| 3/6/05: According to a Daily Yomiura article from Japan, Korean TV dramas rule the airwaves in Japan. Romance in Paris began airing on March 2 on NTV Monday thru Thursday from 10:25 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. First Love will start March 31 on NHK BS-2. All In will replace Beautiful Days on NHK in the Saturday night timeslot at 11:10 beginning April 16. (Thanks fellow addict Manny for the info.) 3/4/05: The Original Sound Track for Ode to the Han River is now available at YesAsia by clicking here. The DVDs (with English subtitles) for Ruler of Your Own World and Phoenix are expected to be released around March 31 and April 15, respectively. More info on these DVDs will be provided when YesAsia starts taking pre-orders. 3/3/05: The DVD for Stairway to Heaven (starring Kwon Sang Woo and Choi Ji Woo) is expected to be released by YesAsia on April 30. It will be region 1 with English subtitles. For more info, or to pre-order this DVD, from YesAsia, click here. The 2-episodes SBS drama special, My Love Toram, which KBFD-TV showed last week without prior notice, is also expected to be released for sale on March 15. This special starred Ha Hee Ra (To Be With You) who played a blind woman that had a very special relationship with her seeing-eye dog (Toram). It is highly recommended. For more info, or to pre-order the My Love Toram DVD (all-region with English subtitles), click here. 2/2/05: Park Sun Young's new KBS drama, 18 vs. 29, will start next week in Korea on Monday and Tuesday nights. Read more about it in a 3/2/05 KBS Global article at: english.kbs.co.kr/entertainment/news/1344778_11858.html. 3/1/05: In the past, leukemia frequently was used in Korean TV dramas to kill off a leading character and add drama to the storyline. The illness in vogue nowadays for Korean TV dramas is amnesia. Ji Jin Hee in Spring Days and Park Sun Young in the upcoming KBS drama, 18 vs. 29, are the lastest victims. Read more about the growing list of amnesia victims in a 3/1/05 Korea Times article at: times.hankooki. com/lpage/culture/200503/kt2005030119230911700.htm . 2/28/05: So Ji Sup and Lee Jung Jin have both started military service today. So Ji Sup's dramas include: I'm Sorry, I Love You; Hearts in Bali; and Glass Slippers. Lee Jung Jin was in the TV dramas, Trio and More Than Words Can Say. Read more about them in a 2/28/05 KBS Global article at: english.kbs.co.kr/ entertainment/news/134463_11858.html. 2/27/05: Maya (Bodyguard) will be singing the Korean national anthem on the Korean Independence Day holiday (March 1). This is the second time she has been given this honor. Like Shin Sung Woo (Tropical Nights in December), Maya is a rock singer who also acts. Read more about Maya in a 2/27/05 Chosun Ilbo article at: english.chosun.com/x21data.html/news/200502/200502270009.html. 2/26/05: Volumes 2 and 3 of the Dae Jang Geum DVD will be coming available in a couple months. Volume 2 (episodes 19 - 36) is expected to be released on April 1. Volume 3 (episodes 37 - 54) is expected to be released on May 2. Volume 1 is already available for sale. All volumes of the Dae Jang Geum DVD are all-region with English subtitles. Click on the following links for more info or to order the DVDs from YesAsia: Vol. 1, Vol. 2 and Vol. 3. Dae Jang Geum has a total of 54 episodes. 2/25/05: April Snow, a new movie starring Bae Yong Jun and Son Ye Jin, will open this September in Korea as well as many other Asian countiries. Read more about this movie in a 2/25/05 Korea Times article at: times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/ 200502/kt2005022520130611710.htm and a 2/25/05 KBS Global article at: english.kbs.co.kr/entertainment/news/1344354_11858.html. Lee Mi Sook, who co-starred with Bae Yong Jun in the movie, Untold Scandal, is also in the news for sharing her 10-year history of depression. According to KBS Global, she said that, "Actors are much more susceptible to shocks than ordinary people because they are extremely sensitive." Read more about this in a 2/25/05 KBS Global article at: english.kbs.co.kr/entertainment/news/1344313_11858.html. 2/24/05: Fellow addict Cathrine has an update on TV programs in SoCal. Sorry I Love You finished on Tuesday night and will be replaced by Sassy Girl, Chung-hyang. KBS LA is now subtitling in English the daily TV novel, You Are a Star. The 9 P.M. News, however, is no longer being subtitled. Hot December Nights finished and was replaced by Sad Love Song. (Thanks Cathrine for the update.) Go to next page of News from KoreanWiz Home Copyright (c) 2005 KoreanWiz. All rights reserved. |
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