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

Korean actor Jung Joon-ho and actress Kim Hye-soo at Blue Dragon Film Awards 2008 in Seoul

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Hallyu stars are dominating the Japanese Oricon singles chart for the past two weeks. The Koreans claimed the top three spots at the singles’ sales chart last week, and keeping their momentum with three of the top four spots this week.

Pop group TVXQ (known as Tōhōshinki in Japan) tops the singles’ sales chart for two consecutive weeks with their 24th Japanese single “Jumon-Mirotic”. This is their 4th chart topping Japanese single in 2008.

Actor turn singer Lee Byung-hun claims the 2nd spot also for two weeks in a role with his debut single, “Itsuka”; while Ryu Si-won dropping from 3rd to 4th with his 8th single “Kimito Boku”.

To be frank, I’m quite puzzled how the songs managed to lead the charts. I can understand that Mirotic is appealing to some audiences (although not to my liking), but the other two are just so average. Anyhow, sharing all three music videos below…

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Bunch of good looking Korean heartthrobs attending the wedding ceremony of Korean stars Kwon Sang-woo & Son Tae-young (image from Newsen)…

Jang Dong-gun

Picture of Korean actor Jang Dong-gun at Kwon Sang-woo wedding ceremony

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