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| 8/29/05: A Farewell to Tears will be shown on KBFD-TV in Hawaii, beginning September 11. Baseball is a popular sport among Korean stars. A group of them, including Jang Dong Gun (All About Eve), Jung Woo Sung (A Moment to Remember), Ji Jin Hee (Dae Jang-geum) and Kim Seung Woo (Hotelier), are forming a team called "Playboys" to play in an amateur league. Read about the Playboys in a 8/26/05 Korea Times article at: time.hankooki.com/lpage/cul ture/200508/kt2005082619594311680.htm. Bae Yong Joon is ready to start a family and have a happy, simple life. Read about his lonely personal life in a 8/28/05 Korea Times article at: times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt200508 2819332811690.htm. Yonhap News has a 8/26/05 article about how piracy detrimentally affects the Korean automotive and entertainment industries. Read the article at: english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20050826/480100000020050826151 950E7.html. Be a good addict by staying away from unauthorized copies of copyrighted material. 8/27/05: A Farewell to Tears (aka Goodbye to Sadness) will begin on KBS-LA on September 3 at 10:10 on Saturday and Sunday nights. Immortal Yi Soon-shin ends this weekend in Korea with a total of 104 episodes. Loveholic, starring Kang Ta and Kim Min Sun, will be available on DVD (region-all with English subtitles) at the end of this month. For info about this DVD, click here. Some of the other dramas coming down the DVD pipeline for release later this year are: Only You (Han Chae Young), Secret (Kim Ha Neul, Kim Min Jong and Ryu Si Won) and Hearts in Bali (So Ji Sup and Ha Ji Won). 8/26/05: Bae Yong Joon had a hard time making the movie, April Snow. Find out why in a 8/26/05 Chosun Ilbo article at: english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/ 200508/200508260002.html. Kang Ta (Loveholic), Shin Hye Sung and Lee Ji Hoon (Wonderful Life) have formed a new singing group called S. Their song, Breath, is included in the OST (Track 27) for April Snow. Read about S in a 8/24/05 KBS Global article at: english.kbs.co.kr/entertainment/news/1360538 _11858.html. The Spirit of Korean Dance & Music Concert, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Korean National Liberation, will be this Saturday at 8:30 p.m. at the Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. There is a fee for admission. For more info about the concert or to buy tickets, click here. For info about a limited number of free tickets to be distributed for this concert, go to: www.jasonscottpark.com. 8/25/05: Although the Korean Wave has generally been good for Korea, it has created problems for some Korean stars. False reports have been published abroad damaging the reputation of some Korean stars. Read about the false reports in a 8/24/05 Korea Times article at: times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/ kt2005082419481011700.htm. In My Lovely Sam-soon, Kim Sam-soon mentions "Momo" from time to time. What is Momo? It is a children's book by a German author and happens to be Sam-soon's favorite book. Read about Momo in a 8/24/05 Chosun Ilbo article at: english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200508/ 200508240026.html. 8/24/05: Daniel Henney's mother recently visited him in Korea. Read about her visit in a 8/22/05 Chosun Ilbo article at: english.chosun.com/w21data/html/ news/200508/200508220027.html. Emperor of the Sea will be broadcast in India (dubbed in Hindi) beginning next month. Read about the Indian broadcast in a 8/24/05 KOCCA article by clicking here. Soo Ae (Emperor of the Sea) is currently filming a movie called Wedding Campaign with Jung Jae Young (Something Special) and Yoo Joon Sang (Fox & Cotton Candy). Read about this movie in a 8/21/05 Korea Times article at: times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/ 200508/kt2005082120230411710.htm. April Snow, starring Bae Yong Joon and Son Ye Jin, recently premiered in Korea. Read about Bae Yong Joon's question and answer session with reporters after the movie premiere in a 8/23/05 Korea Times article at: times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200508/kt2005082322471311690.htm and a 8/25/05 Dong-A Ilbo article at: english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2005082573728. By the way, Bae Yong Joon visited a seriously ill fan of his while in Taiwan. Read about his hospital visit in a 8/22/05 KBS Global article at: english.kbs.co.kr/entertainment/news/1360299_1858.html. 101st Proposal, a Korea/China drama production starring Choi Ji Woo, is now showing in Malaysia on TV2 Monday thru Thursday at 11 a.m. Other Korea/China joint productions shown there include: Scent of Love (Chu Ja Hyun and Eddie Peng), Love in the Vineyard (Han Jae Suk and Ruby Lin) and Beautiful Butterfly (Kim So Yeon and Ren Qi). Go to next page of News from KoreanWiz Home Copyright 2005 KoreanWiz.org All rights reserved. |
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