SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix series “Parasyte” director Yeon Sang-ho’s new film has confirmed its star-studded cast, including Jun Ji-hyun, Go Soo, Ji Chang-wook and Koo Kyo-hwan, distributor Showbox said Friday. The film is titled “Gunche” in Korean, meaning colony in a biological context. Its English title has yet to be confirmed. Slated [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The most beautiful Korean woman would have the eyes of Kim Tae-hee, the nose of Han Ga-in and the lips of Song Hye-kyo according to 290 South Koreans. Pharmaceuticals company Hugel teamed up with members of university hospitals to survey 290 individuals, 72 of them medical professionals, and diclosed [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Yonhap) – South Korean TV dramas are captivating viewers in Argentina, another sign that the popularity of “hallyu” is rising in Latin America. “Stairway to Heaven” starring Kwon Sang-woo and Choi Ji-woo has recently been hovering around fifth in the local viewership ranking, according to the Korean Cultural Center in the South American country, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) - Do Min-joon, the stoic alien with superpowers in the South Korean drama “My Love from the Star,” has a different identity in China. Spoiler alert: The entire story is a fictional tale that he writes for Cheon Song-yi, the arrogant, yet endearing heroine played by actress Jun Ji-hyun in the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The filming set of the hit Korean drama “My Love from the Stars” will be replicated in Beijing for an exhibition, organizers said Friday. The show’s producer SBS said it has joined forces with a Chinese entertainment company to put on display a large-size filming set from the TV [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – A domestic action film featuring colonial-era assassination attempts by Korean independence fighters topped 7 million in attendance, according to an early box-office report by its distributor on Tuesday. Since its release on July 22, “Assassination” had been watched by 7,064,429 viewers as of 7:30 a.m., Showbox said. Set in [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean historical action film “Assassination” drew nearly 950,000 viewers in one day, its distributor said Sunday, the second-largest number for any Korean movie. The film, which opened in theaters Wednesday, was seen by 949,135 people on Saturday, according to Showbox. That’s second only to “Roaring Currents,” which set [...]
Seoul, July 21 (Korea Bizwire)-Recalling the time when Jun Ji-hyun(34) started to gain attention as a star actress, many would choose the film ‘The Thieves’, which was directed by Choi Dong-hoon and released in 2012. At a sly comment degrading her looks by asking if her pretty face was the result of plastic surgery, ‘Yenicall’ [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actress Jun Ji-hyun is on the cover of the forthcoming issue of Elle magazine to be published in six Asian countries, the fashion magazine’s Korean office said Wednesday. Elle Korea released the cover photos of the 34-year-old actress, which will become available in the April issue of the magazine’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Jong-suk, the South Korean actor and model, is highly likely to be the most popular K Wave star in China this year, according to entertainment industry experts and reporters with knowledge of China’s show business market. Along with Lee, Jun Ji-hyun (Gianna Jun) is expected to be the top [...]