A number of TV entertainment programs nowadays feature children on their show to capture viewers’ hearts. “Appa Odeiga” (Daddy, where are we going?) is a popular TV entertainment show which features children going on overnight trips with their celebrity fathers. The program captures the unique personalities of each child and their relationship with their fathers. “Voice Korea Kids” also enjoys ...

Australian becomes first foreigner to break into Korean comedy scene

A Los Angeles judge has set a date for the divorce of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, after the basketball player attempted to delay the trial. Judge Stephen Moloney said the five-day trial will begin May 6, putting an end to Humphries‘ attempts to delay the proceedings further due to “uncooperative third parties,” E! News reported Friday. The trial will be heard by Judge Scott Gordon, the s...

Sequel to popular TV drama promises to be a gripping action bonanza

TV personality Hong Suk-chun described his feelings about outing himself on SBS TV talk show “Healing Camp” to be aired late Monday. The 42-year-old came out as gay in 2000, the first Korean entertainer to do so. “I regret coming out of the closet. I was in so much pain afterwards so I felt God abandoned me,” said Hong in the program. Hong expressed concerns that Korea was still biased against...

Box office hits like ‘My Sassy Girl’ coming to the small screen

PASADENA, California (AP) ― If there’s any soul-searching among top television executives about onscreen violence contributing to real-life tragedies like the Connecticut school shooting, it isn’t readily apparent. All say the horrors of Newtown and Aurora, Colorado, rocked them. But during a series of meetings with reporters here over the last 10 days, none offered concrete examples of how it i...

Singer Ko Young-wook, accused of sexually molesting and assaulting a minor, was indicted and sent to prosecution on Tuesday. Ko allegedly lured a 13-year-old girl into his car and made an inappropriate move on her on Dec. 1 last year. He is said to have approached the girl with the promise that he would help her become a celebrity. Additionally, the former member of K-pop group Roo’Ra was under...

A top Japanese actress gave birth to her baby in Korea on Thursday at a “sanhujoriwon,” a post-natal care facility that is regarded as uniquely Korean, media reported on Sunday. According to several Japanese and Korean media outlets, actress Koyuki Matsuyama gave birth to her daughter at a sanhujoriwon in Seoul. The mother was accompanied by her husband, renowned Japanese actor Kenichi Matsuyama...

U.S. reality television star Kim Kardashian is expecting a baby with her boyfriend rapper Kanye West, she announced Monday, saying she was "blessed." "It's true!! Kanye and I are expecting a baby," she wrote in a blog post entitled "New Year, New Beginnings," as global celebrations were under way to ring in 2013. "We feel so blessed and lucky and wish that in addition to both of our families, h...

The annual New Year’s celebration concert the MBC Gayo Daejejeon Korean Music Festival will be broadcast live in Japan this year. The music festival will be available for viewing in various movie theaters across Japan including in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Niigata. This year’s festival will feature a total of 45 acts including performances by some of the most recognized names in the K-pop industr...