“I’m always worried that someone will recognize me in public,’ Seo Ha-ni said. “So, I’ve never held hands with a boyfriend while walking among the cherry blossoms. I’ve never had fun in water with a boyfriend in the summer, never walked together in the Autumn leaves, and never...
Roy Kim –그때 헤어지면 돼 (Only then) Roy Kim is a singer-songwriter who debuted through a popular singing competition, Superstar K. He is known to have a unique genre as he utilizes folk, ballad, acoustic, and pop in his music. Photo: https://chosun.com This Korean ...
Block B member, singer-songwriter and record producer Woo Ji Ho (Zico) & former Co-Ed School/SPEED member, singer-songwriter and record producer Woo Ji Seok (Taewoon) Hoppipolla member and singer-songwriter No Jeong Hun (I’ll) & The Midnight Romance member, singer-songwriter and actor No...
This first episode flew by as we were introduced to Kim Moo-young, a man who is a study in contrasts — charismatic yet subdued, disinterested to the point that he looks bored but aware of everyone and everything in his surroundings, a man with an air of danger who rides in on a whi...
Born as Kim Tae-yeon on March 9, 1989, Taeyeon is a South Korean singer who has captivated audiences worldwide with her vocal prowess and charismatic stage presence. Raised in Jeonju, South Korea, Taeyeon's journey to stardom began at a young age when her talent was discovered during her ...
As writer Jungkuk Kim put it, "The dream of getting translated and having your work circu- late internationally is relatively recent. Before that, it never would have occurred to us" (Interview January 2018). That is why vernacularizers are so important. They build bridges and translate ...
(Skip it if battles with Jurchens are too gory for you.) A very calm, slice of life film that I watched a while back is ONE MORE STEP TO THE SEA (2009). I'd enjoyed Kim Young-Jae's turn as Soo Ni-Moon in THE KING'S DAUGHTER, SU BAEK-HYANG and wanted to see more of his...
profits as exemplified by the term, KLit, which was coined by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism (Shim2021a). Not everyone agrees with these efforts. Critics decry the state’s neoliberal investments in its cultural industries as too overtly profit oriented (Jin2014; Kwon and Kim...
As the story goes, South Korea’s Seventies folk movement was born out of a teahouse called YWCA Green Frog. There, songwriter Yang Hee Eunmetsinger Kim Min Ki, a chance encounter that blossomed into a legendary creative partnership. “Morning Dew” was born in that context, a song that ...
I practically can hear his name or anything remotely relevant to him in every sageuk ever. Well, if it's set in Joseon. Sukjong is also famous and many dramas portray different interpretation of him (Ex: Dong Yi, Jang Ok Jung, etc). 2. Because I was born on Feb 14, Valentine's...