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Pusan International Film Festival 2009 red carpet

Yein Jee — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:34:31 +0000

Red carpet show at the opening ceremony of the 14th Pusan International Film Festival, which kicked off last Thursday (Oct 8) in Korea’s City of Busan…

Ha Ji-won

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Baeksang Arts Awards 2009 – red carpet

Yein Jee — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:59:29 +0000

Red carpet gala of the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards in Seoul on February 27th…

Best actress (TV) Moon Geun-young…

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45th Baeksang Arts Awards (2009) winners

Yein Jee — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:09:12 +0000

The 45th Baeksang Arts Awards, one of Korea’s biggest entertainment awards, were presented at Seoul Olympic Park on Friday (Feb 27).

45th Baeksang Awards’ best actors and actresses… Kim Myung-min, Moon Geun-young,
Son Ye-jin and Jo Jin-mo (Image from Isplus (Kr))

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Korean Music Festival 2009 in Los Angeles

Yein Jee — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:57:43 +0000

The 7th Annual Korea Times Music Festival (2009) will be held on May 9th at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles. Arguably the largest K-pop concert in America, the concert tickets are selling like hotcakes.

[Updated] The confirmed performers for this year’s concert include SS501, Girls’ Generation, SHInee, Baek Ji-young, Kim Tae-woo, Lena Park, Tae Jin-ah and Son Ho-young (emcee) etc. Check the event website for updates.

Sharing some 2008 pics below of TVXQ, Chae Yeon, SG Wannabe and Girls’ Generation; image via its official website…

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Seollal – Korean New Year

Yein Jee — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:00:24 +0000

Seollal (설날), or Korean New Year, is the first day of the Lunar Calendar and one of the two most important traditional Korean holidays (the other is Chuseok).

Koreans in traditional Hanbok to celebrate Seollal (Image via Korea.net)

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Ice fishing at Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival

Yein Jee — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:53:49 +0000

Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival is an annual winter festival in Hwacheon county, South Korea, which attracts over a million visitors each year.

The 7th edition of the festival is held on January 10-19 in 2009; as usual the highlight of the festival is ice fishing for Sancheoneo (cherry salmon), a mountain trout species found primarily in north-eastern Asia.

Besides fishing, the frozen Hwacheongang River also plays host to ice/snow sledding, snow castle/sculpture, bobsleigh, ice tubing, ice soccer, ice skating and other winter recreation activities [Sancheoneo Festival's official website]

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Blue Dragon Awards 2008 – red carpet (3)

Yein Jee — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:06:43 +0000

A few more red carpet pics from the 29th Blue Dragon Film Awards which were presented on November 20 at KBS Hall in Seoul… [image from Newsen]

Kim Ha-neul and Kang Ji-hwan

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Blue Dragon Awards 2008 – winners

Yein Jee — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:37:33 +0000

“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)

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Blue Dragon Awards 2008 – red carpet (2)

Yein Jee — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:42:22 +0000

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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Blue Dragon Awards 2008 – red carpet (1)

Yein Jee — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:08:19 +0000

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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Mnet KM Music Festival 2008

Yein Jee — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:45:16 +0000

The 10th Mnet Korean Music Festival (MKMF) was held on Saturday (Nov 15) at Jamsil Olympic Stadium in Seoul.

The talk of the town goes to Lee Hyori and Big Bang’s special stage, where Hyori and TOP shared a little smooches… [more kissing pics on Kbites and K-popped]

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Korea Drama Awards 2008

Yein Jee — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:29:59 +0000

Some red carpet pics from Korea Drama Awards 2008 which was presented on November 1 at Jinju Castle in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea…

Grand prize winner Kim Myung-min

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Korean Festival and K-Pop concert in Singapore

Yein Jee — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:01:13 +0000

A star-studded K-pop concert will be held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on November 4 as part of the Korea Festival 2008 (Nov 1-18) organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea.

The concert will feature some of the hottest K-pop stars, including the Wonder Girls, Shinhwa’s Andy & Junjin, Jewelry, Chae Yeon, and V.O.S etc.

The concert tickets will not be sold through the usual outlets, but will be given away over the next few weeks through the key sponsors [more on Coolsmurf]

Other events during the festival are food fiesta, traditional dance performances, taekwondo demonstrations, film festival and contemporary art exhibition etc. Check out the event website for details and updates.

Sounds like a fun event; too bad that the concert tickets are not for sale.

Extra note – for those who are buying/selling tickets via the comment section; kindly trade at your own risk.

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Pusan International Film Festival 2008 – opening (2)

Yein Jee — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:04:50 +0000

Ladies on the opening day of Korea’s 13th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) (image from Newsen)…

Japanese actress Ueno Juri

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Pusan International Film Festival 2008 – opening (1)

Yein Jee — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:02:30 +0000

Korea’s 13th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) opened last Thursday (Oct 2) and will run until October 10. The opening ceremony of the event was marred by the suicide news of Choi Jin-shil that early morning, but the show must go on.

Some red carpet pics from the opening ceremony (image from Newsen)…

Jung Jin-young and Kim Jung-eun – emcees of the opening ceremony

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Korean girls groups wishing Happy Chuseok 2008

Yein Jee — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:38:07 +0000

Chuseok (추석 – Full Moon Harvest) is a Korean festival celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month in lunar calendar (Sept 14 in 2008).

Chuseok is one of the two biggest holidays in Korea (the other is Seollal the Korean New Year). It is considered the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving and a time to honour ancestors with newly harvested grains and fruits [more on KoreaNet]

As for Korean entertainment fans, it’s the season to see their favourite Korean celebs in traditional Hanbok wishing everyone a happy Chuseok. Sharing a few pics of some all-girls Korean pop groups (image from Newsen and Star)…

Jewelry

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