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6th APAN Star Awards
The 6th APAN Star Awards () ceremony was held on October 13, 2018 at Kyunghee University Peace Hall, Seoul, hosted by Kim Seung-woo. First held in 2012, the annual awards ceremony recognizes the excellence in South Korea's television. Nominees were selected from 93 Korean dramas that aired on broadcasting networks MBC, KBS and SBS and cable channels tvN, jtbc, OCN, MBN and TV Chosun, from September 2, 2017 to September 2, 2018. The highest honor of the ceremony, Grand Prize (Daesang), was awarded to the actor Lee Byung-hun of the drama series '' Mr. Sunshine''. Nominations and winners Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a dagger (). References External links * APAN APAN Star Awards APAN Star Awards The APAN Star Awards is an awards ceremony for excellence in television in South Korea and contribution to Hallyu (Korean wave), organized by the Korea Entertainment Management Association (CEMA). Nominees for the awards are s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyunghee University
Kyung Hee University (abbreviated to KHU) (Hangul: 경희대학교; Hanja: 慶熙大學校) is a private research university in South Korea with campuses in Seoul and Suwon. Founded in 1949, it is widely regarded as one of the best universities in South Korea. Kyung Hee University is part of the Kyung Hee University System, which offers comprehensive education from kindergarten through graduate school. As of 2020, about 33,000 students were enrolled in Kyung Hee University. The university consists of 24 undergraduate colleges, 1 general graduate school, 13 specialty graduate schools and 49 auxiliary research institutions. The university offers a study abroad program in partnership with 434 sister universities in 69 countries. Kyung Hee University is known for its College of Korean Medicine, which is considered a leading school in traditional Korean medicine and other traditional Asian medical practices. History Kyung Hee University originated in 1949 as Sin Heung Junior Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Byung-hun
Lee Byung-hun (; born July 12, 1970) is a South Korean actor. He has received critical acclaim for his work in a wide range of genres, most notably ''Joint Security Area'' (2000); ''A Bittersweet Life'' (2005); ''The Good, the Bad, the Weird'' (2008); the television series ''Iris'' (2009); ''I Saw the Devil'' (2010); '' Masquerade'' (2012); and '' Mr. Sunshine'' (2018). His critically acclaimed film ''Inside Men'' (2015) won him the Best Actor prize in three prestigious award ceremonies: 52nd Baeksang Art Awards, 37th Blue Dragon Awards and 53rd Grand Bell Awards. Lee has five films—''Joint Security Area'', ''The Good, the Bad, the Weird'', ''Masquerade'', ''Inside Men'' and ''Master''—on the list of highest-grossing films in South Korea. Lee was Gallup Korea's Actor of the Year in the Film division in 2012 and in the Television division in 2018. In 2021, he appeared in a recurring role as the Front Man in the Netflix survival drama series ''Squid Game''. In the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Dong-wook
Lee Dong-wook (; born November 6, 1981 ) is a South Korean actor, host, model and entertainer. He is best known for his leading roles in the Korean drama, television dramas ''My Girl (2005 TV series), My Girl'' (2005), ''Scent of a Woman (TV series), Scent of a Woman'' (2011), ''The Fugitive of Joseon'' (2013), ''Hotel King'' (2014), ''Guardian: The Lonely and Great God'' (2016–2017), ''Life (2018 TV series), Life'' (2018), ''Touch Your Heart'' (2019), ''Hell Is Other People'' (2019), ''Tale of the Nine Tailed'' (2020), and ''Bad and Crazy'' (2021) in the titular role. He is also the host of the talk show Strong Heart (TV series), ''Strong Heart'' (2012–2013), boy group survival reality show ''Produce X 101'' (2019), and his own American-style talk show ''Wook Talk'' (2019). Career Lee made his acting debut in 1999 in an MBC single-episode drama after winning the grand prize in the V-NESS model contest the same year. The PD of the drama saw Lee, and proceeded to cast him in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
''What's Wrong with Secretary Kim'' () is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Park Seo-joon and Park Min-young. It is based on the novel of the same title by Jung Kyung-yoon which was first published in 2013, which was then serialized into a Webtoon comic by KakaoPage in 2015. The series aired on tvN from June 6 to July 26, 2018, on Wednesdays and Thursdays for 16 episodes. Synopsis Lee Young-joon (Park Seo-joon) is the vice-chairman of a major corporation. His world is shaken when, one day, his highly-capable secretary, Kim Mi-so (Park Min-young), announces that she will resign from her position after working for Lee Young-joon for nine years. Young-joon then decided to do whatever he can after talking to his best friend, who happens to be a board director in his company, to make sure Mi-so stays by his side. Throughout the journey, Lee Young-joon plans plenty of things while Kim Mi-so decides to find the elusive man from a past traumatic experience that she was a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Seo-joon
Park Seo-joon (born Park Yong-kyu; December 16, 1988) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his starring roles in the television series ''Kill Me, Heal Me'' (2015), ''She Was Pretty'' (2015), ''Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth'' (2016–2017), ''Fight for My Way'' (2017), ''What's Wrong with Secretary Kim'' (2018), and ''Itaewon Class'' (2020). He has also appeared in films such as ''The Chronicles of Evil'' (2015), ''Midnight Runners'' (2017), and ''The Divine Fury'' (2019). Early life Park Seo-joon (born Park Yong-kyu) (Korean language, Korean: 박용규) was born on December 16, 1988, in Seoul, South Korea. He began his Conscription in South Korea, mandatory military service in 2008, when he was 20 years old, and was discharged in 2010. Career 2011-2015: Beginnings and breakthrough Park made his entertainment debut in 2011 by appearing in the music video of Bang Yong-guk's single (music), single "I Remember." He played supporting roles in Korean drama, television dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life (2018 TV Series)
Life () is a 2018 South Korean television series written by and directed by , starring Lee Dong-wook, Cho Seung-woo, Won Jin-ah, Lee Kyu-hyung, Yoo Jae-myung and Moon So-ri. The series aired on JTBC from July 23 to September 11, 2018 and is also available for streaming on Netflix. Synopsis At one of South Korea's top medical centers, ideals and interests collide between a patient-centered emergency medicine doctor and the hospital's newly-appointed CEO. Cast Main * Lee Dong-wook as Ye Jin-woo **Choi Ro-woon as young Ye Jin-woo :An emergency medicine specialist. * Cho Seung-woo as Koo Seung-hyo :CEO of Sangkook University Hospital. * Won Jin-ah as Lee No-eul :A junior pediatric specialist. * Lee Kyu-hyung as Ye Seon-woo ** Kim Yeon-ung as young Ye Seon-woo :Judge at the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service and an orthopedic specialist. Ye Jin-woo's brother. * Yoo Jae-myung as Joo Kyung-moon :Chief of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department. * Moon So-ri as Oh Se-hwa :Chie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cho Seung-woo
Cho Seung-woo (born March 28, 1980) is a South Korean actor and singer. He is best known for his leading roles in the films '' The Classic'' (2003), ''Marathon'' (2005), '' Tazza: The High Rollers'' (2006), and ''Inside Men'' (2015), as well as in the stage musicals ''Jekyll & Hyde'', '' Hedwig and the Angry Inch,'' and ''Man of La Mancha''. He is also known for his leading roles in television dramas ''The King's Doctor'' (2012), '' God's Gift: 14 Days'' (2014), ''Stranger'' (2017, 2020), ''Life'' (2018), and '' Sisyphus: The Myth'' (2021). Career 2000–2004: Acting debut Cho Seung-woo grew up in a musical family: his father Cho Kyung-soo is a singer, and his older sister Cho Seo-yeon acts in musical theatre. Cho himself also dreamed of becoming a musical actor from an early age, however in 1999 while a student at Dankook University he was persuaded to join auditions for Im Kwon-taek's film '' Chunhyang'', and he ended up winning the part from among a field of 1,000 actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Mister
''My Mister'' () is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Lee Sun-kyun and Lee Ji-eun. The series was directed by Kim Won-seok, written by Park Hae-young and produced by Chorokbaem Media. It aired on tvN from March 21 to May 17, 2018, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:30 ( KST) time slot. The drama received critical acclaim, winning Best Drama at the 55th Baeksang Arts Awards. It is currently available on Netflix and iQIYI. Synopsis ''My Mister'' tells the story of an impoverished and debt-laden young woman ( IU) struggling to stay afloat as she nurses her deaf, sick grandmother and working a temporary job. She develops an unlikely bond with one of her equally miserable supervisors (Lee Sun-kyun), which is subjected to scrutiny and manipulation by their colleagues, friends, and dysfunctional families. Enduring the weight of their respective lives, they come together, forming new relationships, keeping parts of themselves secret — but ultimately healing one an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Sun-kyun
Lee Sun-kyun (born March 2, 1975) is a South Korean actor. After beginning his career in musical theatre, for many years Lee was relegated to minor and supporting roles onscreen, only getting to play lead characters in one-act dramas on KBS ''Drama City'' and MBC ''Best Theater''. In one such ''Best Theater'' project, he worked with TV director Lee Yoon-jung on ''Taereung National Village'' (2005), which led to him being cast in her later series '' Coffee Prince'' in 2007. ''Coffee Prince'', along with medical drama '' White Tower'' brought Lee mainstream popularity, which he followed with ''Pasta'' (2010), '' Golden Time'' (2012) and ''My Mister'' (2018). Meanwhile, on the big screen, he received a Best Actor award from the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival for his role in ''Paju'' (2009), followed by critical acclaim for mystery thriller '' Helpless'' (2012), romantic comedy ''All About My Wife'' (2012), and crime/black comedy ''A Hard Day'' (2014). Lee a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something In The Rain
''Something in the Rain'' () is a 2018 South Korean television series directed by Ahn Pan-seok and starring Son Ye-jin, Jung Hae-in and Jang So-yeon. The series marks Son Ye-jin's small screen comeback after five years. It aired from March 30 to May 19, 2018 on JTBC's Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 ( KST) time slot. It is available for streaming on Netflix, and on Disney+ in Japan starting February 2022. Plot The series explores the relationship of two people as they go from being "just acquaintances" to "a genuine couple". Jin-ah (Son Ye-jin) is a district supervisor in her 30s at the coffeehouse franchise Coffee Bay (an actual Korean chain) and Joon-hee (Jung Hae-in) is an animator in his early 30s at video game developer Smilegate Entertainment. When he returns from working abroad, he reconnects with Jin-ah — who also happens to be best friends with Joon-hee's sister since childhood. The episodes give an intimate look into how they fall in love, struggle with their age di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son Ye-jin
Son Ye-jin (born Son Eon-jin on January 11, 1982) is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame in 2003 for '' The Classic'' and ''Summer Scent'', which were followed by the commercially successful ''A Moment to Remember'' (2004) and '' April Snow'' (2005). Her early roles in films garnered her the title "Nation's First Love" in Korea. She since has won various acting recognitions and acted in high-profile films including ''My Wife Got Married'' (2008), '' The Pirates'' (2014), the 2016 films ''The Truth Beneath'' and '' The Last Princess'', and ''The Negotiation'' (2018). She has also acted in the successful television dramas ''Alone in Love'' (2006), ''Personal Taste'' (2010), ''Something in the Rain'' (2018), ''Crash Landing on You'' (2019–2020), and ''Thirty-Nine'' (2022). She has been included in Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40 for four consecutive years 2019–2022. Career 2000–2005: Beginnings and East Asia stardom Son Ye-jin was the voice of ''Jung Mi-jo'' in Park Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misty (TV Series)
''Misty'' () is a 2018 Korean drama, South Korean television series starring Kim Nam-joo (actress), Kim Nam-joo and Ji Jin-hee. The series marks Kim Nam-joo's small screen comeback after six years. It aired on JTBC's Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 (Time in South Korea, KST) time slot from February 2 to March 24, 2018. Synopsis Go Hye-ran (Kim Nam-joo (actress), Kim Nam-joo) becomes the prime suspect in a murder case. Her husband Kang Tae-wook (Ji Jin-hee) ends up being her legal counsel despite their marriage being on the rocks. Cast Main * Kim Nam-joo (actress), Kim Nam-joo as Go Hye-ran, a skilled and popular anchorwoman. ** as young Go Hye-ran * Ji Jin-hee as Kang Tae-wook, a former prosecutor now working as a public defender. * Jeon Hye-jin (actress, born 1976), Jeon Hye-jin as Seo Eun-joo, Kevin Lee's wife and Hye-ran's friend from school. * Im Tae-kyung as Ha Myung-woo, a prisoner. ** Seo Ji-hoon (actor), Seo Ji-hoon as young Ha Myung-woo * Go Jun as Lee Jae-yeong / Kevin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
