3/11/10:  If the actor who plays Bi-dam in The Great Queen Seon-deok looks familiar to you but
his name doesn't ring a bell, that's because
Kim Nam Gil dropped his stage name (Lee Han) and is
now using his real name when acting.  Read about him and his success on this drama, in a 3/11/10
JoongAng Daily article at:  joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2917627.    Veteran actor
Jung Bo Suk (Daejoyoung) is getting a lot of attention now.  Find out why, in a 3/4/10 Korea
Herald
article at:  www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2010/03/04/2010030
40058.asp.    What would you do if Kim So Yeon (Best Chef) did taekwondo?  Find out what
others said, in a  3/5/10
KBS Global article at:  english.kbs.co.kr/TVRadio/HotTopic/view.
html?No=408.    The DVD for the SBS drama, On Air, is now available in region-1 with English
subtitles.  For info from
YesAsia about this DVD, click here.

3/10/10:   
Moon Geun Young (Painter of Wind) and Chun Jung Myung (Fashion 70s) will be
co-starring in a new drama,
Cinderella's Stepsister, which starts in late March in Korea.  Read
about them, in a 3/10/10
KBS Global article at:  english.kbs.co.kr/TVRadio/BehindtheDrama/
view.html?No=413.  Korea is transforming from a homogenous society to a multicultural one.  Read
about how that has affected the Korean entertainment industry, in a 3/9/10
JoongAng Daily article
at:  joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2917529.    The discrimination against multiracial
people in Korea still exists, however.  Read about some of the difficulties multiracial entertainers face,
in a 3/9/10
JoongAng Daily article at:  joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2917530.    
No meal would be complete without
kimchi in Korea.   So it is not unexpected that Korea would
have a kimchi museum.  Read about the
Pulmuone Kimchi Museum in a 3/6/10 Korea Herald
article at:  
www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2010/03/06/201003060023.asp.  
The DVD for the
SBS drama, Family of Honor (aka Glory of Family), will be available later this
month at
YesAsia.  For info about the DVD (region-3 with English subtitles), click here for Vol. 1
and
here for Vol. 2.

3/9/10:  
Lee Bo Young (Queen of the Game) is getting a favorable response to her acting in the
new
KBS2 drama, Becoming A Billionaire.  Read about her, in a 3/8/10 KBS Global article at:  
english.kbs.co.kr/TVRadio/BehindtheDrama/view.html?No=410.    Another actress that people are
taking notice is
Lee Mi Yeon (Crazy for Love) in the new KBS1 historical drama, The Great
Merchant
.  Read about her in a 3/8/10 KBS Global article at:  english.kbs.co.kr/Entertain/
EntertainmentGallery/view.html?No=409.

3/8/10:  Wedding bells will ring for
Jang Dong Gun and Go So Young on May 2.  Read about their
wedding announcement, in a 3/8/10
Chosun Ilbo article at:  english.chosun.com/site/data/
html_dir/2010/03/03/2010030801039.html and a 3/5/10 KBS Global article at:  english.kbs.
co.kr/Entertain/EntertainmentNews/view.html?No=7306.    The Korean press is still curious about
Kim Hye Soo's relationship with Yoo Hae Jin.  Read about Kim Hye Soo's reaction to personal
questions, in a 3/5/10
Korea Times article at:  www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/03/
201_61919.html.    Kim Jung Eun has moved on with her life after the painful breakup with Lee
Suh Jin over a year ago.  Read about what she's been up to, in a 3/6/10 Chosun Ilbo article at:  
english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/03/06/2010030600204.html.    Robert Park, the
Korean-American activist who was recently released by
North Korea after his capture on Christmas
Eve, apparently was tortured by the North Koreans.  Read about him, in a 3/8/10
Chosun Ilbo
article at:  
englsh.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/03/08/2010030800315.html.    Goo Kye Sun
is now a movie director.  Read about her new movie,
Delightful Assistant, in a 3/3/10 KBS
Global
article at:  english.kbs.co.kr/Entertain/EntertainmentNews/view.html?No=7303.

3/1/10:  The
Kia Sorento is now being produced in West Point, Georgia, U.S.A.  Read about the
opening of Kia's Georgia plant, in a 2/28/10
Korea Times article at:  www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/
news/nation/2010/03/123_61586l.html.    Song Il Kook's new MBC drama, Divine Hero (aka
The Man They Called God) starts this week in Korea.  Read about it, in a 3/1/10 Korea Herald
article at:   
www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2010/03/01/201003010049.asp.    
The Original Sound Track (OST) for the
KBS drama, The Reputable Family (aka The Great
Family)
, co-starring Cha In Pyo, Han Go Eun and Kim Sung Min, is now available at YesAsia.  
For info about the OST,
click here.

2/26/10:  
Shin Hyun Jun has made his parents proud.  Find out why, in a 2/26/10 Chosun Ilbo
article at:  
english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/02/26/2010022600252.html.    Park Sun
Young will be getting married this May.  Read about her upcoming wedding, in a 2/26/10 Chosun
Ilbo
article at:  english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/02/26/2010022600431.html and a
2/26/10 KBS Global article at:  
english.kbs.co.kr/Entertain/EntertainmentNews/view.html?No=7300.
   
Yoo Ji Tae and Yoon Jin Seo appeared together in the hit movie, Oldboy, and will appear
together in the new movie,
Secret Love.  Read about their new movie, in a 2/26/10 JoongAng
Daily
article at:  joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2917099 and a 2/25/10 Korea
Herald
article at:  www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2010/02/25/201002
250044.asp.    The movie, Good Morning President, co-starring Jang Dong Gun, Lee Soon Jae
and
Go Doo Shim, is now showing in Hawaii at the Consolidated Ward Theaters.  The DVD for
the movie will also be released next month.  For info about the DVD (region-3 with  English subtitles),
click here.

               
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