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  34 October 5, 2007July 26, 2008

  Lee Minki’s Mixed-Up Investigative Agency

  by javabeans

  Lee Minki's new drama actually sounds interesting (and not just because it's Lee Minki's new drama) -- if a bit of question mark. It's doing something different and, dare we...

  Tags: Lee Eun-sung, Lee Min-ki, Mixed-up Investigative Agency, Ryu Seung-soo, Yeh Ji-won
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  6 October 5, 2007July 19, 2008

  Ballad queen, variety show star, and now actor

  by javabeans

  Ballad Queen Lee Soo Young, who's just released her eighth album, is set to branch out into acting. Cliched? Sure. But despite the overabundance of mediocrely talented pop singers hasty...

  Tags: Lee Soo-young, singers
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  8 October 4, 2007September 25, 2008

  Lobbyist postponed as precaution

  by javabeans

  If you've wondered what happened to the SBS drama Lobbyist, aka The Most Ridiculously Expensive Kdrama Ever: "Lobbyist" Postponement Actually Because of Subject of Arms Dealing SBS judges topic inappropriate...

  Tags: Jang Jin-young, Lobbyist, Song Il-kook
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  18 October 2, 2007July 22, 2008

  “Homey Korean”: Sounds awful already

  by javabeans

  Arirang TV will start airing a daily "sitcom" (and let's use that word lightly) beginning on the 8th and running three months, about the humorous dealings of foreigners living in...

  Tags: variety shows
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  32 October 1, 2007October 4, 2008

  Rising Stars

  by javabeans

  For the 12th annual Pusan International Film Festival, Premiere Magazine chose its nominees for the third round of their "Premiere Rising Star Award," based on the actors' activities in the...

  Tags: awards, Daniel Henney, film festivals, Kim Ah-joong
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  29 September 30, 2007November 2, 2007

  Alpha girls

  by javabeans

  According to the following article, actress and brainiac (and I say that with affection) Kim Tae Hee has toppled sultry star Kim Hye Soo as Korea's foremost "alpha girl." This...

  Tags: Kim Hye-soo, Kim Tae-hee
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  40 September 28, 2007July 23, 2008

  Sequel Mania

  by javabeans

  (The lovebirds of Bad Couple and Bad Family)   I find the following article (indented stuff in dark blue font is the translated article; the rest are my comments) particularly...

  Tags: Auction House, Bad Couple, Bad Family, drama production, drama ratings, Hello Franceska, Lovers, sequels
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  28 September 27, 2007July 22, 2008

  Maybe not such a great idea

  by javabeans

  (Emcee and actress Hyun Young with Canadian panel participant Julien Kang)  With the success of the talk/variety show Chatting with Beautiful Women, which I briefly mentioned here, producers...

  Tags: controversies, Misuda, variety shows
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  5 September 26, 2007July 22, 2008

  You mean they don’t do it just to confuse us?

  by javabeans

    "The Surprising Reason Behind Drama Title Changes" The upcoming, vastly expensive SBS Wednesday-Thursday drama Lobbyist, starring Song Il Kook [Jumong] and Jang Jin Young, has confused many viewers --...

  Tags: Hello! Miss, Lobbyist
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  55 September 25, 2007July 26, 2008

  Overseas love for Kang Ji Hwan, and not just from me

  by javabeans

    I love Kang Ji Hwan. Not merely because he's both adorable and sexy-hot (not necessarily a combination easy to come across), but because he's the type of actor who...

  Tags: Kang Ji-hwan