The closest thing to a real Korean “world star”

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Super(duper) Hallyu star Jang Dong Gun's recent fanmeeting (scheduled to coincide with his birthday, as many fanmeets do) reportedly attracted fans from -- get this -- sixteen different countries....

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Korea’s oldest film unearthed

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Korea's oldest film has been discovered. The Korean Film Archive announced earlier this week that Crossroads of Youth [청춘의 십자로], a black-and-white silent movie made in 1934 and considered a historical asset, has...

Love serenade for Kim Jung Eun

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Cuuute. On the 8th, actress Kim Jung Eun recorded the first episode of the new music talk program she hosts, Kim Jung Eun's Chocolate (the concept: comfort with an intimate,...

Tags: Kim Jung-eun, Lee Seo-jin, variety shows

Lee Chun Hee, accidental scandalmonger

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Actor Lee Chun Hee (The Great King Sejong, Conspiracy in the Court, Only You) is taking responsibility (owning up, or bogarting credit?) for being the reason behind the rumor that...

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New midweek shows “On Air,” “Who Are You?”

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Last week saw the finales of both of Hong Gil Dong's competitors -- New Heart crescendoed to its end with a whopping 33% rating, while Bulhandang [Con Man] limped to the...

Tags: Go Ara, Kim Haneul, Lee Beom-soo, On Air, Park Yong-ha, Song Yoon-ah, Who Are You? (MBC), Yoon Kye-sang

News bites: March 4, 2008

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Boa, Jamilya Actor-cum-director Yoo Ji Tae's third directorial endeavor (and first theater release, more here), short film Out of My Intention, held its press conference on the 4th. Though it's...

Tags: 1 show to rule them all, army duty, directors, Eru, Jewelry, Kang Ta, Misuda, news bites, short films, Yoo Ji-tae

More troubles for Ivy

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Okay, I've gotta say this ticks me off on so many levels. Singer Ivy is being sued by the cosmetics company she was hired as brand model for, under the...

Tags: controversies, Ivy, lawsuits, netizens, singers

Fat again?

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Sleeper romantic-comedy hit 200 Pound Beauty is preparing its sequel, because what's more natural after a film unexpectedly hits big than to milk that cash cow for all it's worth? Still,...

Tags: 200 Pound Beauty, Kim Ah-joong, sequels

Yoo Ji Tae’s directorial release

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Movie star Yoo Ji Tae is probably one of few Hallyu stars who's got some international cachet outside of Korea or Asia due to acting in films like hipster favorites...

Tags: directors, short films, Yoo Ji-tae

“Boys Before Flowers,” aka the Korean Hana Yori Dango

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I'm a little late to this info, but this news gets me excited. And apprehensive. But excited! So the Japanese manga Hana Yori Dango has been made into an anime...

Tags: adaptations, Boys Before Flowers, Hana Yori Dango, j-doramas, remakes