All posts tagged "K-dramas"

  • Heo Yi-jae (Yonhap)
    Actress Heo Yi-jae gets divorce, returns to acting

    South Korean actress Heo Yi-jae, 29, has divorced her husband of four years, Yonhap reported. According to agency bob Star Company Thursday, proceedings have been finalized. The couple split due to personality differences, it said. Heo married...

    • Posted December 3, 2015
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  • U2K's Michael Ulsan, second from left, and KBS America President Yoo Geon-sik (Yonhap)
    KBS-Hollywood collab to birth 5 K-drama remakes

    Hollywood and K-drama producers are finally joining hands. Weeks after an announcement that an American producer would remake Korean drama “Resurrection,” KBS America revealed that an additional four projects — “Full House,” “IRIS,” “Brain” and “Orange Marmalade”...

    • Posted November 6, 2015
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  • Justin Chon and Liv Hewson. (Yonhap)
    Korean, Chinese, American producers to join hands for ‘Dramaworld’

    A collaborative Korean, Chinese and American effort for a drama series, “Dramaworld,” will soon begin production, led by U.S.-based online video streaming service Viki, Yonhap reported. The series, slated for 10 episodes running 20 minutes each, will...

    • Posted September 18, 2015
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  • Uhm Jung-hwa, left, and Uhm Tae-woong (Yonhap)
    Uhm siblings join KeyEast

    South Korean celebrity siblings Uhm Jung-hwa and Uhm Tae-woong have both signed into KeyEast Entertainment, Yonhap reported. Uhm Jung-hwa, an actress and singer, was last seen in the film “Miss Wife.” Uhm Tae-woong currently stars in the...

    • Posted September 4, 2015
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  • binwoo
    Actress Kim Bin-woo to marry in October

    South Korean actress Kim Bin-woo, 33, will walk down the aisle inside the Shilla Seoul hotel in October, Yonhap reported. Kim’s husband-to-be is reportedly a 32-year-old businessman to whom she was introduced through a friend three years...

    • Posted August 28, 2015
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  • cuba
    Korean dramas are a hit even in Cuba

    By Kim Sang-mok HAVANA, CUBA — “Do you know the Korean actors Lee Min-ho and Yoon Sang-hyun?” was the question posed to me by a 15-year-old Havana resident inside a bootleg CD store. As it turns out,...

    • Posted August 19, 2015
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  • A group of Super Junior fans gathered to support the band at KCON 2015 Saturday outside the Los Angeles Convention Center. (Angelina Widener/Korea Times)
    K-pop proves itself a gateway to South Korea at KCON

    By Tae Hong Drowned in the enthusiasm of tens of thousands of K-pop fans, KCON 2015 boomed as a center of South Korean culture this weekend as it welcomed convention goers to Downtown Los Angeles. The three-day...

    • Posted August 3, 2015
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