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Teaser photos for Korean drama Dream High, co-produced by showbiz mogul Bae Yong-joon and Park Jin-young; and starring popular idols Kim Soo-hyun, 2PM’s Taecyeon & Wooyoung, Miss A’s Suzy, T-ara’s Eunjung and singer IU.
The drama is about a group of art school students who overcome personal obstacles to achieve their dream of becoming singers and dancers. Its first episode aired earlier this month; the rating is average but it’s picking up momentum among young viewers.
English subbed Korean video of pop group After School on Star Date, a guerilla interview section on KBS TV’s Entertainment Weekly show.
After School series – Previous: Love Love Love MV – Next: Noh Lee-young guitar
Trailer for Korean drama series Legend of the Patriots, a remake of a 1970’s drama to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Korean War.
The drama tries to show the “reality” of a war from the soldiers’ perspective, that it’s often a matter of survival instead of idealism. The Korean title, Comrades, reflects that well; the English title sounds a bit too cheesy if that’s the plot.
The cast includes Choi Soo-jong, Lee Deok-hwa, Lee Tae-ran, Kim Roi-ha, Im Won-hee, Kim Myeong-soo, Nam Sung-jin, Jeong Tae-woo, Hong Kyeng-in, Park Sang-wook, Lee Seung-hyo, Ryu Sang-wook and An Young-joon etc.
Korean broadcaster KBS has uploaded some performances from Music Bank (May 7, 2010 episode) on its official global Youtube channel. A chance for some folks to have a peek at the weekly show which features some of the hottest K-pop artists. Included in this post are 2PM, Rain, Lee Hyori, Secret and After School.
2PM – Without U
English subbed trailer for Iris, one of the most anticipated Korean drama series of the year. The drama is said to be based on 1998 blockbuster film Swiri (or Shiri), but I think it only resembles the North-vs-South-Korea spy-action setting.
Regardless, the teaser is cool, and the drama shows plenty of promises with a strong cast of Lee Byung-hun, Kim Tae-hee, Jung Jun-ho, Kim Seung-woo, Kim So-yeon and Big Bang’s T.O.P etc. Coming soon on KBS in October 2009.
Felt sorry for Kim Tae-hee (beautiful lady with long hair) though; she’s trying so hard to prove herself as a good actress and not just a beautiful star; but yet again her role seems pretty flat and predictable.
On contrary co-actress Kim So-yeon left a stronger impression with her character… could be interesting if the actresses are taking opposite roles instead.
Actress Kim Tae-hee is chosen as Korea’s most beautiful woman in a recent KBS survey with 15,222 respondents. The top 10 in sequence are… Kim Tae-hee, Lee Young-ae, Han Ga-in, Song Hye-kyo, Kim Hee-sun, Son Ye-jin, Han Ye-seul, Jun Ji-hyun, Kim Hye-soo and Shim Eun-ha.
[Update] Apparently there’s a poll for the guys too too, the top 10 are Jang Dong-gun, Jo In-sung, Rain, Bae Yong-joon, Song Seung-hun, Won Bin, Jung Woo-sung, Hyun Bin, So Ji-sub and Lee Byung-hun.
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