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Baek Hyun-jin
Baek Hyun-jin (; born June 29, 1972) is a South Korean actor, musician, and artist. Film Television Producer * ''The End'' (short, 2009) * ''Eternal Joke'' (short, 2011) Screenwriter * ''The End'' (short, 2009) * ''Eternal Joke'' (short, 2011) Music Contributions * ''Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'' (2002) * ''Dasepo Naughty Girls'' (2006) Discography * ''Skin Graft'' (1996) – title track: "Underwater City" * ''Impossible Operation'' (1996) – title track: "Shuphonke – Intro" * ''Urban Break-even Point'' (1997) – title track: "Blanket World" * ''Lunchbox Commando'' (1997) – title track: "Food Addiction – Hwang Shin-hye Band" * ''Dog, Lucky Star'' (1998) – title track: "Declaration/Confession" * ''21C New Hair'' (2000) – title track: "Surreal Mom" * ''Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'' (2002) – title track: "Digging" * ''A Bizarre Love Triangle'' (2002) – title track: "For the Bizarre Love Triangle..." * ''Acacia'' (2003) – title track: "Work A-1" * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mapo District
Mapo District () is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. Mapo has a population of 381,330 (2015) and has a geographic area of 23.87 km2 (9.22 sq mi), and is divided into 24 '' dong'' (administrative neighborhoods). Mapo is located in western Seoul on the northern bank of the Han River, bordering the Gyeonggi Province city of Goyang to the northwest, and the Seoul city districts of Gangseo to the west, Yeongdeungpo to the south, Yongsan to the southeast, Jung to the east, and Seodaemun and Eunpyeong to the north. Mapo is home to several universities and government buildings, and is well known for the Hongdae club district around Hongik University. Mapo is connected to the Seoul Metropolitan Subway's Line 2, Line 5, and Line 6, as well as the Airport Railroad, and the Korail Gyeongui-Jungang Line, which all pass through this district. The Seoul World Cup Stadium, a famous landmark in Seoul, is located in Sangam in northwest Mapo. Etymology The name "Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samjin Company English Class
''Samjin Company English Class'' () is a 2020 South Korean comedy-drama film written and directed by Lee Jong-pil, starring Go Ah-sung, Esom and Park Hye-su. It was released on October 21, 2020. Plot In 1995, three female employees at Samjin Company, who are given the opportunity to be promoted if they score at least 600 points at the TOEIC test, enroll in English classes. Lee Ja-young from the production management department, Jung Yu-na from the marketing department and Shim Bo-ram from the accounting department had joined the company straight out of high school and are still low-level employees despite being with the company for eight years and possessing necessary practical "street smarts". One day, Ja-young notices polluted waste water leaking from a factory where she had been sent to. Being a lover of mystery novels, she decides to investigate and Yu-na and Bo-ram join her quest to find out what illegal activities their company might be involved in. The challenge remains ... [...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] |
Happiness (South Korean TV Series)
''Happiness'' () is a 2021 South Korean television series produced by Studio Dragon and starring Han Hyo-joo, Park Hyung-sik and Jo Woo-jin. It is an apocalyptic thriller that takes place in a time where infectious diseases have become the new normal. It aired on tvN every Friday and Saturday at 22:40 ( KST) from November 5 to December 11, 2021. It is also available for streaming on Viki, Viu, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Max, and iQIYI in selected territories. While achieving respectable but modest ratings during its original run, ''Happiness'' became a sleeper hit upon its global release on streaming platforms in April 2022. Thanks to good word of mouth, appreciation for the chemistry between the two leads and execution of zombie genre, it rose to number six on the Most Popular TV Shows ranking on Netflix worldwide. Due to the success of the series, Han Hyo-joo was nominated for Best Leading Actress and the Popular Star Award at the 2022 Blue Dragon Series Awards, of wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Fever
Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. Politics may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and non-violent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but the word often also carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or in a limited way, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external forc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Fellow Citizens!
''My Fellow Citizens!'' () is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Choi Si-won, Lee Yoo-young and Kim Min-jung. It aired from April 1 to May 28, 2019 on KBS2. Synopsis A con man, who gets involved with unexpected incidents, marries a police officer and somehow ends up running to become a member of the National Assembly. Cast Main * Choi Si-won as Yang Jung-kook, a skilled fraudster who is the third generation of a family of con artists. He gets involved with a loan shark to earn a large sum of money for his marriage, only to get scammed by his ex-girlfriend who runs off with the marriage funds. * Lee Yoo-young as Kim Mi-young, a police detective who catches her ex-boyfriend cheating on her, but meets Jung-kook. The two become close and soon begin dating. She chooses to lie about her job to keep their relationship and finally decides to confess her true life to Jung-kook on their wedding day. * Kim Min-jung as Park Hoo-ja, the fourth daughter of Park Sang-pil, a noto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welcome 2 Life
''Welcome 2 Life'' () is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Jung Ji-hoon, Lim Ji-yeon and Kwak Si-yang. It aired on MBC TV from August 5 to September 24, 2019. Synopsis The series is about a skilled lawyer who enters a parallel world due to an unfortunate accident. Cast Main * Jung Ji-hoon as Lee Jae-sang, an ace but selfish lawyer from JK Law Firm, one of the nation's top five law firms. * Lim Ji-yeon as Ra Si-on, Jae-sang's ex-girlfriend who is an impulsive detective and has a tough personality. * Kwak Si-yang as Goo Dong-tae, a police officer who is Si-on's partner. Supporting Yulgaek Law Firm * Han Sang-jin as Kang yoon-gi * Hong Jin-gi as Moon Ji-ho Sekyung Police Department * Park Shin-ah as Ha Min-hee * Im Sung-jae as Yang Go-woon Sekyung Prosecution * Choi Phillip as Min Sung-jin * Jang So-yeon as Bang Young-suk Others * Han Da-sol as In Na-rae * Seo Ji-hye as Noh Young-mi, Noh Soo-chan's daughter. * Shin Jae-ha Shin Jae-ha (; born April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of Nobody
''Children of Nobody'' () is a South Korean television series produced by Mega Monster for MBC, starring Kim Sun-a, Lee Yi-kyung, Nam Gyu-ri and Cha Hak-yeon. It aired on MBC TV every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:00 KST for 32 episodes, from November 21, 2018 to January 16, 2019. Synopsis Cha Woo Kyung is a child counselor who works at a children's center. Her life seems perfect since she is married to a great husband and is pregnant. However, her perfect life doesn't last long, when an accident changes her life. She then meets Kang Ji Hun, violent crimes unit detective, who is hurt for hiding his troubling past but is strict toward criminals and believes they should be punished to the full extent. Cast Main * Kim Sun-a as Cha Woo-kyung : A child psychologist who winds up in a strange car accident. She stumbles upon a mysterious child and embarks on a quest for the truth, using poetry as clues. * Lee Yi-kyung as Kang Ji-hyun : A police detective who has a good sense of ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomorrow With You
''Tomorrow, with You'' () is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Shin Min-a and Lee Je-hoon. From February 3, 2017 to March 25, 2017 it aired on cable channel tvN every Friday and Saturday at 20:00 ( KST). Synopsis The story revolves around Yoo So-joon (Lee Je-hoon), a CEO of a real estate company, who has the ability to travel through time via a subway; and his wife, Song Ma-rin (Shin Min-a), who works as an amateur photographer. So-joon foresees his future-self die so he decides to marry Ma-rin in order to avoid that fate. As time passes, he learns to love her selflessly. Cast Main Ma-rin's friends and associates Myreits - real estate employees and investors Happiness Construction Employees Habitat for Humanity knockoff even using the habitat logo Production The drama was written by Heo Sung-hye (''All About My Wife'') and directed by Yoo Je-won ('' Oh My Ghostess'', ''High School King of Savvy''). The first script-reading was held on August 29, 2016 in Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naver
Naver (; stylized as NAVER) is a South Korean online platform operated by the Naver Corporation. The company's products include a search engine, email hosting, blogs, maps, and mobile payment. History Naver was the first Korean web provider to develop its own search engine. The company was founded on June 2, 1999, and is headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea. Naver is a combination of 'navigate', which means to navigate the Internet, and the suffix '-er', which means person, which means a person who navigates the vast ocean of information on the Internet. The Naver provides community services including blogs and cafes, other convenient services such as knowledge, shopping, maps, books, e-mail and naver tool bar. In August 2000, Naver launched its 'comprehensive search' service, which allows users to get a variety of results from a single search query on one page, organized by type, including blogs, websites, images, and web communities. Naver became an early pioneer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broker (2022 Film)
''Broker'' () is a 2022 South Korean drama film written, directed and edited by Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, and starring Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doona, Lee Ji-eun, and Lee Joo-young. The film revolves around characters associated with baby boxes, which allow infants to be dropped off anonymously to be cared for by others. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened on 26 May and won Ecumenical Jury Award and the Best Actor Award for Song Kang-ho. It was released on June 8, 2022, in theaters in South Korea. Plot Ha Sang-hyeon is the owner of a hand laundry and volunteers at the nearby church, where his friend Dong-soo works. The two run an illegal business together where Sang-hyeon occasionally steals babies from the church's baby box with Dong-soo in order to sell the babies on the adoption black market. So-young, a sex worker, abandons her baby Woo-sung in front of the baby box, leaving him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Policeman's Lineage
''The Policeman's Lineage'' () is a 2022 South Korean action thriller film, directed by Lee Kyoo-man and starring Cho Jin-woong and Choi Woo-shik. The film, based on Japanese novel ''Blood of the Policeman'' by Joh Sasaki, is about two cops with different methods forming a team to investigate a case that turns the police force upside down. The film was released theatrically on January 5, 2022. Cast * Cho Jin-woong as Park Kang-yoon, head of the Metropolitan Investigation Unit * Choi Woo-shik as Choi Min-jae, an undercover honest police officer ** Park Sang-hoon as young Choi Min-jae * Park Hee-soon as Hwang In-ho * Kwon Yul as Na Young-bin, a criminal who deals only with the top 1% * Park Myung-hoon as Cha Dong-cheol, a criminal who survived a deal with the police * Lee El * Lee Hyun-wook as Kim Jeong-gyun, the President of Daeho Group and successor to the group * Jang Seo-kyung * Lee Sung-woo as Team leader Han, (Narcotic investigation) * Son In-yong as detective * Lim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
