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Kangta
An Chil-hyun (; born October 10, 1979), known professionally as Kangta (stylized sometimes in all caps and formerly as KangTa; ), is a South Korean singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, actor and radio personality. He is well known as a member of boy band H.O.T. He is also an executive of SM Entertainment since 2005 and the chief producer of Kreation Music Rights's label Smashhit since 2023. Career 1996–2001: H.O.T. Kangta was discovered at Lotte World, a theme park, when he was only 13 years old. He made his debut on-screen appearance as a backup dancer together with future bandmate Moon Hee-joon for labelmate singer Yoo Young-jin. Kangta eventually decided to become a singer with Moon and three others, Jang Woo-hyuk, Tony An, and Lee Jae-won (singer), Lee Jae-won to form H.O.T. in 1996. The group disbanded in 2001, after the group contract expired as the members decided not to renew it. 2001–2002: Solo debut, 'Polaris' and 'Pine Tree' Kangta released his fi ... [...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] |
Lee Jae-won (singer)
Lee Jae-won (; born 5 April 1980) is a South Korean DJ and singer. He is the former member of Korean groups H.O.T. and jtL. Career Solo In 2005, Lee released his first solo album, ''No Pain, No Gain''. The album received disappointing sales. In 2007, he released his second album, ''Lee Jae Won Vol. 1.5.'' A part of the single "I'm So Hot" samples a rhythm from Mariah Carey's It's Like That. Again the album received disappointing sales. In 2008, he was accused of rape and arrested. The charges were dropped 3 hours later, but because of the event, he was unable to release his next album. In 2012, Jae Won released his new album in Chinese language titled ''It's the Time.'' It's received a positive response from fans in China. During his comeback performance, it was speculated that he planned to bring back the H.O.T. group to make a new album. Military service In 2009, Lee enlisted for his compulsory military service, where he served for 22 months at the Ministry of National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Min-woo
Lee Min-woo (; born July 28, 1979), also known by the stage name M, is a South Korean entertainer and singer. He is best known as a member of the South Korean boy band Shinhwa. Lee was the first Shinhwa member to debut as a solo artist in 2003, and has since released three studio albums. In 2007, Lee set up his own agency, M Rising Entertainment, to manage his solo activities. He and the other members founded the Shinhwa Company to manage their group activities and became co-CEO with leader Eric Mun. As of November 2012, he has signed with Liveworks Company. Career Debut with Shinhwa While dancing for his group, Dicky Ducky, as a student at Jeonju Fine Arts School for the Everland dancing competition, Lee was scouted and was the fourth member to join the boy band Shinhwa. Although he started out as a rapper and a singer, he stopped rapping as Shinhwa continued to release albums. As a skilled dancer, he has choreographed some of Shinhwa's dances. Solo debut in 2003 During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Jin
Park Choong-jae (; born August 19, 1980), known professionally as Jun Jin, is a South Korean singer, actor and entertainer, known as a member and rapper of six-member boy band Shinhwa. He debuted as a dancer and rapper in Shinhwa in 1998 but started singing small parts in 2002; the release of Shinhwa's fifth album. He debuted as a solo artist in November 2006 with the single ''Love Doesn't Come''. Early life Jun Jin was the first-born child of singer Charlie Park (), also known as Park Young-chul (), who debuted with a solo album ''Casanova Sarang'' in 2004. Jun Jin was born out of wedlock and due to strong opposition from his maternal family, Jun Jin's mother and father split, leaving Jun Jin to be raised by his grandmother. His father remarried, but divorced during Jun Jin's teenage years. His father's third wife proved to be a loving mother as she took care of Jun Jin and his younger sister like her own children. She also located Jun Jin's birth mother and reconnected the two. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim So-eun
Kim So-eun (; born September 6, 1989) is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame in 2009 in the popular Korean drama, television drama ''Boys Over Flowers (2009 TV series), Boys Over Flowers''. She has since starred in ''Happiness in the Wind'' (2010), ''A Thousand Kisses (TV series), A Thousand Kisses'' (2011–12), ''Liar Game (2014 TV series), Liar Game'' (2014), ''Scholar Who Walks the Night'' (2015), ''Our Gap-soon'' (2016–17), ''Evergreen (TV series), Evergreen'' (2018), and ''Three Bold Siblings'' (2022–23). She has won various accolades such as 2009 KBS Drama Awards, Best New Actress, 2016 SBS Drama Awards, Special Acting Award and was nominated in different years for 2010 KBS Drama Awards, Excellence Award and 2022 KBS Drama Awards, Best Actress in A Special. Career 2004–2009: First films and rising popularity Kim So-eun made her acting debut with a bit part in the 2004 film ''Two Guys'', when she was in junior high school. She then appeared in minor roles on TV a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Ending (TV Series)
''Happy Ending'' () is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Choi Min-soo, Shim Hye-jin and Lee Seung-yeon. It aired on JTBC from April 23 to July 16, 2012. Synopsis The series revolves around Kim Doo-soo (Choi Min-soo)'s family after he learns that he is terminally ill. Cast Main * Choi Min-soo as Kim Doo-soo * Shim Hye-jin as Yang Sun-ah * Lee Seung-yeon as Hong Ae-ran Supporting * So Yoo-jin as Kim Geum-ha * Kim So-eun as Kim Eun-ha * Yeon Joon-seok as Choi Dong-ha * Park Jung-chul as Lee Tae-pyung * Kangta as Goo Seung-jae * So Yi-hyun as Park Na-young * Ha Seung-ri as Park Na-ri * Choi Bool-am as Doo-soo's father * In Gyo-jin as Lee Seong-hoon * Jang Da-na as Ji-min * Yoo Jang-young as Young-shik * Maeng Sang-hoon as Director Oh * Han Mi-jin as Team leader Hong * Kang Dong-yup as Reporter Choi * Ryu Kyung-soo Ryu Kyung-soo (born 12 October 1992) is a South Korean actor. He is known for his roles in the drama series ''Confession'' (2019) and ''Itaewon Class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company
JTBC (shortened from Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company; ; stylized in all lowercase) is a South Korean nationwide pay television network. Its primary shareholder is JoongAng Holdings, with a 25% stake. It was launched on December 1, 2011. JTBC is a generalist channel, with programming consisting of television series, variety shows, and news broadcasting; its news division is held in similar regard to the three main terrestrial networks in South Korea. In 2011, JTBC was one of four new South Korean nationwide generalist cable TV networks alongside '' The Dong-a Ilbo''s Channel A, ''The Chosun Ilbo''s TV Chosun and ''Maeil Business Newspaper''s MBN. They serve as supplementary networks to the existing conventional free-to-air TV networks like KBS, MBC, SBS and other smaller channels launched following deregulation in 1990. History ''JoongAng Ilbo'', which used to be a part of Samsung, had previously owned a TV station. In 1964, it founded the Tongyang Broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arirang TV
Arirang TV () is a South Korean international broadcaster owned and operated by Korea International Broadcasting Foundation. It broadcasts current news and programs offering political, economic, and cultural content from a Korean perspective to a global audience in 134 countries around the world. History Launched locally by the government in 1996, with the motto "Korea for the World, the World for Korea," the Korea International Broadcasting Foundation, began broadcasting as Arirang TV in 1997. The foundation started broadcasting overseas in 1999 within the Asia region. The name of the broadcast comes from the traditional Korean folk song ''Arirang''. In January 2010, the network split its programming into two categories, news and non-news, with additional news bulletins and current affairs programs being added to the schedule, as well as more cultural programming. The Vietnamese drama series ' premiered on 4 January, with subtitles in both Korean and English. In 2011, afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Broadcasting System
The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS; ) is the public broadcasting, national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in 1927, it is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters under the government of South Korea. The KBS operates seven radio networks, ten television channels and multiple Internet-exclusive services. Its flagship terrestrial television television station, station, KBS1, broadcasts on Television channel, channel 9 while KBS2, an entertainment-oriented network, broadcasts on channel 7. KBS also operates the international service KBS World, which provides television, radio and online services in 12 languages. History Early radio broadcasts The KBS began as Gyeongseong Broadcasting Station () with call sign JODK, established by the Governor-General of Korea on 16 February 1927. It became the in 1932. After Korea was liberated from Japanese rule at the end of World War II, this station started using the call sign HLKA in 1947 after the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Su
Alec Su You-peng ( Chinese: 蘇有朋; born 11 September 1973) is a Taiwanese actor and singer. Su became a teen idol in the 1980s as a member of the boyband Little Tigers. After the megahit TV series ''My Fair Princess'' (1998–1999)'','' he has had a successful career in acting, starring in dramas such as '' The Legendary Siblings'' (1999), '' Romance in the Rain'' (2001), and ''The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber'' (2003). Su has won awards from Hundred Flowers Awards and Macau International Movie Festival for the films '' The Message'' (2009) and '' A Tibetan Love Song'' (2010), respectively. He also produced the TV series '' Destiny by Love'' (2013) and directed the film '' The Left Ear'' (2015). Career Musical: Xiao Hu Dui (Little Tigers) Alec Su's career started in 1988, at the age of 15, when he joined Little Tigers. The band was the first idol singing group that debuted in the Taiwanese music industry and Alec was labelled as the "cute tiger." The group's popularity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby Lin
Ruby Lin Xin-ru ( zh, c=林心如, p=Lín Xīnrú; born January 27, 1976) is a Taiwanese actress, television and film producer, and singer. Lin began her career as a commercial model in 1993 and gained pan-Asian prominence for her role as Xia Ziwei in the megahit TV series ''My Fair Princess'' (1998-1999). She followed the success with TV series such as ''The Duke of Mount Deer (2000 TV series), The Duke of Mount Deer'' (2000), ''Romance in the Rain'' (2001), ''Boy & Girl'' (2003), ''Affair of Half a Lifetime'' (2004), ''Beauty's Rival in Palace'' (2010), ''The Glamorous Imperial Concubine'' (2011) and ''The Way We Were (2014 TV series), The Way We Were'' (2014). While focusing mostly on TV, she also starred in films such as ''The House That Never Dies'' (2014), ''The Devotion of Suspect X (film), The Devotion of Suspect X'' (2017) and ''Miss Andy'' (2020). As a singer, she released six albums, beginning with ''Heartbeat (Ruby Lin album), Heartbeat'' (1999). Since Lin started her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the China, People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. It has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its Urbanization by country, highly urbanized population is concentrated. The combined Free area of the Republic of China, territories under ROC control consist of list of islands of Taiwan, 168 islands in total covering . The Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, largest metropolitan area is formed by Taipei (the capital), New Taipei City, and Keelung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated countries. Tai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
