The manager of a Hongdae club reportedly co-owned by YG Entertainment CEO Yang Hyun-suk will face trial this month for allegedly registering the club as a restaurant, therefore making it an illegal business, Yonhap reported. The 33-year-old club manager, only identified by his surname Kim, operated the club spread across two basement floors in a building owned by Yang. The entertainment agency c...

Korea’s famous boy band ZE:A will make a comeback in late May after a 10-month hiatus since the release of their EP album “Illusion” in August last year. According to news reports, despite their respective busy schedules, the members are expected to reunite as a full group and prepare for their new album. “There is a chance that the schedule might be changed, but the members had set the date fo...

“Some” topped the Korean music chart for the longest period, raising the popularity of Soyou, who had relatively less fandom than her fellow members, especially Hyorin. By Chung Joo-won (joowonc@heraldcorp.com)

Kim Myung-min, star of new MBC drama ‘A New Leaf,’ talks about new role, craft of acting and pressure for success

Ballad singer makes belated return with ‘The Year After’

JYJ member and actor Kim Jae-joong admitted on Wednesday that MBC TV show “Triangle” most likely would be his last show before military enlistment. “(Triangle) probably will be my last appearance in a TV show before leaving for military conscription,” the K-pop star said in a press conference for the drama held in southwest Seoul on Wednesday. “I do not have the exact date at hand, but I think ...

South Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun has earned 110 million yuan ($17.5 million) in China in the past two months, a magazine reported on Wednesday. Since “My Love from the Star” became a sensation in Asia, Kim, who starred in the drama as lead character Do Min-jun, his income has skyrocketed. Kim’s value is measured by the second, quipped China’s weekly magazine South Entertainment Weekly. The adver...

She also identified her strong self-esteem as her source of sexiness. By Chung Joo-won (joowonc@heraldcorp.com)

The 51-episode “Empress Ki” aired from Oct. 28, 2013, to April 29, 2014. By Chung Joo-won (joowonc@heraldcorp.com)

Two Korean movies, “Lady Vengeance (2005)” and “The Housemaid (2010),” are among the top 12 female vengeance films selected by the online edition of Time. “We present a dozen movies, from Hollywood, France and South Korea, that treat the vengeful-woman theme with fondness or dread, as comedy, melodrama or stark tragedy,” the U.S. weekly magazine wrote on Tuesday. In contrast to the magazine’s c...

Jeon Do-yeon has become the first Korean actress to be a jury member at Cannes International Film Festival in its upcoming edition. The actress has been announced as one of nine panel members who will join jury president Jane Campion. Jeon won the Best Actress prize at the renowned film festival in 2007 for playing the emotionally distraught mother in Lee Chang-dong’s drama “Secret Sunshine.” J...

Actor Park Hae-jin, a major cast member in SBS show “Doctor Stranger,” said the melodrama portrayed the inter-Korean issue only as a fictional factor and was not intended to convey the actual inter-Korean abduction issue. “The major focus of the drama is in the melodrama (rather than the political message),” said Park, when asked about the possibility of the drama having any influence on the cur...

Actor Lee Jong-suk said he “felt inferior” to Park Hae-jin, who plays opposite him in SBS TV show “Doctor Stranger,” due to Park’s good looks. “I was awed by Park Hae-jin’s good looks and taste of fashion. … I felt inferior,” Lee said in a press conference for “Doctor Stranger” held in Mok-dong, Seoul, Tuesday. Lee said he hopes to reveal more masculine side in his part, as his roles in previous...

Chinese model and actor Zhang Liang expressed his condolances to the victims of Sewol disaster, saying he understood what it’s like to lose a loved one. “I offer condolences to the (victims of) the (ferry) disaster in Korea. I feel for them, as I have had the painful experience of losing my father as well,” the Chinese celebrity said at a press conference for SBS TV show “Doctor Stranger” on Tue...

SM Entertainment and its chief donated 1 billion won ($970,000) for victims of the sunken ferry Sewol on Monday, according to Red Cross officials. The 500 million won was contributed from SM Entertainment CEO Lee Soo-man’s personal assets while the other half was made under the name of the entire company, the officials said. As Lee made the donation, he expressed grief over the disaster as a p...