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Yoon apologizes for first lady Dior bag scandal, calls push for special probe ‘political’
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Korea forecast to overtake Taiwan in chip production by 2032: report
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Girl hanging on bridge, police trying to rescue her both fall off; rescued immediately
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[K-pop’s dilemma] Can K-pop break free from ‘fandom’ model?
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YouTuber fatally stabbed on livestream by another YouTuber in Busan
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Yoon rebuffs opposition's call for special probe into wife
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No plan to let doctors with foreign licenses practice here anytime soon: PM
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Stray Kids hit with racism in Met Gala photo line
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[News Analysis] Yoon's first 2 years marked by intense confrontations, lack of leadership
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Yoon apologizes for wife's 'unwise conduct'
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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
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JYP chief Park Jin-young to work on project with Conan O'Brien
JYP Entertainment, one of South Korea's three largest entertainment agencies, said Saturday its founder Park Jin-young will work on a joint project with American talk show host Conan O'Brien next week.It said the project is scheduled to be held on Thursday in South Korea, though it did not provide any further details.It is rumored that the South Korean singer and O'Brien may shoot a music video together. O'Brien is set to arrive in Seoul on Sunday for a five-day trip to shoot his "Conan" show, a
Feb. 14, 2016
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Networks’ pilot programs hit and miss during holiday
The three major broadcast networks in Korea launched pilot programs over the Lunar New Year holiday, testing the waters for potential new regular programs. Each network’s top show chose a different strategy to pull in viewers, with SBS’ music competition show and MBC’s hidden camera comedy clearly appealing to viewers more than KBS’ show featuring girl group members battling against one another.The pilot programs that received top ratings on each network were “God’s Voice” on SBS (10.4 percent a
Feb. 11, 2016
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Conan O'Brien to take 'Conan' to S. Korea: blogger
American talk show host Conan O'Brien will shoot his "Conan" show in South Korea, a local fan who claims to have been contacted by the Conan team said Thursday.O'Brien will arrive here on Sunday for a five-day journey that involves trips to downtown Seoul and a traditional Korean village in the city's outskirts, a Naver blogger who goes by the alias KIMMYS said in a blog post. More than 1,100 people are subscribed to the blog which has been posting updates on O'Brien's schedule in South Korea.He
Feb. 11, 2016
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[Herald Interview] ‘Reply 1988’ leaves mark on Park Bo-gum
Actor Park Bo-gum poses for a picture before an interview at a Seoul cafe on Thursday. (Yoon Byung-chan/The Korea Herald)Park Bo-gum spoke slowly, his words interspersed with child-like smiles. It was as if Park’s “Reply 1988” character Choi Taek had jumped off screen into real life. “I realized that I’m similar to my ‘Reply 1988’ character in real life. I’m like an iron fist in a velvet glove, just like Choi Taek in the TV series,” the 22-year-old told The Korea Herald in Seoul last Thursday.“I
Feb. 5, 2016
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CJ E&M denies spin-off rumors
CJ E&M Headquarters (CJ Group)Entertainment and media giant CJ E&M denied a news report that the firm plans to spin off its drama and entertainment production divisions to set up a new content production company.“Although we plan to strengthen our content production business, nothing (mentioned in the report) has been confirmed yet,” Cho Young-sic, general manager of the communications team at CJ E&M, told The Korea Herald. The denial came after a local media outlet reported Tuesday that the ent
Feb. 3, 2016
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[Newsmaker] Former Arirang TV chief under probe for corporate fund misuse
The Culture Ministry has accepted the resignation of Bang Suk-ho, president & CEO of Arirang TV, Korea’s state-run English satellite and cable broadcaster. Bang submitted his resignation to the ministry on Monday after local media reported allegations of misuse of the company funds during his overseas trips last year. The ministry will continue its probe into the allegations, which began late Monday night, his resignation notwithstanding. “Bang is currently under investigation. The ministry will
Feb. 2, 2016