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Lovers Of Haeundae
''Lovers of Haeundae'' () is a 2012 South Korean television series about a prosecutor who goes undercover to infiltrate a crime family in Haeundae, Busan, and after losing his memory, falls in love with the daughter of a mob boss. Plot Newly wed public prosecutor, Lee Tae-sung, goes undercover in pursuit of a gangster in Haeundae, Busan Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, w ..., attacked by his quarry and thrown into the sea, he loses his memory of who he was. Homeless and alone in the world he is taken in by the family of a deposed crime boss, who believe him to be his cover, a body builder and performer in a night club revue, who came to Busan after falling in love with Go So-ra, the daughter of the crime boss. Despite misunderstandings and bickering, Lee and Go marry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Film
Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey through dating, courtship or marriage is featured. These films make the search for romantic love the main plot focus. Occasionally, romance lovers face obstacles such as finances, physical illness, various forms of discrimination, psychological restraints or family resistance. As in all quite strong, deep and close romantic relationships, the tensions of day-to-day life, temptations (of infidelity), and differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films. Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight young and mature love, unrequited love, obsession, sentimental love, spiritual love, forbidden love, platonic love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial love, explosive and destructive love, a ... [...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] |
DramaFever Awards
DramaFever was a video streaming website owned by Warner Bros. that offered on-demand streaming video of documentaries, movies, and TV shows with subtitles. DramaFever's content offering was both ad-supported for regular users and available in high definition for premium subscribers. DramaFever was available on a variety of devices including iPad, iPhone, Android, and Roku. The company's library of international programming was one of the largest licensed U.S. collections available online, in both English and Spanish, and comprised over 15,000 episodes from 70 content partners across 12 countries. More recently, the company branched out into co-producing television dramas, co-producing the 2013 Korean drama ''The Heirs'' and the 2014 drama ''Naeil's Cantabile''. On February 23, 2016, it became a subsidiary of Warner Bros. DramaFever content was available on their own platform as well as via the VRV streaming service. Warner Bros. shut down the service and company on October 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dramabeans
Dramabeans is an English-language website that features in-depth reviews and analyses of Korean dramas, and also serves as a fan forum for those programs featured. It also features Korean entertainment news on such topics such as preproduction and casting. History Dramabeans began as a blog by Korean American "Sarah", better known by her online pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen na ... of "javabeans" in 2007 as a site to recap and debate Korean dramas. As the popularity of the blog increased, she registered the domain name. In 2010, Dramabeans reader "Jen", better known as "girlfriday", became a second regular reviewer-contributor to the site, and the two were able to make the site their full-time job. Methodology and impact The core of the site is an archive of r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Yeo-jeong
Cho Yeo-jeong (born February 10, 1981) is a South Korean actress. She is best known internationally for her role in the film ''Parasite'' (2019), which won four Academy Awards and became the first non-English language film to win the award for Best Picture. Cho is also known for her roles in the films ''The Servant'' (2010), '' The Concubine'' (2012), and '' Obsessed'' (2014), as well as the television series ''I Need Romance'' (2011), '' Lovers of Haeundae'' (2012), ''Divorce Lawyer in Love'' (2015), '' Woman of 9.9 Billion'' (2019–2020), and ''Cheat on Me If You Can'' (2020–2021). Life and career Cho Yeo-jeong was born in Seoul, South Korea. She debuted as a ''CeCi'' Magazine cover girl at the age of 16 in 1997, and began actively acting in 1999. Despite appearing in drama series, music videos, and TV commercials afterwards, she remained obscure. During this period, she was also unhappy with the limited roles being offered to her. Then Cho rose to the spotlight in 2010 by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 KBS Drama Awards ...
The 2012 KBS Drama Awards () is a ceremony honoring the outstanding achievement in television on the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) network for the year of 2012. It was held on December 31, 2012 and hosted by actors Yoo Jun-sang, Lee Jong-suk and actress Youn Yuh-jung. Nominations and winners (Winners denoted in bold) References External linksKBS 2012 Awards {{KBS Drama Awards KBS Drama Awards KBS Drama Awards KBS Drama Awards The KBS Drama Awards () is an awards ceremony presented by the Korean Broadcasting System The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) () is the national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in February 1927, it is one of the leading South Korean te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul National Capital Area
The Seoul Capital Area (SCA), Sudogwon (, ) or Gyeonggi region (), is the metropolitan area of Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province, located in north-west South Korea. Its population of 26 million (as of 2020) is ranked as the fifth largest metropolitan area in the world. Its area is about . It forms the cultural, commercial, financial, industrial, and residential center of South Korea. The largest city is Seoul, with a population of approximately 10 million people, followed by Incheon, with 3 million inhabitants. Geography and climate The Capital Area occupies a plain in the Han River valley. It contains some of the most fertile land on the Korean peninsula, although relatively little of it is now used for agriculture. The Gimpo international airport, one of the country's larger expanses of level arable land, covers much of the area of the cities of Gimpo and Bucheon. History The Capital Area has been home to a Korean capital for around 2,000 years. Its central locatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park So-yeon (singer)
Park So-yeon (born Park In-jung on October 5, 1987), referred to as Soyeon, is a South Korean singer and actress. She debuted as a member of girl group T-ara in July 2009, which went on to become one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. She debuted as a solo artist in 2021. Early life and education Park was born Park In-jung on October 5, 1987, in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. She has legally changed her name to Park So-yeon. In 2005, she took part and was awarded the Gold Award for the CMB Chin Chin Singing Competition. Park has studied at the prestigious Anyang High School of Arts, located in Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea. Park was formerly a trainee under SM Entertainment, preparing to be a member and supposed to be the leader of girl group Girls' Generation. However, she left the company six months before their debut due to personal circumstances. After debuting with T-ara, she revealed on the tvN's show ''Taxi'' that at that time she felt the op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kang Min-kyung
Kang Min-kyung (born August 3, 1990) is a South Korean singer and actress. She is one half of the duo Davichi, who rose to fame upon the release of their debut album '' Amaranth'' in 2008. Davichi has since released 3 studio albums, 6 EPs and several hit songs such as "Don't Say Goodbye", "Turtle", "Missing You Today" and "8282". Kang has also pursued acting, appearing in television dramas such as '' Smile, Mom'' (2010), ''Vampire Idol'' (2011), ''Haeundae Lovers'' (2012) and family drama ''The Dearest Lady'' (2015). On February 27, 2019, she debuted as a solo artist with her first extended play ''Kang Min Kyung Vol. 1 ''Kang Min Kyung Vol. 1'' is the debut extended play of Kang Min-kyung Kang Min-kyung (born August 3, 1990) is a South Korean singer and actress. She is one half of the duo Davichi, who rose to fame upon the release of their debut album '' A ...''. She launched a clothing shopping mall called 'Àvie Muah' in June 2020. Philanthropy On December 9, 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Hye-eun
Kim Hye-eun ( born March 1, 1973) is a South Korean actress. Kim began working as an announcer for the MBC network in 1997, first at a local affiliate in Cheongju, then later as a weathercaster of the main news desk in Seoul. After eight years, she resigned from MBC in 2004. Kim pursued acting in earnest in 2007, and has since starred in films and television series, notably '' Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time'' (2012) and ''Secret Love Affair'' (2014). Personal life Kim is the cousin of writer Min-jin Lee, who wrote the book ''Pachinko is a mechanical game originating in Japan that is used as an arcade game, and much more frequently for gambling. Pachinko fills a niche in Japanese gambling comparable to that of the slot machine in the West as a form of low-stakes, low-st ...''. Filmography Television series Web series Film Variety show Awards and nominations References External links * * Kim Hye-eun Fan Cafeat Daum * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Young-ok (actress)
Kim Young-ok (; born December 5, 1937) is a South Korean actress who debuted in 1957. She is known as South Korea's "National Grandma" for her many portrayals of grandmothers in film and television. Career In 1959, Kim joined the Chuncheon Broadcasting Station as an announcer through open recruitment. In 1960, She re-entered the CBS Christian Broadcasting Company as a voice actor for the 6th term. A year later, in 1961, she officially debuted as a voice actor for the 1st round of MBC Cultural Broadcasting, and in 1969 appeared in MBC TV drama for the first time. Kim Young-ok is one of Korea's representative actors who have been active without a hiatus since her debut. Currently, she is the oldest active actress in Korea. Filmography Film Television series Web series Television show Voice acting Awards and nominations References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Young-ok 1937 births Living people 20th-century South Korean actresses 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawaii
''Kawaii'' is the culture of cuteness in Japan. It can refer to items, humans and non-humans that are charming, vulnerable, shy and childlike.Kerr, Hui-Ying (23 November 2016)"What is kawaii – and why did the world fall for the ‘cult of cute’?", ''The Conversation''. Examples include cute handwriting, certain genres of manga, anime, and characters including Hello Kitty and Pikachu. The cuteness culture, or ''kawaii'' aesthetic, has become a prominent aspect of Japanese popular culture, entertainment, clothing, food, toys, personal appearance, and mannerisms. Etymology The word ''kawaii'' originally derives from the phrase ''kao hayushi'', which literally means "(one's) face (is) aglow," commonly used to refer to flushing or blushing of the face. The second morpheme is cognate with ''-bayu'' in '' mabayui'' (眩い, 目映い, or 目映ゆい) "dazzling, glaring, blinding, too bright; dazzlingly beautiful" (''ma-'' is from ''me'' "eye") and ''-hayu'' in ''omohayui'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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