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Kang Boo-ja
Kang Boo-ja (born February 8, 1941) is a South Korean actress. Kang was studying Korean Language and Literature at Chungnam National University when she dropped out to pursue acting. She made her acting debut in 1962 and has been active on Korean stage, television and film for more than five decades. She took a non-degree National Policy Course at Seoul National University's Graduate School of Public Administration, and entered politics in 1992. Kang was elected as a lawmaker in the 14th National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre .... Filmography Television series Film Variety/radio show Theater Awards and nominations References External links * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kang, Boo-ja 1941 births Living people 20th-century South Kor ...
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Nonsan
Nonsan () is a city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It is located at . The origin of Nonsan's geographical names is said to have come from the small garden " Nolmoe, " which rises in the middle of farming fields, where rice paddies and mountain are said to reflect geographical features. The city belongs to the Daejeon Metropolitan Area. History Nonsan has a significant history. During the Samhan period, Nonsan is believed to have been part of Mahan territory. In the Baekje period, the district belonged to Hwangdeungyasan-gun. The crucial battle in which Silla defeated Baekje is thought to have taken place in the general area of Nonsan. Later, in the Silla period, Nonsan was divided into two different towns: Deogeun and Hwangsan. The train station was built in 1911, in the same year as the rail line through the Nonsan plain was completed. The modern city of Nonsan was established in 1914, by the merger of the four counties of Yeonsan-gun, Eunjin-gun, Noseong- ...
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KBS1
The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) () is the national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in February 1927, it is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. KBS operates seven radio networks, ten television channels, and multiple Internet-exclusive services. Its flagship terrestrial television stations KBS1 broadcasts on channel 9, while KBS1 sister channel KBS2, an entertainment oriented network, broadcasts on channel 7. KBS also operates the international service KBS World, which provides television, radio, and online services in twelve different languages. History Early radio broadcasts The KBS began as Keijo Broadcasting Station (경성방송국, 京城放送局) with call sign JODK, established by the Governor-General of Korea on 16 February 1927. It became the in 1932. After Korea was liberated from Japanese rule at the end of World War II, this second radio station started using the call sign HLKA in 1947 after the Republic of Korea was grant ...
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My Husband Got A Family
''My Husband Got a Family'' (, also known as ''Unexpected You'') is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Kim Nam-joo, Yoo Jun-sang, and Youn Yuh-jung. It aired on KBS2 from February 25 to September 9, 2012 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 58 episodes. The weekend family drama centers on a working woman named Cha Yoon-hee (played by Kim Nam-joo) as her husband, who was put up for international adoption, reunites with his biological parents. Yoon-hee faces the unexpected burden of having to build a relationship with her new-found in-laws. During its more than five-month run, it topped the weekly ratings chart for 25 consecutive weeks and reached a ratings peak of 45.8 percent (TNmS) and 52.3 percent (AGB Nielsen). The series ranked number one overall on the 2012 yearly TV ratings chart. Plot Cha Yoon-hee ( Kim Nam-joo) is a successful TV drama producer/director who marries an orphaned doctor (Yoo Jun-sang) and thereby acquires the supposed, ultimate career woman's ...
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Guest Appearance
In show business, a guest appearance is the participation of an outsider performer (such as a musician or actor) in an event such as a music record or concert, show, etc., when the performer does not belong to the regular band, cast, or other performing group. In music, such an outside performer is often referred to as a guest artist. In performance art, the terms guest role or guest star are also common, the latter term specifically indicating the guest appearance of a celebrity. The latter is often also credited as special guest star or special musical guest star by some production companies. In pop music and hip-hop, such guests are often referred to as featured artists or featured guests. Such a performer may be annotated in credits or even in song titles by the abbreviation ''feat.'' or further abbreviation ''ft.''; or by the word ''with'' or abbreviation ''w/''. In a TV series, a guest star is an actor who appears in one or a few episodes (sometimes a story arc). In some ...
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Can't Lose
''Can't Lose'' (, lit. "Can't Live With Losing") is a 2011 South Korean romantic comedy television series, starring Choi Ji-woo and Yoon Sang-hyun, who play two bickering, married divorce lawyers who take out their frustrations on each other in and out of the courtroom. It aired on MBC from August 24 to October 20, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 18 episodes. It is a remake of the 2008 Japanese drama . Plot Eun-Jae (Choi Ji-woo) and Hyung-Woo (Yoon Sang-hyun) have been married for one year. They are both lawyers. They first met at a baseball game when they happened to have seats next to each other. During the baseball game they kissed and fell in love. Hyung-Woo told Eun-Jae that he wants to become a human rights lawyer. Eun-Jae supports his dream and they opened their own law firm together. One year later, the thrill is gone in their relationship. Eun-Jae struggles to maintain the law firm alone, while Hyung-Woo helps clients who are not able to pay much fo ...
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TVN (South Korea)
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Good Job, Good Job
''Good Job, Good Job'' () is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Chae Rim, Um Ki-joon, Kim Seung-soo, Kim Jung-hwa, Choi Daniel and Seo Hyo-rim. It aired on MBC from March 14 to August 2, 2009 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 40 episodes. Plot Lee Kang-joo is a ceramics technologist and single mother. Her ex-boyfriend Yoo Ho-nam hadn't known that she was pregnant when he left her to study abroad. Now a psychologist, he returns to Korea, but Kang-joo hides the fact that he's the father of her daughter, Byul. Meanwhile, Choi Seung-hyun is a fitness club owner and the son of Kang-joo's mentor and boss. He has loved Kang-joo since high school, but not wanting to lose their friendship, she's remained unresponsive to his romantic overtures. Cast Main characters * Chae Rim as Lee Kang-joo * Um Ki-joon as Choi Seung-hyun * Kim Seung-soo as Yoo Ho-nam * Kim Jung-hwa as Na Mi-ra * Choi Daniel as Lee Eun-hyuk * Seo Hyo-rim as Ha Eun-bi Supporting characters * Kim Hae-sook ...
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Don't Cry My Love (TV Series)
''Don't Cry My Love'' () is a family South Korean family drama series broadcast by MBC in 2008–2009 starring Lee Yu-ri, Lee Jung-jin, Oh Seung-hyun and Lee Sang-yoon. The daily drama aired on MBC on Mondays to Fridays at 20:15 from November 17, 2008 to May 22, 2009 for 132 episodes. Cast ;Jo family *Lee Yu-ri as Jo Mi-soo *Kim Chang-sook as Moon Soo-ja (Mi-soo's mother) * Kim Young-jae as Jo Tae-sub (Mi-soo's older brother) *Kim Hyun-jung as Kim Hyun-joo (Tae-sub's wife) *Lee Ah-hyun as Jo Mi-sun (Mi-soo's older sister) *Kim Mi-sook as Moon Shin-ja (Mi-soo's aunt) *Kang Boo-ja as Im Young-soon (Mi-soo's grandmother) *Park Yoo-sun as Yoon-mi (Mi-sun's 7-year-old daughter) *Kim Hwan-hee as Yoon-ji (Mi-sun's 5-year-old daughter) ;Han family *Lee Jung-jin as Han Young-min *Lee Soon-jae as Han Kyu-il (Young-min's grandfather) *Kim Mi-kyung as Han Young-ok (Young-min's aunt) *Maeng Sang-hoon as Bae Dae-sung (Young-min's uncle in-law) * Kim Jin-seong as Han Joon (Young-min's 6-year ...
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Mom's Dead Upset
''Mom's Dead Upset'' (; also known as ''Angry Mom'' and ''Mom Has Grown Horns'') is a 2008 South Korean television series starring Kim Hye-ja, Lee Soon-jae, Baek Il-seob, Shin Eun-kyung, and Ryu Jin. It aired on KBS2 from February 2 to September 28, 2008 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 66 episodes. The drama attracted record-breaking ratings, peaking at 42.7% on the September 21 episode. Kim Hye-ja stars as a middle-aged woman who rediscovers herself by taking a one-year break and declaring independence from her family after spending decades as a housewife looking after three children, a husband and a widowed father-in-law. Her performance won the Grand Prize ("Daesang") at the 2008 KBS Drama Awards and the 2009 Baeksang Arts Awards. Synopsis Youngil (Second child, son) :Youngil fell in love with Miyeon, and she became pregnant. Youngil was a coward about it, and did not take responsibility. Miyeon shows up at the Na household 8 months pregnant and causes a commotion. M ...
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Thank You (TV Series)
''Thank You'' () is a 2007 South Korean television series starring Jang Hyuk, Gong Hyo-jin, Seo Shin-ae, Shin Sung-rok and Shin Goo. It aired on MBC from March 21 to May 10, 2007 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. The drama was actor Jang Hyuk's successful comeback after his mandatory military service and draft-dodging scandal. He gained the empathy of viewers after portraying a self-centered doctor whose life changes when he meets a single mother and her HIV-positive daughter. Synopsis Doctor Min Gi-seo (Jang Hyuk) is a surgeon whose wealthy background and superior talent causes him to be arrogant and curt with others. But when his girlfriend Ji-min ( Choi Kang-hee) dies of cancer after he failed to save her on the operating table, he is haunted by her confession that she had unwittingly given a young girl HIV via a contaminated blood transfusion when she was a medical intern years ago and never owned up to her mistake. Grieving and needing to make amends on J ...
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A Happy Woman
''A Happy Woman'' (; also known as ''Blissful Woman'') is a 2007 South Korean television series starring Yoon Jung-hee, Kim Suk-hoon and Jung Gyu-woon. It aired on KBS2 from January 6 to July 21, 2007 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 58 episodes. Plot As the titular "happy woman," Lee Ji-yeon ( Yoon Jung-hee) is an accessory designer with a cheerful, go-getting personality despite often being looked down upon because of her humble educational and family background. She ends up in a love triangle with her wealthy husband (Jung Gyu-woon) and a lonely detective (Kim Suk-hoon), as the drama explores what happiness means for a woman in terms of family, work, and love. Cast * Yoon Jung-hee as Lee Ji-yeon :Ji-yeon is an accessory designer. She graduated from a vocational college and is therefore looked down on by her peers at work. At her home, she is the youngest daughter of three and was raised by a divorced single mother. She is not her mother's biological child - she is her d ...
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Cats On The Roof
''Cats on the Roof'' () is a 2003 South Korean television series starring Kim Rae-won, Jeong Da-bin, Choi Jung-yoon and Lee Hyun-woo. It aired on MBC from June 2 to July 22, 2003 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. A comedy with light touches of drama about friendship, love and cohabitation, the series is loosely based on an internet novel written by Kim Yu-ri. It was a hit, receiving an average viewership rating of 26.3% and a peak rating of 37.3%. Overview Kyung-min, a law student, is in desperate straits, so he decides to take it upon himself to help Hye-ryun's poor friend, Jung-eun. This is the beginning of an extremely volatile friendship that somehow ends with the two of them living together under one roof, or to be more specific, living in a room on top of the roof of an old building. This romantic setting provides the backdrop for this unlikely love story. Kyung-min's bratty ways clashes with Jung-eun's simple living, as he steadily takes advantage of h ...
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