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Cats On The Roof
''Cats on the Roof'' () is a 2003 South Korean television series starring Kim Rae-won, Jeong Da-bin, Choi Jung-yoon and Lee Hyun-woo. It aired on MBC from June 2 to July 22, 2003 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. A comedy with light touches of drama about friendship, love and cohabitation, the series is loosely based on a web novel written by Kim Yu-ri. It was a hit, receiving an average viewership rating of 26.3% and a peak rating of 37.3%. Overview Kyung-min, a law student, is in desperate straits, so he decides to take it upon himself to help Hye-ryun's poor friend, Jung-eun. This is the beginning of an extremely volatile friendship that somehow ends with the two of them living together under one roof, or to be more specific, living in a room on top of the roof of an old building. This romantic setting provides the backdrop for this unlikely love story. Kyung-min's bratty ways clash with Jung-eun's simple living, as he steadily takes advantage of her kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Rae-won
Kim Rae-won (; born 19 March 1981) is a South Korean actor. He first rose to fame with his appearances in the 2003 romantic comedy series '' Cats on the Roof''. He is best known for the movies ''My Little Bride'' (2004), ''Sunflower'' (2006), '' The Prison'' (2017), as well as television series '' Love Story in Harvard'' (2004), ''Gourmet'' (2008), '' A Thousand Days' Promise'' (2011), '' Punch'' (2014–2015), '' The Doctors'' (2016), '' Black Knight: The Man Who Guards Me'' (2018), and ''The First Responders'' (2022–2023). Career Kim Rae-won initially wanted to become a professional basketball player, but when an injured ankle tendon ended that childhood dream, he turned to acting and studied Theater and Film at Chung-Ang University. He made his acting debut in the 1997 teen drama ''Me'', in the role of a newbie at the broadcasting club of his high school. This was followed by another teen drama, ''School 2'' (1999) and coming-of-age film ''Plum Blossom'' (2000). In 2002, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jin Tae-hyun
Kim Tae-hyun (, born February 15, 1981), known professionally as Jin Tae-hyun (), is a South Korean actor. Personal life In December 2014, Jin announced his engagement to his '' Pure Pumpkin Flower'' co-star Park Si-eun. The couple got married in July 2015. In 2019, Jin and his wife announced that they had adopted a teenage girl whom they had met at an orphanage four years prior. On February 21, 2022, he announced that his wife was pregnant after having had two miscarriages. Later, in August, he announced that his wife had miscarried 20 days before her due date. On January 5, 2025, Jin announced that the couple has adopted another two daughters. Filmography Films Television series Television shows Ambassadorship * The 7th Sponsor of the Companion Club (2022) Awards and nominations References External links * * * * * South Korean male television actors South Korean male film actors 1981 births Living people Male actors from Seoul Seoul Institu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 South Korean Television Series Endings
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...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] |
Hwang Bo-ra
Hwang Bo-ra (; born October 2, 1983) is a South Korean actress. Hwang made her acting debut in 2003 and became popular after she played a quirky-looking " cup noodle girl" in a ramyeon commercial. In 2007, Hwang played the daughter/narrator in black comedy ''Skeletons in the Closet'' (also known as ''Shim's Family''), for which she won Best New Actress at the Busan Film Critics Awards and Director's Cut Awards. This was followed by supporting roles in films and television dramas such as '' Arang and the Magistrate'' (2012), '' The Eldest'' (2013), and '' Cunning Single Lady'' (2014). Hwang has also played leading roles in ghost romance ''Jumunjin'' (2010; which reunited her with '' Rainbow Romance'' co-star Kim Kibum), revenge drama '' Dangerous Woman'' (2011), and horror movie ''Navigation'' (2014). Personal life On July 6, 2022, Hwang revealed that she will be marrying , CEO of her management agency Walk House Company whom she had been dating for 10 years, on November 6, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatrical Adaptation
In a theatrical adaptation, material from another artistic medium, such as a novel or a film is re-written according to the needs and requirements of the theatre and turned into a play or musical. Elision and interpolation Directors must make artistic decisions about what to include and exclude from the source material. The original mediums have a significant influence on these decisions, for example, much must be elided in the adaptation from a novel to a stage production, due to practical time constraints. These decisions are always controversial and comparisons between the original and the adaptation are unavoidable. Novel adaptation '' The Phantom of the Opera'' was originally a novel by Gaston Leroux written as a serialisation from 1909 to 1910. It is the longest running show in Broadway history. There are numerous examples of novel adaptations in the field, including '' Cats'', which was based on '' Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'' (1939) by T.S. Eliot and '' L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nate (web Portal)
Nate () is a South Korean web portal developed by SK Communications. In 2003, Nate acquired social media site Cyworld and in 2004, it achieved first place in local page views with a total of 3.8 million, surpassing rival Daum for the first time. NateOn NateOn is an instant messaging client provided by Nate, which in 2005 first overtook MSN Messenger in terms of South Korean user numbers. During the 3rd week of May 2005, NateOn's South Korean users totalled 7.54 million, compared to 6.5 million for MSN Messenger.Chang Chung-hoon and Wohn Dong-hee"Nate On increases lead over MSN Messenger" ''JoongAng Daily'', May 30, 2005. Retrieved on September 28, 2007. See also * Search engine A search engine is a software system that provides hyperlinks to web pages, and other relevant information on World Wide Web, the Web in response to a user's web query, query. The user enters a query in a web browser or a mobile app, and the sea ... * Comparison of web search engines * Timeline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonhap News
Yonhap News Agency (; ) is a major news agency in South Korea. It is based in Seoul, South Korea. Yonhap provides news articles, pictures, and other information to newspapers, TV networks and other media in South Korea. History Yonhap was established on 19 December 1980, through the merger of Hapdong News Agency and Orient Press. The Hapdong News Agency itself emerged in late 1945 out of the short-lived Kukje News, which had operated for two months out of the office of the Domei, the former Japanese news agency that had functioned in Korea during the Japanese Japanese colonial era. In 1999, Yonhap took over the Naewoe News Agency. Naewoe was a South Korea government-affiliated organization, created in the mid 1970s, tasked with publishing information and analysis on North Korea from a South Korean perspective through books and journals. Naewoe was known to have close links with South Korea's intelligence agency, and according to the British academic and historian James Hoar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Eun-jung
Han Eun-jung (; born July 10, 1980), also known by her stage name Han Da-gam (), is a South Korean actress. She is known for '' Successful Story of a Bright Girl'' (2002), ''Full House ''Full House'' is an American television sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The show is about the recently widowed father Danny Tanner who enlists his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and childhood best friend ...'' (2004) and ''Two Guys'' (2004). Filmography Television series Film Music video Variety show Web shows Awards and nominations References External links * * * 1980 births Living people South Korean television actresses South Korean web series actresses South Korean film actresses Actresses from Daejeon Long stubs with short prose {{SouthKorea-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilgan Sports
''Ilgan Sports'' (), sometimes abbreviated as 1S, is a South Korean daily sports and entertainment 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 ... founded in 1969. Formerly under '' Hankook Ilbo'' from its 1961 launch to 2005 and the '' JoongAng Media Network'' from 2005 to 2022, it is currently owned by , a subsidiary of KG Group. History * September 1969 - ''Ilgan Sports'' was launched as a sister newspaper of ''Hankook Ilbo''. * March 1970 - The newspaper exceeded 43,000 copies sold. * May 2001 - ''Ilgan Sports'' signed a partnership agreement with Japan's '' Hochi Shimbun (now Sports Hochi)''. * July 2001 - It joined the KOSDAQ. * December 2005 - ''JoongAng Ilbo'' acquired ''Ilgan Sports''. * April 2006 - The newspaper used its shortened name ''1S'' for the first ... [...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] |
