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Category Archives: Moon So-ri

Wedding wishes

24-Dec-06
Firstly we wish every happiness to Moon So-ri and Jang Jun-Hwan (below), who are getting married today. Closer to home, Jason Bechervaise and Ahn Meeyeon (above) of koreanfilm.org.uk are preparing for their own future together. They will be getting married in Seoul in a quiet ceremony in January. And to all you singles out there, I hope you find a great date for this evening. Related posts:IBK celebrates London Branch opening Industrial Bank of Korea celebrated the opening of its London...The versatile Uhm Jung-hwa (엄정화) A rather silly item in the Chosun (entitled Singer’s Hotpants...January statistics It’s the end of January and I’ve already hit some... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Celebrity news round-up

08-Dec-06
I haven't posted about any celebs recently, so here's the latest clips I've come across: 1 Singers turned actors With an eye on the success of canto-pop stars on the big screen, K-pop stars and their managers have been looking to maximise brand value and revenue streams. Uhm Jung-hwa, I only recently noticed, has been prominent both as a singer and an actor for many years, while you have to have been living a fairly secluded life recently if you hadn't heard of Rain's part in Park Chan-wook's latest. So the Chosun decided to do a quick poll of the best and the worst acting talent among the former singers. Top of the list for the boys (above) is, surprise, surprise, Rain. "He ...

New Jeon Ji-hyun vehicle crashes

21-Mar-06
OK, so it's not a complete box office turkey, but after one week at the top of the charts, it's now down to number 4 and predicted to head south quickly. The vehicle, a film entitled Daisy, is a blatantly commercial effort to cash in on the marketability of the My Sassy Girl star outside of Korea. Directed by Hong Kong director Andrew Lau (Infernal Affairs), scripted by MSG director Kwak Jae-young, also starring heart throb Jung Woo-sung, and shot entirely in Amsterdam, it seems tailor-made to appeal to the export market. But to quote from Tom Giammarco's comment posted on Koreanfilm.org, After watching the film, one of my friends commented that it was just like watching a very long music ...