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Choi Jin - Choi Jiz
CHOI JIN SIL (Choe/Chae Jin Shil)
Born:   December 24, 1968
Died:  Oct. 2, 2008
Height/Weight:  163 cm (5' 4") / 46 kg (101 lbs)
TV dramas:  Last Scandal (Sun-hee); Bad Woman, Good Woman (Se-young); Rosy
Life (Soonie); War of the Roses (Mi-young); Since We Met (Ok-hwa); Memories
(In-young); A Wish Upon A Star Yun-hee); You and I (Soo-kyung); Roses &
Beansprouts  
Movies:   The Legend of Ginko (2000); Mayonnaise (1999); The Letter (1997);
Baby Sale (1997); Holiday in Seoul (1997); Ghost Mama (1966); Who Drives Me
Mad (1995); Mom Gets a Lover (1995); How To Top My Wife (1994); I Wish for
What is Forbidden to Me (1994); Woman for Love, Woman for Marriage (1993);
Mr. Mamma (1992); A Room in the Woods (1992); Susan Brink's Arirang (1991);
Well, It's a Secret 2 (1991); My Love, My Bride (1990); KokchiTtan (1990); North
Korea's Southern Army (1990)
Awards:  KBS Best Actress (2005)
Articles:  
Chosun Ilbo 8/27/09 (Suspect 'Told to Steal Ashes by Choi Jin-sil's
Spirit'); JoongAng Daily 8/26/09 (Hoaxer nabbed for demanding cash for Choi's urn);
Yonhap News 8/26/09 (Police nab suspect in thef of late actress' ashes); Chosun
Ilbo 8/21/09 (Thief of Choi Jin-sil's Ashes Caught on CCTV); Dong-a Ilbo 8/21/09
(Footage Shows Thief Who Stole Top Actress's Ashes); Korea Herald 8/18/09
(Choi Jin-shil selected as best newsmaker); Chosun Ilbo 8/17/09 (Police Hunt Thief
of Actress Choi Jon-sil's Ashes); KBS World 8/17/09 (Actress Choi's Ashes
Stolen); Yonhap News 8/15/09 (Late actress' burial urn found missing:  police);
Korea Times 6/11/09 (Women's Groups Up in Arms Over Ruling on Late Actress);
Chosun Ilbo 6/5/09 (Actress' Heirs to Compensate Advertiser for 'Disgrace');
Chosun Ilbo 4/24/09 (Fans Continue to Flock to Choi Jin-sil's Gravesite); Yonhap
News 4/23/09 (Two indicted for spreading rumors about late actress); Chosun Ilbo
1/7/09 (Choi Jin-sil's Brother Speaks Out); JoongAng Daily 12/10/08 (Custody
questions settled for kids of the late actress Choi Jin-sil); Korea Times 12/8/08 (Cho
Sung-min Gives Up Control of Ex-Wife's Property); Korea Times 10/29/08 (Legal
Battle Expected on Late Actress' Fortune); Newsweek 10/15/08 (When Words Kill:  
Suicide spurs bid to regulate the net in South Korea); Korea Times 10/23/08
(Actress Choi's Last Conversation Disclosed); Yonhap News 10/4/08 (Funeral
service held for actress Choi Jin-sil); JoongAng Daily 10/4/08 (Look after my kids':  
Choi JIn-sil); JoongAng Daily 10/3/08 (Celebrities driven over the edge by online
rumors); Korea Times 10/2/08 (Grass Is Not Always Greener for TV Celebs);  
JoongAng Daily 10/3/08 (Leading actress's suicide shocks nation); Yonhap News
10/3/08 (Actress committed suicide on momentary impulse:  police); Dong-A Ilbo
10/3/08 (Autopsy Scheduled for Actress Choi); Dong-A Ilbo 10/3/08 (Police:  
Malicious Rumors Drove Actress to Suicide); JoongAng Daily 10/3/08 (Real life
tragedies outweigh on-screen success); Korea Times 10/2/08 (From Ad Star to
Celeb-Mom); Korea Times 10/2/08 (Actress Choi Found Dead in Apparent
Suicide); Yonhap News 10/2/08 (Star actress Choi Jin-sil found dead at home in
apparent suicide); Chosun Ilbo 10/2/08 (Popular Actress Choi Jin-sil Found Dead);
KBS Global 10/2/08 ('90s TV Icon Discovered Dead in Her Apartment); Korea
Times 10/2/08 (Top Actress Choi Found Dead at Home); Yonhap News 3/2/08
(Mothers flood courts to change children's names); Korea Times 12/18/06; KBS
Global 3/24/06; Korea Times 8/3/05; Korea Times 7/18/05; KOCCA 1/26/04;  
koreanfilm.org
She divorced baseball player Jo Sung Min, with who she had 2 children.  Her
brother is actor Choi Jin Young.
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CHOI JIN YOUNG  (Chae Jin Yeong)
Born:  February 27, 1971
Died:  March 29, 2010
Family:  his sister is the late Choi Jin Sil.
School:  Hanyang University
TV dramas:  Love Okay (Suk-hoon)
Articles:  
KBS Global 3/31/10 (Late Choi Jin Young Planned to Be Singer and
Actor);  Korea Times 3/31/10 (Choi Jin-young Laid to Rest);  Chosun Ilbo 3/30/10
(Star Choi Jin-young Commits Suicide);  JoongAng Daily 3/30/10 (Choi Jin-sil's kin
found dead from a possible suicide);  KBS Global 3/30/10 (Choi Jin-young Commits
Suicide);  Yonhap News 3/29/10 (Brother of late actress Choi Jin-sil found dead);  
Korea Herald 3/29/10 (Actress Choi Jin-sil's brother found dead); Korea Times
3/29/10 (Choi Jin-young Dead in Apparent Suicide Monday);  JoongAng Daily
3/29/10 (Brother of late actress Choi Jin-sil commits suicide);  Chosun Ilbo 1/7/09
(Choi Jin-sil's Brother Speaks Out)
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