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The First Night With The Duke
''The First Night with the Duke'' () is a 2025 South Korean television series starring Seohyun, Ok Taec-yeon, Kwon Han-sol, Seo Bum-june, and Ji Hye-won. The series depicts the story of an ordinary college student's soul taking possession of the body of a minor character in a romance novel. It premiered on KBS2 on June 11, 2025, and airs every Wednesday and Thursday at 21:50 ( KST). The show is available on Viu in selected regions. Synopsis A contemporary college student, known as "K," awakens unexpectedly inside her beloved historical romance book, upending her normal existence. Cha Seon-chaek, a minor noble character in the novel, is the person she has transmigrated into. Seon-chaek hails from a wealthy family and at first aspires to a simple, tranquil life, intending to watch the novel's plot unfold from the sidelines before eventually resuming her own life. But when she meets Lee Beon, the chilly, attractive, and seemingly compulsive male protagonist of the book, by chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Drama
Romance films 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 focus on the search for romantic love as 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, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seo Hyun-chul
Seo Hyun-chul (, born 19 May 1965) is a South Korean theater, film and television actor. He is known for his supporting roles in several Korean drama, television series and films notably, the medical drama ''Good Doctor (South Korean TV series), Good Doctor'' (2013), the film ''Mission: Possible'' (2021), and the action-comedy series ''Good Boy (TV series), Good Boy'' (2025). Career Seo debuted in 1994 ln play ''Hwang Gu-do''. Since then he has appeared in about 110 stage and musical plays. He made his TV debut in 2010 series ''Cinderella's Stepsister'', whereas his film debut was in the film ''Finding Mr. Destiny'' in the same year. Seo appeared on talk show Radio Star (TV series), ''Radio Star'' thrice in year 2015, 2017 and 2019 in episodes List of Radio Star episodes#Episodes, 426, 513 and 648 respectively. In 2021 he appeared in tvN's apocalyptic thriller ''Happiness (South Korean TV series), Happiness'' along with his wife Jung Jae-eun (actress), Jung Jae-eun. In 2022 Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ok Taecyeon
Ok Taec-yeon (; born December 27, 1988), known mononymously as Taecyeon, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and entrepreneur. He is the rapper of the South Korean boy band 2PM. In 2010, Ok debuted as an actor in the Korean drama '' Cinderella's Stepsister'' and since then has starred in television series ''Dream High'' (2011), '' Who Are You?'' (2013), '' Wonderful Days'' (2014), '' Assembly'' (2015), '' Let's Fight, Ghost'' (2016), '' Save Me'' (2017), '' The Game: Towards Zero'' (2020), ''Secret Royal Inspector & Joy'' (2021) and ''Vincenzo'' (2021) and '' Heartbeat'' (2023), as well as the movies '' Marriage Blue'' (2013) and ''House of the Disappeared'' (2017). Early life and education Ok Taecyeon was born in Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea, but emigrated at the age of 10, with his parents and older sister Jihyen to Boston, Massachusetts,. His sister Jihyen persuaded him to participate in a JYP Entertainment audition, whose promotion she had noticed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Web Novels In South Korea
Web novels in South Korea (; "web novel; web fiction") have been growing in popularity in the 21st century. Among e-publishing fields, web novels are the core contents that are leading the e-book market. Just as webtoons (online comics) grew in the early 2000s in South Korea, web novels have been growing rapidly since the 2010s. The usual definition of a web novel is 'the first novel to be released on the web'. This definition is based on the nature of distinguishing web novels from other content, first of all, the basis for mediating novels with readers, second of which the web releases them for the first time, and lastly has a narrative form. In particular, the web novel market has begun to receive great attention because the possibility of expanding the content of a web novel, such as TV shows, has been confirmed. Etymology The term (), or (), comes from the word (), which is the Korean reading of the English word "Web", and the word (), which is the Korean reading of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben (South Korean Singer)
Lee Eun-young (; born July 30, 1991), better known by her stage name Ben, is a South Korean singer and songwriter. She made her official debut in October 2012, with their first extended play ''147.5''. As of 2024 she released one studio album, five extended plays and twenty one singles. Career She was a member of South Korean band from 2010 to 2011. The band disbanded after the departure of member Gaeul, but she made the transition to vocal soloist thanks to her mentor, Vibe's Yoon Minsu. In October 2012, she released her first album, ''147.5'', as a solo vocalist, a compilation of sad ballads with string arrangements and piano, with the title referring to her diminutive height, reported as between 147.5 cm and 153 cm, or around 4 feet 10 inches to 5 feet tall. In August 2015, she released her second EP ''My Name Is Ben'', with nine tracks, including the title dance song "Looby Loo", which differed from her past ballad style, and other songs including jazz and R&B. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hui (singer)
Lee Hoe-taek (; born August 28, 1993), better known as Hui (), is a South Korean singer, songwriter and composer. He debuted as the leader, main vocalist and lead dancer of boy group Pentagon in October 2016, under Cube Entertainment. He was a member of the co-ed trio Triple H, alongside former bandmate Dawn and former labelmate Hyuna, and is the leader of trot boy group Super Five of MBC's ''Favorite Entertainment''. He is also well known for his participation in the reality competition series '' Boys Planet'', where he placed 13th overall. Hui participates in writing and producing a majority of Pentagon's songs. Some of his best-known works are Wanna One's " Energetic", Nation's Son's " Never", Produce X 101's "Boyness", JO1's " Oh-Eh-Oh", and Pentagon's " Shine", " Naughty Boy", and " Daisy". Name At Pentagon's debut showcase, Hui explained the meaning behind his name: believing Lee Hoe-taek, his real name, is difficult to pronounce (particularly for foreigners), he settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rescene
Rescene (; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean girl group formed by The Muze Entertainment. The group is composed of five members: Woni, Liv, Minami, May, and Zena. The group debuted in 2024 with their single album ''Re:Scene''. Name Rescene's name is a combination of the prefix ''re''- with the words ''scene'' and ''scent'' based on their concept of "recalling a scene through scent". History 2024–present: Introduction, debut with ''Re:Scene'', ''Scenedrome'', ''Glow Up'', ''Dearest'' In February 2024, The Muze Entertainment announced that they would be debuting Rescene, the label's first girl group. It consists of members Woni, Minami, Liv, May, and Zena. Minami had been a finalist on the MBC reality competition series ''My Teenage Girl'' in 2021, while Zena had previously been a contestant on the Channel A reality competition series ''Stars Awakening'' in 2022 and worked as a visual model for the virtual K-pop girl group Mave: while in middle school. Rescene's pre-de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melon (online Music Service)
Melon () is a South Korean online music store and music streaming service introduced in November 2004, and developed by SK Telecom. LOEN Entertainment (became Kakao M and then Kakao Entertainment) became the company-in-charge of the service in 2009. In 2017, Kakao merged Kakao Music into Melon to have one, unified music streaming service. Melon is South Korea's largest music subscription service, with over 28 million users. Melon is the most popular music streaming service in South Korea. In fact, a survey of users of smartphones found that they were the most used applications by Koreans. Melon users can stream and download music and music videos and create custom ringtones. Melon is available on Android and iOS. The name "Melon" is a portmanteau of the phrase "melody on". History Melon was founded on November 16, 2004, in South Korea by SK Telecom, South Korea's largest wireless carrier. It attracted more than 10,000 subscribers per day on average, surpassing 310 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
