Category: TV/Film

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

5/18/06 – Kim Jung Wook (김정욱) is selected to lead the 4-episode drama “Her Cerebral Hemorrhage Story (그녀의 뇌출혈 스토리)” scheduled to be aired by MBC in July following the final episode of “The Exhibition of F

5/16/06 – Oh Ji Ho will costar with Taiwanese actress Shu Qi (서기, 舒淇), Korean actor Lee Bum Soo (이범수), and actress Hyun Young (현영) in the movie “My Wife is a Gangster 3 (조폭 마누라3)”.  In the movie, he pl

May 17, 2006

The Seoul home of Hallyu star Bae Yong-joon reportedly caught fire. According to Bae’s agency, BOF, on May 16, a fire broke out at his apartment in Samseong-do

May 16, 2006

The KBS TV drama "Sorry, I Love You" (2004) starring So Ji-sub and Lim Soo-jung will begin airing on a Japanese terrestrial TV network on May 17.