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Kwon Sang-woo is Korean actor and male-model. He is most famous for his role in TV drama “Stairway to Heaven”, and is often referred as one of the sexiest man in Korea.

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Kwon Sang-woo Profile

Name: Kwon Sang-woo
Korean name: 권상우
DOB: August 5, 1976
Birth place: Daejoon, Korea
Height: 183cm
Blood type: O
Profession: Actor and model

(Also known as Sang-woo Kwon, Kwon Sang-wu, Kwone Sang-woo, Gwon Sang-woo)

Kwon Sang-woo Biography

Kwon Sang-woo worked as a model before making his acting debut in 2001. He started with some small roles in various movies and TV dramas before making his breakthrough in 2003 with movie “My Tutor Friend” and TV drama “Into the Sun”.

Later that year he starred in TV drama “Stairway to Heaven”, alongside popular actress Choi Ji-woo. The drama was a superhit in Korea and across Asia; Kwon Sang-woo becomes one of the most well-known Korean stars outside of Korea.

Kwon Sang-woo continued to star in other movies and dramas like “Love So Divine”, “Sad Sonata” and “Yasu” etc. His latest projects are movie “Fate” (also known as “Destiny”) and TV drama “Bad Love” (or “Cruel Love”).

Kwon Sang-woo Related Websites

Kwon Sang-woo Forum ll Buy Kwon’s dramas & movies

Ariel Lin is popular Taiwanese actress, famous with TV dramas like “It Started with a Kiss” and “Fairy from Wonderland” etc.

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Ariel Lin Profile

Name: Lin I Chen, Ariel
Chinese name: 林依晨
DOB: October 29, 1982
Birth place: Taiwan
Height: 160cm
Blood type: A
Profession: Actress

(Also known as Lin Yi Chen, Lin Yichen)

Ariel Lin Biography

Ariel Lin started acting in 2002, as the main actress in her debut drama “True Love”. She then starred in other dramas like “Secret Garden”, “Seventh Grade” and “Love Contract”, and gradually becoming a popular young actress in Taiwan.

Ariel’s breakthrough was in 2005 with TV drama “It Started with a Kiss” (ISWAK), co-starring Joe Cheng, which was a hit in Taiwan as well as other Asian region. Ariel has become increasingly popular in other Asian countries.

Ariel’s following series “Fairy from Wonderland” and “Tokyo Juliet” were quite popular as well. Her latest projects are the sequel for ISWAK (“They Kiss Again”) and “The Legend of Condor Heroes”.

Ariel also sang some theme songs for her dramas, but has not release any albums to date.

Ariel Lin Related Websites

Official Website (Chinese) ll Ariel Lin Forum ll Buy Ariel’s dramas

Some nice photos of Hong Kong’s night scene…

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Tomy Co Ltd and Sanyo Electric Co Ltd held a press conference on July 20 to introduce Tomy’s bipedal humanoid robot, the i-SOBOT. According to Tomy, i-SOBOT has already been certified as “the smallest humanoid robot in production” by Guinness World Records.

i-SOBOT powered by Sanyo’s eneloop (Image courtesy of Tech-On)

The 165mm-high robot is capable of recognizing voice commands, and can ’speak’ and respond to hundreds of words and phrases. It can perform pre-programmed actions, has over 90 types of sound effect and is able to play five songs.

i-SOBOT’s suggested retail price is ¥31,290 (~USD260); it is expected to go on sale in the US and Japan this October, and in Europe in early 2008.

The Chinese People’s Armed Police Force (CPAPF) will be wearing newly designed uniforms from August 1 onwards.

The new uniforms for CPAPF were unveiled on July 19 (Image courtesy of Xinhuanet)

The current design of the CPAPF’s uniform has been used since 1988; the major changes in the new design are on the cuttings that will suit according to different gender and body shape, as opposed to the current standard size uniform.

Korean CF featuring popular actress Kim Ah-joong, endorsing a shampoo product. The girl looks good, but the dance is weird, really weird…

Li Yuchun is one of China’s most popular singers. She started her singing career after winning the nation-wide singing contest ‘Super Voice Girls’ in 2005.

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Li Yuchun Profile

Name: Li Yuchun, Chris
Chinese name: 李宇春
DOB: March 10, 1984
Birth place: Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Height: 174cm
Blood type: A
Profession: Singer

(Also known as Yuchun Li, Chris Lee, Li Yu Chun)

Li Yuchun Biography

Chris Li Yuchun become a superstar China after winning the ‘Super Voice Girls’ singing competition in 2005. The finale of the reality-contest show (similar to ‘American Idol’) drew the largest audiences in China’s TV history, with the winner decided by nation-wide voting.

Shortly after her victory Yuchun was featured at Time Asia magazine as one of the Asia’s Heroes; her debut single “Sweetheart, I Love You” was also released not long after that.

Yuchun held her first solo concert in her hometown of Chengdu on March 10, 2006 (on her 22nd birthday). The amazing thing was that she hadn’t release a full album yet when she held the concert, but still managed to draw a huge crowd.

Yuchun released her debut album, “The Queen and the Dreams” in September 2006.

Yuchun remains as one of the most popular Chinese singers currently.

Li Yuchun Related Websites

Official Blog (Chinese) ll Li Yuchun Forum ll Buy Li’s albums

Jin Shunzi, a 36-year-old woman in Huichun City of China’s northeast Jilin Province has a super long hair of 2.2 metres.

Two ladies helping Jin Shunzi to measure the length of her long hair (Hat tip to Crienglish)

The 1.63-metre-tall woman, of Korean ethnic group, has never had a single hair cut since she was 18. She said the long hair at times made her life inconvenient, for she usually spends at least 40 minutes washing it, and over 10 minutes brushing her hair… but she has no plan to cut her hair.

Shunzi’s long hair is far from being the world’s longest though. According to Guinness World Records, the longest hair belongs to Xie Qiuping, a Chinese from Guangxi, China. Her hair was recorded as 5.627 metres long in May 2004.