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Jung Ryeo-won
Jung Ryeo-won (; born January 21, 1981) is an Australian actress and former singer based in South Korea. She began her career as a singer in the girl group Chakra. Following their disbandment of the group, she transitioned to an actress where she rose to fame in the hit television series '' My Name Is Kim Sam-soon'' (2005). She is also known for her roles in '' Two Faces of My Girlfriend'' (2007), '' Castaway on the Moon'' (2009), ''History of a Salaryman'' (2012) and ''Wok of Love'' (2018). Early life The second of three children, Jung Ryeo-won was born in 1981, and emigrated to Brisbane, Australia in 1991 with her family. By junior high school, she had adapted to the Australian way of life. She graduated from Griffith University with a major in international business. Career 2000–2004: Debut with Chakra While an exchange student at Korea University from Griffith University in the 2000s, Jung was discovered on the streets of Apgujeong by Lee Sang-min, changing her life and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul
Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities by GDP, sixth largest metropolitan economy in 2022, trailing behind New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Tokyo Area, Tokyo, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Paris metropolitan area, Paris, and London metropolitan area, London, and hosts more than half of South Korea's population. Although Seoul's population peaked at over 10 million, it has gradually decreased since 2014, standing at about 9.6 million residents as of 2024. Seoul is the seat of the Government of South Korea, South Korean government. Seoul's history traces back to 18 BC when it was founded by the people of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. During the Joseon dynasty, Seoul was officially designated as the capital, surrounded by the Fortress Wall of Seoul. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chakra (band)
Chakra () was a South Korean girl group that debuted in 2000 with four members: Hwangbo, Eun, Ryeowon, and Eani. Following the release of their first album, the group won Best New Artist at several major South Korean music awards. After Eani left the group in 2001, the group introduced new member Bona in 2002. Chakra ultimately released three more albums and disbanded in 2006. History 2000: Debut and popularity gain Chakra officially debuted on February 26, 2000, at Music Camp with their first single ''Han'', immediately calling attention, due to its Indian music concept. In March of the year the group released their first solo album titled "Come A Come" with singles titled ''Come A Come'', ''Hey You'' and ''Sign of Love''. The album was a success and sold +162,251 copies that led them to win many rookie awards in South Korea, including the SBS Music Awards, the Golden Disk Awards and the Mnet Asian Music Awards. That same year, Chakra released their special Christmas alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangwon Province, South Korea
Gangwon Province (), officially Gangwon State (), is a administrative divisions of South Korea, Special Self-Governing Province of South Korea. It is known as the largest and population density, least densely populated subdivision of South Korea. Gangwon is one of the three provinces in South Korea with special self-governing status, the others being Jeju Province and North Jeolla Province, Jeonbuk State. Gangwon is bordered on the east by the Sea of Japan, it borders Gyeonggi Province to the west, North Gyeongsang Province and North Chungcheong Province to the south, and the Military Demarcation Line to the north, separating it from North Korea. In the 1945 division of Korea, the Gangwon Province (pre-1910), historical Gangwon Province was divided in half, and remains so to this day. Pyeongchang County in Gangwon hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Paralympics. Gangwon also hosted the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. History Gangwon Province was one of the Eight Provinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Which Star Are You From
''Which Star Are You From'' () is a South Korean television drama that aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, MBC in 2006. Plot Kim Rae-won plays Choi Seung-hee, a young director who just made a successful international film debut. Following his success in Australia, he meets the girl of his dreams, Lee Hye-su (Jung Ryeo-won), an aspiring musician. After spending a lovestruck romp on Australia, they planned to get married. Hye-su, however, discovers her mother does not approve of Choi. Driving to eat out one day, Seung-hee suddenly proposes to Hye-su, and while putting the ring on her finger, Seung-hee careens wildly on the road to get out the way of a truck. The accident causes Lee's death. Choi then spends the next three years in seclusion, drinking and holing himself up in his apartment. Han Jeong-hoon (Park Si-hoo), who runs a film company, urges Director Kim to finish his grieving and to start working on film again. Choi pulls all his energy to push Hye-su out of his th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Kyunghyang
The ''Kyunghyang Shinmun'' () is a major daily newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ... published in South Korea. It is based in Seoul. The name literally means ''Urbi et Orbi Daily News''."Who is the ''Kyunghyang Shinmun'' (''Kyunghyang Daily News'')" ''Kyunghyang Shinmun'' website (English). Retrieved 2011-10-06. History ''Kyunghyang Shinmun'' was founded in 1946 by the Catholic Church, which explains its name. Before the Korean War, it was edited by Fr. Peter Ryang, a refugee from the North, and its circulation was 100,000. ' ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autumn Shower
''Autumn Shower'' () is a South Korean television drama broadcast from September to November 2005 on MBC. Plot Choi Yoon-jae ( Oh Ji-ho) ends up in a car accident causing the passenger, his wife Kyu-eun ( Kim So-yeon), to go into a coma. Park Yeon-seo ( Jung Ryeo-won), Kyu-eun's best friend, is secretly in love with Yoon-jae. While Kyu-eun is in a coma, Yoon-jae and Yeon-seo begin an affair. Cast * Oh Ji-ho as Choi Yoon-jae * Kim So-yeon as Lee Kyu-eun * Jung Ryeo-won as Park Yeon-seo * Lee Chun-hee as Kim Soo-hyung * Oh Se-jung as a girl who likes Soo-hyung * Park Dong-choon as Yeon-seo's father * Han Jung-hee as Yeon-seo's mother * Kim Hye-ok as Nam Kyung-mi (Yeon-seo's step mother, 48) * Han Jin-hee Han Jin-hee (born March 14, 1949) is a South Korean actor. He made his acting debut in 1969 and has remained active in television and film. In 1990 he served as president of the TV Broadcasting Actors Association. Filmography Film *''My Littl ... as Choi Suk-won (Yoon-jae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hancinema
HanCinema () is an online South Korean movie and drama database created by Cédric Collemine during the summer of 2003 in Korea. It provides information related to Korean movies, television dramas, actors, and other related information. It is aimed at non–South Korean audiences. See also * Internet Movie Database IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biograp ... * Korean Movie Database References External links * South Korean film websites Internet properties established in 2003 Online film databases {{film-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Korea Times
''The Korea Times'' () is a daily English-language newspaper in South Korea. It is a sister paper of the ''Hankook Ilbo'', a major Korean language, Korean-language daily. It is the oldest active daily English-language newspaper in South Korea. Since the late 1950s, it had been published by the Hankook Ilbo Media Group, but following an embezzlement scandal in 2013–2014 it was sold to Dongwha Group in 2015. The president-publisher of ''The Korea Times'' is Oh Young-jin. Description The newspaper's headquarters is located in the same building with ''Hankook Ilbo'' on Sejong-daero between Sungnyemun and Seoul Station in Seoul, South Korea. The paper is not to be confused with ''The Korea Daily News'', a 1904 to 1910 newspaper which briefly ran under the title ''Korea Times''. It is also unrelated to another paper by Lee Myo-muk, Ha Kyong-tok and Kim Yong-ui in September 1945. History ''The Korea Times'' was founded by Helen Kim five months into the 1950-53 Korean War. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star News (South Korea)
Star News may refer to: * Star News Group, an Australian media company based in Pakenham, Victoria * ABP News (previously STAR News), an Indian news channel * ''Pasadena Star-News'', a paid local daily newspaper for Pasadena, California * ''Star-News ''StarNews'' is an American, English language daily newspaper for Wilmington, North Carolina, and its surrounding area (known as the Lower Cape Fear (region), Cape Fear). It is North Carolina's oldest newspaper in continuous publication. It was ...'', the daily newspaper for Wilmington, North Carolina * ''The Star-News'' (Chula Vista), a community newspaper in Southern California * '' Star News Asia'', the flagship daily evening television news programmes from Hong Kong on STAR World See also * News Star (other) * Star TV (other) * Sin Poh (other) * Sing Pao (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello Franceska
''Hello Franceska'' () is a South Korean sitcom that aired on MBC from 2005 to 2006 on Sundays at 23:00 for three seasons. The first and second seasons aired from January 24 to August 1, 2005 for 29 episodes. The third season, with new cast members, aired from September 9, 2005 to February 27, 2006 for 23 episodes. The '' Addams Family''-inspired show became a cult hit. At the 41st Baeksang Arts Awards in 2005, ''Hello Franceska'' won Best Entertainment Program and Best Female Variety Performer for Park Hee-jin. It was later adapted into a 2006 animated film titled ''Ani Francesca'' (voiced by some of the original actors), and a 2008 stage musical titled ''Hi Franceska''. Plot Romania, 2005. The last of the vampire families on earth are sent by their leader to different places all over the world, and told to hide themselves and live among humans until "the glory of their empire" is restored. However, a group of vampires heading for Tokyo takes the wrong ship and arrives in Kor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitcom
A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent setting, such as a home, workplace, or community. Unlike sketch comedy, which features different characters and settings in each Sketch comedy, skit, sitcoms typically maintain plot continuity across episodes. This continuity allows for the development of storylines and characters over time, fostering audience engagement and investment in the characters' lives and relationships. History The structure and concept of a sitcom have roots in earlier forms of comedic theater, such as farces and comedy of manners. These forms relied on running gags to generate humor, but the term ''sitcom'' emerged as radio and TV adapted these principles into a new medium. The word was not commonly used until the 1950s. Early television sitcoms were often filme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cult Hit
A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a person, idea, object, movement, or work, often an artist, in particular a performing artist, or an artwork in some medium. The latter is often called a cult classic. A film, book, musical artist, television series, or video game, among other things, is said to have a cult following when it has a very passionate fanbase. A common component of cult followings is the emotional attachment the fans have to the object of the cult following, often identifying themselves and other fans as members of a community. Cult followings are also commonly associated with niche markets. Cult media are often associated with underground culture, and are considered too eccentric or anti-establishment to be appreciated by the general public or to be widely commercially successful. Many cult fans express their devotion with a level of irony when describing such entertainment. Fans may become involved in a subculture of fandom, either ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
