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Yang Hee-kyung
Yang Hee-kyung (born December 3, 1954) is a South Korean actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek .... Filmography Television series Film Theater Discography Awards and nominations References External links * * * 1954 births Living people 20th-century South Korean actresses 21st-century South Korean actresses South Korean stage actresses South Korean musical theatre actresses South Korean television actresses South Korean film actresses Actresses from Seoul Cheongju Yang clan {{Korea-actor-stub ... [...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] |
Super Rookie
''Super Rookie'' (; lit. "New Employee") is a 2005 South Korean television series starring Eric Mun, Han Ga-in, Oh Ji-ho, and Lee So-yeon. It aired on MBC from March 23 to May 26, 2005 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. The workplace comedy is a satire on Korea's corporate culture and unemployment among the country's younger generation. It scored solid viewership ratings in the 20% range. Plot Kang Ho (Eric Mun) is just an average guy who got a college degree in physical education from a second-rate, provincial university. Disheveled, unskilled, and unemployed, Kang Ho has wasted most of his life kickboxing and reading comic books, much to the frustration of his family and friends who think he's just a freeloader. He sends his resumes to many companies, but nobody gives him a shot because he has no experience and no apparent prospects. One day, Kang Ho decides to apply to the same prestigious company that his handsome, successful classmate Bong-sam (Oh Ji-h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Bittersweet Life
''My Bittersweet Life'' () is a South Korean television series starring Jung Eun-chae, Jay Kim, Yoon A-jung and Choi Min. It aired on KBS1 from May 16, 2011 to November 4, 2011 on Mondays to Fridays at 20:25 for 125 episodes. Synopsis Go Eun-nim is a girl in her 20s who lives with her great-grandmother and grandmother. She barely managed to graduate from college and now struggles to find a job. Her father died when she was a child, then her mother ran away to marry another man. Eun-nim and Choi Joon-young grew up together; Eun-nim's grandmother had taken in Joon-young and his mother after seeing her suffer at the hands of her husband. Though they treat each other as siblings, Joon-young slowly begins to see Eun-nim as a woman. Eun-nim is cheery and energetic outside, but deep in her heart, her longing for her mother and loneliness grow stronger as time goes by. By chance, Eun-nim gets hired as an intern at an organic food company, ''Green Love''. There, Eun-nim meets Lee Se-in, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The President (South Korean TV Series)
''The President'' () is a South Korean television series starring real-life married couple Choi Soo-jong and Ha Hee-ra as Korea's president and his first lady. This is their first acting collaboration. It aired on KBS2 from December 15, 2010 to February 24, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:05 for 24 episodes. Plot The drama follows the presidential election process to shed light on the right way of politics, the qualifications of a future Korean president, and also the personal tribulations and ambitions of politicians hidden behind the power struggles. Three months before the presidential nominating convention, Jang Il-joon, from the New Wave Party, declared his candidacy. On that same day, a woman died in a gas explosion in Sam-Chuk. There is little doubt that the accident and the nomination of Jang Il-joon are related. Meanwhile, Yoo Min-ki, a documentary producer, heard of his mother's sudden death and headed for Sam-Chuk. As he cast his mother's ashes in the sea, he th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prosecutor Princess
''Prosecutor Princess'' () is a 2010 South Korean television series starring Kim So-yeon, Park Si-hoo, Han Jung-soo and Choi Song-hyun. It aired on SBS from March 31 to May 20, 2010 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. Plot After Ma Hye-ri (Kim So-yeon) passes the bar exam, she discovers that her love of fashion and dislike of overtime interferes with her ability to carry out her duties as a public prosecutor. She faces opposition from contemptuous colleagues and exasperated superiors. With her career on a downward spiral, she enlists the help of mysterious attorney Seo In-woo (Park Si-hoo) . Cast Main *Kim So-yeon as Ma Hye-ri :freshly appointed prosecutor, daughter of construction company president *Park Si-hoo as Seo In-woo (Shin Dong-ki as young Seo In-woo) :lawyer, educated and raised in USA, returned to Korea with hidden agenda *Han Jung-soo as Yoon Se-joon :prosecutor, widower with daughter *Choi Song-hyun as Jin Jeong-seon :prosecutor, single, living with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creating Destiny
''Creating Destiny'' (; lit: ''Creating Relations'') is a 2009 South Korean romantic comedy television series based on the two-volume manhwa of the same title written by Choi Soo-jung and Hyun Go-woon. It aired on MBC from October 10, 2009 to January 24, 2010 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 31 episodes. Lead actors Eugene and Ki Tae-young fell in love while filming and married in 2011. When Eugene announced their engagement in a posting on her official fan site, she wrote, "The drama ''Creating Destiny'' actually created my beloved destiny." Plot Han Sang-eun immigrated to Australia with her family at a young age. After graduating from law school, she announces her plans to marry her American boyfriend Alex, a fellow attorney. But her father is strongly opposed to the match, because he has his heart set on her marrying Kim Yeo-joon, the son of his best friend who lives back in Korea. He orders her to meet the bachelor that they picked out for her before she goes ahead and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamra, The Island
''Tamna, the Island'' () is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Seo Woo, Im Joo-hwan and Pierre Deporte. It aired on MBC from August 8 to September 27, 2009 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 20 episodes. It is a historical drama set in the 17th century during the European colonial expansion into the Far East. Themes of racial tension and xenophobia, social inequality, and rumination on the effect of foreign policy and international trade on the quotidien are prevalent throughout the series; however, the romantic comedy aspect remains at the forefront for the majority of the narrative. Synopsis William J. Spencer (Pierre Deporte) is a young British aristocrat in the year 1640 with a fascination for East Asian art, languages, and culture. He counts as his closest friend the young somewhat mercenary Japanese merchantman Yan. William is swindled by a shady merchant into believing that a plain porcelain chamber pot is a mystical artifact; he then sails off to Naga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Wives (2009 TV Series)
''Two Wives'' () is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Kim Ji-young, Son Tae-young, Kim Ho-jin, and Kang Ji-sub. The daily drama aired on SBS on Mondays to Fridays at 19:20 from May 4 to October 30, 2009 for 120 episodes. The series was part of the "Wife Trilogy," which includes '' Temptation of Wife'' and ''Wife Returns''. Plot Kang Chul-soo (Kim Ho-jin) divorces his wife Yoon Young-hee ( Kim Ji-young) to start anew with single mother Han Ji-sook (Son Tae-young), with whom he had carried on an affair. After the split, however, Chul-soo gets into a car accident and wakes up with no memory of Ji-sook. Chul-soo thinks he is still married to Young-hee, and Young-hee and everyone else can only play along while he recovers. Cast Main characters * Kim Ji-young as Yoon Young-hee *Son Tae-young as Han Ji-sook *Kim Ho-jin as Kang Chul-soo * Kang Ji-sub as Song Ji-ho Supporting characters ;Yoon family * Andy Lee as Yoon Nam-joon, Young-hee's younger brother *Jeon Moo-song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Road Home (2009 TV Series)
''The Road Home'' () is a South Korean daily drama starring Lee Sang-woo, Jang Shin-young, Shim Hyung-tak, Jo Yeo-jeong, Park Hye-won and Ryohei Otani. It aired on KBS1 from January 12 to June 26, 2009 on Mondays to Fridays at 20:25 for 120 episodes. Plot A simple yet heartwarming story of a three-generation family, ''The Road Home'' portrays the love and conflicts between family members running a general hospital. It explores the lives of the grown-up children who each have their own problems to solve, and the way they cope with their aging parents. Yoo Min-soo is the eldest son of the hospital's CEO. His wife Jang Mi-ryung bears a child out of wedlock but raises it with maternal love. Hiro, a Japanese model, confesses his love for Ji-soo, Min-soo's sister. But Ji-soo must later come to grips with the secrets behind her birth. Cast ;Yoo family *Lee Sang-woo as Yoo Hyun-soo *Park Hye-won as Yoo Ji-soo (sister) *Shim Hyung-tak as Yoo Min-soo (brother, doctor) *Jang Yong as Yoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star's Lover
''Star's Lover'' (; also known as ''Celebrity's Sweetheart'') is a 2008 South Korean television series starring Choi Ji-woo and Yoo Ji-tae that aired on SBS. A love story between a star actress and an ordinary man, director Boo Sung-chul said the series was inspired by the 1999 film ''Notting Hill''. Plot Lee Ma-ri ( Choi Ji-woo) is a top star in South Korea and throughout Asia. The head of her management agency, Seo Tae-suk ( Sung Ji-ru), hires a ghostwriter to help transform Ma-ri's image. Poverty-stricken university lecturer Kim Chul-soo (Yoo Ji-tae) takes the job in order to earn money to repay his ex-girl friend, who paid for his college tuition. Whilst they are in Japan he falls in love with Ma-ri. However, when the travel essay book ''Lovers in Asuka'', written by Chul-soo on Ma-ri's behalf, becomes a bestseller, Ma-ri gets caught up in the controversy generated by the ghost writing. The two lovers try to continue their relationship away from media attention, but obst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chunja's Happy Events
''Chunja's Special Day'' () is a 2008 South Korean drama television series that aired from May 19 to November 13, 2008 on MBC. Plot Hwang Chun-ja runs a karaoke bar named "Night Rose" on a remote island, and is a single mother to her daughter, Yeon Boon-hong. Boon-hong is a nursing assistant who works at a public health center in her hometown. When her boyfriend Nam Gi-seok gets her pregnant, he tells her to get an abortion, but she's unable to go through with it. Boon-hong is friends with the couple Lee Joo-young and Lee Sun-hee, and they are all together when Joo-young and Sun-hee lose their lives in a boating accident. Boon-hong survives, but through some misunderstandings, Joo-young's family assumes that she's his girlfriend, not Sun-hee. At the end of her rope, Boon-hong moves into the Lee household to escape her difficulties, letting the family believe that she's carrying Joo-young's child. Joo-young's older brother Lee Joo-hyuk soon finds himself falling for Boon-hong, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Mom And Three Dads
''One Mom and Three Dads'' () is a 2008 South Korean television series starring Eugene, Jo Hyun-jae, Jae Hee, and Shin Sung-rok. It aired on KBS2 from April 2 to May 22, 2008 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. Synopsis Song Na-young and her husband, Jung Sung-min desperately want a child, but Sung-min is unable to get her pregnant. Na-young suddenly loses her husband in an accident, and afterwards gives birth to a daughter. What she does not know is that three of her husband's friends donated sperm to Sung-min so that she could conceive successfully. The father of Na-young's child could either be Han Soo-hyun, Choi Kwang-hee, or Na Hwang Kyung-tae. Cast Main characters * Eugene as Song Na-young * Jo Hyun-jae as Han Soo-hyun * Jae Hee as Choi Kwang-hee * Shin Sung-rok as Na Hwang Kyung-tae * Kim Bin-woo as Park Seo-yeon * Joo Sang-wook as Jung Chan-young Supporting characters * Yoon Sang-hyun as Jung Sung-min * Jang Young-nam as Noh Hee-sook * Ko Do-youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
