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Lee Ki-chan
Lee Ki-chan (; born January 10, 1979) is a South Korean singer and actor. He debuted as a singer in 1996, and began acting in 2006. He has appeared in several Korean dramas, as well as the American TV series ''Sense8''. Biography Lee Ki-Chan made his debut as a singer when he was a high school student. In 1996, Lee took part in a talent contest held during a radio show and won the grand prize. Since then, Lee developed his career as a professional singer. At the time of Lee's debut, the Korean pop music world was dominated by dance music, but Lee Ki-Chan received attention for his soft ballads. Having undergone musical training by Han Yong-Jin, a renowned re-mix DJ, Lee Ki-Chan released his first album entitled "Na Na Na Na Nineteen." In three months after its release, 220 thousand copies were sold. The song "Please" was the most popular among its tracks. In November of the same year, Lee released his second album entitled "Indelible Impression." In his third album, Lee Ki-Chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee (Korean Name)
Lee, I, or Yi () is the second-most-common surname in Korea, behind Kim (). As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 7,306,828 people by this name in South Korea or 14.7% of the population. Historically, was written as Ni () in Korea. The spelling formally changed to I () in 1933 when the initial sound rule () was established. In North Korea, it is romanized as Ri () because there is no distinction between the alveolar liquids /l/ and /r/ in modern Korean. Latin-alphabet spelling Though the Revised Romanization spelling of this surname is I, South Korea's National Institute of the Korean Language noted in 2001 that one-letter surnames were quite rare in English and other foreign languages and could cause difficulties when traveling abroad. However, the NIKL still hoped to promote systemic transcriptions for use in passports, and thus recommended that people who bore this surname should spell it Yi in the Roman alphabet. However, the majority of South Koreans ... [...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] |
Mnet Asian Music Award For Best Ballad/R&B Performance
The Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Ballad/R&B Performance was an award presented annually by CJ E&M Pictures (Mnet (TV channel), Mnet) from 1999 to 2009. It was first awarded at the 1999 Mnet Asian Music Awards, 1st Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony held in 1999; Jo Sungmo won the award for his ballad performance in "For Your Soul", and it is given in honor for the artist/s with the best ballad performance in the music industry."1999 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list" . ''MAMA''. Retrieved 2015-01-30. The next year, the category branched out into two separate categories — Best Ballad Performance and Best R&B Performance. Later in the 2008 Mnet Asian Music Awards, 10th Mnet Asian Music Awards in 2008, the two categories were joined together once again, and continued to be given until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mnet Asian Music Awards
The MAMA Awards (, formerly Mnet Asian Music Awards) is a major Music award, music awards ceremony presented annually by entertainment company CJ ENM. First held in South Korea, the majority of prizes have been won by K-pop artists, although there are other Asian artists winning in various award categories, such as for Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Asian Artist, Best Asian Artist and other professional-related awards. The awards ceremony was first held in Seoul in 1999, being aired on Mnet (TV channel), Mnet. MAMA has also been held in various Asian countries and cities outside of South Korea since 2010 and now airs internationally online beyond Asia. History Ceremony The event was launched in 1999 as a music video awards ceremony, modeled after the MTV Video Music Awards, called the Mnet Music Video Festival. It merged with the KMTV Korean Music Awards in 2004 and was renamed the Mnet KM Music Video Festival. By the mid-2000s, the awards ceremony had attracted some inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chosun Ilbo
''The Chosun Ilbo'' (, ), also known as ''The Chosun Daily,'' is a Korean-language newspaper of record for South Korea and among the oldest active newspapers in the country. With a daily circulation of more than 1,800,000, ''The'' ''Chosun Ilbo'' has been audited annually since the Audit Bureau of Circulations was established in 1993. ''The'' ''Chosun Ilbo'' and its subsidiary company, Digital Chosun, operate the ''Chosun.com'' news website, which also publishes news in English, Chinese, and Japanese. History The Chosun Ilbo Establishment Union was created in September 1919. ''The'' ''Chosun Ilbo'' newspaper was founded on 5 March 1920 by Sin Sogu with the financial support of the Daejong Business Association. Cho Jin-Tae, the vice-chairman of the Daejong Business Association was appointed the first President of the newspaper in 1920. However, as the Business Association failed to pay promised finances, the relationship between the Association and ''The Chosun Ilbo'' broke down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyena (TV Series)
''Hyena'' () is a 2020 Korean drama, South Korean television series starring Kim Hye-soo and Ju Ji-hoon. The series depicts the blood-soaked survival stories of lawyers representing the top 1% of the high-class elite. It aired on SBS TV (South Korean TV channel), SBS TV from February 21 to April 11, 2020. Synopsis ''Hyena'' deals with lawyers at Song & Kim who only work for the richest 1% of society. Jung Geum-ja is a swashbuckling lawyer who crosses the boundaries of law and lawlessness, justice and injustice, ethics and corruption. Armed with the strongest survival instincts, she is a true hyena that chases after money and success no matter what it takes. Yoon Hee-jae is her polar opposite rival. He is a pedigreed and elite lawyer who is confident in his abilities. He possesses a brilliant mind that is wrapped around his ego, but he misses the grit of Geum-ja and gets outsmarted by her on many occasions. Cast Main * Kim Hye-soo as Jung Geum-ja * Ju Ji-hoon as Yoon Hee-jae Sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Holo Love
''My Holo Love'' () is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Yoon Hyun-min and Ko Sung-hee. It was released on Netflix on February 7, 2020. Synopsis Because of her face blindness disorder, Han So-yeon decided to live a reclusive life. This changes when she starts using the AI program Holo whose appearance is the same as the developer, Go Nan-do. The latter slowly falls in love with So-yeon but his cold personality, which contrasts with Holo's, isn't in his favor. Cast Main * Yoon Hyun-min as Go Nan-do / Holo * Ko Sung-hee as Han So-yeon ** Kim Ha-yeon as young So-yeon Supporting * Choi Yeo-jin as Go Yoo-jin * Hwang Chan-sung as Baek Chan-sung * Lee Jung-eun as So-yeon's mother * Kang Seung-hyun as Yoo-ram * Kim Yong-min as assistant * Kim Soo-jin as Nan-do's mother * Son Jong-hak as Nam Gi-ho * Yang Dae-hyuk as Lee Dong-shik * Jung Young-ki as Jo Jin-seok * Jung Yeon-joo as Detective Ji-na * Nam Myung-ryul as Baek Nam-gyu * Gong Min-jeung as Choi Seung-kwon * Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How Are U Bread
''How Are U Bread'' () is a 2020 South Korean-Chinese web drama starring Suho, Kim Jun-myeon and Lee Se-young. The drama will be aired in South Korea (via the KT Corporation, KT-owned streaming website ) and China simultaneously and is currently in discussion to air in 30 other countries. Synopsis A love story between Han Do-woo (Suho, Kim Jun-myeon) a genius patisserie, and Noh Mi-rae (Lee Se-young) a variety show writer. Cast Main *Suho, Kim Jun-myeon as Han Do-woo :A pastry chef, who makes bread that grants people's wishes. * Lee Se-young as Noh Mi-rae :A script writer for a variety program that infiltrates the bakery in order to cast Ha Do-woo. Supporting * Kang Pil-sun as Damon * Moon Ji-yoon (actor), Moon Ji-yoon as Patrick * Han So-young as Do Do-hae * Sora Jung as President Bang * Lim Byung-gi * Seo Jeong-yeon as Writer Witch * Lee Ki-chan as Jo Yeon-chul * Yoon Jin-young as Team Chief Kang * Ryu Hye-rin as Writer Lee * Lim Seung-joon * Lee Soo-ryun as Chae Byung's wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second 20s
''Second 20s'' () is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Choi Ji-woo, Lee Sang-yoon, Choi Won-young, Son Na-eun and Kim Min-jae. It aired on tvN from August 28 to October 17, 2015, on Fridays and Saturdays at 20:30 ( KST) for 16 episodes. Synopsis Ha No-ra once dreamed of becoming a dancer, but she unexpectedly became pregnant at age 19 and had to quit school and get married. For the next two decades, her life revolved around being a housewife and mother. Now 38 years old and on the brink of divorce, No-ra is diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer and given a six-month prognosis. So she decides to go back to school and experience college life for the first time. Among the incoming freshmen are her own 20-year-old son Kim Min-soo and his girlfriend Oh Hye-mi, who are horrified to have No-ra as their classmate. Unbeknownst to No-ra, her intellectual snob husband Kim Woo-chul recently accepted a job teaching psychology at the same university, and her prickly theater a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Into The Flames
''Into the Flames'' () is a 2014 South Korean television series. It aired on cable channel TV Chosun on Fridays and Saturdays at 23:00 for 20 episodes from April 25 to June 28, 2014. Synopsis Based on the life of Park Tae-joon, founder and honorary chairman of multinational steel-making company POSCO, this is the story of the people who battled poverty and despair after the colonial era and the Korean War with a relentless pursuit of economic innovation, and the choices they made in the name of love, loyalty and sacrifice. Park worked tirelessly to build a mill that produced steel, which became pivotal to Korea's modernization. The early working title was Park's moniker ''Steel King'' (). Cast Main characters *Choi Soo-jong as Park Tae-hyung **Kim Kwon as young Park Tae-hyung *Ryu Jin as Shin Dae-chul **Yoon Hong-bin as young Shin Dae-chul *Son Tae-young as Kumiko ** Kim Ye-won as young Kumiko * Lee In-hye as Jang Ok-sun *Choi Cheol-ho as Choi Jong-ho *Dokgo Young-jae as ... [...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] |
Doctor Stranger
''Doctor Stranger'' () is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Lee Jong-suk, Jin Se-yeon, Park Hae-jin and Kang So-Ra. It aired on SBS from May 5 to July 8, 2014 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 KST (UTC+9) for 20 episodes. Synopsis As a child, Park Hoon ( Lee Jong-suk) and his father Park Cheol, a well-known surgeon ( Kim Sang-joong) were sent to North Korea to conduct an open-heart surgery on Kim Ill Sung to prevent the Second Korean War. After being sent to North Korea, Park Hoon and his father were denied access to go back to South Korea. It is revealed that Park Cheol is suing the Myungwoo University Hospital for a serious malpractice case and Park Cheol's friend, Dr Park Choi wanted to take responsibility. However, the director of the Hospital Oh did not want the malpractice case to become public which will ruin the hospital's reputation. As the result, he conspired with Jang Seok-joo, a national security official to make Park Cheol and his son trapped in Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
