6/8/09: Ryu Siwon (Wedded Bliss) has worked hard to develop a solid fan base in Japan.
Read about how he did it, in a 6/7/09 Korea Times article at:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/
2009/06/178_46415.html. Singer Jang Yoon Jung and Comedian No Hong Chul are
dating. Read about the celebrity couple, in a 6/8/09 Korea Times article at:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/
special/2009/06/178_46488.html and a 6/8/09 KBS World article at:
world.kbs.co.kr/english/enter
tainment/enter_chart_detail.htm?No=9853. Instead of taking on the leading female role, Go
Hyun Jung (Spring Days) has chosen to play the antagonist in the new MBC drama about
Queen Seondeok. Read about her new role, in a 6/6/09 Chosun Ilbo article at:
english.chosun.com/
site/data/html/_dir/2009/06/06/2009060600225.html.
6/5/09: Yoon Tae Young (The Legend) badly injured his knee while filming the MBC drama
Strike Love. Read about his injury, in a 6/5/09 KBS World article at:
world.kbs.co.kr/english/entertain
ment/enter_chart_detail.htm?No=9838.
6/2/09: The DVD for the 1998 MBC drama, Forever Yours, co-starring Kim Hee Sun
(Smile Again), Ryu Siwon (Beautiful Days), Kim Sun Ah (City Hall) and Lee Jong Soo
(Daughter-in-Law), will become available later this month at YesAsia. For info from
YesAsia about the DVD (region-1 with English subtitles), click here.
6/1/09: The K-pop group, SS501, arrived in Honolulu this past Saturday, but their public
appearances apparently will be exclusively for just Japanese fans. See fellow addict
macsnooder808's youtube video of their arrival by clicking here. For the only source of info I
could find on the adventures of SS501 in Hawaii, check out the Hawaii K-Drama Fans
message board by clicking here. Kim Bum, a member of SS501, is a rising star in Japan.
Read about the popularity of his new film in Japan, in a 5/29/09 KBS World article at:
world.kbs.co.kr/english/entertainment/news/enter_chart_
detail.htm?No=9799. Lee Byung Hun's new movie, I Come with the Rain, in which he
co-stars with Takuya Kimura and Josh Hartnett, will open in Japan on June 6. Read about
this movie, in a 5/29/09 JoongAng Daily article at:
joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2905430. With North Korea preparing for the
possible firing of more missiles, South Korea and the U.S. are on increased alert. Read about
the raised alert level, in a 5/28/09 Korea Times article at: www.korea
times.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/05/205_45835.html.
5/26/09: The KBS2 drama, Iris, will be broadcast in Korea this September. Read about the
big-name cast for this drama, in a 5/24/09 Korea Times article at:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/
2009/05/135_45568.html. Daniel Henney (Spring Waltz) will make his debut as a regular
cast member of the medical drama about organ transplants, Three Rivers, this fall on CBS.
Read about the new drama, in a 5/22/09 Korea Times article at:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/
2009/05/139_45515.html. Read about the proposed changes in Korea to help promote
organ donations, in a 5/12/09 Korea Times article at:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/
05/117_44791.html and a 5/13/09 JoongAng Daily article at: joongangdaily.joins.com/article/
view.asp?aid=2904753. Movie Director Park Chan-wook (Old Boy) won another award
at the Cannes Film Festival. Read about his award, in a 5/26/09 JoongAng Daily article at:
joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2905313 and a 5/25/09 Korea Times article at:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/05/135_45614.html. For those of you who are
baseball fans, last week's game between the LG Twins and KIA Tigers set a record for the
longest baseball game in the history of Korean professional baseball. Read about the game,
which lasted 5 hours and 58 minutes, in a 5/22/09 Yonhap News article at:
english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/
2009/05/22/25/0702000000AEN20090522002500315F.HTML. The Original Sound Track
(OST) for the KBS2 drama, Accidental Couple, starring Hwang Jung Min and Kim Ah
Joong, will be available early next month at YesAsia. For info from YesAsia about the OST,
click here.
5/23/09: Korea is in mourning due to the death of former President Roh Moo-hyun. Read
about his death, in a 5/23/09 Yonhap News article at:
english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2009/05/23/85/
0301000000AEN20090523004500315F.HTML, 5/23/09 Chosun Ilbo article at:
english.chosun.
com/site/data/html_dir/2009/05/23/2009052300948.html and 5/23/09 Korea Times article at:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/05/117_45528.html. Read about his career, in
a 5/23/09 Yonhap News article at: english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2009/05/23/46/030100
0000AEN20090523004200315F.HTML. Korea has also lost veteran actress Yeo Woon
Gye (King & I/Money War) who had to quit appearing in current KBS2 morning drama,
Love & Obsession, due to her illness. Read about her death, in a 5/22/09 Korea Times
article at: www.koreatimes.co.kr/
www/news/nation/2009/05/121_45527.html.
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Read about how he did it, in a 6/7/09 Korea Times article at:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/
2009/06/178_46415.html. Singer Jang Yoon Jung and Comedian No Hong Chul are
dating. Read about the celebrity couple, in a 6/8/09 Korea Times article at:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/
special/2009/06/178_46488.html and a 6/8/09 KBS World article at:
world.kbs.co.kr/english/enter
tainment/enter_chart_detail.htm?No=9853. Instead of taking on the leading female role, Go
Hyun Jung (Spring Days) has chosen to play the antagonist in the new MBC drama about
Queen Seondeok. Read about her new role, in a 6/6/09 Chosun Ilbo article at:
english.chosun.com/
site/data/html/_dir/2009/06/06/2009060600225.html.
6/5/09: Yoon Tae Young (The Legend) badly injured his knee while filming the MBC drama
Strike Love. Read about his injury, in a 6/5/09 KBS World article at:
world.kbs.co.kr/english/entertain
ment/enter_chart_detail.htm?No=9838.
6/2/09: The DVD for the 1998 MBC drama, Forever Yours, co-starring Kim Hee Sun
(Smile Again), Ryu Siwon (Beautiful Days), Kim Sun Ah (City Hall) and Lee Jong Soo
(Daughter-in-Law), will become available later this month at YesAsia. For info from
YesAsia about the DVD (region-1 with English subtitles), click here.
6/1/09: The K-pop group, SS501, arrived in Honolulu this past Saturday, but their public
appearances apparently will be exclusively for just Japanese fans. See fellow addict
macsnooder808's youtube video of their arrival by clicking here. For the only source of info I
could find on the adventures of SS501 in Hawaii, check out the Hawaii K-Drama Fans
message board by clicking here. Kim Bum, a member of SS501, is a rising star in Japan.
Read about the popularity of his new film in Japan, in a 5/29/09 KBS World article at:
world.kbs.co.kr/english/entertainment/news/enter_chart_
detail.htm?No=9799. Lee Byung Hun's new movie, I Come with the Rain, in which he
co-stars with Takuya Kimura and Josh Hartnett, will open in Japan on June 6. Read about
this movie, in a 5/29/09 JoongAng Daily article at:
joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2905430. With North Korea preparing for the
possible firing of more missiles, South Korea and the U.S. are on increased alert. Read about
the raised alert level, in a 5/28/09 Korea Times article at: www.korea
times.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/05/205_45835.html.
5/26/09: The KBS2 drama, Iris, will be broadcast in Korea this September. Read about the
big-name cast for this drama, in a 5/24/09 Korea Times article at:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/
2009/05/135_45568.html. Daniel Henney (Spring Waltz) will make his debut as a regular
cast member of the medical drama about organ transplants, Three Rivers, this fall on CBS.
Read about the new drama, in a 5/22/09 Korea Times article at:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/
2009/05/139_45515.html. Read about the proposed changes in Korea to help promote
organ donations, in a 5/12/09 Korea Times article at:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/
05/117_44791.html and a 5/13/09 JoongAng Daily article at: joongangdaily.joins.com/article/
view.asp?aid=2904753. Movie Director Park Chan-wook (Old Boy) won another award
at the Cannes Film Festival. Read about his award, in a 5/26/09 JoongAng Daily article at:
joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2905313 and a 5/25/09 Korea Times article at:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/05/135_45614.html. For those of you who are
baseball fans, last week's game between the LG Twins and KIA Tigers set a record for the
longest baseball game in the history of Korean professional baseball. Read about the game,
which lasted 5 hours and 58 minutes, in a 5/22/09 Yonhap News article at:
english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/
2009/05/22/25/0702000000AEN20090522002500315F.HTML. The Original Sound Track
(OST) for the KBS2 drama, Accidental Couple, starring Hwang Jung Min and Kim Ah
Joong, will be available early next month at YesAsia. For info from YesAsia about the OST,
click here.
5/23/09: Korea is in mourning due to the death of former President Roh Moo-hyun. Read
about his death, in a 5/23/09 Yonhap News article at:
english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2009/05/23/85/
0301000000AEN20090523004500315F.HTML, 5/23/09 Chosun Ilbo article at:
english.chosun.
com/site/data/html_dir/2009/05/23/2009052300948.html and 5/23/09 Korea Times article at:
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/05/117_45528.html. Read about his career, in
a 5/23/09 Yonhap News article at: english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2009/05/23/46/030100
0000AEN20090523004200315F.HTML. Korea has also lost veteran actress Yeo Woon
Gye (King & I/Money War) who had to quit appearing in current KBS2 morning drama,
Love & Obsession, due to her illness. Read about her death, in a 5/22/09 Korea Times
article at: www.koreatimes.co.kr/
www/news/nation/2009/05/121_45527.html.
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