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Kan Jong-wook (; born April, 1982) is a South Korean singer. He is a twin brother of lyricist Kan Jong-woo. They have formed a K-pop vocal duo called "J2" () in 2010. He sang many K-pop songs, including original soundtracks for television series Apgujeong Midnight Sun, Royal Family, May Queen, Pink Lipstick, Bravo, My Love!, and Gloria. He has recorded more than 24 albums (OSTs + self titled singles and extended plays An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. References {{Authority control 1982 births Living people[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K-pop
K-pop (), short for Korean popular music, is a form of popular music originating in South Korea as part of South Korean culture. It includes styles and genres from around the world, such as pop, hip hop, R&B, experimental, rock, jazz, gospel, reggae, electronic dance, folk, country, disco, and classical on top of its traditional Korean music roots. The term "K-pop" became popular in the 2000s, especially in the international context. The Korean term for domestic pop music is ''gayo'' (), which is still widely used within South Korea. While "K-pop" can refer to all popular music or pop music from South Korea, it is colloquially often used in a ''narrower'' sense for any Korean music and artists associated with the entertainment and idol industry in the country, regardless of the genre. The more modern form of the genre, originally termed "rap dance", emerged with the formation of the hip hop boy band Seo Taiji and Boys, in 1992. Their experimentation with different sty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kan Jong-woo
Kan Jong-woo (; born April 11, 1982) is a South Korean singer and songwriter. He is a twin brother of singer Kan Jong-wook. They have formed a K-pop vocal duo called J2 () in 2010. Their first single "Missing" was used as the title track for movie ''Man of Vendetta''. Kan has written over 60 lyrics including major South Korean national TV shows' OSTs like ''Apgujeong Midnight Sun'', ''Royal Family'', '' Princess Aurora'', ''Pink Lipstick'', '' Bravo, My Love!'', and ''Gloria Gloria may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music Christian liturgy and music * Gloria in excelsis Deo, the Greater Doxology, a hymn of praise * Gloria Patri, the Lesser Doxology, a short hymn of praise ** Gloria (Handel) ** Gloria (Jenkins) ...''. Personal life Kan graduated from Pratt Institute, both undergraduate and graduate school, and has BFA in Interior Design and Masters in communication design. He currently lives in New York City working as a designer. References {{DEFAULTSORT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apgujeong Midnight Sun
''Apgujeong Midnight Sun'' () is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Park Ha-na, Kang Eun-tak, Baek Ok-dam and Song Won-geun. The daily drama aired on MBC from October 6, 2014 to May 15, 2015 on Mondays to Fridays at 20:55 for 149 episodes. Plot The lives of four people (and their families) intersect as they work at a cable TV station, where they learn that a fateful encounter can determine whether a man and a woman will become lovers or enemies. Cast * Park Ha-na as Baek Ya / Baek Seon-dong - The female lead, initially she is cruel and jealous to her sister in law but after her brother got into an accident, she learns to love her sister in law and get revenge to her mother, Seo Eun-ha. * Kang Eun-tak as Jang Hwa-eom * Baek Ok-dam as Yook Seon-ji - Baek Ya’s bestfriend. * Kim Min-soo as Jo Na-dan (Jonathan) - Seo Eun-ha’s stepson, he loves Baek Ya so much. * Lee Hyo-young as Jung Sam-hee - Hwa-eom's friend and writer * Song Won-geun as Jang Moo-eom * Hwang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Family (TV Series)
''Royal Family'' () is a 2011 South Korean television series that explores the dark side of wealth and the power of love to fight the system. Yum Jung-ah and Ji Sung play two childhood friends who grow up supporting each other through poverty and all other obstacles, and when they meet again years later, stand by each other as they rise in society's ranks. It aired on MBC from March 2 to April 28, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 18 episodes. Plot After marrying into a wealthy and powerful chaebol family (considered by some as Korea's modern-day "royalty"), Kim In-sook's (Yum Jung-ah) life becomes a living hell. Looked down on by her in-laws as a gold-digging intruder, she's ignored and treated as a shadow for years. When her husband is killed in a helicopter accident, her mother-in-law (Kim Young-ae) takes In-sook's son away. Enter Han Ji-hoon (Ji Sung), the powerhouse new lawyer of the family, who knows In-sook from the past. Ji-hoon becomes determined to put a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May Queen (TV Series)
''May Queen'' () is a 2012 South Korean melodrama series about three people who experience ambition, revenge, betrayal and love, against the backdrop of the shipbuilding industry in Ulsan during Korea's modernization. It stars Han Ji-hye, Kim Jaewon and Jae Hee. Synopsis The heroine Chun Hae-joo ( Han Ji-hye) begins life in utter poverty. But despite being burdened with the secret past of her parents, she navigates treacherous waters and overcomes obstacles to achieve her dreams. Her childhood sweetheart Park Chang-hee (Jae Hee), son of the butler to a company chairman, also rises above his humble beginnings to become a successful prosecutor. Bright and playful Kang San (Kim Jaewon), the rival boss's privileged grandson, returns to South Korea after years abroad to find that he still carries a torch for Hae-joo. The story starts with the murder of a scientist, Yoon Hak Su. When Hak Su received a phone call, his family is scared and worried. Wealthy company chairman, Jang Do Hyu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pink Lipstick
''Pink Lipstick'' () is a 2010 South Korean television drama starring Park Eun-hye, Lee Joo-hyun, Park Gwang-hyun and Seo Yoo-jung. It aired on MBC from January 11 to August 6, 2010 on Mondays to Fridays at 7:50 a.m. for 149 episodes. Synopsis Yoo Ga-eun is a sweet-natured girl who married her college sweetheart, Park Jung-woo. However, she later discovers that her husband had an affair with her best friend, Kim Mi-ran, and that their adopted daughter Na-ri is actually Jung-woo and Mi-ran's lovechild. After she and Jung-woo divorce, Ga-eun meets Ha Jae-bum, and they fall deeply in love. But when she learns that Jung-woo plotted her father's downfall, causing her brother Sung-eun to die in prison, Ga-eun sets aside love to wreak her revenge against Jung-woo and Mi-ran. She starts by getting engaged to Maeng Ho-geol, a wealthy clothing retailer who is Jae-bum's uncle. Cast ;Main cast * Park Eun-hye as Yoo Ga-eun * Lee Joo-hyun as Park Jung-woo ** Ryu Ui-hyun as young Park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bravo, My Love!
''Bravo, My Love!'' () is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Lee Bo-young, Lee Tae-sung and Jin Yi-han. It aired on MBC from July 2, 2011 to june 13, 2012 on Monday and Friday at 21:45 for 198 episodes. Plot Kang Jae-mi is the daughter of divorced parents. Her father Kang Hyung-do cheated on her mother Oh Jung-hee, which led to their divorce. He is now married to a much younger woman, Byun Joo-ri, but still has lingering feelings for his ex-wife. Because of Hyung-do's infidelity and the trauma of breaking up their family, Jae-mi becomes skittish of smart and talented men like her father. So she ends up marrying "the obviously lacking" Han Jung-soo. But the marriage doesn't last, and Jae-mi divorces her loser husband. Not ready to give up on their marriage, Jung-soo hires a lawyer to invalidate their divorce, the smart and sharp Byun Dong-woo. They begin as enemies, but Dong-woo falls for Jae-mi and he becomes one of her solid supporters as her success story unfolds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria (2010 TV Series)
''Gloria'' () is a South Korean television series starring Bae Doona, Lee Chun-hee, Seo Ji-seok, So Yi-hyun, Oh Hyun-kyung and Lee Jong-won in a tale of romance, survival, overcoming poverty and adversity, and making your dreams come true. It aired on MBC from July 31, 2010 to January 30, 2011 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:40 for 50 episodes. Plot After their parents were killed in a car accident, Na Jin-jin ( Bae Doona) has lived with her mentally handicapped older sister Na Jin-joo (Oh Hyun-kyung), whom she has supported from a young age. Jin-jin barely ekes out a living juggling a series of dead-end part-time jobs, including delivering newspapers and running a nightclub coat check. One day, the nightclub's regular singer doesn't show up and when Jin-jin is asked to fill in, she performs an impromptu version of Laura Branigan's " Gloria." Jin-jin becomes consumed with the idea of becoming a nightclub singer and sees it as her only hope to escape her humdrum life, saying t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naver
Naver (Hangul: 네이버) is a South Korean online platform operated by the Naver Corporation. It was launched in 1999 as the first web portal in South Korea to develop and use its own search engine. It was also the world's first operator to introduce the comprehensive search feature, which compiles search results from various categories and presents them in a single page. Naver has since added a multitude of new services ranging from basic features such as e-mail and news to the world's first online Q&A platform Knowledge iN. As of September 2017, the search engine handled 74.7% of all web searches in South Korea and had 42 million enrolled users. More than 25 million Koreans have Naver as the start page on their default browser and the mobile application has 28 million daily visitors. Naver has also been referred to as 'the Google of South Korea'. Owing to its rising popularity in Japan, Naver is now competing with Kakao to claim position in Japanese market of web novel and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extended Plays , access-date=March 21, 2017 Contemporary EPs generally contain four or five tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of other than 78
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.Official Charts Company |
Mnet (TV Channel)
Mnet (acronym of Music Network) is a South Korean pay television music channel owned by CJ E&M, a division of CJ ENM, part of CJ Group. The CJ E&M Center Studio located in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul is the broadcast and recording centre of many Mnet programs with a studio audience, namely the live weekly music show '' M Countdown''. It is also the venue for live performances in survival shows such as ''Superstar K'', '' Show Me The Money'', ''Unpretty Rapstar'', ''Produce 101'' series, ''High School Rapper'', '' Queendom'', ''Road to Kingdom'', ''Kingdom'' and ''Girls Planet 999''. Other shows are filmed in CJ E&M Studio in Ilsan and CJ E&M Contents World in Paju. History The global website named for Mnet Global changed to MWave in April 2013. Other sites from Mnet are not affected with the change. On February 5, 2020, it was revealed that CJ ENM had begun restructuring Mnet's "We Are K-Pop" slogan and brand after the controversy behind "Produce 101" damaged the network' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Births
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
