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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Yoo Jae-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok team up in 'Whenever Possible'
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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TV drama 'Signal' enjoying high viewer ratings
The tvN TV drama "Signal" registered a national rating average of 10.9 percent for the 11th episode on Friday, proving to be a big hit after "Reply 1988" syndrome.Starting with a 6 percent rating for its first episode on Jan. 22, "Signal," which screens every Friday and Saturday, has been gaining an additional 1 percent with each following episode on average, according to Nielsen and reports on Saturday.The drama, starring Kim Hye-soo, Cho Jin-woong and Lee Je-hoon, is about detectives working o
Feb. 29, 2016
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Jang Hyuk to appear in Chinese drama
Korean actor Jang Hyuk has signed on to appear in the Chinese drama “Mei Feng Mei,” the actor’s agency SidusHQ announced Friday. It has been six years since Jang last appeared in a Chinese drama. In 2010 he starred in “Fall in Love with Anchor Beauty,” a Chinese remake of the Korean drama “All about Eve.” Actor Jang Hyuk (SidusHQ) Jang’s new drama “Mei Feng Mei” will feature a story of ambitious immigrants seeking to make their dreams come true in a heaven-like city, where the actor will play
Feb. 26, 2016
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Actress Jo Yoon-hee works with old crush in 'Pied Piper'
They say don't mix business with pleasure, but actress Jo Yoon-hee has gotten pretty close in the upcoming TV series "Pied Piper."Jo, who plays the sympathetic crisis negotiator Yeo Myeong-ha, has partnered with actor Shin Ha-kyun, her former crush."Acting with (Shin) has been amazing. Personally, he used to be my ideal man," Jo told a news conference discussing the tvN police thriller on Thursday. "I was excited and honored just to be able to work with him. He didn't disappoint."Asked around wh
Feb. 25, 2016
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Ex-reality TV actress says she hesitated to accept mom role
Here's a common dilemma that Korean actresses face: when to start playing moms.Actress Kim So-yeon says she had to think long and hard about whether she should accept the role of Bong Hye-ryeong, an unhappy housewife in the upcoming weekend drama "Gahwamansaseong." The title is a Korean saying that roughly translates as "a happy family makes for an easy life."The 35-year-old is better known for her reality show appearances. She was on MBC's "Real Men - Female Soldier Special,"in which she got a
Feb. 25, 2016
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'Descendants of the Sun' debuts with strong viewership
KBS 2TV's "Descendants of the Sun" is off to a strong start with double-digit viewership, Nielsen Korea data showed Thursday, offering a measure of redemption to the network whose shows have consistently lost out to rival channels in recent seasons.The show starring actor Song Joong-ki and actress Song Hye-kyo drew 14.3 percent of viewers nationwide on its opening Wednesday, the data showed.A similar percentage of viewers in and around Seoul tuned into the series produced by Lee Eung-bok and wri
Feb. 25, 2016
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Actor Jung Woo-sung to meet Syrian refugees
South Korean actor Jung Woo-sung plans to meet Syrian refugees in Lebanon as part of efforts to enhance public awareness of the humanitarian crisis, a U.N. agency said Wednesday.Jung has worked as a "goodwill ambassador" for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) since 2014.He will meet with refugee families in "informal settlements" in Lebanon in March, it said.It would be his third visit to the UNHCR's refugee operation following visits to Nepal and South Sudan in 2014 and 2
Feb. 24, 2016
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'Cheese in the Trap' attracts 1.9 billion views on Weibo
The South Korean TV series "Cheese in the Trap" continues to be one of the most viewed foreign soap operas on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, the program's publicist said Wednesday.The Ytree Co. said in a statement that the series based on a popular webtoon in South Korea has attracted a total of 1.93 billion views on Weibo as of Tuesday, despite it lacking formal contracts and a management team in China.The tvN series is set to be streamed on Youku and Tudou, two of China's largest vi
Feb. 24, 2016
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Kim Soo-hyun, BigBang named winners of 2015 Soompi Awards
South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun and boy band BigBang have been name Best Actor and Best Boy Group, respectively, in a recent vote of 40 million hallyu fans around the world, an online news site said Wednesday.U.S.-based site Soompi, which covers the Korean Wave or hallyu, announced the winners of the Soompi Awards 2015. The awards were voted on by fans from 139 countries. Soompi said the vote was conducted online, through its official LINE Soompi accounts, and on Twitter from Dec. 21 last year t
Feb. 24, 2016
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Actor Namgoong Min does all the bad things
Actor Namgoong Min, who played the villain Nam Kyu-min in the recently concluded drama "Remember - War of the Son," has an unusual achievement: committing all the bad deeds possibly shown on TV."I should probably stop playing the villain," he said while laughing in an interview with Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday. "Maybe I could in a different genre. I just think I've done all the horrible things you can on TV without violating the broadcasting guidelines."In the SBS series, the chairman's son wi
Feb. 24, 2016
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Actress Jeon Do-yeon returns to soap opera scene with 'The Good Wife'
South Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon will make a TV comeback as the leading woman in "The Good Wife," her agency said Wednesday.The upcoming tvN drama will be her first soap opera role in 11 years, Management Soop said.In the South Korean remake of the popular American series of the same name, Jeon will play Hyekyeong, a housewife who resumes her career as a defense attorney after her husband lands in prison on corruption charges."I'd been wanting to get out of my comfort zone when they asked me to
Feb. 24, 2016
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Kitchens never stop churning on Korean TV
One of the most noticeable trends in the Korean television industry since 2015 has been the sudden rise of “cook-bang,” a newly coined term that refers to shows that combine cooking and entertainment. These shows, which add a talk show, game show or survival reality element to traditional cooking shows, have been steadily on the rise -- and they show no signs of stopping, with cable channel JTBC rolling out a new show called “Best Chefs Ever” just last week. Promotional poster for “Best Chefs E
Feb. 23, 2016
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Actor Park Sung-woong puts law degree to work
Actor Park Sung-woong has a lot in common with his character, Park Dong-ho, in the recently concluded SBS series "Remember - War of the Son."And no, it's not just their last name, although that's part of it. It's also their degrees in law and odd senses of style.Like his alter-ego, Park studied law against his will -- it was his dad's idea more than his -- but instead of joining a gang, Park, then 23, went into acting.Almost 20 years later, Park can finally say studying law "has paid off." But i
Feb. 23, 2016
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Five Korean producers take careers to China
Five entertainment TV producers have left top South Korean networks to realize their "Chinese dreams," the producer who instigated their defections said Monday.Kim Young-hee, who announced his departure from the terrestrial network MBC last year, said three of his former coworkers and one producer each from SBS and S.M. C&C have joined him in his endeavors to make it big in the Chinese entertainment scene.The three MBC producers are Shin Jung-soo, who directed "Come to Play" and "I'm a Singer,"
Feb. 22, 2016
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‘Youth Over Flowers -- Africa’ sets record
The first episode of “Youth Over Flowers – Africa,” which premiered Friday, set a record viewership of 12.7 percent, an all-time high for the reality travel series, according to CJ E&M which referenced TV rating figures from Nielsen Korea. “The show was also the most-watched show on the entire cable channel networks on Friday night, and widely viewed by audience of all ages, ranging from teenagers to those in 50s,” said an official of CJ E&M, which owns the channel. Poster for the “Youth Over
Feb. 21, 2016
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‘Youth Over Flowers’ heads to Namibia
Star producer Na Young-seok describes the four young men he whisked away to Namibia for his tvN show “Youth Over Flowers -- Africa” as being “just kids these days.”In a way, that was what he had intended when he recruited Ryu Jun-yeol, Park Bo-gum, Ahn Jae-hong and Go Kyung-pyo, all castmates on the tvN drama “Reply 1988,” for the third installment of the “Youth Over Flowers” series. Speaking to press at the Imperial Palace Hotel in Seoul on Thursday, Na said he made his decision to take the qua
Feb. 19, 2016
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Actor Ahn Jae-hyun joins season 2 of 'New Journey to the West'
Actor Ahn Jae-hyun will replace actor Lee Seung-gi in the second season of the tvN variety show "New Journey to the West," producers said Friday.Ahn has left for Chengdu in China's Sichuan Province to shoot the sequel for the online show, which immediately garnered tens of thousands of views on Naver upon release in September, tvN said.Ahn rose to stardom after playing the younger brother of Cheong Song-yi (Jun Ji-hyun) on the SBS sci-fi rom-com "My Love from the Star" in 2014.He also appeared o
Feb. 19, 2016
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Fiennes defends playing Michael Jackson, colorblind casting
NEW YORK (AP) -- Joseph Fiennes is defending himself in the wake of criticism after being cast as Michael Jackson in an upcoming half-hour TV special, acknowledging the topic is "sensitive" but never intending it to be divisive.The white actor will play the King of Pop in the upcoming Sky Arts comedy "Elizabeth, Michael, and Marlon," which tells the story of a road trip taken by Jackson, Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor as they flee New York City after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks."I dea
Feb. 18, 2016
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Conan O’Brien conducts secret project with Park Jin-young
American talk show host Conan O'Brien conducted a top secret project with Park Jin-young, the head producer of JYP Entertainment on Thursday, according to the entertainment agency. O’Brien visited the JYP Entertainment building in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on Wednesday to discuss the content of the collaborative project. O‘Brien was joined by Korean-American actor Steven Yeun, who filmed a segment in Los Angeles with O’Brien in 2013 in which the two men visited a Korean spa and sauna.Conan O‘Brien visit
Feb. 18, 2016
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Mnet launches new show to look for best children’s song
Music channel Mnet is launching a new show, in search for the best children’s song. The channel has produced music competition and survival programs such as “Superstar K,” “Show Me the Money” and the recent “Produce 101.” In the new show, called “We Kid,” short for “We Sing Like a Kid,” teams made up of children, top stars and composers are created. They come up with new songs that cater to children. Aspiring young singers who pass a preliminary audition are matched with one of three teams. T
Feb. 17, 2016
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Conan O'Brien draws hundreds at Seoul meet-and-greet
American talk show host Conan O'Brien attracted hundreds of fans at a cafe in Seoul on Monday after receiving a boisterous welcome usually reserved for K-pop idols at Incheon International Airport the previous day.Dozens of fans who had failed to reserve a spot at the guerilla-style meet-and-greet gathered around the building in southern Seoul to welcome the redhead comedian. They swooned as O'Brien entered from a minibus and shouted "Annyeonghaseyo," or "Hello" in Korean.At the meeting, O'Brien
Feb. 16, 2016