All posts tagged "actor"

  • Hwang Jung-eum (Yonhap)
    S. Koreans pick Hwang Jung-eum as actor of 2015

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Hwang Jung-eum is the actor of 2015, according to a Gallup survey. The “She Was Pretty” actress received 14.4 percent of the votes in a survey of 1,700 South Korean adults nationwide, Gallup Korea...

    • Posted December 16, 2015
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  • Lee Jung-jae (Yonhap)
    Actor Lee Jung-jae in legal dispute over mother’s debt

    By Bahk Eun-ji Actor Lee Jung-jae and his mother are embroiled in a legal dispute over money she allegedly borrowed from a friend. Lee’s mother allegedly borrowed 193 million won (about $165,000) from 1995 to early 2000...

    • Posted November 17, 2015
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    Kim Soo-hyun comes back in ‘Real’

    SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) — “My Love from the Stars” star Kim Soo-hyun will make his big-screen comeback in an action-thriller early next year, his agency said Thursday. Kim will play a gangster in the upcoming Korean...

    • Posted April 9, 2015
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  • Brian Tee as Chinese American hitman Chaoz in the Korean film "No Tears for the Dead" (Courtesy of CJ Entertainment)
    ‘Jurassic World’ actor Brian Tee feels ‘career starting to hit stride’

    By Brian Han Actor Brian Tee is on his way back to the silver screen in Universal Pictures’ “Jurassic World” as Katashi Hamada, “a greying Japanese badass” according to a snapshot of the script from JurassicWorld.org. As...

    • Posted January 15, 2015
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  • Apprentices of an entertainment agency dance at a practice room in Sincheon, southern Seoul, in this photo taken in 2009. Many singer and actor wannabes in Korea have found themselves exploited or maltreated by agency operators due to legal loopholes. (Korea Times file)
    Tough rules protect K-pop star hopefuls

    Convicted and bankrupt people banned from running agencies By Park Si-soo Starting in the second half of this year, establishing an entertainment agency in Korea will only be possible after approval from the government. The regulation endorsed...

    • Posted January 3, 2014
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