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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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Lee Hana can sing

Yein Jee — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:14:47 +0000

(Image from Newsen)

Korean actress Lee Hana performed a few songs at the Grand Mint Festival 2008 on October 18 at Seoul Olympic Park in what should be her first stage performance since making her professional acting debut [via K-popped]

The 26-year-old actress is known for her musical capability. Her farther is a composer, and she studied music in university. She once said in an interview that she thought she would become a singer, but somehow started off as an actress (which she is doing pretty well anyway).

Lee Hana did show her singing talent on a few occasions in variety shows and in TV dramas, but this is probably the first time she sang in a public event at such level. I guess she was covering some songs from other artists because she has not released an album yet.

Sharing a couple of videos below… the first one is said to be Hana’s performance at her graduation ceremony, covering “Be Be Your Love” by Rachael Yamagata; while the second a short snippet of her singing in Korean drama “When Spring Comes”…

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Chungmuro Int’l Film Festival 2008 – red carpet

Yein Jee — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:25:54 +0000

The 2nd Chungmuro International Film Festival (CHIFFS) opens in Seoul on Wednesday (Sept 3) with A-list Korean stars and celebrities gracing the red carpet and opening ceremony.

The 2008 event will run on September 3-9 and will feature 170 films from 40 countries. Some red carpet photos below [from Newsen]…

Kim Jung-eun

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Le Grand Chef (2007) review

Yein Jee — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:14:18 +0000

“Le Grand Chef” (식객 – Shikgaek) is a Korean movie based on Heo Yeong-man’s popular comic book. The movie was directed by Jeon Yun-su and starred Kim Kang-woo, Lee Hana and Lim Won-hie etc.

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Sikgaek meet the press

Yein Jee — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:50:11 +0000

The cast of Korean drama “Sikgaek” (식객; literally ‘Best Chef’) met with the press on June 9 at SBS to promote the drama, which is scheduled to start showing on June 17 in Korea.

Based on Heo Yeong-man’s popular manhwa (comic), Shikgaek is about a chef on his journey of discovery to become the rightful heir of Korea’s last royal chef. The drama stars Kim Rae-won, Nam Sang-mi, Kwon Oh-joong, Kim So-yeon and Woon Ki-joon etc.

(L-R) Woon Ki-joon, Choi Bul-Ahn, Kim Rae-won and Woon Ki-joon

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