who will lead the next-generation Korean Wave. Printi

May 2, 2006
By Paolo BertolinContributing Writer CANNES, France ㅡ Films from South Korea may not be as prominently featured in the program of the 59th Cannes Film Festival as in recent years, yet Korean cinema is garnering a

1. Peculiar Man, Eccentric Woman (KBS1) — 36.3%2. The Sky (SBS) — 31.4%3. Chil Princess (KBS2) — 23.0%4. KBS News 9 (KBS1) — 18.5%5. VJ Commando (KBS2) — 18.2%6. GAG Concert (KBS2) — 18.0%7. Idea Plus (KBS2) —

5/21/06 – Kim Ha Neul (28) and Kim Joo Hyuk (34) are selected to lead the drama “Lovers (연인)” scheduled to be aired by SBS in September.  The PD and the script writer of this drama are the duo Shin Woo Chul and Kim Eun Sook (

5/20/06 – On 5/20, the wedding of Lee Ah Hyun (이아현, 34), who played the elder sister of the role Kim Sam Soon in the drama “My Name is Kim Sam Soon”, is held at “Grand Hyatt Hotel Grand Ball Room (그랜드 하얏트호텔

5/19/06 – On 5/18, the production company “Yoon & Joon (윤앤준)” announces that Kim Sun Ah is selected to lead the movie “Thursday’s Child (목요일의 아이)”.  This is the movie debut of both the prod