Choi Jin-shil selected as best newsmaker

By Hyun Ji-hyang



According to a poll from a TV entertainment show "Yeonyyega Junggae," broadcast on Aug. 15, actress Choi Jin-shil was picked as Korea’s top newsmaker since the nation`s liberation from Japan’s colonial rule in 1945.





The show surveyed 12,434 people ranging 12-60 years old. She gained about 26.9 percent support of the respondents.





Starring in many films, dramas and TV ads, the late Choi had been loved as a nation`s representative actress. However, she had suffered from depression alledgedly due to a divorce and rumors surrounding her private life. She committed suicide in October 2008, shocking the nation.





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