My Cute Guys
''Flower Boys Next Door'' is a 2013 South Korean television series. It aired on tvN from January 7 to February 26, 2013, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 ( KST) for 16 episodes. Directed by Jung Jung-hwa (who previously helmed '' Cool Guys, Hot Ramen'') and written by movie screenwriter Kim Eun-jung ('' Gabi'', '' Hwang Jin-yi''), it is the third installment of cable channel tvN's "Oh! Boy" series of Flower Boy programming targeted at the teenage demographic. Synopsis Go Dok-mi (played by Park Shin-hye) is a shy, frugal freelance copy editor who refuses to leave her apartment or interact with people as much as possible. Every day, using a pair of binoculars, she steals peeks at her neighbor across the street, Han Tae-joon, as he goes through his daily morning routine. She had fallen in love with Tae-joon at first sight, after witnessing him pick up a puppy in a box and taking it home. When she looked out her window and saw him living in the apartment opposite hers, she thought of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Romance Film
Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey through dating, courtship or marriage, marriage is featured. These films focus on the search for romantic love as the main plot focus. Occasionally, romance lovers face obstacles such as finances, physical illness, various forms of discrimination, psychological restraints, or family resistance. As in all quite strong, deep, and close romantic relationships, the tensions of day-to-day life, temptations (of infidelity), and differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films. Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight, young and mature love, unrequited love, obsession, sentimental love, Spirituality, spiritual love, forbidden love, platonic love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Webtoon
Webtoons () are a type of episodic digital comics that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on smartphones A smartphone is a mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities. It typically has a touchscreen interface, allowing users to access a wide range of applications and services, such as web browsing, email, and social media, as well as mult .... While webtoons were mostly unknown outside of South Korea during their inception, there has been a surge in popularity internationally thanks to the easy online accessibility and variety of free digital comics. Today, Webtoons make roughly $5.91 billion globally. In the country, as digital comics have emerged as a popular medium, print publication of comics has decreased. The amount of material published in webtoon form has now reached an equal amount as that published offline. Format Webtoons usually feature a few of common traits: each episode is published on one long, Vertical direction, vertical strip (ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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J Rabbit
J Rabbit () is a South Korean acoustic pop female duo under the label friendz.net. They debuted on November 27, 2010 with the single "Take One". The group's name is derived from combining the letter ‘J’ from their matching surname ‘Jung’ and the year of the rabbit, 1987, which they were both born in. Members Jung Hye-sun (정혜선) * Birthdate: * Lead vocals * Graduate of Seoul Institute of the Arts Jung Da-woon (정다운) * Birthdate: * Instruments, songwriter * Graduate of Seoul Institute of the Arts Artistry J Rabbit has a unique style focusing on creating music for everyone no matter their age and aiming to console people with their music. Their songs are light hearted, relaxing, and up-beat while using unique instruments like bells, xylophones, violins, cellos, and melodeon accordions. An editor working with Seoulbeats, Leslie Tumbaco mentions "They have such a keen understanding of the basics of music, which makes their stripped-down melodies so magnet ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Park Se-young
Park Se-young (; born July 30, 1988) is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame in 2012 with supporting roles in the television dramas ''Faith'' and ''School 2013''. Park has since played leading roles in '' A Tale Of Two Sisters'' (2013) and '' Glorious Day'' (2014), as well as the film '' The Cat Funeral'' (2015). Career Park Se-young made her acting debut in a TV drama in 2002 when she was still a child, but left show business to concentrate on her studies. She returned to acting in 2011, and first drew attention after appearing in Jay Park's " Know Your Name (Acoustic)" music video. She then played supporting roles in family drama '' If Tomorrow Comes'', revenge thriller '' Man from the Equator'', melodrama '' Love Rain'', period epic ''Faith'', and teen drama ''School 2013''. In 2013, Park was cast in her first leading role in the daily drama '' A Tale Of Two Sisters''. She was also designated as one of the MCs on '' Music Bank''. Park appeared on the fourth season of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hongdae Area
Hongdae () is a neighborhood in Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea, near Hongik University ("Hongik Daehakgyo" in Korean), after which it is named. The neighborhood is known for its urban arts and indie music culture, local shops, clubs, cafés and entertainment. The area is located in Mapo District in the western end of Seoul, stretching from Seogyo-dong, Hapjeong-dong & Seogang-dong. Characteristics The Hongdae area grew under the influence of Hongik University (Hongdae), a prestigious private university known for its Fine Arts Program, attracting people in the arts from the 1990s. Early on, thanks to then-cheap rent, budget musicians and street artists started moving into the ateliers of the Hongdae area. Korea's indie music scene started from two bands launched in the area, Sister's Barbershop and Crying Nut in the mid-1990s. Before that many cover bands played near Sinchon and Idae. Later, other bands like Jaurim, Peppertones and Idiotape started to play at venues i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lee Jong-hyuk
Lee Jong-hyuk (; born July 31, 1974) is a South Korean actor. After more than a decade of leading and supporting roles on stage, film and television, he gained newfound mainstream popularity through the 2012 romantic comedy series Series may refer to: People with the name * Caroline Series (born 1951), English mathematician, daughter of George Series * George Series (1920–1995), English physicist Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Series, the ordered sets used i ... '' A Gentleman's Dignity''. Filmography Film Television series Web series Television shows Music video appearances Theater Discography Soundtrack appearances Awards and nominations References External links Lee Jong-hyukat Big Boss Entertainment Lee Jong-hyukat Dain Entertainment * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Jong-hyuk 1974 births IHQ (company) artists Living people Male actors from Seoul People from Seocho District South Korean male film actors South Korean male televisio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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OhmyNews
''OhmyNews'' () is a South Korean online news website. It was founded by Oh Yeon Ho on 22 February 2000. The site's motto is "Every Citizen is a Reporter", which reflects its status as the first news website in Korea to accept, edit, and publish articles from its readers in an open source-style. About 20% of the site's content is written by the 55-person staff; most articles are written by freelance contributors. Political position ''OhmyNews'' is consistently considered liberal and progressive. This is in contrast to the somewhat more moderate liberal Hankyoreh and Kyunghyang. It is also considered anti-imperialist, anti-racist, and anti- xenophobic. However, anti-China/anti-Japan government left-wing nationalist media is common among South Korean liberals. The site is also generally critical of the 'hegemonic nationalism' of the Chinese and Japanese governments, and supports 'resistance nationalism'. The site strongly criticizes and opposes anti-Japanese and anti-Chin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kim Seul-gi
Kim Seul-gi (; born October 10, 1991) is a South Korean actress. She is known for starring in the television series ''Oh My Ghost (South Korean TV series), Oh My Ghost'' (2015) and ''Splash Splash Love, Splash Love'' (2015), as well as the film ''Ode to My Father'' (2014). She is also a former cast member of TVN (South Korea), tvN's entertainment show ''Saturday Night Live Korea, SNL Korea''. Early life and education Kim Seul-gi was born on October 10, 1991 in Busan. Kim dreamt of becoming a musical actor while in school, and in her third year of high school she joined an acting academy. Since her family was poor, she couldn't afford to attend the school, but she took a chance and asked the academy to support her. Recognizing her passion, the academy accepted her and gave her the opportunity to study acting. She majored in musicals at the Department of Acting of Seoul Institute of the Arts. Career Kim completed her studies in 2010. The following year, she joined the cast of " ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Park Soo-jin
Park Soo-jin (; born November 27, 1985) is a South Korean actress, singer and model. She was a member of K-pop girl group Sugar from 2001 to 2006, then she transitioned to acting in 2007. Park has also hosted ''Tasty Road'' from 2010 to 2016, a cable show that features trendy restaurants in Seoul. Personal life Park married actor and KeyEast chairman Bae Yong-joon on July 27, 2015 at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel; they announced their engagement in May 2015. The couple's first child, a boy, was born on 23 October 2016. In August 2017, it was revealed that Park is in the early stages of pregnancy with her second child. Park gave birth to a girl on April 10, 2018. Filmography Television series Film Variety show Music video Discography References External links Park Soo-jinat KeyEast KeyEast (; stylized in all caps) is a management agency founded by actor Bae Yong-joon. History In May 2009, KeyEast acquired Japanese company () () and made it an affilia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Webtoon
Webtoons () are a type of episodic digital comics that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on smartphones A smartphone is a mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities. It typically has a touchscreen interface, allowing users to access a wide range of applications and services, such as web browsing, email, and social media, as well as mult .... While webtoons were mostly unknown outside of South Korea during their inception, there has been a surge in popularity internationally thanks to the easy online accessibility and variety of free digital comics. Today, Webtoons make roughly $5.91 billion globally. In the country, as digital comics have emerged as a popular medium, print publication of comics has decreased. The amount of material published in webtoon form has now reached an equal amount as that published offline. Format Webtoons usually feature a few of common traits: each episode is published on one long, Vertical direction, vertical strip (ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Korea JoongAng Daily
''Korea JoongAng Daily'' () is the English edition of the South Korean national daily newspaper '' JoongAng Ilbo''. The newspaper was first published on October 17, 2000, as ''JoongAng Ilbo English Edition''. It mainly carries news and feature stories by staff reporters, and some stories translated from the Korean language newspaper. Overview ''Korea JoongAng Daily'' is one of the three main English newspapers in South Korea along with ''The Korea Times'' and ''The Korea Herald''. The newspaper is published with a daily edition of ''The New York Times'' and it is located within the main offices of the ''JoongAng Ilbo'' in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, 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 b .... See also * List of newspapers in South Korea References SlayypookieExtern ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rapunzel
"Rapunzel" ( ; ; or ) is a German fairy tale most notably recorded by the Brothers Grimm and it was published in 1812 as part of '' Children's and Household Tales'' (KHM 12). The Grimms' story was developed from the French literary fairy tale of '' Persinette'' by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force (1698), which itself is an alternative version of the Italian fairy tale '' Petrosinella'' by Giambattista Basile (1634). The tale is classified as Aarne–Thompson type 310 ("The Maiden in The Tower"). Its plot has been used and parodied in various media. Its best known line is, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair." Plot After years of wishing for an offspring, a couple is expecting their first baby. The husband and wife live next to a large, extensive, high-walled flower and herb garden belonging to a sorceress. The wife craves for the rapunzel (which is either cornsalad or rampion) that she sees growing in the garden. She refuses to eat anything else and begins to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |