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Kim Jae-won completes his military service
by javabeans
Always nice to see a celeb coming back from army duty, especially when so many are leaving to begin their service. Kim Jae-won, who turns 30 next month, was discharged on...
Tags: army duty, Kim Jae-won
The Ending Scene to My Love Patzzi: Is This Love, Or Am I Dreaming?
by samsooki
In an effort to get a full analysis of whether My Love Patzzi had an ambiguous ending (as proposed by javabeans) or not, I feel the only possible way to...
Tags: Jang Nara, Kim Jae-won, Kim Rae-won, My Love Patzzi
Rebuttal #1: If heroine alienates core bread-n-butter audience, drama is a dud, even if a few misguided males beg to differ
by javabeans
Gauntlet, thrown and accepted! Well, see now, I think there are a few misconceptions I've got to clear up right off the bat. First off, this idea that I somehow...
Tags: Jang Nara, Kim Jae-won, Kim Rae-won, My Love Patzzi
Why I like Jang Nara and My Love Patzzi: A Defense against the Tyranny of dahee fanel and javabeans, and Why Square Holes Are Problematic
by samsooki
Biting off more than one can chew is not only the proper methodology for eating saltwater taffy, but it is also a way of life for me – how else can...
Tags: Jang Nara, Kim Jae-won, Kim Rae-won, My Love Patzzi
Army duty calls for Kim Jae-won
by javabeans
Kim Jae-won, the hunnam (literally "warm man") famously of the "killer smile," is up for his mandatory military service: he departed for basic training on March 23. The Hwang Jini and...
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Upcoming enlistments: Sending off the next wave of stars
by javabeans
Kim Jae-won and Kim Rae-won First up: Kim Jae-won (of KBS's Hwang Jini) recently announced his enlistment date as March 23. He leaves without a final Korean project to tide us...
Tags: army duty, Kim Jae-won, Kim Rae-won
Kim Jae-won gives fans a tour of Seoul
by javabeans
From February 13 through 15, Kim Jae-won (Hwang Jini, Great Inheritance) is holding a special event for a select group of 120 lucky Japanese fans, in which the actor personally will guide the...
Tags: fanmeetings, Kim Jae-won
Heading to China for his drama comeback
by javabeans
At the end of this month, Kim Jae-won (of the “killer smile”) begins work on his comeback effort headlining a Chinese drama, and offered up a bright Chuseok greeting to...
Tags: comebacks, Kim Jae-won
Kim Jae-won to make his drama return
by javabeans
It's been two years since he last acted in the drama Hwang Jini (and before that Great Inheritance and Wonderful Life), but the man with the killer smile, Kim Jae-won,...
Tags: comebacks, Kim Jae-won
Stars raise awareness (about selves)
by javabeans
Okay, normally I'd choose to look on the bright side of something like this (there was this star campaign for domestic adoptions, for instance), but the timing -- and the...
Tags: Kim Jae-won, Kim Rae-won, Lee Jun-ki, Lee Wan, photo shoots