Actor Kim Bum recently put out a single album in Japan — after showing off his vocal skills with the song he recorded on the additional Boys Before Flowers — and now he’s putting out a photoessay collection.

Kim Bum said, “After the broadcast ended for my drama Dream, I traveled to England. Over ten days from October 23, I toured London and the surrounding areas, and I’ve gathered the photographs I shot into an essay collection. You’ll be able to see it soon.” The photos aren’t solely vacation memories but aims to promote an environmental message.

He added, “I’ve wanted to release a book that I put my name on, so this is a dream come true. This was my first trip to England, and I really enjoyed myself. I feel great to be able to experience the culture of environmentalism myself and introduce it [to Korea].”

Meanwhile, Kim Bum has a movie still to be released (action-romance Bisang), and is enjoying a lot of popularity even if his last drama, Dream, flopped. Hopefully he’ll be more lucky with his next choice — given how busy he’s keeping these days, I’m going to guess we won’t have to wait too long for the next project…

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His former Unstoppable High Kick castmates Kim Hye-sung and Jung Il-woo have already done it (Kim in the first episode and Jung more recently in the episode that aired on October 28), so now it’s Kim Bum’s turn to make a cameo appearance on that sitcom’s pseudo-sequel, High Kick Through the Roof.

Originally, Kim Bum was set to appear with Jung Il-woo but explained, “The director felt it would be a waste for us to come out at once. So when Il-woo hyung went to shoot, I went along and just watched. I’ll be filming soon. I think I’ll find out the concrete details of the shoot on that day. I’m already looking forward to it.”

In the original series, Kim Bum played an innocent, goofy high school student who was best friends with Kim Hye-sung (the two boys were unabashed with their best-friend love for each other, to the annoyance of Kim’s cooler, rebellious younger brother Jung Il-woo). For that reason, Kim Bum started out hating Kim Hye-sung’s girlfriend (played as a ditz by Park Min-young), and complications arose when he started developing feelings for her, too. According to earlier reports, Park is also planning to make a cameo, and if it happens, she’ll probably be next.

From what I’ve seen (and I want to see more), High Kick Through the Roof is cute and entertaining — if only it weren’t so long! It has been doing well in the ratings and raising the profiles of its young leads, namely Shin Se-kyung, Hwang Jung-eum, Seo Shin-ae, and Yoon Shi-yoon. With the numbers creeping up into the high teens, the latest episode drew a 19.7%, putting it within a hair of breaking the 20% mark.

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A new poster is out for Kim Bum’s new movie Bisang (first poster here), which shows the young actor in a love triangle as he poses in turn with each of his co-stars; the top photo shows Kim Bum with Lee Chae-young, while the bottom features Kim Byul.

As the top host in the nightlife scene, Kim Bum’s character turns away Lee Chae-young coolly. In contrast, Kim Byul plays his pure first love, and in order to protect her, he risks his life and transforms into a “real man.” (Whatever that means?)

I can only speak for myself, but my first reaction is: there’s some weird photoshopping going on, right? All three are very good-looking young stars, but Kim Bum’s face looks weirdly stretched in the bottom image. (It’s not just me, right?)

In any case, the action-melodrama-romance film will be out in theaters December 3.

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Thus far, press for Kim Bum’s new movie Bisang [비상] — in which he plays a nightclub host — hasn’t really focused on his co-star Bae Soo-bin (Angel’s Temptation), but the actor gets prominent placement in the newly released poster for the film. Both actors play smooth characters, but they harbor opposing views on love: Bae plays a man who doesn’t believe in it, while Kim Bum’s character is the type to risk everything for it.

The action-melodrama also features actresses Kim Byul (as Kim Bum’s love interest) and Lee Chae-young (Iron Empress). It releases on December 3.

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(I’m not sure whether I think Kim Bum’s cornrows make him look badass or adorably benign in that trying-too-hard sort of way. Actually, I think I do know.)

In any case, the young actor has a new film coming out, Bisang [비상, or Flight], which he filmed before his recent drama Dream. Earlier this summer, the film had released a set of stills featuring Kim performing stunt work and sharing a kiss with co-star Kim Byul (Baby and I). In these latest images, we see a bit more of the nightclub host he plays.

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