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Im Hyung-joon
Im Hyung-joon (born May 10, 1974) is a South Korean actor. Personal life On January 2, 2012, Im married his non-celebrity girlfriend, who is ten years younger than him, at Gimpo Mayfield Hotel. They gave birth to the first child, a son, on August 24, 2012. Filmography Film Television series Web series Television show Musical/Theater Awards and nominations References External links * * *Im Hyung-joonat Daum Im Hyung-joonat Naver Movies {{DEFAULTSORT:Im, Hyung-joon IHQ (company) artists South Korean male film actors South Korean male television actors South Korean male stage actors South Korean television personalities Male actors from Seoul 1974 births Living people People from Seoul Seoul Institute of the Arts alumni 20th-century South Korean male actors 21st-century South Korean male actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of the 1948 constitution. According to the 2020 census, Seoul has a population of 9.9 million people, and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area with the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha – City by Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC), Seoul was the world's fourth largest metropolitan economy in 2014, following Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. Seoul was rated Asia's most livable city with the second highest quality of life globally by Arcadis in 2015, with a GDP per capita (PPP) of around $40,000. With major technology hubs centered in Gangnam and Digital Media City, the Seoul Capital Area is home to the headquarters of 15 ''Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chosun Ilbo
''The Chosun Ilbo'' (, ) is a daily newspaper in South Korea and the oldest daily newspaper in the country. With a daily circulation of more than 1,800,000, the ''Chosun Ilbo'' has been audited annually since the Audit Bureau of Circulations was established in 1993. ''Chosun Ilbo'' and its subsidiary company, Digital Chosun, operates the ''Chosun.com'' news website, which also publishes web versions of the newspaper in English, Chinese, and Japanese. The paper is considered a newspaper of record for South Korea. History The ''Chosun Ilbo'' Establishment Union was created in September 1919 while the ''Chosun Ilbo'' company was founded on 5 March 1920 by Sin Sogu. The newspaper was critical of, and sometimes directly opposed to, the actions of the Japanese government during Japanese colonial rule (1910–1945). On 27 August 1920, the ''Chosun Ilbo'' was suspended after it published an editorial criticizing what it said was the use of excessive force by the Japanese police ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outlaws (2017 Film)
''The Outlaws'' () is a 2017 South Korean crime action film, written and directed by Kang Yoon-sung, starring Ma Dong-seok and Yoon Kye-sang. It was released on October 3, 2017. Set in 2004, the film revolves around Detective Ma Seok-do, who tries to control the gang-wars between Chinese-Korean gangs while also dealing with a ruthless loan shark named Jang-Chen. ''The Outlaws'' is the first installment of Crime City series. It was followed by a sequel titled '' The Roundup'', which was released in 2022 and another sequel titled '' The Roundup: No Way Out'' is in production. Plot In South Korea, a turf war that grows between a local gang that runs Garibong-dong in Guro District, Seoul and the Heuksapa gang from Yanbian, The police are called in to attempt to bring peace to the neighborhood. Jang Chen is a bloodthirsty leader of the Chinese mainland gang "Black Dragon", who works as a loan shark in a seedy Chinatown area of Seoul. He's backed up by his henchmen Wei Sung-Rak an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korea Economic Daily
The ''Korea Economic Daily'' (nicknamed ''Hankyung'' (from ''han'' - South Korea and ''kyung'' - business) is a conservative and business daily newspaper in South Korea. It is the largest business newspaper by revenue in South Korea. It was founded on October 12, 1964, as the ''Daily Economic Newspaper'' and took its current name in 1980. '' Bloomberg Businessweek
''Bloomberg Businessweek'', previously known as ''BusinessWeek'', is an American weekly business magazine published fifty times a year. Since 2009, the magazine is owned by New York City-based Bloomberg L.P. The m ...
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Speed (2015 Film)
''Speed'' () is a 2015 South Korean melodrama film written and directed by South Korean indie provocateur Lee Sang-woo. It made its world debut at the 16th Jeonju International Film Festival and its North American premiere in Austin at the 11th Fantastic Fest in 2015. Synopsis It tells the story of four high school friends and the dark side of youth as they continues their headlong leap into adulthood. Cast * Seo Jun-young as Lee Choo-won * Baek Sung-hyun as Ma Goo-rim * Choi Tae-hwan as Sung Dae-sung * Byun Jun-suk as Choi Seo-won * Shin Seo-hyun as Eun-ae * Im Hyung-joon as Teacher Park * Lee Sang-ah as Mi-ja * Lee Sang-woo Lee Sang-woo (born February 13, 1980) is a South Korean actor. He rose to fame in the 2007 television drama '' First Wives' Club'', and has since played leading roles on '' The Road Home'' (2009), '' Don't Hesitate'' (2009), ''Life Is Beautiful ... as Rapist/Itaewon club kiss man Reception References External links * * * 2015 films South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circle Of Atonement
''Circle of Atonement'' () is a 2015 South Korean mystery drama film starring Sung Dong-il, Son Ho-jun and Kim Yoo-jung, and directed by Park Eun-gyoung and Lee Dong-ha. The film premiered at the Busan International Film Festival on 2 October 2015. It was released in theaters on 15 October 2015. Plot Detective Lee Sang-won (Sung Dong-il) and his daughter, Lee Jang-hyun (Kim Yoo-jung), meet high school teacher Nam Chul-woong (Son Ho-jun) and discover common ties to a tragic murder case that happened 10 years earlier. Cast * Sung Dong-il as Detective Lee Sang-won * Son Ho-jun as Nam Chul-woong * Kim Yoo-jung as Lee Jang-hyun * Im Hyung-joon as Shin Ji-chul * Seo Yea-ji as Kang Yoo-sin * Lee Kyung-jin Lee Kyung-jin is a South Korean actress. She is known for her roles in dramas such as ''Working Mom Parenting Daddy'', ''Joseon Survival Period'', ''Through the Waves'', ''Amor Fati'' and ''Three Bold Siblings''. She also appeared in movies ''Lo ... as Yoo-shin's mother * Cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Korea Herald
''The Korea Herald'' is a leading English-language daily newspaper founded in 1953 and published in Seoul, South Korea. The editorial staff is composed of Korean and international writers and editors, with additional news coverage drawn from international news agencies such as the Associated Press. ''The Korea Herald'' is operated by Herald Corporation. Herald Corporation also publishes ''The Herald Business'', a Korean-language business daily, ''The Junior Herald'', an English weekly for teens, ''The Campus Herald'', a Korean-language weekly for university students. Herald Media is also active in the country's booming English as a foreign language sector, operating a chain of hagwons as well as an English village. ''The Korea Herald'' is a member of the Asia News Network. History ''The Korean Republic'' ''The Korea Herald'' began in August 1953 as ''The Korean Republic'', a 4-page tabloid English-language daily. In 1958, ''The Korean Republic'' published its fifth anniversary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood And Ties
''Blood and Ties'' (; lit. ''Accomplices'') is a 2013 South Korean crime- thriller film written and directed by Guk Dong-seok, and starring Son Ye-jin and Kim Kap-soo. It follows a budding journalist who suspects that her doting father may have been the culprit in a kidnap-murder case 15 years ago. Plot Da-eun (Son Ye-jin) has completed graduate school and is set to become a newspaper reporter. She lives with her father Son-man (Kim Kap-soo) who lovingly refers to her as "my heart." Although her father does menial work, Da-eun is proud of him. One day, Da-eun goes to the movies with her boyfriend Jae-kyung (Lee Kyu-han) and friend Bo-ra (Jo An). They watch a movie based on a real-life unsolved crime: A boy was kidnapped and the kidnapper demanded ransom from the parents, but the child was later found dead. The only clue the police had to the killer's identity was the ransom phone call he made to the parents. At the end of the film, they play the actual recorded audio from that pho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaiji Keisatsu (film)
, also known in English as ''Black Dawn'', is a 2012 Japanese film directed by Kentarō Horikirizono and based on a novel by Iku Asō. Cast * Atsurō Watabe as Kenji Sumimoto (Nihongo: 澄本健二, ''Sumimoto Kenji'') * Kim Kang-woo as An Min-cheol (Hangul: 안민철, ''An Min-cheol''/Nihongo: アン・ミンチョル, ''An Minchoru'') * Yōko Maki as Kaori (Nihongo: かおり, ''Kaori'') * Machiko Ono as Hina Matsuzawa (Nihongo: 松沢ひな, ''Matsuzawa Hina'') * Min Tanaka as Masayoshi Jo (Nihongo: 城正義, ''Jō Masayoshi'') * Im Hyung-joon as Kim Jeong-soo (Hangul: 김정수, ''Gim Jeong-su''/Nihongo: キム・ジョンス, ''Kimu Jonsu'') * Kenichi Endō as Toshiki Kurata (Nihongo: 倉田俊樹, ''Kurata Toshiki'') * Kimiko Yo as Kumi Muramatsu (Nihongo: 村松久美, ''Muramatsu Kumi'') * Ryo Ishibashi as Shotaro Ariga (Nihongo: 有賀章太郎, ''Ariga Shōtarō'') * Toshiyuki Kitami as Ryoga Kanazawa (Nihongo: 金沢良賀 ''Kanazawa Ryōga'') * Kenichi Takito a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jang Yeong-sil
Jang Yeong-sil (; ; 1390 – after 1442) was a Korean mechanical engineer, scientist, and inventor during the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1897). Although Jang was born as a peasant, King Sejong allowed Jang to work at the royal palace. Jang's inventions, such as the Cheugugi (the rain gauge) and the water gauge, highlight the technological advancements of the Joseon Dynasty. Early years Jang Yeong-sil's birth is recorded only in the genealogy of the Jang family and in the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty. According to these records, his father, Jang Seong-hwi, was the 8th generation of the Jang family. Jang Seong-hwi was the 3rd of 5 brothers and all of the brothers previously were ministers of Goryeo. There are many historical records about his elder brother, Jang Seong-bal, who was born in 1344 and his grave located at Ui-seong in the province of Gyeongbuk. The Annals state that Yeong-sil's mother was a gwangi (gisaeng), assigning them (Yeong-sil and his mother) the social status of g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Am The King
''I Am the King'' (, also known as ''I Am a King'') is a 2012 South Korean historical comedy film, starring Ju Ji-hoon, Park Yeong-gyu, Baek Yoon-sik, Byun Hee-bong and Kim Su-ro. Inspired by Mark Twain's 1881 novel ''The Prince and the Pauper'', the film is set in the Joseon Dynasty with Ju playing the dual role of a king and a beggar. It was released on August 8, 2012 and ran for 120 minutes. Background The movie depicts the three months before Choong-nyung (the future Sejong the Great) becomes king. The Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, which follow the history of the Joseon Dynasty between 1413 and 1865, leave out records of this crucial period. While to future generations King Sejong would stand as a legendary figure for his creation of the Korean alphabet and advancing the country’s scientific research and law, as Prince Choong-nyung he was known to be a bit of a reclusive bookworm. Plot When his older brothers Yangnyeong and Hyoryeong fail to impress their father King T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marrying The Mafia IV
''Marrying the Mafia IV'' () is a 2011 South Korean film and the fourth installment of ''Marrying the Mafia'' series. Plot Hong Deok-Ja continues to run a kimchi food company and leaves for Japan on a business trip with three sons. However, when bank robbers steals their money, the family is separated from their guide, and a misunderstanding between language barriers makes the White Tiger family think that they are wanted by the cops. Cast * Kim Soo-mi as Hong Deok-Ja * Shin Hyun-joon as Jang In-Jae * Tak Jae-hoon as Jang Seok-Jae * Im Hyung-joon as Jang Kyung-Jae * Jeong Jun-ha as Jong-Myeon * Hyun Young as Hyo-Jung * Kim Ji-woo as Mori * Jung Woong-in as Hyun-Joon * Jung Man-sik * Yuko Fueki as Japanese announcer (cameo) See also * ''Marrying the Mafia'' * ''Marrying the Mafia II'' * ''Marrying the Mafia III ''Marrying the Mafia III'' () is a 2006 South Korean film. Plot This gangster comedy chronicles the White Tiger Family of Jeolla Province. Hong Deok-ja, head of the crime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
