June 09, 2006
By Kim RahnStaff ReporterWas former President Syngman Rhee a respected leader to become the first head of the Korean Provisional Government (KPG) which ruled from Shanghai during the Japanese colonial rule? Or di
Category: TV/Film
Kim Tae-hee Goes After Online Slanderers
June 9, 2006
Police are going after people who allegedly spread a rumor that the star actress Kim Tae-hee married into one of Korea’s big family-owned corporations or chaeb
LEE Myung-se to Direct Horror Melodrama
2006, June 09
Director LEE Myung-se’s next project is a horror melodrama titled M. The production was part of the Film Market at the Cannes Film Festival. The story is
‘Korean Wave Grand Exhibition’ in Japan features Korean stars
2006, June 08
Previously unseen photos and videos of 50 Korean Wave stars are to be showcased at the ‘Korean Wave Grand Exhibition,’ to be held from June 13 to July 2 at the A Exhibition H
Too Handsome (Jo In-sung in A Dirty Carnival)
JUNE 08, 2006
by Seung-Jae Lee (sjda@donga.com)
Actor Won Bin Discharged from Military Service Due to Illness
June 7, 2006
Actor Won Bin (29, real name: Kim Do-jin), who enlisted in the Army in November of last year and volunteered to work at a frontline post in the DMZ, was discharged
TV Rating (5/29/06 – 6/4/06)
1. The Sky (SBS) — 29.2%2. Joo Mong (MBC) — 28.3%3. International Soccer: Korea vs. Ghana (MBC) — 26.3%4. Idea Plus (KBS2) — 25.8%5. Chil Princess (KBS2) — 25.1%6. GAG Concert (KBS2) — 20.8%7. Pure 19 (KBS1) —
History Attests to Korean Stars’ All-Natural Looks
June 6, 2006
The chiseled features — can Korea’s gene pool really have produced the perfection that graces TV screens all over Asia without the help of the country’s otherwise so very busy army of plastic surgeons? The Chosun Ilbo
JSA (Joint Security Area)
Directed by: Park Chan-Wook (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Old Boy)
Eric leads MBC drama “Sweet Guy (스위트 가이)”
6/2/06 – Eric is selected to lead the drama “Sweet Guy (스위트 가이)” scheduled to be aired by MBC in September. He plays the role Kwon Dong Hyun (권동현) who is the son of the owner of a big financial corporation and fa