Birth of a franchise: Coffee Prince cafe opens

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  Riding the Wave of Popularity for Drama "Coffee Prince," Cafe Launches in Hongdae MBC embarks on franchise; first store of opens in Hongdae's "Theater Chu" on the 20th Before...

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Follow-up: Jang Dong Gun’s CNN interview

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Following up on this earlier report on CNN's "Eye on South Korea" special broadcast, actor-superstar Jang Dong Gun's interview on Talk Asia aired on CNN on the 14th. I missed...

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Blast from kpop’s past

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Wow, here's one to make you feel really old. (Or really young, I suppose.) Back in the Stone Ages, aka the '90s, there was a pop group that was...

Kwon Sang Woo screws up love, but in a manly way

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Kwon Sang Woo returns to television after three years in the upcoming KBS Monday-Tuesday drama (starting December 3) Wretched Love (a more apt but slangy translation could be "Screwed-up Love"), which...

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“Soulmate” Song List Posted

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I was looking through some of my files today, and came across this list of songs for the series Soulmate, sorted by episode. (I'd found it compiled on a Korean...

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Mixed-Up Investigative Agency: Case 2

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It's kind of weird seeing Lee Minki portraying such a goofy and awkward character after his rather dashing turn as Kang Tae Bong in Dal Ja's Spring. Having started out...

Tags: Lee Eun-sung, Lee Min-ki, Mixed-up Investigative Agency, Ryu Seung-soo, Yeh Ji-won

Kim Sun Ah to make her comeback

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Sexy actress Kim Sun Ah, who'd had a fairly lengthy resume but vaulted to superfame in My Name Is Kim Sam Soon, is back after a rather quiet past two...

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Return of the “What the hell–?!” writers

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Fascinating. (Although, I'd hate to be called a "What the hell?!" writer. Oh, wait, was that just an invitation? Very well. Everyone gets a freebie "What the hell?!") Personally, I...

Tags: Golden Age for Daughters-in-Law, Madam Ah Hyun Dong, scriptwriters

And yet, I probably still won’t see it

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Huh. So J.J. Abrams is doing the newest Star Trek movie, and at least this time he doesn't have a TV series to sink while off trying to revive...

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Auction House: Lot 2

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Auction House&rsqup;s Episode 2 (or, as they call it, Lot 2) was a lot better than its first episode, but still feels like it's missing something. As with Air City,...

Tags: Auction House, Jung Chan, Yoon So-yi