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Lee Eung-bok
Lee Eung-bok (; born 1972) is a South Korean television director. His first work was ''Hometown of Legends – Forbidden Books'' for the KBS in 2009. He is also known for directing other popular shows such as ''School 2013'' (2012), '' Secret Love'' (2013), and ''Descendants of the Sun'' (2016). After joining Studio Dragon, he continued his director career with works like '' Guardian: The Lonely and Great God'' (2016–17) and '' Mr. Sunshine'' (2018). In 2020, Lee directed his first Netflix original series, ''Sweet Home'', which is based on the Naver webtoon of the same name by Kim Carnby and Hwang Young-chan. The series received positive reception, and a second season was released in 2023. Career In 2001, Lee started his career in television after passing the 28th PD Public Recruitment at KBS and started working in Drama Department. In 2002, a book titled "PD Who and How" was being compiled. It served as an introductory guide to the PD profession and was jointly written ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has a Demographics of South Korea, population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the List of metropolitan areas by population, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KBS 2TV
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Woo-bin
Kim Woo-bin (born Kim Hyun-joong on July 16, 1989) is a South Korean actor and model. He began his career as a runway model and made his acting debut in the television drama '' White Christmas''. He subsequently gained attention in '' A Gentleman's Dignity'' (2012), and made his breakthrough with ''School 2013'' (2012-2013) and ''The Heirs'' (2013). Kim later starred in box office hits '' Friend: The Great Legacy'' (2013), '' The Con Artists'' (2014) and '' Twenty'' (2015). In 2016, he took on his first leading role on television in ''Uncontrollably Fond''. In May 2017, Kim's agency announced that Kim would be taking a hiatus after he was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer. Kim subsequently returned to screen in 2022 with the TV series '' Our Blues'' and ''Black Knight'' and also with the sci-fi action film ''Alienoid'', directed by Choi Dong-hoon. Career 2009–2012: Beginnings Kim wanted to pursue a modeling career since he was a high school student. He debuted as a runway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School (South Korean TV Series)
''School'' () is a South Korean anthology series created by the KBS Drama Production Group for KBS2. The first season premiered in 1999, and the series lasted for four straight years (until 2002). After a ten-year hiatus, the franchise rebooted with a new season in 2012 tiled as ''School 2013''. Since then 3 other series: '' Who Are You: School 2015'', ''School 2017'' and ''School 2021'' were launched. Background School series is a Korean drama series about the struggles that students go through in course of their formative years in schools. It mainly focuses on portraying realistic issues that South Korea's youths faces, such as the corrupt education system, teen suicide, corporal punishment, academy and tutoring culture, career prospects and bullying. The series has been noted for launching the careers of rookie actors. Series overview List of series ''School 1'' A drama about the problems adolescents face in schools, between study, first love and family, and how they stru ... [...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] |
Korea JoongAng Daily
''Korea JoongAng Daily'' is the English edition of the South Korean national daily newspaper ''JoongAng Ilbo''. The newspaper was first published on October 17, 2000, originally named as ''JoongAng Ilbo English Edition''. It mainly carries news and feature stories by staff reporters, and some stories translated from the Korean language newspaper. ''Korea JoongAng Daily'' is one of the three main English newspapers in South Korea along with ''The Korea Times'' and ''The Korea Herald''. The newspaper is published with a daily edition of ''The New York Times'' and it is located within the main offices of the ''JoongAng Ilbo'' in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. See also *List of newspapers in South Korea This is a list of newspapers in South Korea. National papers Top 10 Comprehensive Daily newspapers *Chosun Ilbo (daily) 1,212,208 *Dong-A Ilbo (daily) 925,919 *JoongAng Ilbo (daily) 861,984 *''Hankook Ilbo'' (daily) 219,672 *''Hankyoreh'' (da ... References External linksOff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Seong-yoon (director)
Kim Seong-yoon (born 1976) is a South Korean television director, best known for directing popular television series '' Love in the Moonlight'' (2016) and '' Itaewon Class'' (2020). Career In 2001, Kim joined the Entertainment Department of KBS and later moved to the Drama Department. He co-directed television dramas ''The Great Merchant'' (2010) '' Dream High'' (2011), '' Big (2012)'' and ''Discovery of Love'' (2014). In 2015, Kim co-directed '' Who Are You: School 2015'' – the sixth installment of KBS's '' School'' series with Baek Sang-hoon. The drama, written by Kim Min-jeong and Im Ye-jin, received modest viewership ratings but was well received by young viewers and became popular overseas, leading to increased recognition for its cast – Kim So-hyun, Nam Joo-hyuk, and Yook Sung-jae. In 2016, he directed the youth historical drama '' Love in the Moonlight'', which marked the second collaboration of him with writers Kim Min-jeong and Im Ye-jin after ''School 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Hye-ryun
Park Hye-ryun (Korean: 박혜련) is a South Korean screenwriter. She is known for her writing of the popular Korean television dramas ''Dream High'' (2011), ''I Can Hear Your Voice'' (2013), ''Pinocchio'' (2014-2015), '' While You Were Sleeping'' (2017), and Start-Up (2020). Filmography Television : From AGB Nielsen nationwide ratings Film * ''Hellcats ''Hellcats'' is an American cheerleading comedy-drama television series that originally aired on The CW in the United States from September 8, 2010, to May 17, 2011. Based on the book ''Cheer: Inside the Secret World of College Cheerleaders'' b ...'' (2008) Notes References Living people South Korean screenwriters South Korean television writers Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{Korea-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Korea Times
''The Korea Times'' is the oldest of three English-language newspapers published daily in South Korea. It is a sister paper of the ''Hankook Ilbo'', a major Korean language daily; both are owned by Dongwha Enterprise, a wood-based manufacturer. Since the late 1950s, it had been published by the Hankook Ilbo Media Group, but following an embezzlement scandal in 2013–2014 it was sold to Dongwha Group, which also acquired ''Hankook Ilbo''. The president-publisher of ''The Korea Times'' is Oh Young-jin. Former Korean President Kim Dae-jung famously taught himself English by reading ''The Korea Times''. Newspaper headquarters The newspaper's headquarters is located in the same building with ''Hankook Ilbo'' on Sejong-daero between Sungnyemun and Seoul Station in Seoul, South Korea. The publication also hosts major operations in New York City and Los Angeles. History ''The Korea Times'' was founded by Helen Kim five months into the 1950-53 Korean War. The first issue on November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KeyEast
KeyEast (; stylized as KEYEAST) is a management agency founded by actor Bae Yong-joon. History * October 8, 1996 – Tuneboom Korea Co., Ltd. (한국툰붐 주식회사) was established. * November 2003 – Tuneboom Korea was listed at KOSDAQ. * June 2004 – Tuneboom Korea changes corporate name to Auto Wintech Inc. (오토윈테크 주식회사). * March 2006 – Auto Wintech changes again to its current name, KeyEast Co., Ltd. (주식회사 키이스트). * July 2006 – KeyEast acquires BOF Corp. (주식회사 비오에프) and made it a subsidiary. * February 2008 – KeyEast advances to Japan, forming BOF Entertainment. * June 2008 – KeyEast organized a premium event for '' The Legend'' at the Osaka Dome. * August 2008 – KeyEast opens the Japanese entertainment portal ''BOFI''. * January 2009 – KeyEast and JYP Entertainment established a joint venture, Holym. * May 2009 – KeyEast acquires Japanese company () and made it an affiliated company. * January 2010 – K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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