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Mandate of Heaven: Episode 1
Mandate of Heaven is a drama I’ve been keeping my eye on; it seemed to have that mix of thriller, action, and drama that I’ve been missing from my dramas lately. What I didn’t count on was for it to have a sense of humor, too; the first episode, despite starting off in the thick... More »
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You’re the Best, Lee Soon-shin: Episode 13
Placing Jun-ho at the mercy of the Lee women is one conflict that can play out forever, as far as I’m concerned, because it produces some hilarious misunderstandings. With a hapless heo-dang hero on one hand and the bumbling Bread Man on the other, courtship was never funnier. If only the show would actually drag... More »
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Lee Shi-young earns spot on national boxing team
How cool is this? Lee Shi-young, who took up amateur boxing a few years ago, has now qualified to be part of South Korea’s national boxing team. Dude. That’s awesome. I recall reading headlines that she was hoping to make the Olympic team, and now she’s one step closer to that goal. Lee Shi-young, age... More »
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Lee Soo-kyung’s new image and magazine spread
Lee Soo-kyung has a new drama and a new image to go with it; she goes bold and fierce for this InStyle magazine shoot, which plays off her image as a villainess character in her current drama, I Summon You Gold. It’s not a look I would have chosen for her, but she pulls it... More »
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Birth of a new power couple: Jo In-sung ♥ Kim Min-hee
The K-webs are abuzz with this piece of news, which is likely to dominate for the next day or two, with Jo In-sung (That Winter, the Wind Blows, What Happened In Bali) and Kim Min-hee (Temperature of Love, Moby Dick) admitting that they’re dating. The key points: His agency put out a statement on April... More »
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Gu Family Book: Episode 5
Things get kicked into high gear with evil swinging into action, and our good guys rising to meet the challenge. We’re also counting down on our hero’s whole secret identity, which doesn’t have very much longer during which to remain secret. With such a ticking clock on our hand, there’s a lot of plot to... More »
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Kim Soo-hyun’s Paris shoot for Marie Claire
Kim Soo-hyun sure looks relaxed for his latest magazine spread, which is probably a good thing since he’s about to become very busy promoting his upcoming film, the comic action-thriller movie Covertly, Grandly, wherein he plays a hotshot spy from North Korea whose cover identity is a clumsy, bumbling fool. The spread was shot last... More »
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Variety Roulette: Barefoot Friends
EPISODE 1. Broadcast on April 21, 2013. javabeans: Next on the Variety Roulette wheel is a brand-new show, Barefoot Friends, which heats up the Sunday variety race — KBS has 1N2D as its flagship program for Happy Sunday (and also airs Mamma Mia), MBC’s Sunday Night is doing well with Dad Where Are We Going?... More »
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Han Jae-seok and Park Sol-mi’s star-studded wedding
Congratulations to another star couple: film and drama actors Han Jae-seok and Park Sol-mi just got hitched today (April 21) in Seoul. They look adorably happy, which I suppose is a good way to look on your wedding day. Both actors have a pretty lengthy tenure in dramaland — Park Sol-mi’s debut drama was 2001′s... More »
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1 Night 2 Days: Episode 434
EPISODE 434. Broadcast on April 14, 2013. javabeans: We resume with the second half of the introduction to our new member and mat-hyung Yoo Hae-jin, the movie actor who’s totally not competitive about anything, except maybe when he’s competing. We also need a nickname for the new PD, otherwise we’ll be three years out and... More »
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