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Jeon Ji-hyun’s comeback

posted 27 Mar 2011 updated 4 Mar 2019 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

Jeon Ji-hyun to feature in July issue of US Vogue to mark the release of her film Snow Flower and the Secret Fan – nice to see her back in the news after so long. http://bit.ly/ia2ohe # [Read More]

A novel way to encourage people to pay tax

posted 4 Mar 2011 updated 7 Dec 2017 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

I'd be sure to pay my taxes in person if T-ara was down at my tax office. I expect that's the point. http://bit.ly/icptwa # [Read More]

A Lee Young-ae conundrum

posted 26 Jan 2011 updated 19 Nov 2017 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

Discovered on a Middle East fansite, whose location I can no longer find. Who on earth can be the Kim whose back acne Lee Young-ae is supposed to have witnessed? http://twitpic.com/3tovf7 #. [Read More]

Rain Rain, Come Again

posted 26 Jan 2011 updated 15 Feb 2025 by Bella Frey 5 minute read

Bella Frey gets star-struck. And who can blame her? Rain in London in January, nothing unusual there. However Rain, as in Jung Ji-hoon, South Korea’s delightfully handsome mega pop star and actor, in London is definitely a once in a blue moon event. As soon as the news hit Facebook that he would be here … [Read More]

A last look back at 2010

posted 23 Jan 2011 updated 10 Feb 2025 by Philip Gowman 11 minute read

We’ve digested the albums, films, sporting events and books of the year, and reviewed some of the memorable stories of 2010 in our Quiz of the Year. Here are some of the other things we noted in 2010 which didn’t quite make it into any of those articles. 2010: a year of anniversaries It was … [Read More]

Sarah Chang’s weekend in Philly

posted 5 Dec 2010 updated 27 Feb 2026 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

Violinist Sarah Chang tells us how to spend the perfect weekend in Philadelphia – via the Weekend FT’s How to Spend it mag. #. Brunch, shoe shopping, baseball, movies, the art museum, cocktails and high tea. [Read More]

T-ARA boosts national defense

posted 27 Nov 2010 updated 7 Dec 2017 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

Never let it be said that K-pop girl groups are soft on national security. T-ara donates 20 million won to the cause: http://bit.ly/hs5OHu. Via @bournecinema [Read More]

Sarah Chang to play the Barbican: check out her shoes

event date Tue 05 Oct 2010 venue Barbican Centre posted 29 Sep 2010

Sarah Chang is a fairly regular visitor to London – she was at the Barbican in February this year doing a chamber music recital as part of the Great Performers series. She’s also a fairly regular soloist with London orchestras. She has just been on tour in Korea with the London Philharmonic. She’s returning to … [Read More]

Jang Dong-gun and Song Hye-kyo top plastic surgery templates

posted 10 Aug 2010 updated 9 Dec 2017 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

Times change. 6 years ago Hyolee & Jeon Ji-hyun were top of the list. Now Song Hye-kyo is top Plastic Surgery Template. And guys want to look like Jang Dong-gun http://bit.ly/adsPKV # [Read More]

Yonsama “longs for” Kim Jong-il

posted 2 Aug 2010 updated 9 Dec 2017 by Philip Gowman < 1 minute read

Bae Yong-joon in funny photoshopped propaganda poster for DPRK. Doesn't look much like him though. “I want to live in the loving arms of gracious General Kim Jong-il” he’s saying. http://bit.ly/at7z0F #. The image is from the DMZ Museum in Goseong, Gangwon-do, which showw both sides using (South Korean) celebrity pictures to lure the other … [Read More]