SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Actor Jung Woo-sung will star in a new romantic TV series slated for next month, Genie TV said Tuesday. The A-lister will star as painter Cha Jin-woo, who suffers from a hearing impairment and goes through a dramatic change in his otherwise lonely life after meeting aspiring actor Jung [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — For the 6 million Ukrainian refugees who fled their homes unarmed and nearly bare-handed since the Russian invasion, “long-lasting” attention from the international community can serve as their own sort of “weapon” to help end the war, a well-known South Korean star actor said. Jung Woo-sung, a longtime goodwill [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actor Jung Woo-sung has donated 100 million won (US$85,740) to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Korea to provide humanitarian aid to people in war-torn Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday. According to the South Korean office of the U.N. refugee agency, Jung, the goodwill ambassador for [...]
JEJU, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — As the national debate over the hundreds of Yemeni refugees arriving in Jeju heats up, the U.N. refugee agency’s goodwill ambassador, actor Jung Woo-sung, has said he was willing to voice his opinion “if necessary.” Jung, as a participant at the 13th Jeju Foum for Peace and Prosperity held [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korean actor Jung Woo-sung plans to meet Syrian refugees in Lebanon as part of efforts to enhance public awareness of the humanitarian crisis, a U.N. agency said Wednesday. Jung has worked as a “goodwill ambassador” for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) since 2014. He will meet [...]
SEOUL, Dec 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Actor Jung Woo-sung says he’s never thought of becoming a producer — though that’s exactly the role he played, in addition to the male lead, for the upcoming indie film “Don’t Forget Me.” “I wanted to protect the director’s original ideas,” he told reporters at a theater in southern [...]