Korean Celebrities

What is Han Ye-Seul’s Real Age?

May 5th, 2009 § 0

There is a controversy going around about what Han Ye-seul’s real age is.

Her profile on Naver says she was born in 1982, but some people put up her high school graduation pictures which say that she went to Cerritos High School and her graduation year was 1998. That would mean she was born in 1980, not 1982.

Her agency claims that when she began her career she stated her age as the international age, and when she started to do work in Korea the international and Korean age got mixed up. It seems like the problem arose becuase of the different ways in which Korea and the rest of the world count age.

At any rate, the agency says her real birth year was 1981.

Han Ye-seul

Jun Jin Injury May Postpone Comeback Show

May 5th, 2009 § 0

Jun Jin injured his wrist while preparing for his new album’s comeback show.

The doctor said he might need surgery but he’s not doing it since he has films and other things he has to do. The problem with his wrist is getting worse and his friends and the people around him are starting to worry. They’re afraid that because of his injury the comeback show will be postponed but it is still unclear for now.

Jun Jin

Lee Min-Ho Tries to Buy a Benz and Gets Criticized

May 4th, 2009 § 10

Lee Min-ho

There’s a rumor going around that BOYS OVER FLOWERS drama star Lee Min-ho bought a Benz.

He is very interested in that type of car so he went to look at it, but because of the poor economy and since he just became famous it seemed that right now was not a good time for him to buy it.

In the end he decided not to buy it but people are still saying that he did, so he’s having a hard time with that rumor right now. I guess being in the public spotlight sometimes does have its disadvantages.

Choi Song-Hyeon Stars in Insadong Scandal

May 4th, 2009 § 0

Choi Song-hyeon

Presenter turned movie star Choi Song-hyeon turns herself from the nice and business-like woman people used to know into a sexy leather jacket-wearing smoker in her first movie called INSADONG SCANDAL. The film shows a completely different side of the former presenter. “It was very difficult to distinguish the life in the movie from reality,” she said about her role in the movie.

Choi worked at KBS for two years until she shocked everyone by quitting her job and pursuing her dream to become an actress.

The movie is about the restoration of a cherished treasure from the Chosun dynasty. Choi’s character plans a scam with the person who is in charge of restoring the item.

Vampire Movie Thirst is a Hit with Korean Moviegoers

May 3rd, 2009 § 0

Sang-hoon (Song) is a committed Catholic priest living peacefully in the house of God, similar to Adam in the Garden of Eden. His only weakness is that he is far too reckless – he never feared to sacrifice whatever it meant for salvation. Despite the disapproval of his father role-model, Father Noh (Park In-hwan), Sang-hoon volunteers for a dangerous medical experiment in Africa that the Church has yet to approve. While there, he catches a virus, called Eve, and dies, but a transfusion with mysterious blood brings him back as a vampire. The movie also stars Kim Ok-bin as his lover Tae-ju.

The film attracted more than 600,000 moviegoers in its first 3 days after release. It is expected to surpass 800,000 Sunday.

Kim Ok-bin

Woo Seung-Yeon Commits Suicide

May 2nd, 2009 § 0

Woo Seung-Yeon

A young South Korean actress has been found dead at her home in southern Seoul after committing suicide.

The body of model and actress Woo Seung-yeon was discovered by her roommate, appearing to have hanged herself. The 26-year-old left a suicide note, saying “I love my family. I’m so sorry to leave early.”

Woo’s family members and friends said that she was under a lot of stress because she was not being accepted to any new film or TV roles.

This tragically is the fourth South Korean celebrity suicide to have happened within the last year.

Rain in Ninja Assassin

May 2nd, 2009 § 0

Ninja Assassin

Ninja Assassin is about the story of Raizo (played by Korean pop star Rain), one of the most dangerous assassins in the world. Brought in from the streets as a young child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a hidden society whose very existence is considered a myth. But torn by the merciless murder of his friend by the Clan, Raizo escapes away from them and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing his revenge.

In Berlin, Europol agent Mika Coretti (played by Naomie Harris) discovers a money trail linking several political murders to a covert network of assassins from Asia. Going against the orders of her superior, Ryan Maslow (Ben Miles), Mikas researches top secret and confidential agency files to learn the truth behind the murders. Her investigation makes her a target, and the Ozunu Clan sends a team to kill her. Raizo saves Mika from the attackers, but he knows that the Clan won’t stop until they’re both dead. Now, entwined in a deadly game of cat and mouse through the streets of Europe, Raizo and Mika must trust one another if they hope to survive and finally destroy the elusive Ozunu Clan.

NINJA ASSASSIN has a tentative release date of November 25th. Do you think this movie will be a good one for Rain?

Cha Seung-Won and Kim Sun-Ah Star in City Hall Drama

May 2nd, 2009 § 0

Cha Seung-won

Kim Sun-ah

The drama ‘City Hall’ is about two people working as public officials finding each other in their daily hectic routines and falling for each other.

Shin Mi-rae (Kim Sun-ah) is a low ranking official and has had to menial tasks for her seniors for the last 7 years. All that changes when she wins a pageant and eventually becomes mayor.

Although the name could be deceiving, City Hall is not intended to be a political drama. “Politics just happened to appear because of the backdrop. But that’s not what the series is about. I wanted to show our ideals: ideal mayors, politicians, and public officials as ordinary people, just like us,” writer Kim Eun-sook said.

On a side note, I believe they’re actually filming this drama in city hall. A crew was seen last week filming a man getting wet in the Cheonggyecheon river, and I myself unknowingly at the time walked in between a camera and a staged dinner table with a man and a woman nicely dressed sitting. The woman had the hairstyle of Kim Sun-ah.

Accidental Couple Drama Starring Hwang-Jung Min and Kim Ah-Joong Debuts

May 2nd, 2009 § 0

The new drama ‘Accidental Couple’ starring Hwang-Jung min and Kim Ah-joong was shown today.

When Han Ji-Sung (Kim) gets into a car accident with Gu Dong-Baek (Hwang-Jung), at first all Han cares about is herself and keeping the secret that her secret boyfriend was the one driving her. To hide the relationship, she drags Gu into the driver’s seat while letting her secret boyfriend get away. Newsreporters and photographers come to document the scene, and her secret boyfriend gets away clean. Because of the incident Gu becomes instantly thrown into the public limelight, and things heat up when Han asks him to continue pretending that he’s her real boyfriend.

This story, unfortunetely, may be too painfully predectible. Even the director himself is trying to spice up the story on his own by piggybacking on other recent hit tv shows, stating that Accidental Couple “… also has an F4″, referring to the wildly popular Boys Over Flowers series. Yeah, let’s just see about that…