Korean celebrity couple Lee Seo-jin and Kim Jung-eun have ended their two-year relationship. Kim Jung-eun revealed in a press conference today (Nov 22) that she received a call in late October from Lee Seo-jin who didn’t explain much and just initiated the breakup in a one-sided decision.

The couple became an item after filming drama series “Lovers” in 2006 and has been one of Korea’s most celebrated couple since then. There were rumours of their marriage in recent months, but it took a sudden twist in early November as their break-up began to surface in public [more on Coolsmurf]

Dingdong Dantes
E! Entertainment recently released its “25 Sexiest Men of the World” 2008 list, in which Canadian-Chinese star Edison Chen somehow ranked higher (15th) than Chinese-Japanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro (20th).
Well, Edison might be sexier than Takeshi in E!’s point of views (I guess the sex pics might help a bit), but the sexiest Asian title goes to Dingdong Dantes (6th) from the Philippines instead.
Bollywood actor John Abraham is the other Asian celebrity that made the list, and he too was ranked higher than the two Chinese stars at 7th.
This E! sexiest men list is a bit unique as the chosen celebs covered a wide range of different nationalities and ethnicity as compared to most other sexiest/hottest lists which are dominated by Hollywood stars. Arguable… but nice try.
Here are the top 25 sexiest men of the world according to E!…
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“Forever the Moment” won the best movie award at the 29th Korean Blue Dragon Film Awards, presented on November 20 at KBS Hall in Seoul. The best actor and actress awards are won by Kim Yoon-seok and Son Ye-jin respectively.

Best actor Kim Yoon-seok and best actress Son Ye-jin (Image from
Newsis)
The winners [via Hanfever]
Best movie - Forever the Moment
Best director - Kim Ji-woon (The Good, The Bad and The Weird)
Best leading actor - Kim Yoon-seok (The Chaser)
Best leading actress - Son Ye-jin (My Wife Got Married)
Best supporting actor - Park Hee-soon (Seven Days)
Best supporting actress - Kim Ji-young (Forever the Moment)
Best newcomer (actor) - So Ji-sub & Kang Ji-hwan (Movie is Movie)
Best newcomer (actress) - Han Ye-seul (Miss Gold Digger)
Most popular actors - Sol Kyung-gu & Jung Woo-sung
Most popular actresses - Kim Ha-neul & Son Ye-jin
Best on-screen couple - Son Ye-jin & Kim Joo-hyuk (My Wife Got Married)
Check out some red carpet pictures… 1 ll 2 ll 3
Some ladies at the red carpet of the 29th Korean Blue Dragon Film Awards, presented on November 20 at KBS Hall in Seoul… [image from Newsen]
Ahn So-hee

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The 29th Korean Blue Dragon Film Awards were presented on Thursday night (Nov 20) at KBS Hall in Seoul. Some red carpet pictures from Newsen…
Emcees Jung Joon-ho and Kim Hye-soo

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A TV commercial for Gubne Chicken, featuring Korean pop group Girls’ Generation (aka SNSD) doing a dance battle (fighting for chicken?)… don’t ask me where the chicken is…
Mickey Mouse celebrates his 80th birthday on Tuesday (Nov 18)…

Mickey’s birthday party at Tokyo’s Disneyland (Image from
Xinhuanet)
An under-construction subway tunnel in Hangzhou, China, collapsed on November 15. Seven people was killed while 14 workers still missing.

A huge crater was created on top of the collapsed tunnel (Image from
Xinhuanet)
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