Posts Tagged ‘edumacation’

Celebrity News
Lee Young-ae goes for her doctorate
by | May 21, 2009 | 39 Comments
Lee Young-ae is one of those A-list stars whose next project is highly anticipated, but fans will have to wait a bit longer for her comeback, because she has announced that she is going back to school for her doctorate. Lee Young-ae graduated from Hanyang University with a degree in German, then attended graduate school... More »


Celebrity News
Back to school for Moon Geun-young
by | January 13, 2009 | 22 Comments
Following her acting Daesang win last month for her role in the sageuk drama Painter of the Wind, Moon Geun-young is returning to school. Moon has mostly kept a low profile from the entertainment sphere while she’s been at school; the 21-year-old actress enrolled in university in 2006 (she studies Korean literature at Sungkyunkwan University)... More »


Celebrity News
A master’s of theater, film, and are-you-kidding-me?
by | August 22, 2008 | 18 Comments
Lee Jung-jae — whom I LOVE! He was my Original Korean-Star Crush, waaaay back when — was awarded his master’s degree from Dongguk University on August 22. He received his degree from the Department of Theater & Film Art in the Graduate School of Cultural Arts. Now, I’m all for further education, and master’s degrees... More »


Celebrity News
Unbalanced partnerships equal book sales, or so goes the hope
by | May 29, 2008 | 5 Comments
Oh, pleeez. Kim Ah Joong is putting out a book and has announced plans to donate proceeds to a hospital for handicapped children. She’s co-editing with Koryo University’s writing professor Kim Kwang Su, and the book Emotional Communication goes on sale on May 30. The book is described as dealing with a study on the... More »


Celebrity News
Graduation day
by | February 16, 2008 | 18 Comments
Go Ara It’s graduation season in Korea, and as with everything else, stars always attract the most attention. Fifteen-year-old So Hee of the teen pop group Wonder Girls has just graduated from middle school (ceremony was held on the 15th) — MIDDLE SCHOOL — which just tinges the group’s exaggerated flirtiness and coquetry with unsavory... More »


Celebrity News
The brainiacs among us — stars with high IQs
by | January 27, 2008 | 42 Comments
After it became known that announcer Han Joon Ho is a member of Mensa — the group open only to those with high IQs (specifically, those who score above the 98th percentile on standardized IQ tests) — interest arose in the topic of celebrity IQs. For reference, the average IQ is 100, although the range... More »


Kpop News
Yes, but what does it SAY?!
by | October 7, 2007 | 27 Comments
Okay, this post has nothing to do with kdramas, but I occasionally post song lyrics and Tablo sometimes acts, so I’m covered. Not that it matters. Just saying. Rapper and songwriter (and yes, sometimes actor) Tablo has revealed a short story he wrote in English on the variety show Sunday, Sunday Night. Tablo’s quite famous... More »