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42 Days 06 Hours 02 Minutes 48 Seconds Title: 나는 길에서 연예인을 주웠다 / I Picked up a Star on the Road Chinese Title: 我在路边捡到大明星 Genre: Romance, Comedy Episodes: 14 (To Be Confirmed) Broadcast network: Oksusu Broadcast period: 2018-Nov-01 to 2019-Jan-31 Air time: Thursday 10.00am Synopsis A comedy romance drama about an awkward gal who picks up a world star on the road one day. Cast Sung Hoon as Kang Joon Hyuk Kim Ga Eun as Lee Yeon Seo Kim Jong Hoon as Hwang Nam Goo Kang Sung Jin as Representative Kim Lizzy as Jin Se Ra Ji Ho Sung as Mir Yoon Kyung Ho as Detective Byun Heo Joon Suk as Section Chief Nam Han Eun Sun as Moon Hee Jung Mi Mi as Ji Eun Hwang Jung Min as Yeon Seo’s mom Lee Do Yun as Young Lee Yeon Seo Production Credits Director: Kwon Hyuk Chan Screenwriter: Lee Nam Kyoo, Moon Jong Ho, Oh Bo Hyun Post...

South Korean boy group Super Junior performs during the 27th Golden Disk Awards in Sepang, Malaysia, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin) Latin America is K-pop’s next target, and Super Junior is already ahead of the curve. On Sept. 27, the K-pop veterans released “Animals” from their upcoming Latin-pop album, One More Time (which will drop on Oct. 8). “Animals” is breezy pop-EDM accented by Spanish guitar. Their spin on interpolated Caribbean sounds is typified by a slowed-down dembow beat. Noticeably devoid of any rapping, the mellow track showcases the vocal talents of the seven present members. In particular, the song marks the return of main vocal Ryeowook to SuJu’s ranks after he was discharged from the Korean military in July. The music video for “Animals” was scheduled to be released on Sept. 27, but Super Junior’s official Twitter account reported that it got pushed back du...

The past year has been one of unadulterated success for Sunmi, the former member of K-pop outfit Wonder Girls. Sunmi has hit No 1 with all her latest singles, and is the face of major cosmetics and fashion brands. Her quirky appearances on popular TV variety shows have endeared her to those who have not fallen for her sexy image. K-pop giants speak at the UN with a message for the world’s youth Many were shocked and moved when Sunmi revealed she had a difficult childhood – something that is still unusual for a K-pop star. She made headlines after a tearful account of her troubled younger years during a TV programme, which gave an insight into the pain and hardships she has endured despite her K-pop fame. Contrary to her sexy image, Sunmi has shown other sides to her personality, such as spending time last year with a victim of the Sewol ferry disaster in South Korean in 2014 that claimed hundreds of lives. The encounter was shown on a YouTube channel and many were moved...

13 Days 18 Hours 39 Minutes 19 Seconds Title: 내사랑 치유기 / My Healing Love Also known as: My Love, My Cure Chinese Title: 我的爱情治愈记 Genre: Family, Romance Episodes: 100 (To Be Confirmed) Broadcast network: MBC Broadcast period: 2018-Oct-14 to 2019 Air time: Sunday 20:45 (4 episodes back-to-back) Synopsis This drama tells the story of the rise and eventual success of a woman comes from an underprivileged background. Im Chi Woo ( So Yoo Jin ) is an unfortunate woman. She is a national superwoman who never wanted to be a kind daughter, daughter-in-law or a wife, but was unwillingly sacrificed by her family. She is married to immature Park Wan Seung ( Yoon Jong Hoon ) and she works several part-time jobs to support her family. Under her difficult situation, she keeps smiling and maintaining her positive attitude. Meanwhile, Choi Jin Yoo ( Yun Jung Hoon ) is a divorcee and he has a daughter. He w...

Promotional photo for BTS' "Love Yourself: Answer" album. Big Hit Entertainment On Sept. 24, E! announced its 2018 People’s Choice Awards nominees, revealing its fan-voted list of finalists for awards in Music, TV, Movies and Pop Culture categories. Ariana Grande and BTS came away as the semifinals top music acts with four nominations each, with the latter garnering two more nominations than they had previously been slotted for due to write-in votes. They are one of two South Korean boy bands to see a boost in the nominations at this year’s PCAs thanks to requests from fans; Super Junior also landed two nods based on write-in votes. In comparison, a single Korean act was nominated in 2017's final round of votes.  BTS, who recently made history with a speech at the UN, was initially nominated in the Group of 2018 and Social Celebrity of 2018 categories, but write-in votes landed the group two more nominations: the...

Drama Korea telah menjadi tontonan wajib bagi para pecintanya. Kerap menampilkan para aktor dan aktris yang mempesona dengan kualitas aktingnya yang baik membuat drama Korea tak pernah bosan untuk ditonton. Setiap bulan pun selalu ada drama Korea terbaru yang mulai tayang dengan pemeran utama yang masih muda ataupun yang sudah tua dan mengisahkan cerita yang menarik. Seperti deretan drama tahun 2018 ini. Meskipun dibintangi para aktor yang telah berusia akhir 30 hingga 40-an lebih atau yang biasa disebut ahjussi, namun tetap saja selalu menarik ditonton. Bahkan ada beberapa aktor yang dikenal sebagai "ahjussi rasa oppa" karena pesona kharismatiknya. 1. Queen of Mystery 2 upstation.id Queen of Mystery 2 merupakan drama bergenre action, misteri dan komedi yang tayang pada bulan Februari hingga April tahun ini. Ahjussi karismatik yang berperan dalam drama ini yaitu Kwon Sang-Woo yang berperan sebagai detektif Ha Wan-Seung. Dalam drama Queen of Mystery 2 , Kwon Sang-Woo beradu ...

Drama Korea telah menjadi tontonan wajib bagi para pecintanya. Kerap menampilkan para aktor dan aktris yang mempesona dengan kualitas aktingnya yang baik membuat drama Korea tak pernah bosan untuk ditonton. Setiap bulan pun selalu ada drama Korea terbaru yang mulai tayang dengan pemeran utama yang masih muda ataupun yang sudah tua dan mengisahkan cerita yang menarik. Seperti deretan drama tahun 2018 ini. Meskipun dibintangi para aktor yang telah berusia akhir 30 hingga 40-an lebih atau yang biasa disebut ahjussi, namun tetap saja selalu menarik ditonton. Bahkan ada beberapa aktor yang dikenal sebagai "ahjussi rasa oppa" karena pesona kharismatiknya. 1. Queen of Mystery 2 upstation.id Queen of Mystery 2 merupakan drama bergenre action, misteri dan komedi yang tayang pada bulan Februari hingga April tahun ini. Ahjussi karismatik yang berperan dalam drama ini yaitu Kwon Sang-Woo yang berperan sebagai detektif Ha Wan-Seung. Dalam drama Queen of Mystery 2 , Kwon Sang-Woo beradu ...

Reactions to the HyunA-E'Dawn-Cube Entertainment scandal from K-pop communities worldwide have ranged from surprise to shock to downright outrage over everyone involved. What's all the fuss about? It began on Aug 2 after news outlet TV Report broke the news that K-pop idols HyunA and fellow Triple H member E'Dawn had been dating for several months. On the same day, their agency Cube Entertainment denied the relationship and said that the news had no basis. The story took another turn the next day when HyunA and E'Dawn publicly acknowledged their relationship, saying in a report, "While we knew that [dating publicly] would cause us to be linked in some way, both of us felt that it would be hard to meet our fans' eyes [while performing] on stage. We wanted to honestly tell our fans and show ourselves confidently having fun performing." Some fans already commenting on the seemingly "excessive" skinship that the two were displaying in Triple H ...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] What's hot in Korea: a roundup of September's top K-pop, K-drama and cultural news    South China Morning Post Full coverage https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people-events/article/2166098/whats-hot-korea-roundup-septembers-top-k-pop-k-drama

The 2018 Korea Festival is slated to run throughout October in several locations, including Multimedia Nusantara University (UMN), the Korean Cultural Center as well as Kota Kasablanka and Lippo Mall Kemang Village in South Jakarta. South Korean Ambassador to Indonesia Kim Chang-Beom said during a press conference on Tuesday that the festival would be the Korean Cultural Center’s largest event so far and would feature four categories, namely K-Food, K-Content, K-Performance and K-Exhibition. K-Food is set to run at UMN from Oct. 3-4, allowing students to sample popular dishes from the Land of Morning Calm. Furthermore, the K-Food event will also feature a giant bibimbap (Korean mixed rice) show that can feed around 300 people. Meanwhile, the third K-Content Expo is set to run from Oct. 4 to 7 at the Kota Kasablanka mall. Open for the public, the event will showcase South Korean creative content, including animation, games, television, music and K-beauty. Interestingly, the K...

The 2018 Korea Festival is slated to run throughout October in several locations, including Multimedia Nusantara University (UMN), the Korean Cultural Center as well as Kota Kasablanka and Lippo Mall Kemang Village in South Jakarta. South Korean Ambassador to Indonesia Kim Chang-Beom said during a press conference on Tuesday that the festival would be the Korean Cultural Center’s largest event so far and would feature four categories, namely K-Food, K-Content, K-Performance and K-Exhibition. K-Food is set to run at UMN from Oct. 3-4, allowing students to sample popular dishes from the Land of Morning Calm. Furthermore, the K-Food event will also feature a giant bibimbap (Korean mixed rice) show that can feed around 300 people. Meanwhile, the third K-Content Expo is set to run from Oct. 4 to 7 at the Kota Kasablanka mall. Open for the public, the event will showcase South Korean creative content, including animation, games, television, music and K-beauty. Interestingly, the K...

Chris Jordan Asbury Park Press Published 4:30 AM EDT Sep 29, 2018 BTS mania is here, and it’s not going anywhere. Especially when hundreds of fans of the South Korean pop ground BTS are literally camped outside of the Prudential Center in Newark, where the hit group are playing two shows, Friday, Sept. 28 and Saturday, Sept. 30. ...

O n the opening day of the United Nations General Assembly this week, the world’s most popular K-pop group, BTS , took the podium to address a room full of bureaucrats and world leaders. Normally known for their flashy, hip hop-inspired ensembles, the seven-member boy band stood in sombre black suits, as the group’s leader RM (formerly known as “Rap Monster”), gave a six and a half minute speech about the group’s work with Unicef, for which the group has raised more than 1.1 billion won (US$986,000) over the past year. He also spoke about Unicef’s newest youth education and training initiative, “Generation Unlimited”, and urged the audience to speak their minds and love themselves. “No matter who you are, where you’re from, your skin colour, your gender identity – just speak yourself,” he said. “Find your name and find your voice by speaking yourself.” [embedded content] At a meeting where the global ...

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